| Rane supreme | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Volume 1 cover | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 17 October 1987 | |||
| Recorded | 1987 | |||
| Studio | Studi PDU, Lugano[1] | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 77:56 | |||
| Language | ||||
| Label | PDU | |||
| Producer | Massimiliano Pani | |||
| Mina chronology | ||||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
 Volume 2 cover | ||||
Rane supreme is a studio album by Italian singer Mina, released on 17 October 1987 by PDU.
Overview
On the first volume of the album, Mina presents her interpretations of songs by other artists. Among them: "Nessun dolore" by Lucio Battisti, in this song the singer demonstrates her wide vocal range, "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" by Elton John and "Careless Whisper" by George Michael. The song "Gloria" was already recorded by Mina for the album Due note (1961). There are new songs on the second volume.
As usual, the album was released in the fall, again as a double album on vinyl and in two volumes on CD and cassette. The album entered the top five of the chart in Italy.[3]
For the recording of this album, Mina received the Targa Tenco prize as the best performer.[4]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Careless Whisper" | George Michael | Andrew Ridgeley | 6:06 |
| 2. | "Nessun dolore" | Mogol | Lucio Battisti | 4:16 |
| 3. | "Gloria" | Leon René | René | 2:55 |
| 4. | "Luna lunera" | Tony Fergo | Fergo | 4:00 |
| 5. | "Scrivimi" | Enrico Frati | Giovanni Raimondo | 4:47 |
| 6. | "My Cherie Amour" | Henry Cosby | 3:14 | |
| 7. | "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" | John | 3:51 | |
| 8. | "You Make Me Feel Brand New" (with Samuele Cerri) | Linda Creed |
| 5:17 |
| Total length: | 34:28 | |||
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Proprio come sei" | Samuele Cerri | Massimiliano Pani | 4:05 |
| 2. | "Mappamondo" | Valentino Alfano | Mario Robbiani | 3:20 |
| 3. | "Per avere te" | Giorgio Calabrese | Carlo Pes | 5:33 |
| 4. | "Ma chi è quello lì" | Michele Schembri |
| 4:24 |
| 5. | "Mi manchi tu" | Calabrese | Gianfranco Fornaciari | 4:42 |
| 6. | "Serpenti" | Cerri | Pani | 3:24 |
| 7. | "Tu vuoi lei" | Oscar Avogadro | Alberto Radius | 4:17 |
| 8. | "Tu con me" | Giancarlo Colonnello |
| 3:49 |
| 9. | "Certo su di me" |
| Pani | 4:27 |
| 10. | "Legittime curiosità" | Calabrese | Salvatore Vitale | 5:19 |
| Total length: | 43:28 | |||
Personnel
- Mina – vocals, background vocals
- Massimiliano Pani – background vocals, bass guitar, guitar
- Samuele Cerri – background vocals
- Pino Presti – background vocals
- Moreno Ferrara – background vocals
- Mario Robbiani – background vocals, strings
- Paolo Gianolio – bass guitar, guitar, electronic keyboard
- Massimo Moriconi – bass guitar
- Ellade Bandini – drums
- Flaviano Cuffari – drums
- Stefano Previsti – electronic keyboard
- Sergio Farina – guitar
- Alberto Radius – guitar
- Stefano Trevisti – keyboards
- Franco Serafini – piano, Rhodes piano
- Renato Sellani – piano
- Nuccio Rinaldis – recording, mixing
- Amedeo Bianchi – saxophone
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[1]
Charts
| Chart (1987) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Italian Albums (Billboard)[5] | 7 |
| Italian Albums (Musica e dischi)[3] | 5 |
References
- 1 2 Mina (1987). Rane supreme (booklet). Italy: PDU. Pld. L. 7054.
- ↑ Mina - Rane Supreme, Vol. 1 at AllMusic. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
- 1 2 Racca, Guido (2019). M&D Borsa Album 1964–2019 (in Italian). pp. 225–228. ISBN 978-1094705002.
- ↑ Dalla Vecchia, Aldo (2020). Mina per neofiti: La vita, la voce, l'arte di una fuoriclasse (in Italian). Grafe.it. p. 40. ISBN 9788893720885.
- ↑ Ruscitto, Germano (5 December 1987). "Hits of the World – Italy" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 99, no. 40. p. 60. ISSN 0006-2510.
External links
- Rane supreme at Discogs (list of releases)
