The album that introduced me to the Prince. A perfectly fitting title in its (seemingly) antithetical nature to the content, since out of the 11 tracks, only the first is a love song in the strictest sense. And the others? 10 great classics from a mature De Gregori, with excellent arrangements that are quite rock-oriented, ready to 'accompany you through certain corners of the present that will fortunately become curves in memory'... more
The classic album by R.E.M., featuring great moments but a bit uneven. In particular, I prefer the later tracks to the earlier ones, and I find that the cover of Strange doesn’t measure up to the original. more
Generally, when I listen to it, I convince myself that no album could be as beautiful. Then, yes, it ends and I realize I've exaggerated; it's a sentimental, crowd-pleasing record and all that. But in my opinion, it's a masterpiece, one of those big ones; my favorite pop album at the moment, although "pop" is quite reductive in reality. more
"Happy to contradict you again, sad blue lady,
it's not life that inspires songs, as you believe...
it's the songs that force life to be what it is
and how it is not...
And then, you might ask me, why do we cry? What do we remember?
At this point, feelings,
feelings are just crap...
and yet no, and yet no,
look how I can make you suffer with a fiction...
feel here what passion!" more
Sad, melancholic, twilight. Guccio returns to play with those Tarot cards he so scorned in '72, expressing at the threshold of sixty all his rage, mixed with poetic sweetness and lofty lyricism. The umpteenth masterpiece, and I won't hide that I can hardly hold back my tears on "Addio." "Seasons" that pass inexorably, swallowing us more and more... more
Huge.. "Uomo di pezza" and "Felona e sorona" remain among the peaks of Italian prog, especially the former. more
Wow, what an incredible album, especially Karpis, The Lung, and In A Jar! more
A gigantic monument that leaves no room for doubt: masterpiece. Moon in June reaches for the stars, but the last suite is no less impressive. more
I took a lifetime, but it was worth it. An amazing album, certainly not the easiest in the punk saga. Turnover, Repeater (what a bass line!), Blueprint, Sieve Fisted Find, Shut The Door so great they bring tears to your eyes. Epoch-making. more
One of the most original and interesting local artists: although he has made a few missteps, he has brilliantly managed to reconcile light music and avant-garde, extreme experimentation and pop songs, elitism and commercial success, traditional songwriting and cultured composition, assimilating the most diverse artistic and cultural influences. "Fisiognomica" and "Caffè de la Paix" are undisputed milestones of Italian singer-songwriter music. more
It may be inferior to the first, but how can you not give a 5 to a record like this? more
In flight more
On my blacklist. The most shitty and inhumane "voice" ever, every time I hear it I want to go visit it at home. more
Forty years of enviable and excellent career, adorned with a beautiful handful of masterpieces that greatly embellish the Italian songwriter repertoire. A true one, the minstrel of "human living." more
A delicate and powerful concentrate of emotions, from the irresistible blues of "campo minato" to the sweetness of "Un amore," to the revolutionary vein of "Fango" and the proletarian anger of "Davanti al nastro che corre." An album that goes straight to the heart. In the best tradition of singer-songwriter music. more
The greatest living composer is now delighting us with "O Generosa," the anthem of Serie A. Bow down before the second Mozart. more
"I lie on the green grass, calmly daydreaming about my past,
but age suddenly scatters what I believed, and I haven't been;
as you feel, everything flows smoothly in this world without worries,
in this glimpse taken sideways, of a correct unfolding of themes,
of my enthusiasms that lasted briefly, of many philosophizing chiasms,
of tragic stories born from play, too close or too far away..." more
Frampton Comes Alive! The cover is wrong, more
The most beautiful voice of his and my generation more
An excellent album, quite underrated. "Canzone per Silvia," "Farewell," and "Samantha" are the true highlights. 7.5. more