Mina (1971 album)
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Mina is an album by Italian singer Mina
Mina (singer)
Anna Maria Quaini, Grand Officer , known as Mina, is an Italian pop singer. She was a staple of Italian television variety shows and a dominant figure in Italian pop music from the mid-1960s to mid-1970s known for her three-octave vocal range, the agility of her soprano voice, and her image as an...

 released in 1971.

The album is one of the singer's most successful, yiedlding the hit singles "Amor Mio" and "Grande grande grande
Grande grande grande
"Grande grande grande" is a 1972 Italian song, written by Alberto Testa and Tony Renis. It was a No. 1 hit for Mina in Italy and for Shirley Bassey released as "Never Never Never" in the U.K., U.S. and Australia.-Mina version:...

" and outselling every other album release in 1972.

Track listing

  1. E penso a te - 3:40 - (Lucio Battisti
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    -Mogol
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    )
  2. Capirò (I'll be home) - 2:55 - (Randy Newman
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    -Franca Evangelisti)
  3. Le farfalle nella notte - 4:09 - (Luciano Beretta-Rossella Conz-Pino Massara)
  4. Non ho parlato mai - 3:23 - ([Paolo Limiti-Mario Robbiani)
  5. Sentimentale - 4:38 - (Lucio Dalla
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  6. Alfie
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    - 3:40 - (Burt Bacharach
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    -Hal David
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    )
  7. Grande grande grande
    Grande grande grande
    "Grande grande grande" is a 1972 Italian song, written by Alberto Testa and Tony Renis. It was a No. 1 hit for Mina in Italy and for Shirley Bassey released as "Never Never Never" in the U.K., U.S. and Australia.-Mina version:...

    - 3:57 - (Tony Renis-Alberto Testa)
  8. Amor mio - 4:46 - (Lucio Battisti
    Lucio Battisti
    Lucio Battisti was an Italian singer-songwriter . He is considered to be one of the best-known and most influential musicians and authors in Italian pop/rock music history....

    -Mogol
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    )
  9. Al cuore non comandi mai (Plus fort que nous) - 3:53 - (Francis Lai
    Francis Lai
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    -Herbert Pagani
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    )
  10. Something
    Something
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    - 3:05 - (George Harrison
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    )
  11. Vacanze - 3:14 - (Umberto Bindi
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    -Carlo Alberto Rossi)
  12. Mi fai sentire cosi strana - 3:30 - (Bruno Lauzi
    Bruno Lauzi
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    -Riccardo Del Turco)


Arrangers/conductors:

Pino Presti
Pino Presti
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: E penso a te, Grande grande grande. Augusto Martelli: Le farfalle della notte, Sentimentale.
Gian Piero Reverberi: Capirò (I'll Be Home), Amor mio, Mi fai sentire cosi strana. Mario Robbiani: Non ho parlato mai, Alfie,
Al cuore non comandi mai, Something, Vacanze.

Sound engineer : Nuccio Rinaldis
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