Mina con bignè

Mina con bignè is a studio album by Italian singer Mina, released in November 1977 by PDU and distributed by EMI Italiana.^[3]

Mina con bignè
Studio album by Mina
Released	November 1977 (1977-11)
Recorded	1977
Studio	La Basilica, Milan[1]
Genre	Pop disco
Length	45:18
Language	Italian Spanish
Label	PDU
Mina chronology
Del mio meglio n. 4 (1977) Mina con bignè (1977) Mina quasi Jannacci (1978)
Singles from Mina con bignè
""Giorni" / "Ormai"" Released: July 1976[2]

According to tradition, in 1977, Mina recorded one album with new songs, and another (Mina quasi Jannacci) with cover versions.^[4][5] Originally, both albums were sold together as a double album, later they went on sale separately.

Critical reception

Claudio Milano of OndaRock [it] highlighted the song "Ormai" in the album, stating that Mina had created a new form of drama by reaching artistic maturity.^[6] In 2015 Panorama magazine named Mina con bignè among the ten fundamental albums by Mina.^[7] Carlo Gibertini from Rolling Stone magazine included "Ma che bontà" in the list of the 15 best Italian songs about food, calling it "brilliant".^[8]

Track listing

Side A

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Da capo"	Marco Luberti Riccardo Cocciante	3:16
2.	"Ma che bontà"	Enrico Riccardi	3:00
3.	"Amante amore"	Cristiano Malgioglio Pino Presti	4:10
4.	"Oroscopo"	Malgioglio Corrado Castellari	3:45
5.	"Balla chi balla (Bala com bala)"	Giorgio Calabrese João Bosco	3:38
6.	"Giorni"	Luigi Albertelli Shel Shapiro	4:50
Total length:			22:39

Side B

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Ormai"	Andrea Lo Vecchio	4:08
2.	"Tradirò"	Simon Luca	4:20
3.	"Una ragazza in due (Down Came the Rain)"	Leo Chiosso Mitch Murray Robin Conrad	3:08
4.	"Señora melancolía"	Willy Morales	4:43
5.	"La tua voce dentro l'anima"	Mario Nobile	3:42
6.	"Che lui mi dia (Basta um dia)"	Sergio Bardotti Chico Buarque de Hollanda	2:38
Total length:			22:39

Personnel

• Mina – vocals
• Alberto Visentin – arrangement, conducting (A1)
• Gianni Ferrio – arrangement, conducting (A2, A5, B4, B6)
• Pino Presti – arrangement, conducting (A3, B3, B5)
• Sergio Parisini – arrangement, conducting (A4)
• Shel Shapiro – arrangement, conducting (A6)
• Rodolfo Grieco [it] – arrangement, conducting (B1)
• Simon Luca – arrangement, conducting (B2)
• Alberto Mompellio – arrangement, conducting (B2)
• Luciano Tallarini – art direction
• Nuccio Rinaldis – sound engineer
• Mauro Balletti – photography

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.^[9]

Charts

Chart performance for Mina con bignè and Mina quasi Jannacci

Chart (1977–1978)	Peak position
Italian Albums (Billboard)[10]	5
Italian Albums (Musica e dischi)[11]	4

Chart performance for Mina con bignè

Chart (1978)	Peak position
Italian Albums (Musica e dischi)[11]	7