Old Sparky
Old Sparky

Duran Duran — Duran Duran | DeRank™: 0,00

I met them with their first album; I was young but I couldn’t stop playing it on the turntable. I liked them (and I still do today), and with the subsequent albums, I spent musical afternoons and had discussions with ‘cultured’ friends who hated them from the start. Then came the post-Arena period (the fake live) and a couple of albums I didn't like... I reassessed them in 1993 with this album, then they got lost, rehabilitated, lost again, and reactivated; they still stay true to the project, perhaps too. more
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Old Sparky
Old Sparky

Hans Zimmer — Inception | DeRank™: 0,00

Music that flows well even without having seen, loved/hated, or watched Nolan's film, is interesting how those damn chords manage to blend within the compositions and how they create dramatic and ethereal landscapes at the same time. Zimmer is a musician who masters the epic and molds it with the use of instruments, whether it's an orchestra or a synthesizer, it matters little. more
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Old Sparky
Old Sparky

Blur — Parklife | DeRank™: 1,94

CD purchased in London, summer 1994. Discovered by chance, but never left behind! - this album is perfect, everything is balanced, it grinds the UK musical genres and reassembles them into beautiful songs while distancing itself from the trends that were in vogue at the time. I have never understood the association with bands like Oasis and the relegation to the 'brit-pop' genre; here we are talking about well-crafted music. more
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SydBarrett96
Excellent packaging for the album, but in the '00s I consider it inferior to the two peaks "Pezzi" and especially "Amore nel Pomeriggio." Nevertheless, 40 minutes of poetry in music, as always. more
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ZeroKanada
ZeroKanada

Mihai Edrisch | DeRank™: 1,03

French screamo is one of its highest expressions. As far as I'm concerned, it's better here than in Celeste. more
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TSTW
TSTW

South Park | DeRank™: 0,00

But Cartman, you've got a 3-meter satellite dish sticking out of your butt! more
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senzanome
senzanome

John Entwistle | DeRank™: 4,44

Phenomenal bassist, and with Keith Moon forms one of the most incredible rhythm sections in all of rock. more
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Old Sparky
Not up to the standard of the DM production. more
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De...Marga...
De...Marga...

Grip Inc. | DeRank™: 0,75

Thrash, thrash and more thrash!!! Controlled power from one of the best bands in the genre of the nineties and beyond. And when you have Dave Lombardo on drums, everything becomes easier... AMAZING... more
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De...Marga...
The lesson, prodigious, of Mr. Bungle taken to extremes: divinely!!! I draw inspiration from what is written on the back of the charming packaging: "30 Miniature Holidays In 43 Minutes." The tracks are untitled; they are precisely 30 "exaggerated" bursts where Mr. Dunn, Lombardo, Osborne, and Patton demonstrate their mastery of the proposed sonic mixture: ultra noise, ultra grind, ultra EVERYTHING, with various and assorted samples. Dave's inhuman performance on the drums stands tall... PRECIOUS. more
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senzanome
senzanome

The Who | DeRank™: 1,29

5 by default. more
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senzanome
senzanome

Swans | DeRank™: 11,08

They bring a lot of joy. more
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Lao Tze
Lao Tze

Claudio Baglioni | DeRank™: 11,48

Come on, we've all looked for our hook up in the sky... maybe someone was looking for it because they wanted to hang Baglioni on that hook... but in the meantime, they looked for it anyway. more
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Lao Tze
The proof of a superior Mind: Funk that doesn’t settle for the more traditional union with Soul and meets Reggae, Bossa, and the "smooth" delicacy of a guitar and electric piano that enhances the senses. For me, this even anticipates trip-hop by two decades. Discharged by Epic: too ahead to be understood. more
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rafssru
rafssru

The Beatles | DeRank™: 0,00

A cultural phenomenon as well as a musical one. Today, their works may seem outdated, but at the time they were innovative. My 5 is on the rise for the historical importance of the group. more
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rafssru
rafssru

Domenico Modugno | DeRank™: 0,00

The first great innovator of Italian song. Although Battisti innovated much more. He doesn’t reach 5 stars because he was born in a too retro era, but certainly, he and Claudio Villa are at opposite ends. more
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rafssru
rafssru

Claudio Villa | DeRank™: 0,30

Representative of the Italietta of the '50s, if this was the redemption of the Post-War period, we were in good shape. more
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Old Sparky
Old Sparky

Depeche Mode — Delta Machine | DeRank™: 0,00

After SOTU, an album worthy of the band, less fluff and more concrete songs. I still don't appreciate Hiller's production. more
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Old Sparky
A live performance to plunge into the dark abyss of the most colorful decade in history. The 80s for sure, but from another planet. Here’s the essence of this band’s allure. more
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Old Sparky
Old Sparky

Bluvertigo — Zero | DeRank™: 0,00

The challenging album by the BV, the album expertly produced and packed with insights, beautiful tracks, and not-so-Italian landscapes. They were different, perhaps not appreciated or understood. more
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