Mina returns with “Gassa d'amante”, a new album of unreleased songs made on the threshold of her 85th birthday. A manifesto dedicated to love and above all yet another demonstration of the love that Mina has for music.
Mina has nothing to prove, but continues on her sonic adventure, showing off all her inexhaustible desire to get involved, to explore emotional and musical territories with the courage and that dose of curiosity of someone who is never satisfied.
The title, which recalls the knot symbolizing strong and indissoluble bonds, is already a declaration of intent: a record that investigates love in all its facets, from overwhelming passion to the pain of loss, from the hope of rebirth to the melancholy of memories . Mina does not interpret these emotions: she lives them, transforms them, makes them universal.
The ten tracks that make up the album each have a specific soul.
The first launch single Throw it away, signed by Francesco Gabbani, it is an invitation to get rid of the superfluous to make room for what really matters, while Swithout hurting me, written by Elisa, it is a delicate whisper that addresses the fragility of love with rare poetry. Mina also picks up I won't stop waiting for you by Fabio Concato (released in 2016), giving it a new depth, and songs like Missing or Just Love Me (the batteries appear to have been taken exactly from I Know There's Something Going On by Frida) highlight her ability to authentically narrate every nuance of the human experience.
A special chapter is represented by True love, already included in the soundtrack of the film Diamanti by Ferzan Ozpetek, where Mina moves between emotion and drama with a refinement that only she can achieve. Each song is a demonstration of how much the artist has been able to keep the freshness of his vocal instrument intact, perfecting it with a maturity that does not weigh down, but enriches.
The musical aspect, curated with obsessive attention, combines elegant and jazzy orchestral arrangements with a production that enhances the voice without suffocating it. Massimiliano Pani's experience is palpable: every choice seems to serve a single objective, that of putting Mina at the center, in an intimate dimension without filters.
If I really have to find something that didn't convince me, it's the rock guitars of That's how it worksand also the whole structure of the song that reminds me of something The important thing is to finish but without pathos and essence.
The icing on the cake is the album cover. As usual Mina uses her image to represent. This time his face is on the bow of a ship in calm waters, an image created by Mauro Balletti that summarizes the artist's journey, always in balance between control and abandonment, between strength and delicacy.
“Gassa d'amante” is not just a record: it is an artistic gesture of rare intensity, a thread that binds the past, present and future of Italian music.
Always huge!
SCORE: 8.00
I can't stop waiting for you – Rating 8.00
Missing – Rating 8.00
To tell you I love you – Rating 8.00
Just love me – Rating 7.00
Without hurting me – Rating 7.50
The heart is wrong – Rating 7.00
That's how it works – Rating 6.50
Throw it away – Rating 7.50
True love – Rating 8.00
I won't leave you – Rating 7.00
TO LISTEN NOW
I won't stop waiting for you – To tell you I love you – True love
TO BE SKIPPED IMMEDIATELY
42 minutes of elegance and class. You never skip Mina!!!
