Plurale

Plurale
Studio album by Mina
Released	October 1976 (1976-10)
Recorded	1976
Studio	La Basilica, Milan[1]
Genre	Pop jazz[2]
Length	34:56
Language	Italian English Piedmontese Spanish French
Label	PDU
Mina chronology
Singolare (1976) Plurale (1976) Del mio meglio n. 4 (1977)

Plurale is a studio album by Italian singer Mina, released in 1976 by PDU and distributed by EMI Italiana. It was originally distributed as a double album with Singolare.^[3]

Overview

The peculiarity of the album is that it was entirely recorded with the technique of the subsequent overdubbing of a single voice of Mina, which with its three octaves of extension gave the possibility of creating vocal formations ranging from the trio to the sixteen-voice choir. This album is contrasted with Singolare, where only one voice of Mina is heard.^[4]

In 1977 the album won first prize at the XV Italian Music Critics Awards.^[5] On 29 December 2021 an episode of the TV program 33 Giri – Italian Masters was shown, which was entirely dedicated to the album Plurale.^[6]

Track listing

Side A

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro"	Mina	2:25
2.	"Moonlight Serenade"	Glenn Miller Mitchell Parish	3:53
3.	"C'è un uomo in mezzo al mare"	Nino Giuseppe Rastelli Dino Olivieri	2:26
4.	"My Love"	Paul McCartney Linda McCartney	4:12
5.	"Il testamento del capitano"	Gianni Ferrio	3:42
Total length:			16:38

Side B

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"El Porompompero"	José Antonio Ochaíta Xandro Valerio Juan Solano Pedrero	3:11
2.	"Michelle"	John Lennon P. McCartney	5:30
3.	"Pennsylvania 6-5000"	Carl Sigman Jerry Gray	2:52
4.	"Scettico Blues"	Dino Rulli T. De Filippis	3:25
5.	"Mood Indigo"	Duke Ellington Barney Bigard Irving Mills	3:12
6.	"Good Evening Friends"	Ferrio	0:08
Total length:			18:18

Personnel

• Mina – vocals
• Gianni Ferrio – arrangement, conducting
• Alba Ferrio – producer assistant
• Nuccio Rinaldis – sound engineer
• Luciano Tallarini – cover art
• Mauro Balletti – photography

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.^[7]

Charts

Chart performance for Plurale and Singolare

Chart (1976–1977)	Peak position
Italian Albums (Billboard)[8]	2
Italian Albums (Musica e dischi)[9]	1

Chart performance for Plurale

Chart (1976)	Peak position
Italian Albums (Musica e dischi)[9]	12

References

1. "La Basilica" (in Italian). minamazzini.it. 3 September 2020. Archived from the original on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
2. "Mina e il jazz". Jazz Convention (in Italian). 17 December 2013. Archived from the original on 5 June 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
3. "From the Music Capitals of the World" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 88, no. 52. 25 December 1976. p. 59. ISSN 0006-2510. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 April 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
4. "Torna su Sky Arte "33 Giri – Italian Master": si riparte con Battiato e Mannoia". La Stampa (in Italian). 11 November 2021. Archived from the original on 28 June 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
5. Dalla Vecchia, Aldo (2020). "Numero Uno". Mina per neofiti: La vita, la voce, l'arte di una fuoriclasse (in Italian). Graphe.it Edizioni. p. 34. ISBN 9788893720885. Archived from the original on 2023-05-23. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
6. "Le canzoni di Mina". Sky Arte (in Italian). 27 December 2021. Archived from the original on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
7. Plurale (liner notes). Italy: PDU. 1976. Pld. L 6068. Archived from the original on 31 December 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2024. {{cite AV media notes}}: Unknown parameter |people= ignored (help)
8. "Hits of the World" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 89, no. 5. 5 February 1977. p. 62. ISSN 0006-2510. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 March 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
9. Racca, Guido (2019). M&D Borsa Album 1964–2019 (in Italian). pp. 225–228. ISBN 978-1094705002.

External links

• Plurale at Discogs (list of releases)
• Singolare e Plurale at Discogs (list of releases)