New album by Mina and Celentano coming

(by Federico Pucci). (ANSA) - Milan, November 10 - Fabled Italian singers Mina and Adriano Celentano sing about love, disillusionment and passion in their eagerly-awaited comeback album together 'Le Migliori' ('The Best').
    The album will be released on Friday. Some 18 years after their first album together, the two legends of Italian music have been reunited in a spirit of friendship.
    "Everything began spontaneously, and the desire to have fun can be heard in the album," Producer Claudia Mori said in presenting the album on Thursday in Milan. Pop music of a somewhat self-referential style is seen throughout, starting from the first single - 'Amami Amami', the end of which recalls 'Storia d'Amore'.
    "In 'Aqcua e Sale', we quoted 'E Poi', and this time we did something similar," commented producer Massimiliano Pani. Echoes of the famous 1998 hit song are also heard in 'A un Passo da Te', written by Fabio Ilacqua (who also wrote the San Remo hit 'Amen'). 'Mi fai bere' ('you make me drink') becomes 'mi fai bene' ('you do me good') using the same music, while the funkiness of 'Brivido Felino' is also seen in 'Non Mi Ami'. The 11 previously unpublished songs - plus two that have been set aside for the time being but will be released in 2017 - bring together such well-known names as Andrea Mingardi ('E' l'Amore') and Toto Cutugno ('Ti Lascio Amore'), as well as new songwriters that reinterpret the meeting between the two: Mondo Marcio and Pietro Paletti, with a mixture between spaghetti western, reggae and salsa styles. The two solo songs are Mina's jazz single with Danilo Rea entitled 'Quando la Smetterò' and Celentano's rock single 'Il Bambino col Fucile'. The final song is a cover of 'Prisencolinensinainciusol'.
    A desire to joke around with their images transpires even with the cover, designed by Mauro Balletti. Italian State broadcaster RAI will focus on this aspect during an hour-long special on the album that will go on air at 8:30 PM on December 12. 'Le Migliori' will be released in a delux edition with a CD containing 15 conversations "stolen" during meetings with the two musicians in Lugano. The title of the album is from a birthday greeting written to Mina from Celentano on March 25, 2015.