Mina con bignè explained

Mina con bignè
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Mina
Cover:	Mina con bignè cover.jpg
Recorded:	1977
Studio:	La Basilica, Milan^[1]
Length:	45:18
Label:	PDU
Prev Title:	Del mio meglio n. 4
Prev Year:	1977
Next Title:	Mina quasi Jannacci
Next Year:	1978

Mina con bignè is a studio album by Italian singer Mina, released in November 1977 by PDU and distributed by EMI Italiana.^[2]

According to tradition, in 1977, Mina recorded one album with new songs, and another (Mina quasi Jannacci) with cover versions.^[3] ^[4] Originally, both albums were sold together as a double album, later they went on sale separately.

Critical reception

Claudio Milano of highlighted the song "Ormai" in the album, stating that Mina had created a new form of drama by reaching artistic maturity.^[5] In 2015 Panorama magazine named Mina con bignè among the ten fundamental albums by Mina.^[6] Carlo Gibertini from Rolling Stone magazine included "Ma che bontà" in the list of the 15 best Italian songs about food, calling it "brilliant".^[7]

Personnel

Mina – vocals
Alberto Visentin – arrangement, conducting (A1)
Gianni Ferrio – arrangement, conducting (A2, A5, B4, B6)
Pino Presti – arrangement, conducting (A3, B3, B5)
Sergio Parisini – arrangement, conducting (A4)
Shel Shapiro – arrangement, conducting (A6)
– arrangement, conducting (B1)
Simon Luca – arrangement, conducting (B2)
Alberto Mompellio – arrangement, conducting (B2)
Luciano Tallarini – art direction
Nuccio Rinaldis – sound engineer
Mauro Balletti – photography

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.^[8]

Charts

Chart (1977–1978)! scope="col"
Peak position
Italian Albums (Billboard)^[9]	5
Italian Albums (Musica e dischi)^[10]	4

Chart (1978)! scope="col"
Peak position
Italian Albums (Musica e dischi)	7

Notes and References

Web site: La Basilica. it. minamazzini.it. 3 September 2020. 18 May 2024. 2 April 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220402050601/https://www.minamazzini.it/it/cronache/2020/la-basilica/. dead.
Web site: Mina con bignè. it. Discografia nazionale della canzone italiana. Istituto centrale per i beni sonori ed audiovisivi. 18 May 2024.
Book: Dalla Vecchia. Aldo. Numero Uno. https://books.google.com/books?id=LjvSDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT34. Mina per neofiti: La vita, la voce, l'arte di una fuoriclasse. it. Graphe.it Edizioni. 2020. 34. 9788893720885. 18 May 2024. 23 May 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230523191201/https://books.google.com/books?id=LjvSDwAAQBAJ. live.
Web site: Mina canta Enzo Jannacci. it. Rockol. 29 March 2023. 18 May 2024.
Web site: Claudio. Milano. Mina - biografia, recensioni, streaming, discografia, foto. it. OndaRock. 18 May 2024. 18 June 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220618030542/https://www.ondarock.it/italia/mina-mazzini.htm. live.
Web site: Mina compie 75 anni: le immagini di un mito. Poglio. Gianni. 25 March 2015. Panorama. 18 May 2024. it.
Web site: Menu acustico di 15 portate a base delle migliori canzoni italiane sul cibo. Gibertini. Carlo. 21 August 2023. Rolling Stone. 22 May 2024. it.
Mina con bignè. Mina. 2001. 18 May 2024. liner notes. PDU. 090 7906942. Italy.
Hits of the World. Billboard. 4 February 1978. 90. 5. 82. 0006-2510. 18 May 2024.
Book: Racca, Guido. M&D Borsa Album 1964–2019. it. 2019. 225–228. Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Print Us . 978-1094705002.