The only living genius of pop music. But it’s not for everyone. To appreciate Donald's music (along with the late Becker in Steely Dan), you have to arrive there after listening to many songs, musicians, and different genres. He is the perfect synthesis of all of it, at the highest levels, including production. And just to be clear, if it doesn’t “click” for you, it’s not his fault. Study music, composition, harmony, and melodic lines. Try to learn to play one or more instruments (listen to the virtuosity of the best soloists), not to mention the lyrics in RIMA, stunningly ambiguous, cryptic for those who can’t grasp or don’t want to delve deeper. If and when you get to choose to listen to him, an excellent pair of headphones is a must (to appreciate every instrument and nuance), and you will understand the astonishing uniqueness; you will be lost forever. But it's always better than being dead from ignorance, stuck between Trap, Hip hop, and Reggaeton. Well, friends, if you don’t like it, what can I say, enjoy the summer hits. Or maybe you just don’t have good taste... No offense, eh. more
Cosplay more
Underestimated. more
Garbage and flatness. more
Technically impeccable, they have produced good and excellent records (some less good). Unfortunately, their limitation is that they sometimes fall into pure self-indulgence as a stylistic exercise, but one can forgive them for it. At the top of their craft (technique + inspiration + ideas), they are unattainable. more
Amid various carnival-like phenomena and post-anything revivals, they stood out nicely. The point is, it doesn't take much. 4 by a landslide over much of the competition. more
How many times in the club has it made us jump!!!! more
I bought this CD for three thousand LIRE in a little shop in Torre del Greco in the very early '90s. It quickly became a reaaaally fun record. I spread it across a bunch of mixtapes given to my friends and girls😉👍🏻… more
I silently suffer the damage of time, eagles do not fly in flocks, I live the regret of the lost path in the uncertain journey of return. more
A fundamental album for Battiato's future, a pessimistic album that hopes for a reset of today's world for something better. The manifesto of all this is the powerful Clamori, immediately followed by the fierce La torre, the gloomy Radio Varsavia, and the decisive L'esodo. Not that the others are any less, Voglio vederti danzare is legendary and Scalo a grado has one of Battiato's most memorable lyrics. The arrangements are a bit bare, veering away from the richness of its predecessors to something much sparser, digital, and hard; they may appeal to some or not, I stand a bit in the middle. Still, L'arca di Noè is a great album for Battiato, who after the success of La voce del padrone seems to have changed direction towards something different. 8/10, the weakest of the 80s and that says a lot. more
Do I need to add anything else? It's not perfect like La voce del padrone... but come on, there's Up patriots to arms, there's Prospettiva Nevski, there's Venezia Istanbul, and so on; I could name them all. An album that is still huge today, timeless. 9/10, another classic. more
SUPREME MUSIC WORLD more
The Consciousness of Zeno is a masterpiece. more
What more can I say, it's perfect in every second. 10/10 and you won't think about it anymore. more
Crazy absurd science fiction! (quote) more
Wonderful work. I hear so many people making and judging reviews and giving themselves all sorts of nicknames accompanied by curses. Poor idiots! Listen to the Music. more
The "football-themed" album by Eelst. Magnetic. more
A pleasant surprise with a mix of genres played as they should be and well-interpreted. Live, the tracks must be a blast. more