The Platinum Collection (Mina album)
| The Platinum Collection | ||||
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| Released | 20 February 2004 | |||
| Recorded | 1968–2003 | |||
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| Length | 218:00 | |||
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| Label | EMI | |||
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The Platinum Collection is a compilation album by Italian singer Mina, released on 20 February 2004 by EMI.[2]
Overview
[edit]The 52-track, three-disc box set details Mina's recording career at PDU starting in 1968. The set highlights Mina's best moments and give a depth that is essential to her fans, but does not include any tracks recorded by Mina for Italdisc (1959-1964) or Ri-Fi (1964-1967).
Some rare songs previously published only on vinyl records were published here for the first time: "Caro" (B-side of the single "Vorrei che fosse amore", 1968), "Dai dai domani" (B-side of "Glaube Ihr Nicht" or "Non credere", 1969), "La musica e finita" (published in the 1968 album Le più belle canzoni italiane interpretate da Mina) and "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" (the Italian version first appeared on the 1968 live album Mina alla Bussola dal vivo, and in 2003 Mina re-recorded the English version and released it as a single).
The album reached the first place in the Italian album chart, in total it stayed on the chart for 172 weeks (almost a year in the top twenty and three years in total).[3] Also in 2011, the album was certified gold in Italy, and platinum in 2014.[4]
In 2006, the compilation was reissued in the limited box set The Platinum Collection Special Edition, along with the continuation of this compilation The Platinum Collection 2.[5]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "L'importante è finire" |
| 3:17 |
| 2. | "Non gioco più" |
| 2:53 |
| 3. | "Amor mio" | 4:43 | |
| 4. | "Io e te da soli" |
| 4:31 |
| 5. | "Insieme" |
| 4:07 |
| 6. | "Parole parole" (with Alberto Lupo) |
| 3:55 |
| 7. | "Bugiardo e incosciente (La tieta)" | 6:18 | |
| 8. | "Non credere" |
| 4:06 |
| 9. | "E poi..." |
| 4:48 |
| 10. | "Emozioni" |
| 4:33 |
| 11. | "La voce del silenzio" |
| 3:46 |
| 12. | "Fa qualcosa" |
| 3:55 |
| 13. | "Vorrei che fosse amore" | 2:26 | |
| 14. | "E penso a te" |
| 3:38 |
| 15. | "Zum zum zum" |
| 2:36 |
| 16. | "Grande, grande, grande" |
| 3:56 |
| 17. | "Caro" |
| 3:15 |
| 18. | "Dai dai domani (A praça)" |
| 2:57 |
| 19. | "La musica è finita" | 3:08 | |
| Total length: | 72:48 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Questione di feeling" (with Riccardo Cocciante) |
| 4:33 |
| 2. | "Ancora, ancora, ancora" |
| 4:13 |
| 3. | "Magica follia" | Lo Vecchio | 3:53 |
| 4. | "Les cornichons (Big Nick)" | 2:59 | |
| 5. | "Una lunga storia d'amore" | Gino Paoli | 3:25 |
| 6. | "Già visto" | 5:13 | |
| 7. | "Momento magico" | Anselmo Genovese | 6:18 |
| 8. | "Allora sì" |
| 4:10 |
| 9. | "Via di qua" (with Fausto Leali) | 4:51 | |
| 10. | "Senza fiato" |
| 4:01 |
| 11. | "Se il mio canto sei tu" |
| 4:22 |
| 12. | "Rose su rose" |
| 3:56 |
| 13. | "Ma che bontà" | Enrico Riccardi | 2:59 |
| 14. | "Un'aquila nel cuore" | Genovese | 3:32 |
| 15. | "Buonanotte, buonanotte" |
| 5:54 |
| 16. | "Città vuota (It's a Lonely Town)" (1978 version) |
| 4:59 |
| 17. | "Tres palabras" | Osvaldo Farrés | 3:21 |
| 18. | "Il cielo in una stanza" (with Renato Sellani) | Paoli | 2:41 |
| Total length: | 75:20 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Neve" |
| 5:16 |
| 2. | "Il pazzo" | Giancarlo Bigazzi | 4:05 |
| 3. | "Volami nel cuore" |
| 3:32 |
| 4. | "Johnny" | Giulia Fasolino | 4:53 |
| 5. | "Non c'è più audio" |
| 4:44 |
| 6. | "In vista della sera" |
| 5:06 |
| 7. | "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" | Bob Gaudio, Bob Crewe | 5:23 |
| 8. | "Un'estate fa (Une belle histoire)" | 4:00 | |
| 9. | "Fosse vero" |
| 4:16 |
| 10. | "Amore, amore, amore mio" |
| 4:53 |
| 11. | "Raso" (with Audio 2) |
| 4:26 |
| 12. | "Something" | George Harrison | 3:01 |
| 13. | "Come stai?" (with Massimiliano Pani) |
| 4:28 |
| 14. | "Il corvo" | Marco Luberti | 3:38 |
| 15. | "Fortissimo" |
| 5:54 |
| 16. | "Cry Me a River" | Arthur Hamilton | 5:18 |
| Total length: | 69:52 | ||
In the first batch of the album on the third disc, the 1971 version of the song "Something" from the album Mina was mistakenly placed instead of the 1993 version from the album Mina canta i Beatles, in subsequent editions this was corrected.
Charts
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Weekly charts[edit]
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Year-end charts[edit]
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Certifications and sales
[edit]| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Italy (FIMI)[4] | Platinum | 650,000[8] |
References
[edit]- ^ Mina – The Platinum Collection at AllMusic. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
- ^ "Ultime notizie – Mina platinum collection". minamazzini.com (in Italian). 17 February 2004. Archived from the original on 8 April 2004. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
- ^ a b "Italiancharts.com – Mina – The Platinum Collection". Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
- ^ a b "Italian album certifications – Mina – The Platinum Collection" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
- ^ "Mina - The Platinum Collections Special Edition". Discogs. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
- ^ "Classifica annuale 2004 (dal 29.12.2003 al 02.01.2005)" (in Italian). FIMI. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
- ^ "Classifica annuale 2005 (dal 03.01.2005 al 01.01.2006)" (in Italian). FIMI. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
- ^ Barlozzetti, Guido. "Mina: Gli 80 anni della tigre di cremona". RAI. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
External links
[edit]- The Platinum Collection at Discogs (list of releases)
