Salomè (album) explained

Salomè
Type:Studio
Artist:Mina
Cover:Mina_Mazzini_-_Salome_Vol_1.jpg
Caption:Volume 1 cover
Released:[1]
Recorded:2 November 1981
Studio:La Basilica, Milan[2]
Length:75:51
Label:PDU
Prev Title:Del mio meglio n. 6 – Live
Prev Year:1981
Next Title:Italiana
Next Year:1982

Salomè is a double studio album by Italian singer Mina, released in November 1981 by PDU.[3]

Overview

Salomè is Mina's last album recorded at La Basilica Studio.[4]

By tradition, the album was released in the fall (in November), again as a double album, but later published in a split form with the notes "Vol. 1" and "Vol. 2" and different covers. This time the album was released, in addition to Italy and Spain, in Turkey and Japan (under the name Una canzone and with a different cover), but the records did not contain all the songs from the original longplay. The release of the album in the spring was preceded by the release of the single "Una canzone" with the song "Quando l'amore ti tocca" as a b-side;[5] it became the twenty-first on the singles chart.[6] The album rose to the second place in the weekly album chart.

The track "Esperame en el cielo" was used by Pedro Almodóvar in the film Matador (1986).[7] The track titled "No" is an Italian cover of a song by Armando Manzanero.[8] Mina has also recorded the tracks "Una canzone" and "Quando l'amore ti tocca" in French under the titles "Une chanson" and "Quand l'amour", respectively.[9]

Track listing

Volume 2

Charts

Chart (1981–1982)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Italian Albums (Billboard)[10] 5
Italian Albums (Musica e dischi)[11] [12] 2

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Salomè. it. Discografia nazionale della canzone italiana. Istituto centrale per i beni sonori ed audiovisivi. 29 May 2023.
  2. Web site: La Basilica. it. minamazzini.it. 3 September 2020. 29 May 2023.
  3. Book: Dalla Vecchia, Aldo. Mina per neofiti: La vita, la voce, l'arte di una fuoriclasse. it. Grafe.it. 2020. 9788893720885.
  4. Web site: La Basilica: il primo studio di registrazione. PDU Productions. 14 June 2024. it.
  5. Una canzone. Mina. 1981. 14 June 2024. liner notes. PDU. P.A. 1141. Italy.
  6. Book: Racca, Guido. M&D Borsa Singoli 1960–2019. it. 2019. 306–308. 9781093264906.
  7. Web site: Matador (1986) - IMDb. IMDb.
  8. Web site: Armando Manzanero Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More. AllMusic.
  9. C'est une chanson. Mina. 1981. 14 June 2024. liner notes. PDU. 2 C 008-72447. France.
  10. Hits of the World. Billboard. 16 January 1982. 94. 2. 50. 0006-2510.
  11. Book: Racca, Guido. M&D Borsa Album 1964–2019. it. 2019. Amazon Digital Services LLC – Kdp Print Us. 225–228. 978-1094705002.
  12. International Bestsellers. Cash Box. 30 January 1982. 43. 36. 22. 0006-2510.