The controversial definitions

alemonsa

7 feb 14

Lucio Dalla | DeRank™: 0,00

If Dalla has been dead for twenty years, it's been twenty years since the deaf have increased... more

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pierpaolo79

7 feb 14

Gabriele Salvatores | DeRank™: 0,27

The best Italian director after (or on par with) Mario Monicelli... overrated my ass. more

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Tom 182

7 feb 14

New Found Glory | DeRank™: -4,36

pure punk rock! more

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splinter

7 feb 14

Yes — Fragile | DeRank™: 3,22

The perhaps most complete album in their catalog, not a song alike another, from the lengthy and symphonic-tinged track to the more upbeat one, from the piece centered on acoustic guitar to the one focused on drums, moving through the one centered on bass... more

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splinter

7 feb 14

Yes — The Yes Album | DeRank™: 0,00

The sound still feels a bit "old," Tony Kaye is not yet the right man and he is not very present... but the band is already showing what they're made of after two rather forgettable albums. more

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splinter

7 feb 14

Yes — Tales From Topographic Oceans | DeRank™: 0,00

There’s little to be done; I think it should be appreciated precisely for its almost overwhelming pompousness! Not appreciating its pomposity is almost equivalent to renouncing the nature of progressive music, which often aims to be pretentious! It’s a bit like loving cooking and not appreciating a hearty cake! Okay, the four suites may not flow as smoothly as in the previous three albums, but progressive isn’t exactly meant to be fluid! more

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RIBALDO

7 feb 14

Sigmund Freud | DeRank™: 0,00

a twisted and perverse drug addict. a madman. that's why he was so successful. more

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Lao Tze

7 feb 14

Thomas Vinterberg — Il sospetto | DeRank™: 2,06

A Masterpiece that bites in the gut. And a gigantic Mikkelsen. more

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Lao Tze

7 feb 14

Axl Rose | DeRank™: 6,00

"Where do we go, now...?" I would say to go fuck ourselves, perhaps. more

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RIBALDO

7 feb 14

Alfred Hitchcock | DeRank™: 0,00

He is among the greatest of all time. Perhaps in the top 5. Consider that during filming, he wouldn't even stand behind the camera to position the actors; he did it by eye. His eye was the camera. He drew the storyboards himself and never deviated from them. Every drawing had to be reproduced exactly as he conceived it. more

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Mr. Money87

7 feb 14

Miles Davis — Miles Smiles | DeRank™: 3,00

Star quintet! Devis, Hancock, and Carter are sublime. But shining the brightest are the brilliant Shorter on tenor sax and that "son of a bitch" Tony Williams on drums. more

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madcat

6 feb 14

Byrds — The Notorious Byrd Brothers | DeRank™: 0,00

Ecstatic and hypnotic atmospheres: the latest album in the Byrds' psychedelic trilogy is in some ways also its pinnacle, not in qualitative terms (it's really hard to choose between the two previous ones and this one) but in terms of "lysergic awareness" (which is a contradiction, I know :D). more

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madcat

6 feb 14

Sonic Youth — Washing Machine | DeRank™: 6,00

My favorite Sonic Youth album after Daydream Nation: a thrilling trip (in The Diamond Sea it feels like traveling through the depths of the ocean) and songwriting that reaches the levels of their masterpiece. more

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Piero Basèta

6 feb 14

Mike Patton Invictus Ensemble — Luciano Berio - Laborintus II | DeRank™: 0,00

Revisiting an experiment that had already said almost everything, a controversial operation even to have it interpreted by Mr. Patton, still excellent, mind you... one could say this operation is a bit forced, yes. Minimum rating, but also because there's a whole series of choirs and theatrical pantomimes... there's color and even the orchestra! But after a while... more

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SilasLang

5 feb 14

Cesare Basile | DeRank™: 0,23

I'm a bit annoyed seeing certain media getting all worked up talking about half-baked talents like Dente, Brunori, Colapiscio, that other idiot who sings random words, what was his name, Brondi... while someone like Basile, one of the few truly valid singer-songwriters, hardly gets the recognition he deserves compared to his merit. more

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SilasLang

5 feb 14

Marilyn Manson | DeRank™: 0,00

A clown that makes you cry. At this point, I feel sorry for it; it doesn't even scare a one-year-old anymore, ahahah. The 2 is only thanks to "Antichrist Superstar," which, perhaps also thanks to Trent Reznor, who was at his peak back then, remains a great album. more