Ditta
Ditta

Lucio Dalla — Lucio Dalla | DeRank™: 1,51

It’s the album by Lucio that I feel most connected to. Simply extraordinary, nothing more to say. On the notes of "Anna e Marco" and "L'anno che verrà," a tear always falls. 9.5 more
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bohhh
Fuck, if I'm supposed to be welcomed into paradise by someone singing this bullshit... more
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bluesboy94
bluesboy94

Scott Walker — Tilt | DeRank™: 3,00

The Engel/Walker ceases to be an unusual singer-songwriter and transforms into a visionary who deconstructs the song form with a marked cinematic and expressionist attitude. The result is an absolute masterpiece (which is overshadowed by an excessive legend that promotes it as unlistenable and/or inaccessible) that terrifies or melancholizes depending on the circumstances. Needless to say, full marks. more
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bluesboy94
Fourth masterpiece in a row from singer-songwriter Randy Newman. It’s all a blooming of memorable tracks. From the satire of "Short People" (which got him into trouble) to the classic "Baltimore," from the chilling "In Germany Before The War" (which tears apart mountains of other discographies) to the seemingly festive parade of "Sigmund Freud's Impersonation of Albert Einstein in America" (with yet another surgical takedown of the "American system"), ending with a "Rider in the Rain" featuring the Eagles (which fits perfectly like sausage in those mythical beans) and the ambiguous "Old Man on the Farm" (is it or isn't it an autobiographical song?). more
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bluesboy94
Another marvel of the "dear Saxon"; to which I assign no rating because assigning a rating means confining the quality of a work, and this is not music meant to be confined. more
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Martello
Martello

Edoardo Bennato | DeRank™: 0,00

A bit like Venditti, he was great until '84, then he had a decent period at least until '87, and then came the cosmic nothingness. But I give him a 4 because at least he didn't excessively sell out to the market unlike Antunello. more
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StormOTLB
StormOTLB

The Shaggs | DeRank™: 0,00

But fuck off. And then I’d be the idiot giving 5 stars to Lana Del Rey. more
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Marcorock
Marcorock

Layla

A masterpiece more
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bluesboy94
bluesboy94

Tim Hardin — Tim Hardin 2 | DeRank™: 0,00

Hardin takes a step forward from the first album (which still contains beautiful songs). In this second chapter, there's less blues and more of a softly jazz-inflected folk that perhaps inspired Tim Buckley on "Happy Sad" and "Blue Afternoon." It’s his best studio work, especially since the third is a live album (and what a live album...) and considering that after this brief golden phase of his career (which can be traced back to 1966-1968) he begins a serious decline that will culminate in the cover-only albums of the following decade (with "Shiloh Town" - revived by Mark Lanegan in "I'll Take Care of You" - as his only notable track).
Rating= 4.5 more
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bluesboy94
Cave is objectively an artist who has undergone significant changes. Changes that were primarily necessary for his survival. Here, there is no longer the early Cave, that is, the caged animal ravaged by heroin from the Birthday Party and "From Her to Eternity," nor the black shaman who resurrects the Delta blues in "Firstborn is Dead," nor the polished crooner anxious for redemption in "The Good Son." Here, Cave has become a "traditional singer-songwriter," and as far as I’m concerned, it's still a pleasant experience. more
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Ditta
The latest album by Bennato is more “raw” and “angry.” Beautiful, although I slightly prefer the two previous ones and the following one. 4.5 more
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Martello
Great and cheerful, with a good dose of irony at certain points. What did you expect? After all, these are just songs. more
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Martello
Naughty little song about annoying parents. Interesting, although by far the weakest. more
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Martello
Song about the crocodile. Beautiful even if rather long. more
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Martello
A little song about the island that doesn't exist. Meanwhile, it is also discussed how man is an idiot. more
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Martello
Canzonetta on Sponge. Good as a fleeting piece. more
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Martello
Song about the arrival of Peter Pan. Quite calm, I must say. more
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Martello
A little song that serves to introduce the figure of Captain Hook. Take it as a 4.5. more
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Martello
Song about songs. It still gets me pumped up after all these years. more
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Ditta
Perhaps the worst album by Pino Daniele (it competes with that other "masterpiece" that was "Passi d'autore" a few years later, in 2004). Nothing really saves itself, not even the cover. And what saddens me the most is that this man is the same one who wrote and sang songs like “Putesse essere allero,” “Chi tene o mare,” “Terra mia,” etc. etc... rating 3/10. more
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