Lucio Battisti -Umanamente uomo: il sogno
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Great album. The first by Battisti and Mogol with their Numero Uno, which indeed leaves behind the era of "greatest hits" albums where various songs appeared on multiple different records (although "Amore e non amore" had already distanced itself quite well from this characteristic). This album precedes what I consider Battisti's "golden trilogy," his artistic zenith (Canto Libero/Caro Angelo/Anima Latina) and is an excellent example of his artistic versatility and open-mindedness: it opens with a classic that is as classic as it can get in Italian music, one of Battisti's pop masterpieces ("I giardini di marzo" how beautiful it is) and closes with an instrumental (aside from the choruses singing "UO!") that is psych acidissimo with electric guitar ("Il fuoco" the great twist of Battisti, a beautiful psychoromtronic piece although maybe not his tea cup of tea). In between, there is another of his most beautiful songs ("E penso a te" deserving applause), other experiments and inventions (the title track without words, only whistled and hummed, a beautiful melody), a sketch worthy of Sandra and Raimondo transformed into a song with a refined divertissement ("Innocenti evasioni") and a folkish, fairy-tale-like, and delightful allegorical tune ("Il leone e la gallina"). If the first and third tracks are two masterpieces, everything, in short, is more than of good level (also beautiful "Comunque bella" with Battisti in the finale in the dual role of woman/man and "Sognando e risognando"). more
Lucio Battisti -Emozioni
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Lucio Battisti — Emozioni | DeRank™: 6,00

This is the first album in which Battisti places songs that already reach excellence ("Emozioni," which is the peak and center of the album, is one of the most beautiful songs in his vast repertoire, but there are also "Anna" - featuring 4/5 of the future PFM as the backing band - and the white blues-rock of "Il tempo di morire") and then others that are not far behind (recovered from the first album "Non è Francesca" with its second acid and instrumental part, then the pop gem "Fiori rosa, fiori di pesco," for example, or a hidden gem like "Era"); these are songs that, in terms of ideas, interpretations, vocal use, and courage, push Italian pop music beyond its usual boundaries. However, because of this, there is a clear distinction between the most excellent songs and those where Battisti leans into his more "pop-national" side with the ultra-famous pop and/or beat songs ("Acqua azzurra," "Mi ritorni in mente," "Dieci ragazze"), where Battisti deserves credit for his sublime ability to create refrains that are timelessly immortal and deeply rooted, as well as enjoyable—the least appealing song by Battisti still holds a ten compared to Laura Pausini, right?—which objectively do not keep pace with the album's highest moments. Even "Emozioni" serves as a great training ground for young talents: Radius, Baldan Bembo, Demetrio Stratos (on the organ!), and so on, with arrangements by Reverberi. Battisti's first true great album. more
Black Sabbath
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Black Sabbath | DeRank™: 0,00

They simply transcend the terms 'hard rock' or 'heavy metal.'
Still too relevant. more
Fabrizio De André -Fabrizio De André in concerto volume 1
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The meeting of De André's repertoire with the new guise gifted to him by PFM, arrangements that for Faber continue to be more "substantial" and "elaborate" ("Rimini" had already been indicative, but the signs had been there since the early '70s); which, in reality, is De André meeting again the musicians of "La Buona Novella" now grown up, missing only Pagani, but this will be remedied. I prefer the live performances from the "Anime Salve" period ('96-'98) and I find that overall PFM's contribution doesn't add anything particularly qualitative to the songs (De André is perfect just as he is, for me); obviously it’s always a nice feeling ("Amico Fragile" with Mussida’s solos, for instance). There are exceptions with a couple of outstanding performances: "Volta la carta" (a song I adore) and the best of the live "Il pescatore," where Faber and Forneria together are at their zenith. more
Premiata Forneria Marconi -Storia Di Un Minuto
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I never loved Forneria as much as other Italian bands in the prog scene, but it must be admitted that their debut album is truly a splendid work. "Storia di un Minuto" is an album with suspended, delicate atmospheres, in which it is pleasant to immerse oneself; it is extremely fascinating and represents one of the peaks of melodic sublimation in Italian "pop-rock-folk" music, with its substantial acoustic sections, the cornerstones of the album, painted like watercolors by an inspired Mussida, and a Padanian fog that sometimes clears into more dynamic and equally exhilarating electric sections. Then, like a true fantasist who enriches all the compositions with his touches of pure melodic class, the final stroke is always given by Mauro Pagani, the real "extra man" of PFM, on flute, violin, and piccollo. Even the absence of a true singer, a weak point in the subsequent albums before Lanzetti, here—with the delicate and fragile voices of Mussida and Pagani—becomes a strength in the delicate landscape presented in the album. It is Mussida and Pagani who dominate the composition and write the entire album together, while Premoli sprinkles immortal moog hits (who said "Impressioni di Settembre"?) and various keyboards. The masterpiece of the lot: "La carrozza di Hans," long acoustic reflections and reminiscences of early King Crimson (which Fripp had just nuclearized, by the way). more
Fabrizio De André -La Buona Novella
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Well, I listened to it again not long ago, and what can I say... One of the essential albums of singer-songwriter music and of Faber's discography. Just to avoid stating the obvious, especially about the intelligence in addressing these kinds of themes and the quality of the lyrics (duh!), it's also worth noting how this album served as quite a training ground for a bunch of remarkable people: the bare but captivating arrangements were played by "I Quelli" in full (of course, the future PFM) along with their future associate (theirs and, again years later, De André’s with those suggestions from the sea of Genoa...) Mauro Pagani on flute and piccolo, as the backing band; additionally, the violin in "La Buona Novella" is played by a young Angelo Branduardi, a few years before the start of his solo career, and Maurizio Fabrizio also participates as one of the guitarists. In short, quite a few people were honing their skills under Faber in one of the great masterpieces of Italian singer-songwriter music. more
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso -Garofano rosso
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Very beautiful album, Banco del Mutuo Soccorso in the version of film score composers for the homonymous film ("Il Garofano Rosso") by Faccini; the beautiful—sometimes even stunning—musics of Banco remain, in the end, the most memorable thing about the film, and the album is fortunately entirely autonomous and detachable from the movie, valuable as an instrumental album in itself, with refined, elegant compositions inspired by the usual exchanges, duets, and intersections between Gianni's piano and Vittorio Nocenzi's keyboards, accompanied by the guitar of Maltese (not the short one, the taller one), now the new guitarist of BMS in place of Todaro; the Nocenzi brothers nail some very beautiful recurring themes, and as far as I’m concerned, one does not feel the absence of Francesco Di Giacomo who sits on the bench and is credited with a supportive role in documentation and research for the creative process; almost to compensate for the absence of vocals, the arrangements are enriched by trumpet and French horn (Maltese), as well as by the clarinet that Gianni Nocenzi had already played here and there in previous albums. The "essence" of the whole album is probably the title track, which encapsulates all the best of these twelve instrumental compositions. more
Rovescio della Medaglia
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Rovescio della Medaglia | DeRank™: 3,00

The Italian prog of the seventies is still admired and loved all over the world. A sign that in our country we have always been able to create music of sublime quality. Il Rovescio della Medaglia has been a worthy standard-bearer of our prog rock and even today amazes with this Contaminazione, a spectacular, modern album that only feels dated due to its understandably old-fashioned sound. But the content is simply exceptional and, despite everything, the sound, already considerable at more
Alphataurus
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Alphataurus | DeRank™: 0,00

Great music of Italian progressive, "la mente vola" is a very beautiful track. more
Eric Clapton
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Eric Clapton | DeRank™: 5,58

Brush of notes more
Camel
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Camel | DeRank™: 0,00

Great progressive rock band from Canterbury, among my favorites along with Caravan. more
Story of the Year -Tear Me to Pieces
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Sixth studio album, this time with SharpTone Records, for the St. Louis band led by Dan Marsala. more
Metallica
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Metallica | DeRank™: 0,00

A band overrated to the nth degree. They are annoying and unbearable clowns.
Cliff Burton saves you from a minimum rating = 1/5 instead of 0/5. more
Calvin Russell
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Calvin Russell | DeRank™: 0,00

TO THOSE WHO HAVE SEEN A CALVIN CONCERT, IN WHAT YEAR AND WHERE? I SAW HIM IN VENETO AROUND VENICE-TREVISO IN '93 OR '94, HELP ME REMEMBER. more
Emerson, Lake & Powell
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Emerson, Lake & Powell | DeRank™: 0,00

Reheated soup from the beautiful times that were. more
Dans le château
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rotodareius77: Dans le château Traccia 06 in Dans le château Album - 1978

A little French tune, fitting perfectly, danceable music, and a melancholic and nostalgic accordion... more
Gianna
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rotodareius77: Gianna Traccia 04 in Gianna Album - 1978

Beautiful, very famous, even though it's not among my favorites by Rino. more
Stoccolma
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rotodareius77: Stoccolma Traccia 03 in Stoccolma Album - 1978

Exceptional. A limerick, a non-sense that just adds a single touch to the song and makes it very entertaining! more
Fabbricando case
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rotodareius77: Fabbricando case Traccia 02 in Fabbricando case Album - 1978

A song not too necessary for the album, nice musically, with very funny lyrics but also serious from some points of view. more
Nuntereggae più
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rotodareius77: Nuntereggae più Traccia 01 in Nuntereggae più Album - 1978

Music of a repetitive reggae, as the title of the song suggests, with very meaningful lyrics, a semi- denunciation of Italy during the years of lead, accusing Agnelli, Costanzo, Bongiorno, and many other showmen of the time. A song that is nothing less than magnificent! more