Mina & Adriano Celentano
Mina Celentano

In 1998, two great personalities of Italian music topped the charts with their self-titled album. The result, however, is somewhat below expectations, the songs are all very catchy and well-crafted, but they lack that spark of genius that one would rightfully expect from two artists of this caliber.

The album mostly belongs to Mina, especially in its flaws (virtuosic vocal performances but lacking soul and an overabundance of keyboards), yet it is primarily Celentano's contributions that make the album noteworthy; without him, the album's outcome would have been different. Among the best compositions are "Io ho te" (previously recorded by Audio 2, who penned two other compositions) and "Dolly" (a dialogue between a man and a dog that Celentano brilliantly interprets with two different voice tones) and the amusing "Che t'aggia dì" in a similar Puglian dialect.