Tom Waits
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StormOTLB

Tom Waits | DeRank™: -5,76

Among the worst things that have passed through my ears, it even made me rethink trout mask replica. more
Deep purple -In Rock
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Deep purple — In Rock | DeRank™: 4,91

Monolith, in line with the cover. The great masterpiece of the Purple for me remains this without a doubt, the debut of "Mark II" with Gillan on vocals. This is a perfect album of that "expanded" and "dilated" Rock that encompasses elements ranging from rock 'n' roll to progressive, from Blues to Hard Rock. Obviously, being one of the "keyboard-oriented" bands in rock/hard of the '70s implies a much wider range of sound and instrumental solutions, not to mention that for me, that "more" of Deep Purple is truly represented by Master Jon and his incredible Hammond organ, which I unconditionally adore. That sound... The lordly Hammond remains, for me, the most beautiful element of their music even in this "II" version of the band, more muscular and tougher, with Blackmore taking more of the spotlight compared to Mark I. Damn, the distorted, ferocious, electrifying sound of the Hammond on "Hard Lovin' Man" is mind-blowing. And well, not everything by the Purples makes me tear my hair out; this is a masterpiece. more
Run and Run
Marcorock
Marcorock

Marcorock: Run and Run Traccia 07 in Run and Run Album - 25 september 1982

There is also a version titled Marry go Round. more
President Gas
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Marcorock

Marcorock: President Gas Traccia 06 in President Gas Album - 25 september 1982

The main attraction more
Love My Way
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Marcorock

Marcorock: Love My Way Traccia 02 in Love My Way Album - 25 september 1982

Masterpiece more
Tim Hardin -Tim Hardin 1
SilasLang
SilasLang

Tim Hardin — Tim Hardin 1 | DeRank™: 0,00

Great album. Not my favorite, that remains the underrated (in my opinion) "Suite For Susan Moore...", delightful like a sonata before a noose. more
Nazareth -Razamanaz
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Nazareth — Razamanaz | DeRank™: 0,28

Nice album, where surely the Scottish Nazarenes find a better "fit" in their musical proposal, more focused on a nimble rock'n'roll/rock with hard peaks and some branching into blues/country. Less immature than the previous two, but to my taste, it doesn’t appeal to me much more compared to the first two; a bit nicer, yes, but not by a wide margin—it's a nice album, but nothing that would make me tear my hair out. Here too, there are two or three really beautiful songs that stand out from the rest, especially the solid cover of Leon Russell (I won’t even say “I prefer the original,” thanks for that, plus I really like Leon Russell) "Alcatraz," a great piece indeed, and their "Sold My Soul," with its "menacing" slowed-down riff. I'm not too crazy about the cover of Guthrie, it's nice but perhaps hampered by my dislike for McCafferty's voice, especially when he goes into "strangled chicken" mode. Also, the rock-blues with a strong slide-guitar flavor (like many songs on the album) of "Woke Up This Morning" in its new guise compared to Hentschel's synthesizer arrangement on "Exercises" is one of the best tracks (the 1.0 version was actually very nice too). The rest settles into levels of fun and delightful rock'n'roll (the title track and others) or pop-rock ("Broken Down Angel"). The only one I really don’t like at all is "Too Bad, Too Sad," which I find really bland. more
The Fatal Impact
Chaturanga
Chaturanga

Chaturanga: The Fatal Impact Traccia 01 in The Fatal Impact Album - 27 february 1984

With this they fall in love more
Mclusky -Mclusky Do Dallas
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SilasLang

Mclusky — Mclusky Do Dallas | DeRank™: 0,95

14 AK-47 shots straight up the ass. more
Bob Dylan
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Kotetsu

Bob Dylan | DeRank™: 0,00

The greatest songwriter of all time. A cliché definition, but he fully deserves it. more
Nirvana
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tiemme

Nirvana | DeRank™: 10,60

I have been a fan since the early days of Cobain's band. I lost them at Bloom (but I found a bootleg CD of the live show), saw them on February 24, 1994, in Milan. A few months before it all ended. Bleach; dark and seminal; Nevermind; a masterpiece, a manifesto of the broken generation to which I belong, the x.....; In Utero; the unfiltered end of the intense Nirvana experience. Incesticide; the Unplugged NY, the first demo, "You Know You're Right" stunning and posthumous (I was happy, as if it were a new single), significant chapters marking the beginning and end of the bomb (for those in their twenties at the time like me) and the genius of Kurt Cobain and his Nirvana. I still feel the same love for their incredibly relevant music in this dark turn taken by the planet, and my listening habits have undoubtedly evolved, changed. But now that Pavement is ending, following Sunny Day Real Estate, I put on In Utero. I haven't listened to it in a while and I turn up the volume, relighting the joint, "Serve the Servant" has started, it’s 11:20 PM on February 21, 2022.... but. A melancholic nostalgia (50 years ..... mid-life crisis, quoting Faith No More....), takes me back to the early part of the '90s..... good night. more
Pearl Jam
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Kotetsu

Pearl Jam | DeRank™: 0,00

I really love the first three albums. The cover of Vitalogy, moreover, is nothing short of inviting. more
Le Bien, le Mal
Chaturanga
Chaturanga

Chaturanga: Le Bien, le Mal Traccia 11 in Le Bien, le Mal Album - 18 may 1993

Fantastic! You can't stay still... and then what's the boundary between bien and mal??? more
Leonardo di Caprio
Chaturanga
Chaturanga

Leonardo di Caprio | DeRank™: 0,00

Even though I see this film has already been reviewed, I'd like to share my thoughts! In my opinion, this is one of the films where the Scorsese/DiCaprio duo reaches the highest peaks. (Shutter Island excluded as an absolute MASTERPIECE, of course.)

In a previous life, at 27 years old (due to various circumstances and luck), I landed in the Big Apple for my first business trip. Since that day, a long career followed that lasted until about 10 years ago when I inevitably crashed.

The members of the team I worked with were in the office at 8, perfectly operational, and at 6 they would clock out, then it was aperitivo, dinner (after which I would disappear), night, 1-2 hours of sleep, gym, and back to work again. All this multiplied by at least 250/270 days a year. The problem is that for at least six years, I managed to keep pace with their sober rhythm without rich prizes and party favors...

The American managers/motivators/headhunters, as portrayed, characterized, and caricatured in the film, are not too far from the grotesque truth. Everything is sacrificable for business. Very few have a family, and very few reach 50 without going through various therapists and endless rehab.

Let's go in order; from the first porn scene, DiCaprio is stunning (I mention it so you’ll at least rewatch that part too)... Leonardo perfectly embodies his character—ruthless, depraved, clever, and absolutely perverse—in an exceptional way. The way he leaves the p... more
Nazareth -Exercises
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Nazareth — Exercises | DeRank™: 0,29

The first two albums by Nazareth are part of that group of albums from famous hard-rock bands that, at the beginning of their careers, started out by exploring other and more varied musical genres, with results of varying quality depending on the case (we're talking about the early and more psychedelic UFO, the Mark I of Deep Purple, the first three trio-format albums by Thin Lizzy, which I find to be beautiful records, or the debut of the Scorpions) but are often overlooked in favor of their more famous works, and somewhat unfairly in my opinion, as if those bands were always and only tied to hard-rock, while some of these albums are quite nice. Okay, this isn’t the case for the first Nazareth (who have never really been a top-tier band) since their first two albums, much more focused on a mix of pop-rock-hard-ballad often reminiscent of the sixties with hints of country and folk, are not exactly memorable masterpieces. However, overall this "Exercises" from '72 is a valid little record, most of the songs are pleasant and nice, some perhaps a bit too firmly rooted in the 60s pop ballad ("In My Time" doesn't remind you of anything, does it? Especially when the guitar solo kicks in with that sound?), but very charming. Then there are a couple of above-average tracks, those that open ("I Will Not Be Led" a nice angry orchestral rock) and close ("1692 Glencoe Massacre" a bit excessively loaded in the finale but a beautiful song) the album. more
Low
Kotetsu
Kotetsu

Low | DeRank™: 3,00

The perfect music to sink into an abyss of melancholy. more
Personal Jesus
Chaturanga
Chaturanga

Chaturanga: Personal Jesus Traccia 03 in Personal Jesus Album - 21 february 1990

It's that when they perform it in concert, the crowd goes wild. more
This Charming Man
Chaturanga
Chaturanga

Chaturanga: This Charming Man Traccia 06 in This Charming Man Album - 20 february 1984

Beautiful more
Nazareth -Nazareth
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Nazareth — Nazareth | DeRank™: 0,12

A rather uneven debut album, with some very valid moments and others decidedly less so; overall, it’s a decent record, nothing exceptional. There are some beautiful songs, but almost never, even in the most inspired moments, does the album become truly memorable, while a good half of the tracks fall somewhere between "pleasant but nothing more" and the utterly forgettable. The best songs are found in the consecutive trio formed by "Empty Arms, Empty Heart" (with that truly catchy riff that's hard to get out of your mind), followed by "I Had a Dream" and "Red Light Lady," both featuring contributions on harmonium in the first and organ in the second none other than Dave Stewart, who in 1971 was already, for several years, and would continue to be throughout the 1970s, the omnipresent man of the fanciful Canterbury scene, here in the role of pure session musician. It’s a shame that "Red Light" gets lost in the final part in an overly grandiose blend of strings and winds that feels clunky and unnecessarily excessive. The other standout track is their version of the widely covered "Morning Dew" by Bonnie Dobson (from the Jeff Beck Group to Einstürzende Neubauten to Fred Neil, to name a few), here in an elongated version that's typically 60s psych-rock-ballad. A good rendition, great piece. Here, Nazareth, far from the hard rock that would bring them greater success, were clearly in search of a precise musical identity. more