Caterpillar is a double studio album by Italian singer Mina, released on 18 October 1991 and distributed by EMI Italiana.
Overview The album, as usual, features a part with cover versions of famous world and Italian hits, originally released between 1927 (Hoagy Carmichael's "Stardust") and 1979 (Gianna Nannini's "California"), as well as a part with new original material.
The song "Il genio del bene" was used by Rete 4 as the theme song of the telenovela Vendetta di una donna starring Luisa Kuliok.
The album debuted at number fifteen on the Italian albums chart and peaked at number four in its fourth week, and stayed on the chart for a total of fifteen weeks. In the European albums chart, it became the fifty-second.
A remastered version of the album was released in 2001.
Track listing
Personnel Mina – vocals
Danilo Rea – accordion, Hammond organ, piano Massimo Moriconi – acoustic bass Angel "Pato" Garcia – acoustic guitar Mario Robbiani – arrangement Massimiliano Pani – arrangement, backing vocals, keyboards Lele Cerri – backing vocals Margherita Ragnetti – backing vocals Massimo Bozzi – backing vocals, guitar, keyboards Moreno Ferrara – backing vocals Simonetta Robbiani – backing vocals Massimo Morriconi – bass Alfredo Golino – drums Ellade Bandini – drums Roberto Gatto – drums Franco Ambrosetti – flugelhorn Danilo Minotti – guitar Gigi Cifarelli – guitar Paolo Gianolio – guitar Sandro Gibellini – guitar Aldo Banfi – synclavier Candelo Cabezas – percussion Giancarlo Porro – saxophone Giovanni Troversi – saxophone Leonardo Prete – saxophone Maurizio Giammarco – saxophone Paolo Panigada – saxophone Sergio Rigon – saxophone Wally Allifranchini – saxophone Marco Tempesta – trombone Mauro Parodi – trombone Rudy Migliardi – trombone Emilio Soana – trumpet Fernando Brusco – trumpet Umberto Moretti – trumpet
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.
Charts + Chart performance for Caterpillar Chart (1991) Peakposition European Albums (Music & Media) 52 Italian Albums (Musica e dischi) 4
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