What a Beautiful Day
Poignant. Among the best things of the album. more
Là
Martello

Martello: Traccia 04 in Album - 1999

A compromise between track 2 and track 3. Astral but not dazzling. more
Io tra un'ora sono lì
4 for the music. The lyrics are half a mess. more
Non vergognarsi mai
It has that indescribable quality of suffering. Well done, Lucio! more
Ciao
Martello

Martello: Ciao Traccia 01 in Ciao Album - 1999

Pretty, nothing more. The beginning is awkward. more
Negramaro
"While Everything Flows" the only album listenable in twenty years of career. more
Jamiroquai -A Funk Odyssey
Very heterogeneous, fun, a nice album to listen to, pleasant and relaxing. A good job on the arrangements and mixing. more
Echoes
Dislocation

Dislocation: Echoes Traccia 06 in Echoes Album - 31 october 1971

Oh, how much reverberation.
Ah, no... more
Seamus
Dislocation

Dislocation: Seamus Traccia 05 in Seamus Album - 31 october 1971

When we say Musician's Dog. more
Jovanotti -Lorenzo 1992
I'm not an enthusiast, it's not my kind of thing, but the CD works. Rhythm and engagement. There's a lot of work behind it even if it may seem otherwise. more
R.E.M. -Murmur
Exceptional, seminal, and essential more
Genesis -A Trick Of The Tail
Affectively, this is my favorite album by Genesis, and even disregarding that, it remains on the podium of their best works for me. The idea that it doesn't measure up to the previous ones just because Gabriel isn't singing is a bit stale, I would say, indeed I'd call it a bit of 'a bullshit’. This is, along with "Foxtrot" (and perhaps "Nursery Cryme"), the most compact album devoid of weak points or dips in tension throughout their entire discography. 8 songs, 8 wonders—there's no escaping that. It’s the work of a mature group that, even deprived of an undoubtedly important element, rediscovers itself (after the complexities surrounding the making of "The Lamb") united, cohesive, and extraordinarily mature from a compositional and performative standpoint, with Banks finally taking the reins of the group completely and Collins proving to be an excellent lead vocalist and a charismatic performer, perfect to replace his friend. The highest moment? It changes with every listen, but today I'd say it's the soft sobbing, the almost restrained crying, that "Song of the Humpback Whale" from Hackett's guitar in the middle of "Ripples," beautifully dueling with Banks' keyboard. A masterpiece indeed. more
Overkill -Ironbound
After a not-so-bright period for Blitz and company (2000-2009), Ironbound finally brings inspiration and freshness back to Overkill. The title track, Killing For Living, Endless War, and Bring Me The Night stand as testament that Overkill has been reborn, and the subsequent albums will only serve as further confirmation. more
Simon & Garfunkel -Sounds Of Silence
The best male musical duo of all time. They can perform magic and it's a pleasure to listen to them. more
The Alan Parsons Project
It's hard to define those who are the history of... as they can't be encompassed in a category since their sound was unique. more
Bob Dylan -Highway 61 Revisited
You can immediately tell when you are listening to a masterpiece. more
Renaissance -Turn Of The Cards
My favorite by Renaissance, I find it to be their most compact and cohesive album, with no weak points or less successful pieces. They are perfect when you seek music that is both refined (full of piano and "classical" references) and light and easy to listen to, almost "Pop" in its intentions, brimming with crystalline and extraordinarily inspired melodies (sometimes delightfully dark/melancholic and dramatic), elevated in the sung parts by the chettelodicoafare voice of Haslam. The lyrics aren't bad either, in fact. Here you have "Mother Russia," "Black Flame," and "Things I Don't Understand," all of which are among the best tracks of the group ("Running Hard" is nice too, but I find it a bit cumbersome in some passages), with spine-tingling moments and melodies, and then there is "Cold is Being," a dark and chilling landscape of death, drawn from the Adagio by "Albinoni" (which actually seems not to be by Albinoni) and played after having stripped the spine from Nico's grandfather, from Sardinia. more
Roberto Vecchioni
Even though it doesn't drive me crazy, I consider it important for Italian singer-songwriter music. Perhaps with a few too many bass notes, but other than that, nothing to complain about. more
Freak Power -Drive-Thru Booty
From the first tracks, it’s already clear that it’s a great album, perhaps their masterpiece. more
Zucchero -Un po' di Zucchero
Still unripe, but the rhythm and many of its qualities can already be sensed. Well recorded and mixed. Great arrangements. Sometimes it seems to me that in some songs it resembles Pupo, but that's the eighties and the Sanremo influence. more