Amanti di valore

Amanti di valore
Amanti di valore
Studio album by Mina
Released	22 October 1973
Recorded	1973
Studio	La Basilica, Milan
Genre	Pop
Length	38:56
Language	Italian
Label	PDU
Mina chronology

Amanti di valore is a studio album by Italian singer Mina, released in October 1973 by PDU and originally distributed by EMI Italiana as a double album along with Frutta e verdura.^[2]

Overview

The album's songs are dedicated to love and sex. Mina, again going against the flow, relies on the lyrics of the promising author Franco Califano, who describes without taboos the relationship between two adulterers ("Amanti di valore") or the absurd erotic games that she learns to please her man, thereby losing the natural spontaneity and naivety associated with the act of love ("Inibizioni al vento").^[3]

"Carlo detto il mandrillo" differs in that Mina does not perform the lead vocal part, but sounds like part of the choir. This is a song about a man overwhelmed with excessive passion in search of a woman. The song was removed from foreign releases due to censorship.^[3]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Franco Califano; all music is composed by Carlo Pes.

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Amanti di valore"	4:22
2.	"La vita goccia a goccia"	4:32
3.	"Ieri, ieri"	3:59
4.	"I sogni di un semplice"	5:04
5.	"La solita storia d'amore"	3:33
6.	"Un po' d'uva"	0:28
Total length:		21:58

Side B
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Il poeta che non pensa mai"	3:59
2.	"La mia vecchiaia"	3:14
3.	"Carlo detto il mandrillo"	2:57
4.	"Inibizioni al vento"	4:00
5.	"Ninna nanna amore stanco"	2:48
Total length:		16:58

Personnel

Mina – vocals
Pino Presti – arrangement, bass, Rhodes piano, percussion
Carlo Pes – arrangement, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, twelve-string guitar, mixing
Dario Baldan Bembo – organ, electric piano, piano, eminent
Renzo Bergonzi – percussion
Bruno De Filippi [it] – harmonica
Tullio De Piscopo – drums, conga
Lino Liguori – drums
Arturo Prestipino Giarritta [it] – violin
Andrea Sacchi – electric guitar, classical guitar, lap steel guitar
Nuccio Rinaldis – sound engineering
Mauro Balletti – photography
Luciano Tallarini – artwork, design

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.^[4]

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for *Amanti di valore* and *Frutta e verdura*
Chart (1974)	Peak position
Italian Albums (Billboard)^[5]	2
Italian Albums (Musica e dischi)^[6]	1

Chart performance for *Amanti di valore*
Chart (1974)	Peak position
Italian Albums (Musica e dischi)^[6]	3

Monthly charts

Monthly chart performance for *Amanti di valore* and *Frutta e verdura*
Chart (1974)	Peak position
Italian Albums (Musica e dischi)^[7]	1

References

^ "La Basilica" (in Italian). minamazzini.it. 3 September 2020. Archived from the original on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
^ 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. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
^ ^a ^b Bassotti, Paolo (2004). Sexy rock: 50 storie di musica e rivoluzione sessuale (in Italian). Arcana. p. 240. ISBN 9788862313506.
^ Mina (1973). Amanti di valore (liner notes). Italy: PDU. Pld. L. 5070. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
^ Ruscitto, Geramno (25 May 1974). "Hits of the World – Italy" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 86, no. 21. p. 64. ISSN 0006-2510.
^ ^a ^b Racca, Guido (2019). "Mina". M&D borsa album 1964–2019 (in Italian). Amazon Digital Services LLC – Kdp Print Us. pp. 225–228. ISBN 978-1094705002.
^ Racca, Guido (2020). "I numeri uno mensili" (PDF). M&D classifiche mensili – album 1964–2019 (in Italian). Amazon Digital Services LLC – Kdp Print Us. p. 17.