still a lot of stuff! more
I only give it 4 because sometimes I get the feeling that Zappa is messing with me! more
California summer love 100% more
Let's say they make some pissed-off avant-garde prog (how? oh exactly: who knows), but Courtney Swain makes everything wonderful! more
God only knows how beautiful this record is. Here, Brian Wilson has elevated pop music to pure art. more
cd 1 68-75 grade 5
cd 2 76-89 grade 3
cd 3 90-03 grade 1
average 3 (poor) more
"In one way or another, we are all waiting for the bomb, we are all waiting for the end.
It may come from someone's violent aggression, it may arrive from a tumor, from a drunk driver, or maybe just because we've grown old and our time is up.
Knowing that our end will come anyway, we persevere.
We seek love, joy, a purpose, while waiting for the bomb." more
the pinnacle of Elton's production, an album that reaches near perfection, for the quality of the songs, the production, the orchestral arrangements, the musicians playing on it, and the overall homogeneity. more
To be avoided like the plague. more
The last great Boy band in history. more
a.k.a. Joy Olasunmibo Ogunmakin more
German writer driving the world crazy... more
Stunning. I liked it from the start, but I've greatly reassessed it after recently learning it on the piano. Beautiful emphatic chords (especially the last four under the repeated invocation of the title), inventive rhythm, heart-wrenching vocal harmonies (particularly along the bridge "...nobody listens when you're singing the blues..."), a spectacular beginning with the sudden grace note on the Dm7 setup, the usual short but brilliant, melodic sax solo... perfect! more
Companion sounds more
for me it's one of the peaks of Sir John.... more
A good rock album. Not the best by Bugo, nor the best rock album ever, but still a good record. Noteworthy is the version of "Nel giro giusto" featured at the beginning of the album, especially in the vinyl version. more
A singer-songwriter with his own personality, outside the loop of commercial music, outside the loop of indie musicians, outside the loop of major record labels, outside the loop. If he asks to be let into your circle, don’t open up to him, otherwise you’ll end up getting attached and then arguing about it. For some, he’s too angry, for others, not angry enough; for some, he’s too strange, for others, not strange enough (compared to when he started), for some, he can’t do anything original and copies aa.vv. (e.g. Jon Spencer, Celentano, Vasco, Oasis, Beck), a bit different depending on the album, while for others, his songs have a well-defined and personal style. In short, if you understand anything, give me a call. more
A simply beautiful album, it caught my attention in my trusted record store with that particular photo printed on the cardboard cover. I asked the shopkeeper, who didn't know it well either; it's already strange that a copy of this record made its way to Italy, to my small town. I've ruined it from playing it so much, and there's no point in making the usual comparisons with the old lions of American folk-rock to which it seems to draw inspiration. more
American singer-songwriter and musician, he produces music suited for long solitary journeys on the dusty roads of the western States. more