Every new album Mina releases has to compete with her classic work from decades ago when she had best of the italian composers bringing brilliant songs at her doorstep - they still do,but music and times have changed and lady's discography have not the same resonance as before. There is still a part of audience who welcome her new releases with admiration - and it IS admirable that this artist still works on new music at age of 70 so tirelessly - however, to my ears this sound like a long,unnecessary autumn of career and most of her music today is not only uninspired but lady herself sounds (shall we say it loud?) tired and worn out.
The distances between strong and uninspired albums in Mina's discography in the last two decades are longer and longer - last really enjoyable release was "Bula Bula" and that was in 2005 - we continued to buy new studio albums, expecting miracles but get lukewarm results. New album shows that perhaps Mina is not really interested in pop music that grab at first listening - "Piccolino" has usual share of the current first-class composers and music is gloomy and depressing at first,but slowly grows upon a listener and actually gets better with each listening. This might be a secret of her longevity - songs are melancholic and autumnal, but have their own beauty that has no competition in current pop scene where jingles rule charts.For example, very first song "Compagna Di Viaggio" sets the tone of the whole album with its poetry and gothic atmosphere - yes it is gloomy and perhaps not as necessary as her work from 1970s but still has power to move. Surprise is quasi-classical "L'Uomo Dell'Autunno" that looks back at songs she did so well back in the day.
Another link in already rich discography, the autumn of long and successful career.For fans only.
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