Marco Salzano

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Mike Oldfield: Ommadawn
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Mike Oldfield: Ommadawn
23 jun 12
In the fertile seclusion of Hergest Ridge, with a remarkable cut-and-paste job, Oldfield creates a shimmering tapestry that continuously shifts between ethereal and oppressive moments, juxtaposing humble folk instruments (harps, bagpipes, pan flutes) with hordes of overdubbed guitars. The crescendo of the first part is memorable, driven by the force of African drums alongside the ritual singing of female voices and the ecstatic dance of the guitar. On Horseback is a final invitation to join him in his madness.
Morphine: Good
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Morphine: Good
23 apr 12
The title says it all.
Nazareth: Hair Of The Dog
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Nazareth: Hair of the Dog
8 jan 15
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!
New Trolls: Concerto grosso (n.1)
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
New Trolls: Concerto grosso (n.1)
8 feb 16
I believe that the choice of the Concerto Barocco was the winning card for the New Trolls, who succeeded where other, more renowned groups (read Deep Purple) had failed. The decision to rely on the verses of the Bard was also the right one. A classic of Italian prog.
Nina Simone: Nina Simone & Piano
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Nina Simone: Nina Simone & Piano
25 jan 14
Forget about My Baby Just Cares For Me. Those who want to grasp the true essence of Nina Simone must listen to this austere solipsistic masterpiece: just her, her ebony fingers caressing the piano, and her powerful voice in the messianic crescendo of I Think It's Going to Rain Today, silky in The Human Touch, raw and archaic in the spiritual Nobody's fault but mine, fragile to the breaking point in I'll get around without you very well. Great bonus tracks.
Nina Simone: In Concert: Emergency Ward!
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Nina Simone: In Concert: Emergency Ward!
25 jan 14
Half live, half in the studio. This applies to the two Harrison covers. Absolutely fantastic "My Sweet Lord," an intense gospel that is also an anti-militarist poetic recital, by the way in front of an audience of soldiers. Intimate and heartfelt instead is "Isn't It a Pity," just voice and piano.
Nina Simone: To Love Somebody
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Nina Simone: To Love Somebody
15 jul 12
Riding the wave of success from Ain't Got No-I Got Life, Simone continues to explore the new standards of pop rock. Thus, we have a Suzanne transformed into a poetic calypso, Turn! Turn! Turn! brought back to its gospel origins with a female choir, a Beatles-esque Revolution completely reinvented as a gritty protest song, and the title track that might just surpass the original by the Bee Gees. Wrapping it all up is a spine-tingling Dylan trio (especially Just Like Tom…).
Nina Simone: To Love Somebody / Here Comes the Sun
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Nina Simone: To Love Somebody / Here Comes the Sun
15 jul 12
Riding the wave of success from Ain't Got No-I Got Life, Simone continues to explore the new standards of pop rock. And so we have a Suzanne transformed into a poetic calypso, Turn! Turn! Turn! brought back to its gospel roots with a female choir, a Beatles-like Revolution completely reinvented into a gritty protest song, and the title track that may even surpass the original by the Bee Gees. It concludes with a spine-chilling Dylan trio (especially Just Like Tom…).
Nina Simone: Nina Simone and Piano!
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Nina Simone: Nina Simone and Piano!
15 jul 12
Forget My Baby Just Cares For Me. Those who want to capture the true essence of Nina Simone must listen to this austere, solipsistic masterpiece: just her, her ebony fingers caressing the piano, and her immense voice in the messianic crescendo of I Think It's Going to Rain Today, satin in The Human Touch, rough and archaic in the spiritual Nobody's fault but mine, fragile to the breaking point in I'll get around without you very well. Excellent bonus tracks.
Pallas: The Sentinel
CD Audio I have it ★★★
Pallas: The Sentinel
3 aug 12
It certainly wasn’t a lack of courage that the Scottish Pallas had when they recorded this reinvention of the myth of Atlantis in 1984, in the best fantasy tradition of Rush (but the vocal harmonies, Graeme Murray's Rickenbacker, and the beautiful Dean-inspired cover are trademarks of Yes). The result: somewhere between decent and good, especially with "Atlantis" and the lengthy epic "Rise and Fall" (divided into two parts) that describes the final clash between the two civilizations of East and West. Produced by Eddie Offord.
  • BARRACUDA BLUE
    3 aug 12
    Album of my 20s, and it still often makes its way into my listens. Woodroffe's style is different from Roger Dean's, and the reference goes to Greenslade (Time and Tide) and the solo Greenslade of The Pentateuch of Cosmogony, a true work of art in the double vinyl equipped with a book featuring wonderful drawings, which is actually credited to both. Ark of Infinity is an absolute gem of New Prog and, in my opinion, the album deserves a higher rating. Underrated band.
  • Marco Salzano
    3 aug 12
    Well, I can definitely see Dean's influence (and a bit of Rodney Matthews too). The album has many merits for me (first of all, the ambition which I see as the vital spark of prog as a genre), but perhaps because it wasn't the album of my 20s, I find it a bit derivative. Of course, that's just my opinion, from the height of a nothing.
  • BARRACUDA BLUE
    3 aug 12
    Woodroffe and Matthews both have a sharper edge compared to the prevalent roundness of Dean's style; they love the study of details, the weapons and scepters of Matthews, the meticulousness of Woodroffe's hot air balloons. All of this in Dean is replaced by splendid variations of tone and frequent open fields, like in Close to the Edge. Regarding the album, you're right, 20 years are assassins, and other albums like The Wake and The Jewel stand at the same level. Let’s say I got tired of hearing Foxtrot, In the Court, and Pawn Hearts and I replaced them... that's all. ;-)
Perigeo: Abbiamo tutti un blues da piangere
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Perigeo: Abbiamo tutti un blues da piangere
8 dec 13
Mediterranean jazz rock group formed in 1971 under the shadow of the dome, which opened for concerts of Soft Machine and Weather Report, not only holding its own but…, and played all over Europe at various festivals.
The title track from their second album begins with a classical arpeggio by Tony Sidney, followed by a beautiful and poignant theme on bass by Giovanni Tommaso. Then the piece explodes with a superb soprano sax solo by Claudio Fasoli over the rolls of Bruno Biriaco.
Peter Gabriel: The Rhythm Of The Heat
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Peter Gabriel: The Rhythm Of The Heat
8 dec 13
This is one of the key tracks in his discography, famous for its devastating final percussive moment (thanks to the Burundian percussionists), but what truly makes the difference for me is the atmosphere evoked by Gabriellana's art with those ancestral sounds crafted by the Fairlight, but above all with that unique way of interpreting the piece and transporting the listener into the most primitive recesses of
Peter Gabriel: Security
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Peter Gabriel: Peter Gabriel
23 dec 13
One of the key albums in his discography, which concludes the legendary sequence of untitled albums, famous for the devastating percussive opening moment (thanks to the Burundian drummers), but what truly makes the difference for me is the atmosphere evoked by the Gabriellian art with those ancestral sounds crafted by the Fairlight, but above all, with that unique way of interpreting the piece and transporting the listener into the most primitive recesses of the unconscious.
Peter Gabriel: OVO
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Peter Gabriel: OVO: Millennium Show
8 jan 15
Underrated concept as ambitious as “The Lamb” and – almost – just as successful. Usual stylistic melting pot, heavily influenced by the ethno folk of the Afro Celt Sound System. Luxurious guests including Richie Havens, Neneh Cherry, and Elizabeth Fraser. Touching Father, son.
  • hjhhjij
    8 jan 15
    Don't exaggerate :D It's a nice album anyway, for me the 4 stars are well deserved, after all I'm biased when it comes to this gentleman.
  • Marco Salzano
    8 jan 15
    I put a nice "almost," in fact ;-)
Peter Hammill: Fool's Mate
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Peter Hammill: Fool's Mate
25 jan 14
It seems to me that Hammil has declared this is the only album he wouldn't change a note of. And indeed, for all its atypical aspects, and perhaps precisely because of that, it is one of his most beautiful works. Vision and The Birds are both masterpieces for me.
  • hjhhjij
    25 jan 14
    I like the album, of course, but as often happens, I don't agree with the artists I admire the most :D
Peter Hammill: A Black Box
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Peter Hammill: A Black Box
8 jun 12
Dropped by Charisma, Hammill self-produces (playing guitars, keyboards, and drum machines) one of his most compact and focused albums. The A-side features dry and essential tracks ("Fogwalking," with the horns of his trusted David Jackson, is among his masterpieces, while "The Spirit," "Losing Faith in Words," and "Golden Promises" are also excellent). On the B-side, masterfully crafted, shines his first solo suite: pure Hammillian distillate, handled with care!
Pink Floyd: Atom Heart Mother
CD Audio I have it ★★★
Pink Floyd: Atom Heart Mother
8 jan 15
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.
Popol Vuh: Letzte Tage - Letzte Nächte
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Popol Vuh: Letzte Tage - Letzte Nächte
23 dec 13
It's difficult to talk about a group like the Bavarians Popol Vuh, who advocate for a music that often touches on the sacred, both in the ascetic electronic experiments of the soundtrack for Werner Herzog's great film "Aguirre" and with the "Hosianna Mantra," an unprecedented synthesis of Christian mysticism, Gregorian liturgy, and Hindu mantras. This contains a folk/mystical sound with psychedelic echoes of the 12-string guitar and concludes in an ecstatic and optimistic manner. Guest: Renat.
Popol Vuh: Last Days Last Nights
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Popol Vuh: Last Days Last Nights
8 dec 13
It’s difficult to talk about a group like the Bavarians Popol Vuh, pioneers of a music that often touches the sacred, both in the ascetic electronic experiments of the soundtrack for Werner Herzog's great film "Aguirre" and with the "profane mass" "Hosianna Mantra," an unprecedented synthesis of Christian mysticism, Gregorian liturgy, and Hindu mantras. This is a folk piece that ends in an ecstatic and optimistic way the self-titled album and features Renate Knaup on vocals.
Porcupine Tree: Fear Of A Blank Planet
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Porcupine Tree: Fear of a Blank Planet
28 jul 12
Prog-metal like Deadwing but more cohesive, and this time Wilson hits the winning theme: the anomic anguish of the Hi-Tech generation. His apathetic voice (often filtered) sings about the god X-box, MTV, and various pills, about incomprehensibility and improbable escapes. Adamantine riffs slightly softened by the liquid keyboards of Barbieri and orchestral textures (similar to Kashmir in Sleep Together). Harrison, master of the Tom Toms in Anesthetize. Guests Lifeson (nice solo) and Fripp (solo soundscapes).
  • pana
    29 jul 12
    Cribbio, Fripp is everywhere! Legendary Robert
  • Marco Salzano
    29 jul 12
    Fripp IS HERE (but you can hardly hear him)
Portishead: Dummy
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Portishead: Dummy
23 apr 12
The desperate voice of Beth Gibbons, described by Rolling Stone as a "Sade for Androids," is worth the listen of this trip-hop masterpiece on its own.
Premiata Forneria Marconi: Photos of ghosts
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Premiata Forneria Marconi: Photos of Ghosts
25 jun 12
The first "export" album by PFM for the ELP label, it gathers the best of their first two LPs (plus the impressionistic Old Rain) with a clearer and more dynamic sound quality. New English lyrics by an inspired Sinfield (who reaches the peak of his surreal vein with Promenade The Puzzle). The River of constant change is the hallmark of their ever-changing music, featuring elegant baroque counterpoints, symphonic crescendos, romantic preludes, frantic violins, and dazzling sound carousels.
Premiata Forneria Marconi: The World Became the World
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Premiata Forneria Marconi: The World Became the World
25 jun 12
Along the lines of Photos but with a more powerful sound (thanks to Djivas's virtuosic bass) and a greater flourishing of thematic variations, the music of PFM now runs the risk of elephantiasis in the imposing The Mountain (Sinfield's new ecological allegory), with an unwieldy choir, and in the mighty metaphysical Title Track. Less cerebral are the melancholic acoustic sketch Just Look Away and Four Holes, which marries the vitality of folk dance with jazz rock.
Premiata Forneria Marconi: Chocolate King
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Premiata Forneria Marconi: Chocolate Kings
23 dec 13
In 1975, after the success of their tours in America, Pfm was at the Top of the World and well on its way to stable success in the U.S.A. Then came two choices that proved fatal: the nostalgia that drove them back to Italy and the release of a quintessential anti-American album, which annoyed quite a few bigwigs in the U.S. Record Business. That said, here the multicultural music of the band gains great consistency and coherence. New political lyrics by Pagani.
Procol Harum: Live: In Concert With the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Procol Harum: Live: In Concert With the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
5 jun 12
With more preparation, this live performance could have been a milestone. Nevertheless, it stands as one of the (not many) happy examples of the union between a large orchestra and a rock ensemble. Just five songs tastefully arranged (obviously sacrificing a bit of the Hammond) but quite faithful to the studio versions. An exception is the new Spanish-influenced "Conquistador" featuring a brilliant distorted solo by Dave Ball. Unfortunately, the quadraphonic effects are gone (which seemed stunning on "A Salty Dog").
Procol Harum: Grand Hotel
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Procol Harum: Grand Hotel
5 jun 12
The luxurious cover featuring musicians in tuxedos in front of the Grand Hotel would suggest the worst. Fortunately, however, our band skillfully avoids kitschy mannerism and, riding the wave of the Symphony Concert, blends a regained classicism with a sometimes nostalgic, sometimes sarcastic fin de siècle decadent spirit. Additionally, the newcomer Mick Grabham does not make us miss Trower too much. Highlights: Grand Hotel, Toujours L'Amour, Fires (with Christianne Legrand and her refined phrasing).
Procol Harum: Exotic Birds and Fruit
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Procol Harum: Exotic Birds and Fruit
5 jun 12
After the chilly "Grand Hotel," they make a return to a more energetic and straightforward rock with a very varied and consistent album. Sunny and upbeat is Nothing But The Truth. Beyond The Pale has Klezmer echoes even though it's inspired by Nordic folklore. As Strong As Samson is one of the most beautiful ballads of the Brooker-Reid duo. The Idol retrieves their solemn side for a sharp reflection on the traps of idolatry. Also good are the crazy vaudeville Monsieur R. Monde and the dissonant The Thin End Of The Wedge.
Procol Harum: Procol's Ninth
CD Audio I have it ★★★
Procol Harum: Procol's Ninth
6 jun 12
At the final test, after 8 LPs all of a certain level, the toy begins to break down. Only the last classic, the Latin-flavored Pandora’s Box, and the melancholic Fool’s Good live up to the past. The rest is mostly honest R&B, neither exceptional nor terrible, with a few praises. They are produced by Lieber & Stollen, who add brass and percussion to the funky The Unquiet Zone and contribute with the soul of I Keep Forgetting. Much less successful is the cover of the Beatles.
Procol Harum: Broken Barricades
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Procol Harum: Broken Barricades
6 jun 12
With Trower at the helm and the Hammond set aside a bit, the album (recorded with the feeling and timing of a live studio session) is bipolarity divided between hard rock (the relentless riff of Simple Sister, the abrasive Poor Mohammed, the old school boogie Memorial Drive) and ballads (the ambiguous lullaby Luskus Delph, the perverse Playmate Of The Mouth with ballroom piano and marching band, the title track). Power Failure is BJ's only spotlight. Song For A Dreamer is a spontaneous tribute to Hendrix.
Procol Harum: Something Magic
CD Audio I have it ★★★
Procol Harum: Something Magic
9 jun 12
Not so Magic but certainly not so Tragic, this is because the acclaimed duo Brooker-Reid rarely disappoints in terms of songwriting. And so, despite the Yamaha GX-1 synthesizer instead of the Hammond being a bit hard to swallow, the following tracks are absolutely worth seeking out: the delicate waltz Skating On Thin Ice, worthy of "Grand Hotel"; the smoky Strangers in Space, a languid and rarefied blues; The Mark of the Claw, decent dark-hued rock from Grabham. For fans only, the orchestral recital The Worm and the Tree.
Procol Harum: Shine On Brightly
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Procol Harum: Shine On Brightly
8 dec 13
Released in the year of grace 1968, “Shine on Brightly” is not only one of the most successful albums by Procol Harum but also one of the cornerstones of Art Rock, positioning itself at an ideal stylistic crossroads between the glorious English R&B school, the psychedelic echoes of the past Summer of Love, and the progressive mingling with classical music that would later define the emerging progressive genre. Furthermore, compared to the debut of the previous year, it represents a significant advancement in terms of sound.
Quella Vecchia Locanda: Quella Vecchia Locanda
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Quella Vecchia Locanda: Quella Vecchia Locanda
8 dec 13
The first "Inn" of Italian prog is another group that deserved more fortune. Notable tracks include SOGNO, RISVEGLIO, and... which closes their first album referencing the theme from "Spartacus" and, I believe, also paying homage to the great Bill Evans.
Renaissance: Ashes are burning
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Renaissance: Ashes Are Burning
19 jun 12
Here the Renaissance mark II (with the crystalline voice of Annie Haslam) fully achieve the goal of combining classical repertoire with rock rhythm. Can you understand and Let it grow are delightful folk songs in their apparent simplicity. The sorrowful At the arbour references Debussy. With the lively Carpet of the sun, the orchestra begins to make an appearance. It closes magnificently with the title track featuring a memorable chorus and a beautiful martial outro with electric guitar by Andy Powell.
Robert Fripp: Exposure
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Robert Fripp: Exposure
26 jun 12
Heterogeneous Frippian exposure. There’s Gabriel and a more acoustic Here Comes the Flood. There’s Peter Hammill in the pre/post/similar punk Disengage. There’s the elegant AOR of Daryl Hall in North Star. There’s plenty of Frippertronics mixed with soul rhythms in Exposure. There’s the crimsonian Breathless, a tightly wound instrumental with frequent metric changes, a smashing main riff in 7/4, and former Mahavishnu Walden on drums. Finally, there’s Bennett’s lesson: “It is impossible to achieve an aim without suffering.”
Roberto Cacciapaglia: Sonanze & Other Works
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Roberto Cacciapaglia: Sonanze & Other Works
1 jun 12
Suite composed of 10 movements that, without interruption, alternate sweet tonal harmonies with dark atonal passages, using a very subtle synthesizer woven into a sound structure that includes both a choir and a small orchestra. A child of "Cosmische music," "Sonanze" stands at the crossroads of two musical structures between the synthesizer and the floating marranzano (vaguely "tubularbellsian") on the cover.
Roxy Music: Out of the Blue
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Roxy Music: Out of the Blue
8 dec 13
Aside from the glam, Ferry's hedonism, and everything else (which may or may not appeal to you), the Roxy Music were a great band, perhaps unique in blending the immediacy of rock with a certain sophistication, especially musical, all very British. This one, one of my favorites, boasts an anthology-worthy slow fade-in, an excellent bass line, and a marvelous hyper-flanger solo by Jobson on electric violin.
Roxy Music: For Your Pleasure
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Roxy Music: For Your Pleasure
6 feb 16
A masterpiece that hasn't lost an ounce of its modernity. During that time, Roxy in England and Can in Germany, with their hypno-funk, were playing, ten years earlier, what would become the new trend only ten years later (at least). Incredible!
Roxy Music: Stranded
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Roxy Music: Stranded
10 feb 16
Well, the album, after those with Eno, is the finest of the Roxy (and not just because of the cover). It highlights the romantic piano playing of the very young Jobson, a perfect stage for Ferry's perverse chansonnier version, even if his sonorous French in A Song for Europe risks a bit of the Inspector Clouseau effect. Great solo by Manzanera in the remarkable Amazona.
Rush: a farewell to kings
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Rush: A Farewell to Kings
21 jun 12
Recorded in the bucolic landscapes of Wales, the sixth album by Rush sees an overall refinement of their power rock. The contrapuntal baroque organ-guitar intro of the title track evokes a once-heroic world now in decline, much like the puppet king on the cover lost in the surrounding industrial desolation. A return to the future, instead, with the space-rock Cygnus X-1 and a powerful 4/4 riff that dives from the interplanetary void into the atonal whirlpool of the black hole.
Rustichelli E Bordini: Opera Prima
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Rustichelli E Bordini: Opera Prima
8 dec 13
Unreleased two keyboards (of every kind) and drums. The first is the son of the famous maestro Carlo and brother of Alida Chelli; the second is not related to the President of the Chamber. "Dolce Sorella" is highlighted, opening with a Wagnerian quote on the organ and a singing style that somewhat resembles early Fossati.
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