Olio (Mina album)

Olio
Studio album by Mina
Released	15 April 1999 (1999-04-15)
Recorded	1999
Studio	Studi GSU, Lugano
Genre	Pop rock[1]
Length	45:13
Language	Italian English Neapolitan
Label	PDU
Producer	Massimiliano Pani
Mina chronology
Mina Gold 2 (1999) Olio (1999) Mina n° 0 (2000)

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

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

• 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

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

Certifications for Olio

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

References

1. Mina – Olio at AllMusic. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
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.
4. "Hits of the World". Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 19. 8 May 1999. p. 46. ISSN 0006-2510.
5. "Brevi". La Repubblica (in Italian). 27 April 1999. Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2023.

External links

• Olio at Discogs (list of releases)