''Mina^®'' is a studio album by Italian singer Mina, released in 1974 by PDU and distributed by

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. Originally distributed as a

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along with ''

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''. The album topped the Italian albums chart.

Cover versions

Some of the songs of this album were recorded in different languages by Mina during the 1970s. In 1975, she recorded "Due o forse tre", "Nuur" and "Distanze" in Spanish ("Dos o acaso tres", "Nuur", " Dostancias"), as well "Tutto passerà vedrai" ("Todo pasara veras"). The same first three songs were covered in French one year later (as "Deux peut-être trois", "Lumière", "Ensemble"), as well "Caravel" ("La chiromancienne") and "Solo lui" ("Rien que vous"). All the tracks were published on albums for French and Spanish-speaking countries only and were re-issued on cd by

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in 2011 (in the compilations ''

Je suis Mina ''Je suis Mina'' is a compilation album by Italian singer Mina, released on 22 March 2011 by EMI. Overview ''Je suis Mina'' is part of a multilingual triptych along with ''I Am Mina'' and ''Yo soy Mina'', performed in English and Spanish respecti ...

'' and ''

Yo soy Mina ''Yo soy Mina'' is a compilation album by Italian singer Mina, released on 22 March 2011 by EMI. Overview This album is the Spanish-language counterpart of the 2011 trilingual Mina compilation series, the other two are performed in French (''Je ...

'').

Critical reception

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'' noted that this album stated Mina as one of the most valuable voices of Italian pop music.

Track listing

Personnel

* Mina – vocals *

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– arrangement (A1, A2, A4, A5, B1, B2) * Vincenzo Tempera – arrangement (A3) *

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– arrangement (A6, B5) * – arrangement (B3, B4) * Nuccio Rinaldis – sound engineer * Gianni Ronco – illustrations * Luciano Tallarini – cover art Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.

Charts

References

External links

* * 1974 albums Mina (Italian singer) albums Albums conducted by Pino Presti Albums arranged by Pino Presti 1970s Italian-language albums Albums arranged by Gianni Ferrio EMI Italiana albums {{1970s-pop-album-stub