Mina 25 (or simply 25) is double studio album by Italian singer Mina, released in October 1983 by PDU and distributed by EMI Italiana.
Overview The celebration of the anniversary of Mina's career coincided with the thirtieth anniversary of the RAI broadcasting company, which offered the singer a collaboration. Mina's songs from this album, as well as her comments, were used as the soundtrack to Paolo Frajese's Trent'anni della nostra storia (Thirty Years of Our History). The first issue of the program covered the history of the channel from 1945 to 1955, so the singer recorded songs from this period. This was the first such work, and three more albums will be released in the following years: Catene (1984), Finalmente ho conosciuto il conte Dracula... (1985) and Sì, buana (1986).
The song Verde luna had already been included on the album Salomè and was re-recorded for this album.
To support the album, the single "Devi dirmi di sì" was released with the song "La controsamba" on the b-side. The song was a success with listeners and reached the 7th place in the singles chart. The album itself debuted at the twenty-second position on the weekly albums chart, and in the fourth week of its stay reached the peak eighth position. In total, the album spent a total of 14 weeks there.
Critical reception Christian Calabrese from Musica e dischi gave a positive assessment of the album, calling the songs very beautiful, mostly because of the authors with whom Mina has been collaborating for a long time and who know her style.
Track listing Volume 1
Volume 2
Personnel Mina – vocals
Victor Bach – arrangement (A1–B6), strings, wind instruments, keyboard Massimiliano Pani – arrangement (C1), background vocals Celso Valli – arrangement (C2, C3, C5–D3), keyboard Mario Robbiani – arrangement (C4, D4), strings, keyboard Piero Cassano – background vocals Lella Esposito – background vocals Giulia Fasolino – background vocals Gianni Ferrio – background vocals Naimy Hackett – background vocals Germano Melotti – background vocals Silvio Pozzoli – background vocals Wanda Radicchi – background vocals Gigi Cappellotto – bass Paolo Gianolio – bass Massimo Moriconi – bass Hugo Heredia – clarinet Paolo Tomelleri – clarinet Ellade Bandini – drums, percussion Bruno Bergonzi – drums Rolando Ceragioli – drums Flaviano Cuffari – drums Walter Scebran – drums, percussion Sergio Farina – guitar Angel "Pato" Garcia – guitar Paolo Gianolio – guitar Ernesto Massimo Verardi – guitar Bruno De Filippi – harmonica Simonne Sporck – harp Maurizio Preti – percussion Aldo Banfi – synthesizer
Charts + Chart performance for Mina 25 Chart (1983–1984) Peakposition Italian Albums (Billboard) 16 Italian Albums (Musica e dischi) 8
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