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With a different, and better, production (and frankly it didn't take a George Martin to do better than King) we would definitely have had an album that we wouldn't have to be ashamed of. Nevertheless, several tracks are not bad at all, and then Gabriel's voice, albeit a bit raw, was already there, which is not a small thing. Personally, after having worn out the LPs from Trespass to Wind, I occasionally return to those "modest beginnings" with a certain pleasure and satisfaction. It's only (Christian) Pop but I like it. more
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Marco Salzano
An attempt, only partially successful, to approach "classical music" with the long homonymous suite. Some of the credit also goes to Ron Geesin, for reworking the "Amazing pudding" prepared by the Floyd and for being the composer of the melodies and arrangements for the brass, the choir (with the great John Aldis), and the cello. However, the best tracks are the delicate, yet somewhat mannered, If and the nostalgic Summer '68. more
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Marco Salzano
Many covers and a handful of truly remarkable original tracks, from I'm a Loser (Lennon's first Dylan-esque song) to What You're Doing and Every Little Thing (later covered by Yes on their first LP): they hold their own alongside the best of "Help!" and "A Hard Day's Night." more
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Marco Salzano
Marco Salzano

Family — Fearless | DeRank™: 0,00

The best of the last phase characterized by the addition of John Wetton, who brings to the group his aggressive approach to bass and also, from my point of view, his beautiful voice, a pleasant alternative to Chappo's powerful goat-like vibrato. Best track: Spanish tide. more
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Marco Salzano
The second album by Family is less imaginative than the debut but much more cohesive, helping to define the new progressive song in that crucial year of 1969 with masterpiece tracks such as, for example, The Weaver's Answer and Observation From A Hill. more
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Marco Salzano
An absolutely original group, the Kaleidoscope of David Lindley, authors of an Eastern/Arabian psychedelia that has very few comparisons. This is particularly noteworthy for the two long jams, incredible "trips" into the psychedelic realm. more
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Marco Salzano
A pop album with a nostalgic tone towards late '70s American AOR and '80s British pop, not exactly the triumphant comeback I was hoping for, but at least it's a notch above EARTH MOVING. Mostly power ballads with monotonous arrangements (but with honest supporting musicians that were chosen...), here and there catchy (Sailing), but above all, Oldfield as a guitarist is still present and fighting alongside us with at least a couple of well-crafted solos in Dreaming in the Wind and the title track. more
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Marco Salzano
Fantastic Tropicalista album by Battisti. Beyond the song, beyond the prog, just beyond. This album is so beautiful that it even makes me appreciate Mogol's lyrics. more
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Marco Salzano
Marco Salzano

The Beatles — Revolver | DeRank™: 0,00

Perhaps it’s the most important album of the fab four, because it’s in this record that the foundations for the two psychedelic masterpieces of 1967 are laid. Lennon, in the throes of his "drug experiences", Harrison begins his journey into Indian modal music but is still in the apprenticeship phase, McCartney perhaps less experimental but more solid with his classicism: for me, the best tracks are his (after that "out of this world" piece by Lennon which is Tomorrow never knows). more
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Marco Salzano
Marco Salzano

Nazareth — Hair Of The Dog | DeRank™: 0,00

Glorious Scottish band whose reputation is built on a solid array of pure, unadulterated Hard Rock tracks. This 'Hair of the Dog' from 1975 concludes with an epic piece perhaps better known for the Metallica cover: Please Don't Judas Me. Make way for the rough voice of Dan McCafferty, and be sure to do some air guitar when Manny Charlton's solo comes in! more
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Marco Salzano
Standing or kneeling to listen to this monumental live recording that every devotee of the blue oyster cult must own. It has almost all the best from the legendary first hard rock phase (though some essential tracks from Secret Treaties are missing) and some excellent covers including the legendary Born to be Wild by Steppenwolf. more
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Marco Salzano
Excellent debut by the group formed by the virtuosic violinist Darryl Way, temporarily escaping the art rock eccentricities of Curved Air, alongside jazz guitarist John Etheridge and young drummer Ian Mosley (yes, the one from Marillion). Produced by Ian McDonald, to whom the poignant adagio for violin that closes the album (McDonald's Lament) is dedicated. more
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Good old school hard rock from Atomic Rooster in their best trio lineup with Vincent Crane on organ, Paul Hammond on drums, and John Du Cann on guitar (excellent and abundant) and vocals (Chris Farlowe doesn't count). The title track is the epitome of dark, and "Sleeping for Years" is a classic underrated gem of hard rock. more
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terzieff2

Steve Winwood | DeRank™: 3,03

one of the number ones more
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terzieff2

Eric Burdon and the Animals | DeRank™: 0,78

great Eric more
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terzieff2

Bob Dylan | DeRank™: 0,00

he has made unforgettable pieces more
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terzieff2

Colosseum | DeRank™: 0,00

very good more
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Aquarius27

Ronnie James Dio | DeRank™: 9,87

Among the most beautiful voices ever heard (if not the MOST beautiful) not only in heavy metal, but in the entire musical landscape. UNIQUE!!! more
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SydBarrett96

Pino Daniele — Pino Daniele | DeRank™: 3,63

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
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SilasLang
SilasLang

Skywave — Synthstatic | DeRank™: 0,00

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
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