Olio (Mina album) explained

Olio
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Mina
Cover:	Olio (Mina album).jpg
Recorded:	1999
Studio:	Studi GSU, Lugano
Length:	45:13
Label:	PDU
Producer:	Massimiliano Pani
Prev Title:	Mina Gold 2
Prev Year:	1999
Next Title:	Mina n° 0
Next Year:	2000

Olio is a studio album by Italian singer Mina, released on 15 April 1999 by PDU and distributed by RTI Music.

The album includes a bilingual version of the Shakespears Sister's song "Stay", sung as a duet with Piero Pelù. Another notable track is "Canto largo" which has been used as the opening theme of the long-running Italian soap opera Vivere.

Personnel

• Mina – vocal
• Massimiliano Pani – arrangement (1–7, 9, 10), backing vocals (3, 5–7, 10)
• Giulia Fasolino – backing vocals (3, 5–7)
• Moreno Ferrara – backing vocals (3, 5, 7)
• Manù Cortesi – backing vocals (3, 6, 7)
• Massimo Moriconi – double bass
• Alfredo Golino – drums (3, 5–8)
• Giorgio Secco – electric guitar (3, 10)
• Massimo Varini – guitar (1, 6)
• Paolo Gianolio – guitar (3–7, 9)
• Nicolò Fragile – keyboards, programming (1, 3, 5–7, 9, 10)
• Danilo Rea – piano (2–4, 6, 9)
• Gian Luca Ambrosetti – soprano saxophone
• Carmine Di – sound engineering, recording, mixing

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.^[1]

Charts

Chart (1999)! scope="col"

Peak position
European Albums (Music & Media)^[2]	26
Italian Albums (Musica e dischi/FIMI)^[3]	1

Notes and References

1. Olio. Mina. 1999. booklet. PDU. 90062. Italy.
2. European Top 100 Albums. Music & Media. 8 May 1999. 19. 16. 9. https://web.archive.org/web/20210308064123/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1999/MM-1999-05-08.pdf. 8 March 2021.
3. Hits of the World. Billboard. 8 May 1999. 19. 111. 0006-2510. 46.