Napoli (album)

Napoli
Studio album by Mina
Released	28 November 1996 (1996-11-28)
Recorded	1996
Studio	Studi GSU, Lugano[1]
Genre	Canzone napoletana jazz[2]
Length	43:16
Language	Neapolitan
Label	PDU
Mina chronology
Cremona (1996) Napoli (1996) Minantologia (1997)

Napoli is a studio album by Italian singer Mina, released on 28 November 1996 by PDU. It features Neapolitan songs interpreted by Mina. The album became number four on the Italian albums chart (number two according to FIMI) and received positive reviews.

The songs "Passione" and "Voce 'e notte" were already recorded in 1961.

In the same year, the album was reissued in a deluxe edition of Natale 1996, which also included the album Cremona.^[1]

Critical reception

Federico Vacalebre from Il Mattino noted that Napoli is an elegant interpretation of Parthenopean melodies and the most beautiful Mina's record of the nineties.^[2] Marco Molendini [it] also stated that this is one of Mina's best works, in which she shows herself as an impeccable vocalist.^[3] Ernesto Assante from La Repubblica notes that the record is more than jazz, it is richer and more passionate.^[4] Claudio Milano from OndaRock [it] wrote that Mina offers arrangements of priceless sophistication and exciting vocal versions accompanied by an amazing string choir.^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Aggio perduto 'o suonno"	Gino Redi Alvise Natili	5:27
2.	"Amaro è 'o bene"	Salvatore Palomba Sergio Bruni	3:12
3.	"Quanno chiove"	Pino Daniele	3:33
4.	"Passione"	Libero Bovio Nicola Valente Ernesto Tagliaferri	3:28
5.	"Je sto vicino a te"	Daniele	5:58
6.	"Nun è peccato"	Ugo Calise Carlo Alberto Rossi	4:55
7.	"Voce 'e notte"	Edoardo Nicolardi Ernesto De Curtis	6:17
8.	"Maruzzella"	Enzo Bonagura Renato Carosone	3:29
9.	"Core 'ngrato"	Alessandro Sisca Salvatore Cardillo	2:17
10.	"Indifferentemente"	Umberto Martucci Salvatore Mazzocco	4:38
Total length:			43:16

Personnel

• Mina – vocals
• Massimo Moriconi – double bass
• Maurizio Dei Lazzaretti [it] – drums
• Sandro Gibellini – guitar
• Naco – percussion
• Danilo Rea – piano
• Franco Ambrosetti – saxhorn
• Gabriele Comeglio [it] – saxophone
• Emilio Soana – tromba
• Giuseppe Di Stefano - trombone
• Mauro Parodi – trombone
• Pippo Colucci - trumpet
• Umberto Marcandalli – trumpet

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.^[1]

Charts

Chart performance for Napoli

Chart (1996)	Peak position
European Albums (Music & Media)[6]	29
Italian Albums (FIMI)[7]	2
Italian Albums (Musica e dischi)[8]	4

References

1. Natale 1996 (booklet). Italy: PDU. 1996. 30047. {{cite AV media notes}}: Unknown parameter |people= ignored (help)
2. Vacalebre, Federico (27 October 1996). "Mina incanta Napoli: jazz sotto il Vesuvio". Il Mattino (in Italian). ISSN 1592-3908.
3. Molendini, Marco (27 October 1996). "Mina, una tigre dal "core grato"". Il Messaggero (in Italian). ISSN 1126-8352.
4. Assante, Ernesto (27 October 1996). "Il volto di Mina per cantare Napoli". La Repubblica (in Italian). ISSN 0390-1076.
5. Milano, Claudio. "Mina - biografia, recensioni, streaming, discografia, foto". OndaRock (in Italian). Retrieved 2 July 2023.
6. "European Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 13, no. 51/52. 21 December 1996. p. 26. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 May 2021.
7. "Top National Sellers" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 13, no. 51/52. 21 December 1996. p. 27.
8. Racca, Guido (2019). M&D Borsa Album 1964–2019 (in Italian). pp. 225–228. ISBN 978-1094705002.

External links

• Napoli at Discogs (list of releases)