La Mina Explained

La Mina
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Mina
Cover:	La Mina cover art.jpg
Recorded:	1975
Studio:	La Basilica, Milan^[1]
Genre:	Pop
Length:	40:18
Language:	Italian
Label:	PDU
Prev Title:	Minacantalucio
Prev Year:	1975
Next Title:	Singolare
Next Year:	1976

La Mina is a studio album by Italian singer Mina, released in October 1975 by PDU and distributed by EMI Italiana initially as double album with Minacantalucio.^{[2] [3]}

Personnel

• Mina – vocals
• Enrico Riccardi – arrangement (A1)
• Pino Presti – arrangement (A2, A3, B2, B5)
• Gabriel Yared – arrangement (A4, B3)
• Toto Torquati – arrangement (A5, B4)
• Shel Shapiro – arrangement (B1)
• Nuccio Rinaldis – sound engineer
• Mauro Balletti – photography
• Luciano Tallarini – cover art

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.^[4]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1976)! scope="col"

Peak position
Italian Albums (Musica e dischi)^[5]	3

Chart (1976)! scope="col"

Peak position
Italian Albums (Billboard)^[6]	5
Italian Albums (Musica e dischi)	5

Year-end charts

Chart (1976)! scope="col"

Position
Italian Albums (Musica e dischi)^[7]	5

Notes and References

1. Web site: La Basilica. it. minamazzini.it. 3 September 2020. 19 May 2024. 2 April 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220402050601/https://www.minamazzini.it/it/cronache/2020/la-basilica/. dead.
2. Book: Dalla Vecchia. Aldo. Numero Uno. https://books.google.com/books?id=LjvSDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT34. Mina per neofiti: La vita, la voce, l'arte di una fuoriclasse. it. Graphe.it Edizioni. 2020. 34. 9788893720885. 18 May 2024. 23 May 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230523191201/https://books.google.com/books?id=LjvSDwAAQBAJ. live.
3. La Mina/Minacantalucio. Mina. 1975. 19 May 2024. liner notes. PDU. Pld. L. 6036/37. Italy.
4. La Mina. Mina. 1975. 19 May 2024. liner notes. PDU. Pld. L. 6037. Italy.
5. Book: Racca, Guido. M&D Borsa Album 1964–2019. it. 2019. 225–228. 978-1094705002.
6. Hits of the World. Billboard. 28 February 1976. 88. 9. 61. 0006-2510. 19 May 2024.
7. Book: Anzelmo. Francesco. Bellavita. Andrea. Facchinotti. Lorenzo. Classifica 1976. https://books.google.com/books?id=WpI4AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA113. Gli Anni delle Cose: Media e società italiana negli anni settanta. it. Colombo. Fausto. Ente per il diritto allo studio universitario dell’Università Cattolica. 2007. 113. 9788883110634.