Leggera (album) explained

Leggera
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Mina
Cover:	Mina_Leggera_1997.jpg
Caption:	Artwork for CD edition
Recorded:	1997
Length:	55:47
Label:	PDU
Producer:	Massimiliano Pani
Prev Title:	Napoli
Prev Year:	1996
Next Title:	Mina Celentano
Next Year:	1998

Italian: Leggera is a studio album by Italian singer Mina, released on 17 October 1997 by PDU.

Critical reception

Mario Luzzatto Fegiz of Italian: [[Corriere della Sera]] noted that it is "a good, diverse, funny, believable disc created to once again demonstrate the virtuoso Mina's capabilities, although it is probably a little less commercial than the previous album Cremona."^[1]

Track listing

In the song "Grigio" there is a so-called hidden track "Suona ancora" (Mina's solo version), at the end of which you can hear the door open and a male voice says "Permesso?" (May I?). This voice belongs to Adriano Celentano, and the situation itself is a hint of a joint album Mina Celentano, which will be released in 1998.

Personnel

• Mina – vocals (all tracks)
• Mick Hucknall – vocals (2)
• Le Voci Atroci – vocals (3)
• Danilo Rea – piano, Rhodes piano, Hammond organ
• Massimiliano Pani – electronic keyboard, background vocals
• Alfredo Golino – drums
• Massimo Moriconi – bass
• Umberto Fiorentino – guitar
• Lorenzo Malacrida – percussion
• Giorgio Cocilovo – electric guitar
• Paolo Gianolio – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Nicolò Fragile – electronic keyboard
• Gogo Ghidelli – guitar
• Cesare Chiodo – bass
• Massimo Varini – guitar
• Gabriele Comeglio – soprano saxophone
• Giulia Fasolino – background vocals
• Paola Folli – background vocals
• Simonetta Robbiani – background vocals
• Moreno Ferrara – background vocals

Charts

Chart (1997)! scope="col"

Peak position
European Albums (Music & Media)^[2]	28
Italian Albums (Musica e dischi)^[3]	1

Notes and References

1. Mario. Luzzatto Fegiz. Nella nuova Mina hard la parodia di Zucchero. it. Italian: [[Corriere della Sera]]. 15 October 1997. 1120-4982.
2. European Top 100 Albums. Music & Media. 8 November 1997. 45. 14. 25. https://web.archive.org/web/20210308063730/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1997/MM-1997-11-08.pdf. 8 March 2021.
3. Hits of the World. Billboard. 8 November 1997. 45. 109. 0006-2510. 60.