Pink Floyd
gnomovolante
gnomovolante

Pink Floyd | DeRank™: -3,20

They suck. more
mewithoutYou
gnomovolante
gnomovolante

mewithoutYou | DeRank™: 0,00

Confessional post-hardcore narrative steeped in symbolism. Listening to them is a cathartic experience.
At least two masterpiece albums from the mid-2000s: Brother, Sister and especially Catch For Us The Foxes, a wonderful and seminal album that gave so much to the scene.
To this day, they are working—perhaps with a bit of mannerism—on their strengths, continuing to churn out quite decent albums.
Run to catch them! more
Sufjan Stevens
gnomovolante
gnomovolante

Sufjan Stevens | DeRank™: 0,00

"I love you more than the world can contain in its lonely and ramshackle head." more
King Crimson -Islands
bonny99
bonny99

King Crimson — Islands | DeRank™: 1,29

The last 2 pieces are nothing short of moving. 8/10 more
Pendragon -Concerto Maximo
PrincipeAnchisi
PrincipeAnchisi

Pendragon — Concerto Maximo | DeRank™: 0,00

Summary of the best of Pendragon's production: a great live! more
Os Mutantes -Mutantes
sotomayor
sotomayor

Os Mutantes — Mutantes | DeRank™: 0,00

Less influenced by British psychedelia than the first album, 'Mutantes' is, on the other hand, much more kaleidoscopic ('Dom Quixote', 'Dois mile e um') and tropicalist. Os Mutantes reinforce their humorous approach and continue experimenting and mixing different genres. A kind of psychedelic cabaret, a theatrical performance in sound where you might hear the echo of the lucid madness in the writing of an artist like Donovan ('Nao va se perder por ai'), some evocative episodes like 'Fuga No. II', and good pop ballads like 'Qualquer bobagem', 'Caminhante noturna'. There's also their own personal revisitation of the Italian pop song 'Tintarella di Luna'. In the end, you may consider that there are too many things in this record, but while listening to it, you won't care at all, and that's simply because it works. That's the magic of the sound of this band. more
Tuxedomoon
COX
COX

Tuxedomoon | DeRank™: 0,00

Tuxedomoon are to the 80s what Can are to the 70s, pardon the understatement. more
Philip K. Dick -Ubik
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sotomayor

Philip K. Dick — Ubik | DeRank™: 3,00

Philip K. Dick himself admitted he didn’t understand at all 'Ubik'. He didn’t expect it to be so heavily regarded by his readers and definitely one of his most considered and influential works over the years. We are in the North American Confederation in 1992, psi phenomena are common, and the people who die are kept in a state of half-life (a form of cryonic suspension). After an explosion, Joe Chip mysteriously starts shifting backward in time. Who and/or what is 'Ubik'? A spray can-metaphor for God that gives people the power to understand who they are, where they are, and how to survive and continue living their own lives. Influenced by acid psychedelia and probably written under the influence of LSD, 'Ubik' is a work that possibly has no time and that eludes all kinds of possible definitions. The same goes for the world in which the plot is set. more
Louis Leterrier -Grimsby
sotomayor
sotomayor

Louis Leterrier — Grimsby | DeRank™: 0,00

I'm not a great fan of Sacha Baron Cohen. I don't find him particularly brilliant, and it's undeniable that his movies are often stupid and sometimes gross or vulgar. So, there’s no relevant content in 'Grimbsy', an action movie with a spy plot directed by Louis Leterrier, but the buddy duo formed by Baron Cohen and Mark Strong works, and of course, some parts of the movie are really funny (for example, the scene where Baron Cohen does a humorous parody of Liam Gallagher), and I appreciate the genuine and funny way he depicted the suburbia of Grimbsy and the people who live there. Definitely, it's a movie where there are no limits in every possible sense, but it can make you smile. Not from start to finish: Baron Cohen is indeed unable to find a balance between making good comedy and degenerating into the vulgar and unhelpful. What a pity. more
King Crimson -Lizard
tonysoprano
tonysoprano

King Crimson — Lizard | DeRank™: 0,25

A notch below its moving successor "Islands," but here King Crimson, after the departure of Greg Lake, prove to be anything but unprepared... MONUMENTAL "LIZARD"... more
Claudio Lolli -Un uomo in crisi
SandroGiacobbe
More than 5, I would give five thousand. more
Soft Machine -Third
tonysoprano
tonysoprano

Soft Machine — Third | DeRank™: 0,38

Few, indeed, very few progressive albums have been able to match it... unique, a perfect fusion of progressive and jazz, creating 4 perfect suites!!! "Moon In June" deserves a monument dedicated to it... more
Elliott Smith
the last
the last

Elliott Smith | DeRank™: 0,00

Delicate, deep, intimate, powerful. Whispers of the soul. Magical. more
Kasper Barfoed -Sommeren '92
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sotomayor

Kasper Barfoed — Sommeren '92 | DeRank™: 0,00

Rightly looked upon in the days following the end of Euro 2016. The film by Kasper Barfoed reconstructs the incredible journey of the Danish National Team (reinstated after the exclusion of Yugoslavia) at the European Championships in Sweden in 1992. It is particularly the story of coach Richard Moller Nielsen, who passed away in 2014 and to whom the film is ideally dedicated, and how he managed to win over the skepticism of fans and his own players, among them the uncompromising Brian Laudrup. Inside, there are obviously the stories of Peter Schmeichel, Flemming Povlsen, John 'Faxe' Jensen, and of course that of the hero of heroes Kim Vilfort, who scored the second goal in the final and was grappling with his daughter suffering from leukemia, who unfortunately would die a few weeks after the end of the tournament. Beautiful and light, without any pretension of being dramatic or overly moving. more
Jakob Skøtt -All the Colours of the Dust
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Fourth solo album by Jakob Scott, drummer of Causa Sui, released via El Paraiso Records. A true and authentic terrorist of sound, in these five tracks, which serve as a kind of artistic manifesto, Scott undergoes a sort of panic therapy. The sound is completely wild and devoid of any constants. At times kaleidoscopic, certainly colorful and never heavy in any way, it reigns supreme (how could it be otherwise) between episodes of acid free-jazz and droning sonorities, with the thunderous sound of the drums dominating, while the synthesizers seem almost to catapult us forcefully out of our capsule and into the open space. Completely insane. It’s enough to blow the brains out of even the most balanced individual. more
Pink Floyd -The Division Bell
madcat
madcat

Pink Floyd — The Division Bell | DeRank™: 2,44

Great songs, solos that pierce the sky, thrilling atmospheres. 5 full, no doubt about it. more