''Mina No. 0'' is a studio album by Italian singer Mina, released on 12 November 1999 by PDU.

Overview

The album is a collection of cover versions of songs by Italian singer

Renato Zero Renato Fiacchini (born 30 September 1950), known by the stage name Renato Zero (), is an Italian singer, songwriter, producer, dancer and actor whose career spans from the 1960s to the 2020s. Zero is the only artist to have reached the top of th ...

, who became its producer. Nine of the ten songs on the album are his authorship, and he also acts as a duet partner with Mina on three compositions. The name of the album ''Mina No. 0'' is an allusion to the perfume

Chanel No. 5 Chanel No. 5 was the first perfume launched by French couturier Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel in 1921. The scent formula for the fragrance was compounded by French-Russian chemist and perfumer Ernest Beaux. The design of its bottle has been an impo ...

, as well as to the surname Renato Zero. In the design of the album, created by Mauro Beletti, the theme of perfumery is also played out, in particular the rigor and conciseness of the design of the famous bottle from Chanel. The album received positive reviews from critics, and also took 2nd place in the Italian album chart.

Track listing

Personnel

* Mina – vocal * Gabriele Comeglio –

alto saxophone The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in E, smaller than the B tenor ...

baritone saxophone The baritone saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of instruments, larger (and lower-pitched) than the tenor saxophone, but smaller (and higher-pitched) than the bass. It is the lowest-pitched saxophone in common use - the bass, contra ...

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while th ...

, arrangement (4, 6) *

Massimiliano Pani Massimiliano Pani is an Italian songwriter, producer and composer born on 18 April 1963 in Milan to parents Corrado Pani and Mina. His mother has always aroused great curiosity and interest not only for her career but the events that have charact ...

– arrangement, backing vocals * Manù Cortesi – backing vocals * Giulia Fasolino – backing vocals * Silvio Pozzoli – backing vocals * Charly Cinelli – bass * Massimo Moriconi – double bass * Alfredo Golino – drums * Gogo Ghidelli – guitar * Nicolò Fragile – guitar (10), piano (6), programming * Alberto Borsari – harmonica *

Danilo Rea Danilo Rea (born 9 August 1957) is an Italian jazz pianist. He is a graduate of the Santa Cecilia music conservatory in Rome. He made his debut with the "Trio di Roma" (with Roberto Gatto and Enzo Pietropaoli) in 1975.Riccardo Giagni. "Danilo ...

– piano,

Hammond organ The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs generated s ...

* Carmine Di – recording, mixing, mastering * Mauro Parodi – trombone * Emilio Soana – trumpet Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.

Overview

Track listing

Personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

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