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Muddy Waters — Fathers and Sons | DeRank™: 3,00

the history of blues more
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Mina — Plurale | DeRank™: 0,00

a record on the edge of decent...few rings many trills more
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Sacred and blessed chaos. My favorite album by Pavement. more
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New Order | DeRank™: 1,78

The greatest demonstration of how Joy Division were not just Ian Curtis. more
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Jack Nitzsche — The Hot Spot | DeRank™: 0,00

Original motion picture soundtrack, this is a true rare gem that I recommend. It features John Lee Hooker and Miles Davis duetting alongside two other great names in blues, Taj Mahal and Roy Rogers.
It is the soundtrack of the eponymous beautiful film from ’90 directed by the esteemed Dennis Hopper. more
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John Lee Hooker — Chill Out | DeRank™: 0,00

Read the excellent review written by Zarathustra for DeBaser on May 14, 2006, in prime time... more
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Santana — Supernatural | DeRank™: 0,00

The album marked the commercial comeback of guitarist Carlos Santana and is the best-selling record of all time by a Hispanic artist. more
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Santana — Caravanserai | DeRank™: 0,00

This album diverges significantly from the primal rhythm of Santana, which blended salsa, rock, and jazz, and is characterized by numerous instrumental passages that prevail over the sung tracks.
Caravanserai is the first in a series of Santana albums known for their increasingly complex musicality and marks the transition from the rock of the first three albums to a sound that leans much more towards jazz. more
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Santana — Abraxas | DeRank™: 0,00

A mix of salsa, blues, rock and roll, jazz and other influences that made it a classic. (quote from wiki)
The title of the album comes from this quote from the book "Demian" by Herman Hesse:
We were facing him and began to freeze inside from the effort.
We interrogated the painting, we berated it, made love with it, prayed: we called it mother, we called it whore and slut, we called it our beloved, we called it Abraxas... more
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By now useless, I have worn it out... more
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The Shadows — Apache | DeRank™: 0,00

"Apache" was dedicated in 1960 to the homonymous Native American tribe.
At the beginning, there's a roll similar to that of the animal skin drums of the natives, then the electric guitar kicks in, repeating the introduction notes twice, after which the others join in with a motif identical to that of the natives as they march towards war. The central notes are repeated several times, similar to the initial ones, but faster or slower at the same time. The concluding notes are the same as the introduction, but the piece ends classically with a sharp pluck of the guitar without repeating the notes for a full two times. (cit. wiki) more
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Dik Dik — Vendo casa | DeRank™: 0,00

uhm, "The grass is high now, I know..." more
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It was a real craze of those years... more
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I Pooh — Piccola Katy | DeRank™: 0,00

Despite "Piccola Katy" being on the B-side of the album, this song was much, much more successful than the A-side. more
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Equipe 84 — Tutta mia la città | DeRank™: 0,00

On the drums, there was none other than Franz Di Cioccio... more
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Well, "Senza luce" was the cover of "A Whiter Shade of Pale" by Procol Harum.
"Waiter, never mind..." more
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mrbluesky

Shakira | DeRank™: 0,06

Sing, dance, and smile, marry a millionaire footballer and round it all off by saying a couple of words in some ad. It's all about being smart in life. more
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Nada — Ma che freddo fa | DeRank™: 0,00

At just fifteen years old (I was about ten), he made his debut at the Sanremo Festival with this song that I fell in love with and played over and over again... more
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I Giganti — Proposta | DeRank™: 0,00

Better known by the title "Put Flowers in Your Guns."
The text is structured like a journalistic investigation into youth discontent.
The three verses that it is divided into are performed in turn by a member of the group, giving voice successively to a young worker, a painter, and a wealthy son.
Binding the three parts of the song together like a sort of red thread is the voice of the "interviewer." (cit. wiki) more
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A.R. Kane — 69 | DeRank™: 0,00

A.R. Kane were an English musical duo consisting of Alex Ayuli and Rudy Tambala.
The group drew inspiration even from the dark and atmospheric jazz of Miles Davis and the sinister, surreal fluidity of Robert Wyatt for the dreamy compositions of the album 69, a stylistic puzzle that reinvents the role of rhythm and melody.
(Copyright © 1999 Piero Scaruffi)
Tracks:
1. "Crazy Blue" 3:26
2. "Suicide Kiss" 3:36
3. "Baby Milk Snatcher" 3:16
4. "Scab" 3:25
5. "Sulliday" 6:33
6. "Dizzy" 3:47
7. "Spermwhale Trip Over" 4:40
8. "The Sun Falls into the Sea" 5:45
9. "The Madonna Is with Child" 3:49
10. "Spanish Quay (3)" 2:00
Musicians:
Maggie Tambala – backing vocals (track 1)
Russell Smith – bass (track 3)
Billy McGee – double bass (track 6)
Stephen Benjamin – clarinet (track 8)
Ray Shulman – bass (tracks 1 and 7) more
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