Ti conosco mascherina

1990 studio album by Mina
Ti conosco mascherina
Studio album by
Mina
Released12 October 1990 (1990-10-12)
Recorded1990
StudioStudi PDU, Lugano
Genre
Length86:37
Language
  • Italian
  • English
LabelPDU
Mina chronology
Uiallalla
(1989) 		Ti conosco mascherina
(1990) 		Caterpillar
(1991)

Ti conosco mascherina is a double studio album by Italian singer Mina, released on 12 October 1990 by PDU and distributed by EMI Italiana.[3]

Overview

For this album, Mina again records cover versions of famous songs that are placed on the first volume. Among others, there are cover versions of the songs "Caruso" by Lucio Dalla, "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson, "Fortissimo" by Rita Pavone and an Italian version of the French pop standard "Une belle histoire" called "Un'estate fa". There are new songs in the second volume of the album.

The illustrations for the album design, inspired by Picasso's work, were created by Mauro Balletti.[4]

The album debuted at number three on the Italian albums chart, and spent a total of fourteen weeks there.[5] The album reached the forty-eighth position in the overall European albums chart.[6]

Track listing

Volume 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Caruso"Lucio Dalla4:13
2."Fortissimo"4:23
3."Billie Jean"Michael Jackson5:51
4."The Man I Love"3:08
5."Malafemmena"Antonio De Curtis3:37
6."Zio Tom"Fabio Concato4:56
7."I Want to Be Free"3:53
8."Un'estate fa (Une belle histoire)"4:06
9."Yeeeeh (Ain't Gonna Eat My Heart Out Anymore)"3:44
10."Sono stanco"3:58
Total length:41:53
Volume 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Ma chi è, cosa fa? (Partido alto)"4:43
2."Franz"Samuele Cerri4:26
3."Amornero"
5:05
4."Lo farei"Victor Bach4:38
5."Ganimede"
  • Cerri
  • Francesco Sandi
4:01
6."In vista della sera"Camillo Castellari5:11
7."Notte di San Valentino"Enrico Riccardi3:49
8."Non ci sono emozioni"Massimiliano Pani5:40
9."Nient'altro che felici"
  • Vanda Di Paolo
  • Sergio Laccone
5:18
10."Per una volta tanto"
  • Calabrese
  • Pani
2:25
Total length:44:34

Charts

Chart performance for Ti conosco mascherina
Chart (1990) Peak
position
European Albums (Music & Media)[6] 48
Italian Albums (Musica e dischi)[5] 3

References

  1. ^ Mina – Ti Conosco Mascherina Vol. 1 & 2 at AllMusic. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Mina e il jazz". Jazz Convention (in Italian). 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  3. ^ Gino Castaldo (13 October 1990). "Mina, la voce perfetta di un angelo lontano". La Repubblica. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Interview with Mauro Balletti". Vogue Italia. 7 October 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  5. ^ a b Racca, Guido (2019). M&D Borsa Album 1964–2019 (in Italian). pp. 225–228. ISBN 978-1094705002.
  6. ^ a b "European Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 7, no. 44. 3 November 1990. p. 20. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 May 2021.

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