''Rane supreme'' is a studio album by Italian singer Mina, released on 17 October 1987 by PDU.

Overview

On the first volume of the album, Mina presents her interpretations of songs by other artists. Among them: "Nessun dolore" by

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, in this song the singer demonstrates her wide vocal range, "

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. The song "Gloria" was already recorded by Mina for the album '' Due note'' (1961). There are new songs on the second volume. As usual, the album was released in the fall, again as a

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on vinyl and in two volumes on CD and cassette. The album entered the top five of the chart in Italy. For the recording of this album, Mina received the

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prize as the best performer.

Track listing

Personnel

* Mina – vocals, background vocals *

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– background vocals, bass guitar, guitar * Samuele Cerri – background vocals *

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– background vocals * Moreno Ferrara – background vocals * Mario Robbiani – background vocals, strings * Paolo Gianolio – bass guitar, guitar, electronic keyboard * Massimo Moriconi – bass guitar *

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– drums * Flaviano Cuffari – drums * Stefano Previsti – electronic keyboard * Sergio Farina – guitar *

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– guitar * Stefano Trevisti – keyboards * Franco Serafini – piano,

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* Renato Sellani – piano *

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– recording, mixing * Amedeo Bianchi – saxophone Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.

Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1987 albums Mina (Italian singer) albums