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Uiallalla
Studio album by Mina
Released	14 October 1989 (1989-10-14)
Recorded	1989
Studio	Studio GSU, Lugano
Genre	Pop rock
Length	74:36
Language	Italian English French
Label	PDU
Producer	Massimiliano 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 and distributed by EMI Italiana.

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.

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, as well as number sixty-seven in the pan-European chart.

Track listing

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

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. ^ Racca, Guido (2019). M&D Borsa Album 1964–2019 (in Italian). pp. 225–228. ISBN 978-1094705002.
5. ^ "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.

External links

• Uiallalla at Discogs (list of releases)

• 1989 albums
• Mina (Italian singer) albums
• EMI Italiana albums
• 1980s Italian-language albums