Uiallalla
Studio album by
Mina
Released14 October 1989 (1989-10-14)
Recorded1989
StudioStudio GSU, Lugano
Genre
Length74:36
Language
LabelPDU
ProducerMassimiliano Pani
Mina chronology
Ridi pagliaccio
(1988)		 Uiallalla
(1989)		 Ti conosco mascherina
(1990)

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.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."La pelle nera / Johnny B. Goode / Black Betty / Angeli negri (Angelitos negros)"Nino Ferrer / Chuck Berry / Lead Belly /
6:54
2."Una lunga storia d'amore"Gino Paoli3:29
3."Les cornichons"
  • Ferrer
  • James Booker
3:02
4."When Your Lover Has Gone"Einar Aaron Swan2:30
5."Oh! Darling"
3:35
6."Io vorrei... non vorrei... ma se vuoi..."
 
7."Are You Lonesome Tonight?"
2:57
8."Sarà per te"Riccardo Mariotti5:04
9."guitar suona più piano" (with Ángel "Pato" García)
3:18
10."As Time Goes By"Herman Hupfeld3:58
Total length:37:58
Vol. 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."La montagna"Piergiorgio Benda3:54
2."Lo faresti"
4:12
3."Bachelite"Francesco Salvi4:42
4."Canterò per te"Gatto Panceri4:15
5."Che nome avrà"
4:49
6."Il plaid" (feat. Toots Thielemans)Giorgio Conte2:40
7."Tre volte sì"
5:20
8."Uscita 29"
  • Calabrese
  • Pani
3:43
9."T.I.R."Giorgio Conte3:01
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

  1. ↑ Uiallalla, Vols. 1-2 at AllMusic. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  2. ↑ Dalla Vecchia, Aldo (2020). Mina per neofiti: La vita, la voce, l'arte di una fuoriclasse (in Italian). Grafe.it. ISBN 9788893720885.
  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.
  4. 1 2 Racca, Guido (2019). M&D Borsa Album 1964–2019 (in Italian). pp. 225–228. ISBN 978-1094705002.
  5. 1 2 "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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