Uiallalla

Uiallalla
Uiallalla
Studio album by Mina
Released	14 October 1989
Recorded	1989
Studio	Studio GSU, Lugano
Genre	Pop; rock;
Length	74:36
Language	Italian; English; French;
Label	PDU
Producer	Massimiliano Pani
Mina chronology

Uiallalla is a studio album by Italian singer Mina, released on 14 October 1989, by PDU.^[2]

The first of the two discs features cover versions of songs by other artists like "Oh! Darling" by the Beatles, "Les cornichons" and "La pelle nera" by Nino Ferrer, "Sarà per te" by Francesco Nuti, and "Io vorrei... non vorrei... ma se vuoi" by Lucio Battisti. The second disc featured original songs.^[3]

The album went on sale as a double album on vinyl, CDs and cassettes, it is noteworthy that unlike its predecessors, it was not distributed in separate parts. The album reached number four in the Italian album chart,^[4] as well as number sixty-seven in the pan-European chart.^[5]

Track listing

Vol. 1
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"La pelle nera / Johnny B. Goode / Black Betty / Angeli negri (Angelitos negros)"	Nino Ferrer / Chuck Berry / Lead Belly / Gian Carlo Testoni Alberto Larici Andrés Eloy Blanco Manuel Álvarez Maciste	6:54
2.	"Una lunga storia d'amore"	Gino Paoli	3:29
3.	"Les cornichons"	Ferrer James Booker	3:02
4.	"When Your Lover Has Gone"	Einar Aaron Swan	2:30
5.	"Oh! Darling"	John Lennon Paul McCartney	3:35
6.	"Io vorrei... non vorrei... ma se vuoi..."	Mogol Lucio Battisti
7.	"Are You Lonesome Tonight?"	Roy Turk Lou Handman	2:57
8.	"Sarà per te"	Riccardo Mariotti	5:04
9.	"guitar suona più piano" (with Ángel "Pato" García)	Franca Evangelisti Marcello Marrocchi Nicola Di Bari	3:18
10.	"As Time Goes By"	Herman Hupfeld	3:58
Total length:			37:58

Vol. 2
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"La montagna"	Piergiorgio Benda	3:54
2.	"Lo faresti"	Aldo Donati Paolo Limiti	4:12
3.	"Bachelite"	Francesco Salvi	4:42
4.	"Canterò per te"	Gatto Panceri	4:15
5.	"Che nome avrà"	Limiti Morris Albert	4:49
6.	"Il plaid" (feat. Toots Thielemans)	Giorgio Conte	2:40
7.	"Tre volte sì"	Giorgio Calabrese Massimiliano Pani	5:20
8.	"Uscita 29"	Calabrese Pani	3:43
9.	"T.I.R."	Giorgio Conte	3:01
Total length:			36:38

Personnel

Mina – vocals
Brian Auger – Hammond organ, piano
Gigi Cappellotto – bass guitar
Flaviano Cuffari – drums
Ellade Bandini – drums
Gigi Cifarelli – guitar
Aldo Banfi – keyboard, synthesizer
Danilo Rea – piano, keyboard
Piergiorgio Benda – piano
Angel "Pato" Garcia – guitar
Alessio Tonini – guitar
Candelo Cabezas – percussion, tumba
Paolo Gianolio – bass guitar, guitar
Giorgio Conte – guitar
Massimiliano Pani – keyboard, background vocals
Massimo Luca – guitar
Tullio De Piscopo – drums, percussion
Mario Robbiani – piano, Rhodes piano
Massimo Moriconi – bass guitar, double bass
Franco Serafini – piano, keyboard, Rhodes piano
Fernando Brusco – trumpet
Mauro Parodi – trombone
Moreno Fassi – trombone
Franco Ambrosetti – saxhorn
Claudio Wally Allifranchini – flute, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
Giancarlo Porro – baritone saxophone
Toots Thielemans – harmonica, whistling, guitar
Paola Folli – background vocals
Laura Marcora – background vocals
Moreno Ferrara – background vocals

Charts

Chart performance for *Uiallalla*
Chart (1989)	Peak position
European Albums (Music & Media)^[5]	67
Italian Albums (Musica e dischi)^[4]	4

References

^ Uiallalla, Vols. 1-2 at AllMusic. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
^ Dalla Vecchia, Aldo (2020). Mina per neofiti: La vita, la voce, l'arte di una fuoriclasse (in Italian). Grafe.it. ISBN 9788893720885.
^ Castaldo, Gino (12 October 1989). "Ritorna Mina, secondo copione". La Repubblica (in Italian). Archived from the original on 28 November 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
^ ^a ^b Racca, Guido (2019). M&D Borsa Album 1964–2019 (in Italian). pp. 225–228. ISBN 978-1094705002.
^ ^a ^b "European Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 6, no. 44. 4 November 1989. p. VIII. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 March 2021.

External links

Uiallalla at Discogs (list of releases)

[1] Uiallalla, Vols. 1-2 at AllMusic. Retrieved 23 April 2023.

[Aldo_Dalla_Vecchia-2] Dalla Vecchia, Aldo (2020). Mina per neofiti: La vita, la voce, l'arte di una fuoriclasse (in Italian). Grafe.it. ISBN 9788893720885.

[La_Repubblica-3] Castaldo, Gino (12 October 1989). "Ritorna Mina, secondo copione". La Repubblica (in Italian). Archived from the original on 28 November 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2023.

[Musica_e_dischi-4] Racca, Guido (2019). M&D Borsa Album 1964–2019 (in Italian). pp. 225–228. ISBN 978-1094705002.

[Music_&_Media-5] "European Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 6, no. 44. 4 November 1989. p. VIII. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 March 2021.

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