Caterpillar (Mina album)

Caterpillar is a double studio album by Italian singer Mina, released on 18 October 1991 and distributed by EMI Italiana.

Overview
The album, as usual, features a part with cover versions of famous world and Italian hits, originally released between 1927 (Hoagy Carmichael's "Stardust") and 1979 (Gianna Nannini's "California"), as well as a part with new original material.

The song "Il genio del bene" was used by Rete 4 as the theme song of the telenovela Vendetta di una donna starring Luisa Kuliok.

The album debuted at number fifteen on the Italian albums chart and peaked at number four in its fourth week, and stayed on the chart for a total of fifteen weeks. In the European albums chart, it became the fifty-second.

A remastered version of the album was released in 2001.

Personnel

 * Mina – vocals


 * Danilo Rea – accordion, Hammond organ, piano
 * Massimo Moriconi – acoustic bass
 * Angel "Pato" Garcia – acoustic guitar
 * Mario Robbiani – arrangement
 * Massimiliano Pani – arrangement, backing vocals, keyboards
 * Lele Cerri – backing vocals
 * Margherita Ragnetti – backing vocals
 * Massimo Bozzi – backing vocals, guitar, keyboards
 * Moreno Ferrara – backing vocals
 * Simonetta Robbiani – backing vocals
 * Massimo Morriconi – bass
 * Alfredo Golino – drums
 * Ellade Bandini – drums
 * Roberto Gatto – drums
 * Franco Ambrosetti – flugelhorn
 * Danilo Minotti – guitar
 * Gigi Cifarelli – guitar
 * Paolo Gianolio – guitar
 * Sandro Gibellini – guitar
 * Aldo Banfi – synclavier
 * Candelo Cabezas – percussion
 * Giancarlo Porro – saxophone
 * Giovanni Troversi – saxophone
 * Leonardo Prete – saxophone
 * Maurizio Giammarco – saxophone
 * Paolo Panigada – saxophone
 * Sergio Rigon – saxophone
 * Wally Allifranchini – saxophone
 * Marco Tempesta – trombone
 * Mauro Parodi – trombone
 * Rudy Migliardi – trombone
 * Emilio Soana – trumpet
 * Fernando Brusco – trumpet
 * Umberto Moretti – trumpet

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.