Sì, buana is a studio album by Italian singer Mina, released in October 1986, by PDU.[2]

Sì, buana
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1986 (1986-10)
Recorded1986
StudioStudi PDU, Lugano
GenrePop
Length90:11
Language
LabelPDU
ProducerMassimiliano Pani
Mina chronology
Finalmente ho conosciuto il conte Dracula...
(1985)
Sì, buana
(1986)
Del mio meglio n. 9
(1987)
Singles from Sì, buana
  1. "Via di qua"
    Released: September 1986 (1986-09)[1]

With this album, the singer continues her collaboration with Paolo Fayese's program "Thirty Years of Our History" (30 anni della nostra storia) about the history of RAI broadcasting company.[3] Initially, the album was released on vinyl, CDs and cassettes, and it was sold both as a double album and in separate parts.

The album took the first place in the Italian album chart,[4] and its sales exceeded the mark of 240 thousand copies.[5]

Track listing

edit
Volume 1
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Bella senz'anima" (with Riccardo Cocciante)Paolo Cassella
4:40
2."Che male fa"
  • Cassano
  • Stellita
  • Marrale
4:20
3."Ancora"Franco MigliacciClaudio Mattone4:22
4."Questo piccolo grande amore"Claudio Baglioni5:20
5."Grease"Barry GibbGibb3:20
6."E tu come stai?"BaglioniBaglioni5:09
7."Venus"Robbie van LeeuwenLeeuwen3:49
8."Buonasera dottore" (with Francesco Donatelli)Paolo LimitiShel Shapiro4:30
9."Io domani"Giancarlo BigazziGianni Bella4:40
10."Azzurro"Vito PallaviciniPaolo Conte4:02
Total length:44:55
Volume 2
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Un cucchiaino di zucchero nel thè"Gianfranco ManfrediRicky Gianco3:19
2."Via di qua" (with Fausto Leali)Giorgio CalabreseMassimiliano Pani4:51
3."Semplicemente tua"Ugo NicolicchiaSandro Gelmetti5:03
4."Sotto il sole dell'Avana"
Piero Cassano3:52
5."Ritratto in bianco e nero (Retrato em branco e preto)"CalabreseAntônio Carlos Jobim5:30
6."Cosa manca"Adelio Cogliati
  • Piero Cassano
  • Pani
4:00
7."Domande"Riccardo BorghettiFranco Serafini4:28
8."L'altra metà di me"Piergiorgio BendaBenda3:19
9."Ogni tanto è bello stare soli"Andrea MingardiMingardi4:43
10."Pomeriggio sonnolento"CalabreseRandy Jackson3:25
11."Secondo me"CalabreseCocciante2:07
Total length:45:16

Personnel

edit
  • Mina – vocals, background vocals
  • Aldo Banfi – synthesizer
  • Danilo Rea – piano, Rhodes piano
  • Gigi Cappellotto – bass guitar
  • Ellade Bandini – drums
  • Renè Mantegna – percussion
  • Massimiliano Pani – guitar, background vocals
  • Piergiorgio Benda – electronic keyboard, piano
  • Massimo Moriconi – bass guitar
  • George Aghedo – percussion
  • Walter Scebran – drums
  • Giovanni Tommaso – bass guitar
  • Renato Sellani – piano
  • Mario Robbiani – electronic keyboard, background vocals
  • Paolo Gianolio – guitar, programming, bass guitar, synthesizer
  • Angel "Pato" Garcia – guitar
  • Fernando Brusco – trumpet
  • Gustavo Bregoli – trumpet
  • Moreno Fassi – trombone
  • Piero Cassano – background vocals
  • Franco Serafini – background vocals
  • Gianni Farè – background vocals
  • Andy Surdi – background vocals
  • Sam Jordan – background vocals

Charts

edit
Chart performance for Sì, buana
Chart (1986–87) Peak
position
Italian Albums (Billboard)[6] 4
Italian Albums (Musica e dischi)[4] 1

References

edit
  1. ^ "Via di qua / Cosa manca". Discografia Nazionale della canzone italiana (in Italian). Istituto centrale per i beni sonori ed audiovisivi. Archived from the original on 27 November 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  2. ^ Romano, Nino (1996). Mina: Mito e mistero (in Italian). Sperling & Kupfer. ISBN 9788820022983.
  3. ^ Grasso, Aldo (2008). Enciclopedia della Televisione (in Italian). Garzanti. ISBN 9788811505266.
  4. ^ a b Racca, Guido (2019). M&D Borsa Album 1964–2019 (in Italian). pp. 225–228. ISBN 978-1094705002.
  5. ^ Luzzatto Fegiz, Mario (13 October 1987). "Ecco il nuovo "shock" cantato da Mina". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Archived from the original on 30 October 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Hits of the World" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 98, no. 51. 20 December 1986. p. 58. ISSN 0006-2510. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2021.
edit