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templare

Icehouse — Measure for Measure | DeRank™: 0,00

At that "time," I didn't mind them. more
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ermanno.laici
ermanno.laici

Queen | DeRank™: -0,76

Ugly more
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De...Marga...
De...Marga...

Ufomammut — Idolum | DeRank™: 0,00

I quote myself to define this sound beast: "Heavy dark, cosmic psychedelia; with a monstrous stride." Listening at an unheard volume to the terrifying seven minutes of the first track "Stigma" compels you to rush out of the house for some fresh air, to catch your breath, to recover from the emotional shock that hits you everywhere. And there’s still a full hour before the end of this pitch-black, gloomy, oppressive journey. In rare moments, the strangling grip loosens, like in the first part of "Ammonia." A masterpiece album; an outrageous cross between the Doom of Black Sabbath, the physical Stoner of Kyuss, the spatial digressions of the best Monster Magnet, and the circular repetitiveness of OM...BLACK... more
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Kinks49
Kinks49

I Calipop | DeRank™: 0,33

Roman beat group from the sixties. more
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IlConte
IlConte

Rory Gallagher | DeRank™: 11,07

Take the young twenty-somethings, amped up to the max with our Irishman already giving lessons to everyone with his six-string. Then take "Fresh Evidence," and after twenty years or so, we find ourselves in front of a magnificent album. Sure, Rory is already full of alcohol, his face is swollen, and the expression is "worn out"... but his hands, and neither his soul, have tired of making us listen to his crazy, captivating blues rock sound. Introverted and irascible enough to be loved by me without ifs and buts. I have bowed down only a few times in my life and never to people, but at his corner in Temple Bar, I gladly did so, toasting together. Jimi used to say this guy knew how to deliver. Just the Taste, "White," and "Irish Tour" and his blues will penetrate... your soul! more
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rafssru
rafssru

Chuck Berry | DeRank™: 7,02

Johnny B. Goode. Rest in Peace (1926-2017). Downgraded from 5 to 4 stars. Let's say it had a strong influence on the collective imagination, but from a strictly musical and technical standpoint, it doesn't reach 5 stars. more
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Alfredo
Alfredo

Krzysztof Penderecki | DeRank™: 0,00

Great avant-garde composer until the mid-'70s, afterwards, out of the blue, he veered towards a much less interesting post-post-romanticism with one of the most abrupt triple somersaults with a twist in history. I realized that around the beginning/mid-'70s, other composers (see Ligeti) also decided to distance themselves from the more radical avant-gardes to reclaim some tradition, but at least Gyorgy continued to write great music without betraying his previous achievements. Penderecki seems to have been replaced by a doppelgänger, such is the difference. Mysteries... more
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hjhhjij
A river of overflowing emotions. A whirlwind of ideas and infinite inspirations: Spain, Dark-Wave, the crooner ballad, theater, cabaret, opera, musical, pop, grotesque Industrial, Peter Hammill, even a bit of Birthday Party blues, all blended together by the overflowing personality and undeniable talent of a truly genius and inspired Marc Almond who, with Marc and the Mambas and this double album in particular, reaches the pinnacle of his brilliant career. And then the collaborations (Smith, Severin, Foetus) and his extraordinary band of loyalists around him (the great Annie Hogan leading the way). Not to mention the presence of Matt Johnson (The The) on guitar, a true member of the Mambas and not just a simple guest. In short, a masterpiece in every way. more
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silvietto
silvietto

antonin dvorak | DeRank™: 0,00

Classic Bohemian Music more
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Y2Jericho
Y2Jericho

Toto | DeRank™: 7,45

Immense with an extraordinary class. Music made for the charts, designed specifically to play on the radio, but written and performed excellently. Truly outstanding. more
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Almotasim
Almotasim

The Magnetic Fields | DeRank™: 0,23

Merritt is to popular music what Renoir is to painting. more
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Il Tarantiniano
Il Tarantiniano

Gemelli Diversi | DeRank™: 0,00

A boy band like many that emerged in Italy in the late '90s, which has practically faded away in recent years. The end. more
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hellraiser
hellraiser

Grand Funk Railroad — Live Album | DeRank™: 5,18

For various reasons, I'm more attached to the subsequent Caught in the Act as a live album, but this one is rougher and rawer, pushed to the max, a true earthquake. The Flint boys are always great... more
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diabolikde
diabolikde

Whitesnake | DeRank™: 0,00

Great Uniques more
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hellraiser
hellraiser

Osibisa — Osibisa | DeRank™: 3,00

Very interesting album, found for a few coins not long ago. I only knew them by name, I still have to delve into it properly, but it captured me right away after just a few listens. For more information about the band, I turn to you, as you will surely know more... more
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IlConte
IlConte

Van Morrison | DeRank™: 18,00

So Great this Lord that every definition is, by force, reductive. I hate every type of classification attempt (stupid and useless farces by half-hearted critics) but thinking of this man, I can't help but recall a phrase from boxing or martial arts: "pound for pound"; there he is among the greatest of all time "pound for pound" or to put it "in music," regardless of genres. My soul can only continue to thank him. more
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Y2Jericho
Y2Jericho

P.O.D. | DeRank™: -1,92

Phenomenal, among the best in their field more
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COX
COX

The Black Keys | DeRank™: 1,86

Deadly shot. El Camino speaks for itself and "When the lights go out" by Rubber Factory is the piece that Eddie Vedder has always wanted to make. more
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IlConte
IlConte

Canned Heat | DeRank™: 3,99

Ugly, dirty, heavily drugged, but damn, what blues they played. Passion that penetrated your soul and musicians who were quite underrated, all excellent; Wilson, Vestine, Mandel, Fito, Taylor, and that crazy Grizzly who sang. Seven truly remarkable albums! Then after Wilson's death, the obvious descent into madness and substances. Always with me. If you want just a hint, listen to them and watch them (ugly ugly but beautiful) at Monterey and Woodstock. more
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