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Dave Gahan — Paper Monsters | DeRank™: 0,00

Work that closely resembles the Depeche sound. You can feel the absence of Gore. This won’t happen in the next Hourglass. more
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Mike Oldfield — Tubular Bells | DeRank™: 0,00

The immortal debut album, as extraordinary as it is symptomatic of the fact that Oldfield poured all his best into it, never managing to repeat himself, despite other great albums like Ommadawn and The Songs of Distant. It is unfair that the initial theme is remembered only as "The Exorcist music." more
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Mike Oldfield — Five Miles Out | DeRank™: 0,00

I work with highs (the Taurus II suite and Orabidoo) and lows (the title track), overall neither bad nor good. more
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Mike Oldfield — Ommadawn | DeRank™: 0,00

One of the few works that almost manages to match Tubular Bells, but by a hair's breadth remains inferior. Beautiful nonetheless, rich in quotes and influences blended with the best of Oldfield. more
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Franco Battiato — Clic | DeRank™: 0,00

The last major work, completing the triptych formed with Pollution and Sulle corde di Aries. A work similar to its predecessor, here too experimentation is fused with more accessible melodies. The final track swings open the doors to the path that Battiato will later take (extreme experimentation). more
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Mike Oldfield — Hergest Ridge | DeRank™: 0,00

It’s always difficult to replicate a masterpiece, and Oldfield does his best with Hergest Ridge, but he doesn’t quite succeed. The album is still excellent, but it lacks the inspiration and variety of Tubular Bells, which give way to a compactness that ultimately ends up feeling repetitive. Still, congratulations. more
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Depeche Mode — Playing The Angel | DeRank™: 0,00

With this work, we return to the Depeche sound, with few influences from Exciter. Similar to Ultra. more
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DEPECHE MODE — speak & spell | DeRank™: 0,00

Due to Vince Clarke's leadership, they release a predominantly dance album, featuring gems like Just Can't Get Enough and New Life. A band at its dawn. more
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Klaus Schulze — Irrlicht | DeRank™: 1,29

Schulze's masterpiece, refined and innovative, new and unique. Mythical, but I feel less attached to it compared to my "loves" Moondawn and Mirage. more
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Placebo — Meds | DeRank™: 0,00

Very, very beautiful, although maybe not quite up to the level of the previous one. Here the listening experience is more complex, the tracks more experimental, and in the end, it turns out to be somewhat less smooth in certain parts. With Meds, we return to the sound of WYIN, Infra-Red is still elegantly pop-rock. The closing track is stunningly emotional. more
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Mike Oldfield — Tubular Bells II | DeRank™: 0,00

Failed attempt to adapt Tubular Bells to more modern sounds. There are a few highs, but mostly it's an album that doesn't leave a mark. more
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Muse — Black Holes & Revelations | DeRank™: 0,00

Their most commercial album manages to be so with great style and gives us a couple of gems worthy of the two previous masterpieces. We're naturally talking about Assassin and Knights of Cydonia. Invincible reminds of Falling Away With You, while Starlight is their first pop track, but very beautiful. more
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Klaus Schulze — Cyborg | DeRank™: 0,00

I am less attached to it, but together with Irrlicht, it is the most innovative and sought after. more
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Franco Battiato — Battiato | DeRank™: 0,00

With this work, Battiato definitively steps outside of "musical" norms. The first track is a repetition of chords for about 20 minutes, the second a collage of seemingly random sounds and fragments that almost resemble pieces by Messiaen. Unlistenable, 1. more
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If in Juke Box the concept of the second track of the album "Battiato" was evolved, here the idea of the first one is taken up again. Two long sides where the same scale of notes (first) and chord (second) are repeated. Hammering and oppressive, experimental yet (in my opinion) useless. Unlistenable, 3. more
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Franco Battiato — il vuoto | DeRank™: 0,00

Enjoyable and listenable disc. Pure pop, with some electro-world influences (title track). Good but nothing more. Nothing new. more
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Dave Gahan — Hourglass | DeRank™: 0,00

Magnificent, perhaps better than many works with the group. Gahan shows that if he had given up drugs and contributed more to the band, things would have gone even better. No track feels out of place, everything aligns perfectly. The arrangements by Christian Eigner are spectacular, the electronics dominate majestically. more
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Placebo — Without you I'm Nothing | DeRank™: 0,00

The first great masterpiece. The darkest album, the most cohesive, the most akin, the unforgettable one. The title track remains to this day their most beautiful and touching piece. Also very beautiful is the famous Pure Morning. more
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Mike Oldfield — Crises | DeRank™: 0,00

Among Oldfield's pop works, this is undoubtedly the best. The suite is beautiful, Moonlight Shadow is unforgettable, and Foreign Affair is predictable. more
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Jean Michel Jarre — Magnetic Fields | DeRank™: 0,00

Inferior to its predecessors for some, simply different in my opinion, it nevertheless fails to touch, in the realm of electronics with rhythms and drums, what the predecessors had touched in melodic music. Still very beautiful. more
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