Pino Daniele -Pino Daniele
Rougher and more shouted than the subsequent one, but it gains in drama and intensity. A beautiful album, played magnificently with three or four fabulous gems ("Chi tene 'o mare" and "Putesse essere allero" being a couple of examples). Pino is enormous here; from 1977 to 1982, he didn't miss a beat. more
Skywave -Synthstatic
Great album by a band that went almost completely unnoticed, straddling the '90s and the early 2000s. This was their epitaph. Noise (a lot) pop-shoegazing, as loud as it is enjoyable. From the ashes of Skywave would arise the much more well-known A Place To Bury Strangers... more
Rino Gaetano -Ingresso libero
When the sharpest classic rock meets songwriting, works like this are born. An intelligently ignorant album, performed by a drunkard who builds his lyrics with an irresistible string of poetic allegories. An anomalous (and still unsurpassed) way of making music! more
Roy Harper -Stormcock
Regarding Stormcock: a sparse and poetic musical gem. An album where singer-songwriter, folk, and world music come together in a single acoustic creature of immense beauty. more
Matching Mole -Little Red Record
The first one I bought from the so-called Canterbury school. I still didn't know Wyatt; I bought it just because it was produced by Roberto Frippo. A whole new world opened up for me... more
Bolt Thrower
How heavy were Bolt Thrower!!! Epic, barbaric Death Metal, with suffocating slow parts; and the lyrics mainly focused on war... WAR MASTER... more
Sepultura -Roots
The vinyl is spinning now on my faithful system; for years it had been left aside. It's not a bad record, that's why I gave it four stars; but I much prefer the three previous works, which are much more Thrash, fast, compact in the sonic violence proposed. Too contaminated, too tribal, too, so to speak, beyond; "Dictatorshit" is a gunshot, "Roots Bloody Roots" impressed live in terms of impact, yet for me it's not a masterpiece...CUT-THROAT... more
Roy Harper
An original folk singer and, above all, an outsider to the "music business" who has produced two great masterpieces: "Flat Baroque and Berserk" and "Stormcock". more
John Lennon -Plastic Ono Band
What I prefer about John Lennon. more
Red Hot Chili Peppers -Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Maturity. Notable mentions include "Give It Away," "The Power of Equality," "Suck My Kiss." "Under the Bridge," "Breaking the Girl." more
Red Hot Chili Peppers -Californication
They wink at MTV, with a stretched-out nonchalance. Frusciante cleans up and returns to the group. more
Patti Smith -Easter
BECAUSE THE NIGHT is starting to annoy me, but the album is noteworthy. more
Rino Gaetano
Light-years ahead of everyone, even today!! Huge lyrics and songs that have made history!! In my opinion, he is (along with Lucio Battisti) the greatest Italian artist of all time... more
Robert Wyatt -Rock Bottom
I took advantage of these festive days to listen to this album with the attention it deserves, one that I had never been fully convinced by before, and I must say I’ve changed my mind. Listening to it closely and taking a look at the lyrics, I can say it’s an excellent work, an absolute masterpiece... more
Cannibal Corpse -Tomb Of The Mutilated
A perverse, terrifying record right from the cover; it's 1992 and it's the band's third album. A brutal, murderous work that invokes anguish in the listener; fortunately, it lasts only 35 minutes!!! A dark sound, like a Dantesque hell, with Chris's voice so GORE and oppressive that it feels like a single disgusting gasp; the song titles reveal the themes tackled in the lyrics. It kicks off with one of Cannibal Corpse's most famous songs: "Hammer Smashed Face"... POST MORTAL EJACULATION... more
Max Cavalera
Massimiliano Antonio "Max" Cavalera: five stars. I just need to mention three seminal albums by Sepultura: "Beneath The Remains," "Arise," "Chaos A.D." Adding that he played in that unique and unforgettable project that was Nailbomb...INFECTED VOICE... more