Genesis: Spot The Pigeon (EP)
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Genesis: Spot The Pigeon (EP)
18 apr 20
The silly EP by Genesis released in 1977, very shortly after two albums like "A Trick of the Tail" and "Wind and Wuthering". Honestly, it feels like a publication thrown together a bit haphazardly in my opinion, and for this reason it is even more surprising that they couldn't find a better placement for "Inside and Out," a beautiful track (collectively composed but I believe primarily penned by Hackett) excluded, for reasons known only to them, from W&W and relegated here as a consolation prize, alongside what are undoubtedly the two ugliest songs the Genesis had ever produced up to that point. There it is, this is the EP of the infamous "Match of the Day," the football-themed song. Banks, who is the same man so proud of masterpieces like "Illegal Alien" or "Into Deep," is extremely embarrassed to have written this piece, just to grasp the level, huh... In fact, they've reserved it the damnatio memoriae. In short, a silly EP with two rather ugly songs in which a superb track has ended up a bit by chance.
  • sanvalentino3
    19 apr 20
    The replacement of Paul McCartney with a lookalike is a sensational fake. There should be an investigation into the fate of Tony Banks, at least after the release of Duke.
Genesis: Live In Zürich 1977
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Genesis: Live In Zürich 1977
15 dec 22
Another live (bootleg) from the "Wind and Wuthering" tour. Good audio quality, actually excellent for a bootleg, although at some points the vocals sound like crap, at others the instruments sound like crap too, but overall it has a nice rendition. Now, since the live albums by Genesis are practically all the same and they certainly weren't known for improv on stage, a fan just needs 2-3 live recordings from a couple of different periods to be satisfied. Here, the interesting factor that sets the setlist apart from their other live albums is the presence of "Inside and Out," a rarity, a great track (of collective composition but I believe primarily with Stefano's input) that was disgracefully left out of "Wind and Wuthering" and relegated to a silly EP. It's great to hear a live performance of this song, which perhaps deserved more recognition from the band. As for the rest, compared to "Second's Out," there's even more W&W in the setlist: a beautiful performance of the splendid "One for the Vine," especially, really cool, and "In That Quiet Earth." Ah, the wonders of bootlegs: Phil announces Cinema Show at a certain point but Cinema Show is not on the album. Ehr...
Genesis: ...Calling All Stations...
CD Audio I have it ★★★
Genesis: ...Calling All Stations...
22 mar 23
Curious how the most underrated, forgotten, and even scorned albums by Genesis—often dismissed by their own creators—are precisely the first and the last; from the very immature "From Genesis to Revelation" to "...Calling All Stations...", the circle has closed after 28 years (actually, after exactly thirty years starting from the first singles released in 1967). Phil Collins had removed himself from the picture after becoming an increasingly commercially essential and artistically detrimental figure for the band. This, on one hand, completely sinks the final attempt by Banks and Rutherford to "make it on their own" in the charts, while on the other hand allows the two, especially Tony, to conceive songs that are musically a bit more dignified and refined and less tragically bleak compared to the worst stuff scattered across the albums from 1981 onwards. It feels very much like a Banks solo album, with somewhat charmingly melancholic melodic ballads that are mostly insubstantial, along with a few tracks with a more defined and lively feel; some songs are too watered down, a few valid ones (like the title track or "The Dividing Line," for instance), and a couple of clunkers ("Congo"). But compared to the ups and downs of "We Can't Dance," this is more "balanced" in its quiet mediocrity. I want to give it a nod; it’s an album I like. Ah, and Ray Wilson has a nice voice; he's good, poor guy, in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Gentle Giant: Free Hand
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Gentle Giant: Free Hand + Interview
12 may 19
The last great album by Gentle Giant (though "Interview" is still more than valid), particularly illuminated by the masterpiece "On Reflection," one of their best tracks. All the songs are excellent, and many this time push quite hard on the group's "rock" accelerator: the title track, "Just the Same," "Time to Kill" (very nice, except perhaps for those little choruses in the last 30 seconds that feels strange coming from Gentle Giant; it's not their usual stuff), and the electrifying electric folk-rock of "Mobile" are all great examples of the groove and grit that these guys could produce, as always showcasing their technical and compositional skills in the more "intricate" passages. Then there's the "Gentle Giant" folk that almost veers into the "sacred" with the gem "His Last Voyage." A great album featuring outstanding tracks and a true masterpiece. After this, the decline will begin, understandably.
  • hellraiser
    12 may 19
    I will gladly hear
  • hjhhjij
    12 may 19
    You'll love it a lot.
  • adrmb
    12 may 19
    I was waiting for you.
  • hjhhjij
    12 may 19
    At the same time in my player (or in my headphones) the live and the debut :D
  • nix
    13 may 19
    how much I loved this album...
  • hjhhjij
    13 may 19
    Well, I understand.
Gentle Giant: In A Glass House
CD Audio I have it
Gentle Giant: In a Glass House
4 may 19
One of my favorites from the Gigantone, so much so that it would knock their brilliant debut off a hypothetical podium. So many brilliant ideas, melodies, rhythms, and concepts in this album from a band at the height of their splendor. More mature and certainly less "peculiar" compared to the first two albums (especially), but strikingly inspired. The absence of Phil Shulman on horns has been absorbed without problems; he said goodbye after "Octopus" to become a full-time professor. I give a happy round of applause especially to 4 of the 6 tracks: "Experience," a perfect synthesis of their style (introduction/ minstrel sketch/ rock turnaround + various virtuosos), "A Reunion," two minutes of Kerry Minnear-esque sounds that confirm their skill even in simpler songs, "A Way of Life," which is incredible both for the intro—what is it, Dance-Prog? Who knows—and for all the epic, ecstatic, and moving "Renaissance-folk-minstrel" section, and finally the title track, one of their top 10 pieces at the very least, where an electrifying minstrel folk-rock wonderfully culminates in a rock track with a great groove that, in my opinion, would have topped the charts just with that section. A masterpiece.
Gentle Giant: Three Friends
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Gentle Giant: Three Friends
8 apr 12
Gentle Giant: Acquiring The Taste
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Gentle Giant: Acquiring the Taste
6 apr 19
My favorite album by one of my favorite bands. It has everything that’s best in the art of Gentle Giant: exceptional technique (both instrumental and vocal) and compositional abilities, but above all, imagination, inventiveness, unpredictability, all while maintaining a strong melodic sense and an incredible rock "punch"; these guys had an amazing groove. They played everything and anything, always like gods, making you move your butt too. Never in this album is the virtuosity so self-serving as to cancel out the fun and engagement of listening: just look at the quirky instruments that peek in "The House, The Street, The Room" and seamlessly flow, as if it were the most obvious transition in the world, into a sensational wah-wah guitar solo by Green, making you find yourself doing air guitar while contorting on the floor. In short, they were phenomenal. Then the spine-tingling mood swings in "The Moon is Down," the tributes to Rabelais ("Pantagruel's Nativity" after all, they are Gentle Giant, right), the epicness of "Wreck" (with other minstrel-like tear-jerking moments), etc. This is the album of a lifetime.
  • Kism
    6 apr 19
    Tough group, great job like everyone until "Free Hand" at least.
  • hjhhjij
    7 apr 19
    For me, up to "Interview" (but also partly "Missing Pieces") is still on good levels, but I agree that the best is up to "Free Hand" (beautiful, it grows in appreciation over the years). But I consider this one to have an extra gear.
Gentle Giant: Octopus
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Gentle Giant: Octopus
19 apr 19
Their most representative and celebrated album, rightly so. It's probably the album of their definitive maturity, a record where they manage to compose songs averaging 4 minutes while packing in all their imagination, technical skill, and the typical characteristics of Prog utilized in the best way, all in their absolutely inimitable style. Prog in 4 minutes, one could define it as the album of the octopus. The nice thing is that I realize that the ease of listening to the album is, in relation to the complexity of the compositions, impressive, thanks to its verve and superb melodic inspiration, elements that make the entire listening experience enjoyable, captivating, never pretentious. They had divine inspiration back then, who knows. All 8 songs are excellent, many of them are among the best in their repertoire, "The Advent of Panurge" (still Rabelais) "Knots", in short, the entire initial quartet, at least. And then there’s her, the masterpiece of Kerry Minnear's life as a composer and singer (when he sang, oh my...) the most beautiful song of the Gentle Giant. Think Of Me With Kindness - Gentle Giant (1972)
  • adrmb
    20 apr 19
    I already said that I love them and that I have to hit myself for not listening to them as often as they deserve?
Gentle Giant: Gentle Giant
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Gentle Giant: Gentle Giant
26 dec 15
I love them.
  • BARRACUDA BLUE
    26 dec 15
    You are not alone.
  • hjhhjij
    26 dec 15
    Oh I know, you love them more than me and with an age-related precedence. But hey, the Gentle Giant has love for everyone :-) I adore "Alucard," "Nothing at All," and it's impossible not to move your butt during the ending of "Why Not," which, by the way, has one of their most beautiful British-folk-bard-medieval inserts of all time. Tears.
  • BARRACUDA BLUE
    26 dec 15
    If you want to delve into something related to their Medieval-Folk style, I recommend listening to a gem recorded before their first album, Freedoms Child, the calling card of Kerry Minnear, the definitive click for the creation of the sound perfected in the first album. It’s a track of infinite sweetness, with a spine-chilling vocal refrain.
  • hjhhjij
    26 dec 15
    I just listened to it. A beautiful piece, now I'm suffering because it wasn't included in any studio album? I will try to get that compilation, oh my, I believe it's one of their most beautiful tracks, even...
  • hjhhjij
    26 dec 15
    By the way, I also saw that there are tons of live shows by the GG, a vast amount of material that I haven't listened to yet, how nice.
  • BARRACUDA BLUE
    26 dec 15
    The track, along with others, was not used later because it served to bridge the gap between the PsychPop of Simon Dupree & The Big Sound and the new lineup, which had different ambitions. These tracks, according to them, were recorded by an "other band" that was neither one nor the other, just an embryo kept hidden until 1997. If I had been a record producer, I would have released a couple of 45s without hesitation, and perhaps Freedom Child would have even made it onto the charts.
  • hellraiser
    26 dec 15
    One of the greatest debut albums of all time. I join you in this infatuation...
  • hjhhjij
    26 dec 15
    Also because, really, it feels like one of those tracks potentially destined for melodic immortality, I'm falling in love with it. True that it's a ballad perhaps too linear for the superb inventions even of the debut, but it would have elevated any album that included it. This section "halfway" between Simon Dupree and Gentle Giant was obscure to me, and I’ll happily delve deeper into it.
Gentle Giant: Live Rome 1974
CD Audio I lack
Gentle Giant: Live Rome 1974
10 apr 19
Gentle Giant concert in Rome. Bootleg with more than decent overall audio quality (for a bootleg, it holds up well). They were an absolute spectacle live, unleashing all their skill and imagination without the slightest restraint; however, for this reason, certain live performances (typical of rock and progressive music from the '60s and '70s) are better experienced at least visually (even on video, a DVD, on YouTube...) rather than just audibly, like the 27 minutes of the medley "Nothing at All/Plain Truth" which frankly becomes a bit boring in audio form, especially since the audio quality isn't exactly stellar. Being there that night, present at the concert... Well, for the lucky ones who witnessed those mind-blowing performances of the Giant in '74, 'ci vostra.
George A. Romero: La notte dei morti viventi
DVD Video I have it ★★★★★
George A. Romero: La notte dei morti viventi
8 apr 12
A timeless classic of horror. By now, everything there is to say about Zombies has been said, to the point where I see them more as lovable goofballs, but this film, when viewed from a certain perspective, still sends shivers down your spine. A masterpiece in its genre. 8.5
George A. Romero: Zombi
DVD Video I have it ★★★★
George A. Romero: Zombi
8 apr 12
Second highly successful chapter of Romero's zombie saga. Dawn of the Dead, although inferior to the first chapter, is a splendid film, with more action and splatter (but not excessive), a brilliant setting (the supermarket as a critique of consumer society), a general situation that is becoming increasingly dramatic and concerning (the Zombies are slowly taking over), and increasingly likable and goofy undead :D Great film.
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George Orwell: 1984
Cartaceo I have it ★★★★★
George Orwell: 1984
8 apr 12
One of my five absolute favorite novels.
George Orwell: Animal Farm
Cartaceo I have it ★★★★★
George Orwell: Animal Farm
8 apr 12
Giorgio Gaber: Polli D'Allevamento
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Giorgio Gaber: Polli d'allevamento
20 aug 13
My favorite by Gaber, "Io se fossi Dio" excluded.
Giorgio Gaber: Dialogo tra un impegnato e un non so
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Giorgio Gaber: Dialogo tra un impegnato e un non so
2 mar 13
Giorgio Gaber: Far finta di essere sani
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Giorgio Gaber: Far finta di essere sani
13 feb 15
"Farm chickens" is unreachable, but this comes right after and, with all the beautiful stuff in here, I say that just "The elastic" would be enough for an eternal 5.
Immense.
  • Dragonstar
    14 feb 15
    As I always say, in the series "Gaber a teatro" I wouldn't know where to look to choose my favorite. This is a great quote, especially since this is the album/show with the highest number of quotes in the discography of "Gaber theatrical."
  • hellraiser
    14 feb 15
    I never explored Gaber, unlike other Italians that I’ve appreciated and listened to for some time. In the future, we’ll see; for now, I have other priorities, but I’ll make a note of it.
  • pana
    14 feb 15
    Just last night, I was discussing some of his more political songs with a friend. Great artist, great man, even though I don’t know him that well.
  • pana
    14 feb 15
    Just last night, I was discussing some of his more political songs with a friend. Great artist, great man, even though I don’t know him that well.
  • SydBarrett96
    14 feb 15
    Instead, this one might be my favorite, but it's tough. There could also be "Polli d'allevamento," as you mentioned, or even "Libertà Obbligatoria."
Giorgio Gaber: Io se fossi Dio
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Giorgio Gaber: Io se fossi Dio
20 aug 13
Certo! Inviami il testo e procederò con la traduzione.
Giuni Russo: Energie
CD Audio I have it
Giuni Russo: Energie
21 may 22
One of my favorite "Pop" albums, a miracle of light music among the most beautiful ever conceived in Italy and beyond. Among the Battiato brand records of that decade, this is the most beautiful of all (including those by Battiato "in person," mind you) with the Battiato-Russo pairing (and broadening the scope, the quartet Battiato-Pio-Russo-Sisini) overflowing with inventiveness and inspiration. And then, above all and beyond everything, there is Giuni Russo. There is the Voice of Giuni Russo, unattainable for anyone. Free, in "Energie," as few other times will she be allowed to be in her career, free to express herself without restraints and to shape Battiato's pop into something unique. There’s the baroque desire to amaze and move, there’s the virtuosic beauty for the pure pleasure of art for art’s sake, but also an expressive universality that reaches everyone, soaring with songs that have extraordinarily successful melodies and rhythms; a voice of a classical soprano that transfigures the material of pop and new-wave music ("Crisi metropolitana," "Una vipera sarò," "Lettera al governatore della Libia") with unreachable inventions, colors, and virtuosity. There are 8 songs and 8 splendors (think of "Atmosfera" or the intense and surprisingly measured interpretation in "L'attesa") but it is "Il sole di Austerlitz" and "L'Addio" that stand out as two of the greatest wonders of all Italian light music. "Energie" is a Masterpiece. Unrepeatable.
Giuni Russo: Vox
CD Audio I have it
Giuni Russo: Vox
30 jul 18
Undoubtedly not at the level of the stunning "Energie", compared to which "Vox" seems to me, overall, although very pleasant, decidedly less inspired in its songwriting, which here is more in the hands of Russo and Sisini, perhaps "held back" and limited by the demands of the record label. Giuni's vocal performances, while still excellent (and at times, really spectacular here too), are somewhat less flashy and dramatic than what was heard in "Energie". That said, the remarkable voice of Russo remains the added value even in the less successful songs (like those by Battiato, who here reduces his compositional contribution compared to the previous album and achieves results that convince me much less), and still delivers absolute fireworks in the more inspired and slightly freer tracks ("L'oracolo di Delfi" and "Oltre il muro" above all).
Giuni Russo: Voce Prigioniera Live
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Giuni Russo: Voce Prigioniera Live
14 dec 22
Finally, in 1998, a stunning live performance that captures all the greatness of Giuni Russo and represents the second true masterpiece of her career, 17 years after "Energie." Following that, there were several very valid albums (especially "A casa di Ida Rubinstein," almost entirely represented in the live performance) and some that were a bit less impactful, but none had reached the same heights of excellence. Seventeen years spent finding a thousand loopholes to manage to record and publish the music she truly wanted to create or compromising with record labels (hence, obviously, the title of this live album), often forced to limit her ideas and her enormous vocal and expressive potential. "Voce prigioniera" gathers a selection of concerts by Russo in the '90s and shines as a crowning achievement in the career of an extraordinary artist, one of the greatest voices of the second half of the 20th century—there's little room for debate here—captured at the peak of her splendor and in the years of her artistic maturity. The highlight is "Nomadi" by Camisasca, which was originally written and conceived for her, then given to Alice after the usual obstructionism of the record label, but here it returns, at least in a live setting, indeed arriving in the hands of its intended original interpreter.
Goblin: Suspiria
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Goblin: Suspiria
8 apr 12
8.5
Goblin: Roller
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Goblin: Roller
8 apr 12
7.5
Goblin: Profondo Rosso- The Complete Original Soundtrack Recording
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Goblin: Profondo Rosso- The Complete Original Soundtrack Recording
8 apr 12
8.5
Godspeed You! Black Emperor: F# A# oo
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Godspeed You! Black Emperor: F# A# oo
23 apr 12
Gong: Angel's Egg
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Gong: Angels Egg: Radio Gnome Invisible, Part 2
8 apr 12
9
Gong: Camembert Electrique
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Gong: Camembert Electrique
8 apr 12
8.5
Grace Slick: Manhole
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Grace Slick: Manhole
20 jan 14
Gracious: Gracious!
CD Audio I lack ★★★★
Gracious!: Gracious!
27 dec 22
Great debut album by Gracious, a very valid band from that rich "progressive explosion" that took place between the late '60s and early '70s. Unfortunately, they are one of the many groups that did not manage to break through, remaining relegated to the "cult underground" of the genre and disbanding after two albums. However, the Gracious were very good, and you can hear that in this debut, which is, understandably, a bit raw in some places. The 5 tracks are all beautiful, starting well with "Introduction" (which clearly shows how the Gracious remain anchored to the pop-rock-blues roots of the sixties, and rightly so, blending them with the "new" symphonic-prog pop). The 16 minutes of the concluding "The Dream" are not bad either (stylistically, the same discussion applies, with jangly guitars, more "elegant" keyboards, "rock/blues" guitar solos, and classical quotes – Beethoven – which always fit well). Speaking of classical infatuations (typical of certain prog), there's the entire classic-sounding "Fugue in D Minor," which is delightful. Also excellent are the "dual" tracks "Heaven" (with the stunning mellotron introduction, used after being struck by the usual King Crimson and beautiful guitar parts) and "Hell" (more experimental, with dark guitar riffs and the nervous use of piano and harpsichord, plus other interludes perhaps thrown in a bit randomly).
Grand Funk Railroad: Closer To Home
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Grand Funk Railroad: Closer to Home
23 apr 12
Grand Funk Railroad: E Pluribus Funk
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Grand Funk Railroad: E Pluribus Funk
8 apr 12
7.5
Grateful Dead: Anthem Of The Sun
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Grateful Dead: Anthem of the Sun
29 aug 12
Grateful Dead: Aoxomoxoa
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Grateful Dead: Aoxomoxoa
31 aug 12
Grateful Dead: Live/Dead
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Grateful Dead: Live/Dead
8 jul 13
Yes, yes, their peak, along with another 2 or 3 live shows.
Grateful Dead: Grateful Dead
CD Audio I have it ★★★
Grateful Dead: The Grateful Dead
9 aug 12
Grateful Dead: Birth of the Dead
CD Audio I have it ★★★
Grateful Dead: Birth of the Dead
21 sep 12
The first recordings of the Dead collected on two albums. Not much in the studio, obviously the Live one is quite a bit better. It's interesting to hear the Grateful pre-psychedelic.
GTR: GTR
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GTR: GTR
14 oct 20
Nice little album, with some guano from cormorants but also with 2-3 more pleasant, very nice tracks. A duo that on paper looked explosive but produced music that didn't really resonate with me; it was the (brief, thankfully) period when even Hackett had become fixated on AOR. Those more accustomed to these sounds will likely enjoy it; for me, it's a decent little disc to listen to a couple of times.
  • Onirico
    14 oct 20
    Notable solos?
  • hjhhjij
    14 oct 20
    No, nothing memorable.
  • Dr.Adder
    14 oct 20
    I had the cassette, then it disintegrated. An enormous potential not realized. Anyway, some instrumental sections are of value.
  • hjhhjij
    14 oct 20
    Like the first minute of "Imagining," which messes with you and then turns into the typical pop-rock-aor track that I can't stand...
  • Dr.Adder
    14 oct 20
    Indeed it is so. However, the 2 instrumentals are not bad. For me, initially, the foundations for a structurally elevated work were available. But with the '80s, so much had changed, and many musicians had to "adjust." Perhaps, but this is just my thought, in certain cases, such gifted musicians can "elide" each other. Perhaps it was necessary to explore alternative lines of thought.
  • hjhhjij
    14 oct 20
    The 2 instrumentals are the best tracks, very enjoyable, plus a couple of catchy songs are still quite nice. And the rest, no...
  • fedezan76
    15 oct 20
    In my opinion, it's a poor album even by the already not-so-high standards of AOR.
  • pier_paolo_farina
    15 oct 20
    For me too, a completely disappointing album. Everything: the sounds, the melodic ideas, the watered-down progressive pop genre, the guitars that do nothing memorable, the late eighties atmosphere, the worst ever for rock. Everything. I have it and I never listen to it.
Harry Nilsson: Aerial Ballet
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Harry Nilsson: Aerial Ballet
27 mar 13
"Nice album, the peaks are its 'One' and the excellent cover of the beautiful 'Everybody's Talkin' by Federico Nello."
Hatfield And The North: The Rotters' Club
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Hatfield and the North: The Rotters' Club
8 apr 12
High Tide: Sea Shanties
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
High Tide: Sea Shanties
22 apr 12
8.5
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