Interesting because it returns Mina in acoustic territory - not that she haven't already been there million times during her long career - this studio album is built around idea of gentle and simple acoustic background and it works surprisingly well. Since way too many of her albums in the last few decades were overproduced,it actually comes as a breath of fresh air to hear Mina singing without thundering rock guitars or synthesizers competing for listener's attention. This stripped-down approach unfortunately also clearly shows that magnificent voice is not what it was long ago and although she can sing circles around everybody in the business,at least to my ears it shows signs of wear & tear.
(Attention: it is very possible that every crack in the voice was intentional as expression,who knows?)
Otherwise lady sounds good and it's good to hear her again,although this album hardly brings anything really new - any of her countless compilations has her classics set in the stone decades ago and most of my italian friends don't really care for her recent work.
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