Uiallalla Explained

Uiallalla
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Mina
Cover:	Uiallalla (Mina).png
Recorded:	1989
Studio:	Studio GSU, Lugano
Length:	74:36
Label:	PDU
Producer:	Massimiliano Pani
Prev Title:	Ridi pagliaccio
Prev Year:	1988
Next Title:	Ti conosco mascherina
Next Year:	1990

Uiallalla is a studio album by Italian singer Mina, released on 14 October 1989, by PDU.^[1]

The first of the two discs features cover versions of songs by other artists like "Oh! Darling" by the Beatles, "Les cornichons" and "La pelle nera" by Nino Ferrer, "Sarà per te" by Francesco Nuti, and "Io vorrei... non vorrei... ma se vuoi" by Lucio Battisti. The second disc featured original songs.^[2]

The album went on sale as a double album on vinyl, CDs and cassettes, it is noteworthy that unlike its predecessors, it was not distributed in separate parts. The album reached number four in the Italian album chart, as well as number sixty-seven in the pan-European chart.

Personnel

• Mina – vocals
• Brian Auger – Hammond organ, piano
• Gigi Cappellotto – bass guitar
• Flaviano Cuffari – drums
• Ellade Bandini – drums
• Gigi Cifarelli – guitar
• Aldo Banfi – keyboard, synthesizer
• Danilo Rea – piano, keyboard
• Piergiorgio Benda – piano
• Angel "Pato" Garcia – guitar
• Alessio Tonini – guitar
• Candelo Cabezas – percussion, tumba
• Paolo Gianolio – bass guitar, guitar
• Giorgio Conte – guitar
• Massimiliano Pani – keyboard, background vocals
• Massimo Luca – guitar
• Tullio De Piscopo – drums, percussion
• Mario Robbiani – piano, Rhodes piano
• Massimo Moriconi – bass guitar, double bass
• Franco Serafini – piano, keyboard, Rhodes piano
• Fernando Brusco – trumpet
• Mauro Parodi – trombone
• Moreno Fassi – trombone
• Franco Ambrosetti – saxhorn
• Claudio Wally Allifranchini – flute, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
• Giancarlo Porro – baritone saxophone
• Toots Thielemans – harmonica, whistling, guitar
• Paola Folli – background vocals
• Laura Marcora – background vocals
• Moreno Ferrara – background vocals

Charts

Chart (1989)! scope="col"

Peak position
European Albums (Music & Media)^[3]	67
Italian Albums (Musica e dischi)^[4]	4

Notes and References

1. Book: Dalla Vecchia, Aldo. Mina per neofiti: La vita, la voce, l'arte di una fuoriclasse. it. Grafe.it. 2020. 9788893720885.
2. Web site: Gino. Castaldo . Ritorna Mina, secondo copione. it. La Repubblica. 12 October 1989. 23 April 2023. 28 November 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211128095711/https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1989/10/12/ritorna-mina-secondo-copione.html?ref=search.
3. European Top 100 Albums. Music & Media. 4 November 1989. 44. 6. VIII. https://web.archive.org/web/20210308064144/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1989/M&M-1989-11-04.pdf. 8 March 2021.
4. Book: Racca, Guido. M&D Borsa Album 1964–2019. it. 2019. 225–228. 978-1094705002.