Olio (Mina album)

Olio
Olio
Studio album by Mina
Released	15 April 1999
Recorded	1999
Studio	Studi GSU, Lugano
Genre	Pop; rock;
Length	45:13
Language	Italian; English; Neapolitan;
Label	PDU
Producer	Massimiliano Pani
Mina chronology

Olio is a studio album by Italian singer Mina, released on 15 April 1999 by PDU and distributed by RTI Music.

The album includes a bilingual version of the Shakespears Sister's song "Stay", sung as a duet with Piero Pelù. Another notable track is "Canto largo" which has been used as the opening theme of the long-running Italian soap opera Vivere.

Track listing[edit]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Grande amore"	Giulia Fasolino	4:37
2.	"Dint' 'o viento"	Pasquale Ziccardi Ferdinando Ghidelli	4:18
3.	"Come gocce"	Francesco Garzone Luigi Pignalosa Vincenzo Capasso	5:13
4.	"Canto largo"	Samuele Cerri Massimiliano Pani	3:12
5.	"Non passa"	Fabrizio Berlincioni Mauro Culotta	5:07
6.	"Stay with Me (Stay)" (featuring Piero Pelù)	Siobhan Fahey Marcella Detroit Jean Guiot Maurizio Morante	4:13
7.	"Io voglio solo te"	Giulia Fasolino	4:43
8.	"Lacreme e voce"	Marcello Schena Nicolò Fragile Morante	4:47
9.	"Il meccanismo"	Morante	3:45
10.	"E mi manchi"	Mauro Santoro	5:16
Total length:			45:13

Personnel[edit]

Mina – vocal
Massimiliano Pani – arrangement (1–7, 9, 10), backing vocals (3, 5–7, 10)
Giulia Fasolino – backing vocals (3, 5–7)
Moreno Ferrara – backing vocals (3, 5, 7)
Manù Cortesi – backing vocals (3, 6, 7)
Massimo Moriconi – double bass
Alfredo Golino – drums (3, 5–8)
Giorgio Secco – electric guitar (3, 10)
Massimo Varini – guitar (1, 6)
Paolo Gianolio – guitar (3–7, 9)
Nicolò Fragile – keyboards, programming (1, 3, 5–7, 9, 10)
Danilo Rea – piano (2–4, 6, 9)
Gian Luca Ambrosetti – soprano saxophone
Carmine Di – sound engineering, recording, mixing

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.^[2]

Charts[edit]

Chart performance for *Olio*
Chart (1999)	Peak position
European Albums (Music & Media)^[3]	26
Italian Albums (Musica e dischi/FIMI)^[4]	1

Certifications and sales[edit]

Certifications for *Olio*
Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI)^[5]	2× Platinum	200,000^*
^* Sales figures based on certification alone.

References[edit]

^ Mina – Olio at AllMusic. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
^ Mina (1999). Olio (booklet). Italy: PDU. 90062.
^ "European Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 16, no. 19. 8 May 1999. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 March 2021.
^ "Hits of the World". Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 19. 8 May 1999. p. 46. ISSN 0006-2510.
^ "Brevi". La Repubblica (in Italian). 27 April 1999. Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2023.

External links[edit]

Olio at Discogs (list of releases)

[1] Mina – Olio at AllMusic. Retrieved 13 June 2023.

[notes-2] Mina (1999). Olio (booklet). Italy: PDU. 90062.

[3] "European Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 16, no. 19. 8 May 1999. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 March 2021.

[BB-4] "Hits of the World". Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 19. 8 May 1999. p. 46. ISSN 0006-2510.

[ITA-5] "Brevi". La Repubblica (in Italian). 27 April 1999. Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2023.

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