Ti conosco mascherina explained

Ti conosco mascherina
Type:Studio
Artist:Mina
Cover:Ti conosco mascherina.jpg
Recorded:1990
Studio:Studi PDU, Lugano
Length:86:37
Label:PDU
Prev Title:Uiallalla
Prev Year:1989
Next Title:Caterpillar
Next Year:1991

Ti conosco mascherina is a double studio album by Italian singer Mina, released on 12 October 1990 by PDU and distributed by EMI Italiana.[1]

Overview

For this album, Mina again records cover versions of famous songs that are placed on the first volume. Among others, there are cover versions of the songs "Caruso" by Lucio Dalla, "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson, "Fortissimo" by Rita Pavone and an Italian version of the French pop standard "Une belle histoire" called "Un'estate fa". There are new songs in the second volume of the album.

The illustrations for the album design, inspired by Picasso's work, were created by Mauro Balletti.[2]

The album debuted at number three on the Italian albums chart, and spent a total of fourteen weeks there. The album reached the forty-eighth position in the overall European albums chart.

Charts

Chart (1990)! scope="col"
Peak
position
European Albums (Music & Media)[3] 48
Italian Albums (Musica e dischi)[4] 3

Notes and References

  1. News: Gino Castaldo. Mina, la voce perfetta di un angelo lontano. 18 November 2016. La Repubblica. 13 October 1990.
  2. Web site: Interview with Mauro Balletti. 7 October 2018. Vogue Italia. 20 June 2023.
  3. European Top 100 Albums. Music & Media. 3 November 1990. 44. 7. 20. https://web.archive.org/web/20210503113734/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1990/MM-1990-11-03.pdf. 3 May 2021.
  4. Book: Racca, Guido. M&D Borsa Album 1964–2019. it. 2019. 225–228. 978-1094705002.