''Odissea'' is the fifth

studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...

released by

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, in 1986. The album contains some of his most known songs - "

Lei verrà "Lei verrà" () is an Italian song composed by Mango and Alberto Salerno and performed by Mango. It is included in the 1986 album ''Odissea''. Background The song was entered into the main competition at the 36th edition of the Sanremo Music Fes ...

" and "Oro" - and two songs in English language - "Love is just a melody" and "Modern love" co-written with Simon Marsh. "Oro" was originally called "Mama voodoo" with lyrics by the singer's brother Armando Mango. Later, the title was changed and the final lyrics were written by Mogol.

Brian Auger Brian Albert Gordon Auger (born 18 July 1939) is an English jazz rock and rock music keyboardist who specialises in the Hammond organ. Auger has worked with Rod Stewart, Tony Williams, Jimi Hendrix, John McLaughlin, Sonny Boy Williamson, an ...

provided hammond organ on the album. Italian singer Mina covered "Oro" on ''

Canarino mannaro ''Canarino mannaro'' is an album by Italian singer Mina, issued in 1994. Track listing CD 1 # ''Che mi importa del mondo'' - 3:55 # ''Va bene, va bene così'' - 5:30 # ''Wave'' - 5:07 # ''Oro / La canzone del sole'' - 6:03 # ''Il posto mio'' - ...

'' (1994).

Track listing

Personnel

- lead vocals, choir, keyboards *Mauro Paoluzzi - guitars, percussion *Aldo Banfi - synclavier, synclavier programming *Amedeo Bianchi - sax, trumpet *

- hammond organ *Laura Valente, Demi Laino - choirs *Andrea Ballista - choir in "Lei verrà"

References

Mango albums 1986 albums {{1980s-pop-album-stub