Alice in Chains
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Alice in Chains | DeRank™: 12,06

The most intense and cathartic of the Seattle Sound. Staley was a superlative singer, moving in his delivery of lyrics that displayed a marked fragility, and Cantrell is a guitarist perfectly at ease in both the hardest moments and the most melodic ones. Dirt is a true descent into the abyss, and Jar of Flies is on par with it, even though it is wonderfully opposite in its musical approach. The self-titled album is a great epitaph before Staley’s tragic death. more
Nine Inch Nails
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Nine Inch Nails | DeRank™: -0,01

Mr. Self Destruct Reznor's project has proven to be a true musical transposition of all the perversions and obsessions of its leader. The debut Pretty Hate Machine features excellent synth pop not without certain industrial metal angularities that will reach their expressive peak in a masterpiece like The Downward Spiral and in its excellent successor The Fragile. They have literally been reborn starting from 2013 with Hesitation Marks and the trilogy of EPs. more
The Velvet Underground
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The Velvet Underground | DeRank™: 0,00

The innovation and musical revolution brought about by the VU have very few equals, and it could only be this way, considering the genius minds that were part of it. VU & Nico is simply an album from a desert island, one of those that comes out every 100 years, and White Light/White Heat is even more abrasive, neurotic, abyssal. They remain excellent even after Cale's departure, although something is lost, particularly in the roughness and paranoia depicted in music. more
Wishbone Ash -Argus
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Wishbone Ash — Argus | DeRank™: 3,46

An interesting record, if nothing else for Time Was. more
Simple Minds
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Simple Minds | DeRank™: 0,00

They were among the most iconic in the new wave scene. Not always consistent, but they produced at least one highly representative masterpiece like New Gold Dream and excellent albums such as the debut Life in a Day and the gothic Empires and Dance. At least until Street Fighting Years, they were a great band; then they released one dull record after another. With Big Music, they seem to have bounced back... more
Boards of Canada
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Boards of Canada | DeRank™: 0,00

Everything you do is a balloon more
Roxy Music
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Roxy Music | DeRank™: 0,00

Truly at a higher level. Glam reinterpreted and redesigned by genius minds like the dandy Ferry and the total experimenter Eno. Roxy Music and For Your Pleasure remain astonishing masterpieces, where pop and contrasting genres like prog and punk chase and merge together masterfully. After Eno's departure, they continued to produce excellent records at least until Siren, reaching the romantic and sensual epitaph of Avalon. Still immensely influential today. more
King Crimson
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King Crimson | DeRank™: 0,00

The standard-bearers of prog rock. Together with Van der Graaf, the most obscure and the most oriented towards transcending the genre when it was unfortunately in decline (after having literally made it legendary) through a mastery that few can match. ItCotCK remains an absolute masterpiece, and they have even repeated themselves time and time again, especially in the trio consisting of Larks', Starless and Bible Black, and the brutal Red. Simply marvelous is the new wave interlude of Discipline, where Master Fripp is more inspired than ever. more
Blue Öyster Cult
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Blue Öyster Cult | DeRank™: 0,49

A band that is truly essential for the evolution of hard rock and certainly no less important than other more renowned groups in the genre. BOC approached heavy rock in a more atmospheric and sci-fi manner compared to their contemporaries, without shying away from gritty sounds with an almost garage flavor. Absolutely historic are Tyranny and Mutation and Secret Treaties, but Imaginos is almost on the same level. more
The Cure
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The Cure | DeRank™: 0,59

Listening to them is like falling into the abyss only to maybe, perhaps, climb back up. The dark trilogy is still unmatched in the genre, and Disintegration is the perfect culmination of all of Smith's musical ambitions, who has also excellently flirted with pop rock in Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me. An enormous band. more
Jethro Tull -Benefit
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Jethro Tull — Benefit | DeRank™: 0,00

even if by Anderson's own admission it is considered a "minor" album, for me it deserves a full score. more
Van der Graaf Generator -Vital
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One of the most incendiary live performances in history. Hammill is possessed by some wicked spirit, and the addition of violin and cello is nothing short of brilliant. Essential. more
Yes -The Yes Album
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Yes — The Yes Album | DeRank™: 0,00

For those who think that Yes only made Fragile and Close To The Edge, here is an album that they will surely find interesting. And Starship Trooper is seriously one of the best tracks by Yes. more
Peter Green -Little Dreamer
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Peter Green — Little Dreamer | DeRank™: 2,15

there's a bit of missing enamel from the late 60s, but just like he strums the guitar... more
Yes
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Yes | DeRank™: 0,00

Yes are not just Close To The Edge... more
Lucio Battisti
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Lucio Battisti | DeRank™: 10,68

Very few in Italy have been so exceptional in both exquisitely pop songs and in the more experimental and challenging ones. He navigated through multiple genres with a daring ambition and a skill and awareness that leave one in awe. The partnership with Mogol was popular in the best sense of the term, without shunning progressive echoes in Amore e Non Amore and in the masterpiece Anima Latina. The collaboration with Panella remains complex, difficult to interpret even today, but the Dischi Bianchi are still excellent and above all historical, with that seemingly cold fusion between the voice used like a synth by a metrically superb Battisti, the strongly synthetic music, and the texts that are so hermetic and surreal. more
The Doors
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The Doors | DeRank™: 0,15

One of the most significant rock bands in history, and not as little influential as sometimes believed. Everything and its opposite has been said about Morrison, just like it happens with artists who leave no one indifferent, and Manzarek, Krieger, and Densmore were excellent musicians. The Doors is a seminal album, and the subsequent Strange Days is incredibly close in terms of quality. Until Morrison's premature death, a career with few, almost no flaws. more
Van Der Graaf Generator -Pawn Hearts
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at the eighty-fourth listen, still total involvement more
Van der Graaf Generator
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Van der Graaf Generator | DeRank™: 6,71

The maximum that prog has to offer, even beyond King Crimson. And Hammill is seriously one of the best singers of all time. more