SydBarrett96

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Francesco De Gregori: Bufalo Bill
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Francesco De Gregori: Bufalo Bill
10 apr 15
An engaging poster, where no piece is absolutely out of place. Musically, it’s his best ’70s work, no question about it. And Lucio Dalla was right to get emotional about "Santa Lucia." A masterpiece.
Francesco De Gregori: Scacchi E Tarocchi
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Francesco De Gregori: Scacchi e tarocchi
2 apr 15
Underrated work, perhaps partly overshadowed by the success of "La Donna Cannone." Still a beautiful record, which, even just for the absolute masterpiece "La Storia" and for the production by Ivano Fossati, deserves a medium-high rating. "Voglio vivere come i gigli nei campi, e come gli uccelli nel cielo campare. Voglio vivere come i gigli nei campi, e sopra i gigli nei campi volare." (A Pa')
  • east of eden80
    2 apr 15
    You’re really an amane of D.G. I only have mascara and Alice... obviously he’s great, but I don’t have anything else...
  • east of eden80
    2 apr 15
    The first time I listened to it was during my military service while I was in Piazza Armerina in March, thanks to a friend of mine who had an anthology... while we were on duty at the driveway gate! The songs I liked the most: Il Ragazzo, Pablo, Alice, Non c'è niente da capire, it was a beautiful experience, but then I didn't delve into it any further, except for the two albums already mentioned! :)
Francesco De Gregori: Francesco De Gregori
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Francesco De Gregori: Francesco De Gregori
10 apr 15
Unease, poetry, and so much teenage anger, along with multiple references to the poetics of Cohen and Drake. Inspired and profound lyrics, enough to make Fabrizio De André fall in love. The battle with "Rimmel" for the absolute title of the Prince's artwork is tough. "Good," damn it.
  • Mauro82
    10 jan 20
    Perhaps "Rimmel," in terms of arrangements, is superior. But when it comes to lyrics, there isn't a better one. Both are absolute masterpieces.
  • Ditta
    12 may 20
    Personally, this excites me more. "Rimmel" is the quintessential album of the Prince, but this is (in my personal taste) the best.
Francesco De Gregori: De Gregori
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Francesco De Gregori: De Gregori
27 mar 15
A deep album, filled with inadequacies and existential questions. De Gregori, two years after the Processo del Palalido, seeks to return to his roots and delve within himself. Against the backdrop of a fragile Italy, rich in contradictions. "Never been so far from the sweetness that everyone is entitled to."
Francesco De Gregori: Titanic
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Francesco De Gregori: Titanic
2 apr 15
Memorable album for its discography and for all Italian music. Fantastic the three pieces on the famous ocean liner (very different from each other but possessed of equal beauty), wonderful "Caterina" and "Belli Capelli", story "La leva calcistica". And then there's also "San Lorenzo", beautiful and forgotten. A peak branded with the eighties, along with the subsequent EP.
Francesco De Gregori: La Donna Cannone
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Francesco De Gregori: La donna cannone
27 mar 15
This EP is poetry. Not a single piece is out of place. Perfection.
Francesco De Gregori: Terra di Nessuno
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Francesco De Gregori: Terra di nessuno
17 apr 15
A deeply felt, burning album, you haven't heard De Gregori so exposed since the self-titled one from 1978. The best of the underrated trilogy from '85 to '89, and the one where the most brilliant gems shine: "Pilota di guerra," "Pane e castagne," "Mimi sarà," and "I matti" are stunning tracks. 4.5 tightly packed balls.
Francesco De Gregori: Prendere e Lasciare
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Francesco De Gregori: Prendere e lasciare
4 aug 13
The best De Gregori since the 90s: a splendid album with timeless gems, as well as the pinnacle of the magnificent trilogy 92'-01'. To the notes of "Un Guanto," one can only weep.
  • Mauro82
    1 jan 20
    Honestly, among the 92-01 trilogy, I think it's the weakest one. In fact, it might even be his worst album ever (2.5...).
Francesco De Gregori: Amore nel Pomeriggio
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Francesco De Gregori: Amore nel pomeriggio
3 aug 13
One of the Prince's latest masterpieces, an album of extraordinary poeticness and sensitivity that also concludes the splendid "Trilogy on Love" inaugurated in 1992: "L'aggettivo Mitico," "Deriva," "Caldo e Scuro," "Sempre e per Sempre," "Natale di Seconda Mano" are wonderful pieces. Ah, there’s also a touching version of "Canzone per l'estate," written with Faber in the seventies, and "Il Cuoco di Salò," probably the most beautiful song De Gregori has written in the last twenty years.
Francesco De Gregori: Alice Non Lo Sa
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Francesco De Gregori: Alice non lo sa
11 jun 13
Debut for the Prince, very delicate and naively poetic and heartfelt. Splendid.
Francesco De Gregori: Rimmel
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Francesco De Gregori: Rimmel
8 jun 13
Poetic hermetism, bittersweet, beautiful. If I had to identify my ideal girl with an album, it would be this one.
Francesco De Gregori: Sulla strada
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Francesco De Gregori: Sulla strada
5 sep 13
Great album, congratulations to the Prince who, even after 60 springs, is capable of writing gems like "Guarda che non sono io," "Belle Epoque," and "Passo d'uomo." Beautiful.
Francesco Guccini: Opera buffa
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Francesco Guccini: Opera buffa
24 jul 15
A classic from his discography. Medieval cabaret, worthy of the best court jesters. "La Genesi" and "Talkin' sul Sesso" above all. 8.
  • tiragiòimudand
    26 jul 15
    Alright! I still find "La fiera di San Lazzaro" quite entertaining.. Back then, the studio arrangements seemed a bit pompous to me, but I must say that upon re-listening to them after some time, they fit perfectly.
Francesco Guccini: Due Anni Dopo
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Francesco Guccini: Due anni dopo
9 sep 13
Beautiful album, featuring two masterpieces like "Vedi Cara" and "Primavera di Praga," along with the excellent "Ophelia" and "Lui e Lei." A bit unripe, definitely inferior to the next four. 4.5.
Francesco Guccini: Stanze Di Vita Quotidiana
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Francesco Guccini: Stanze di vita quotidiana
16 jul 15
An album that is a hefty stone of difficult digestibility, with deep, existential, and bordering-on-paranoid lyrics. But it is precisely for its eloquence, for its excessive verbosity, for the abyss of pessimism that defines it, that I love it. It remains a peculiar chapter in Guccini's discography: this is a record of only words, and as such, the sparse arrangements fit perfectly.
  • Dragonstar
    16 jul 15
    Well, it's not exactly sparse; it’s definitely less "elaborate" than the previous Radici, but it's certainly more substantial than Amerigo or Via Paolo Fabbri 43. Canzone della triste rinuncia and Canzone della vita quotidiana show that they were arranged with an almost "prog" taste, surely to align with the style that was trendy at the time. Anyway, it's another very beautiful album (I won't talk about the lyrics because THERE IS NO album from Guccio that has underwhelming lyrics). A little detail: do you want to know which Francesco album I’m least fond of? Opera buffa. A live album that has nothing to do with the other sonic offerings; innovative, captivating, but after so many years, it still feels too jarring for my tastes.
  • SydBarrett96
    16 jul 15
    I consider this as part of the golden quartet of Guccini from the '70s (along with Fabbri, Radici, and L'Isola). :) "Opera Buffa" is a carefree medieval cabaret, although I agree with you that I prefer others.
  • dosankos
    16 jul 15
    Album of an astonishing depression. Or maybe after all these years, it's me who still hasn't grasped it :/
Francesco Guccini: Amerigo
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Francesco Guccini: Amerigo
17 jul 15
How much this album smells of America. The sunny and airy arrangements and the less introspective and existential lyrics inaugurate a new phase in the career of the Master of Pàvana. Title track, Pennsylvania, and especially "Eskimo" are the best of the bunch. In short, much more West than Via Emilia from now on. Excellent. 7.5-8.
  • Dragonstar
    17 jul 15
    "Le cinque Anatre" is also very beautiful, as it encourages, in an allegory, man to improve his existential conditions. After this, Metropolis will come, and it will be a whole different story.
  • SydBarrett96
    17 jul 15
    With "Metropolis," the musical approach will change. :) However, there is already a shift from the existential Guccio of the '67-'76 period.
  • dosankos
    17 jul 15
    "...and Pavana a memory left among the chestnuts of the Apennines, English a strange sound that pierced his heart like a knife. And it was work and blood and it was toil, the same morning and evening, for years in prison, of beer and whores, of hard days, of blacks and Irish, Poles and Italians in the mine, anthracite sweat in Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Texas, Missouri." I cry every time... :,(
Francesco Guccini: Metropolis
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Francesco Guccini: Metropolis
18 jul 15
Filled with refined new pop arrangements, this album further completes the thematic turn initiated with the previous one: "Bisanzio," "Venezia," and "Bologna" are three beautifully perfect tracks, worthy of the best Guccini. The others are slightly less so, but still remain good pieces (like "Lager," beautiful and raw as a boulder, for example). 7.5-8.
  • Dragonstar
    19 jul 15
    Great Syd, in the middle of the Guccini period. I value this one a bit more because it’s the first album that reflects a significant and effective stylistic change for the singer-songwriter. Besides the masterpieces you mentioned, I would also add Anthenor, which is a great song, and even the much criticized Milano, which, for all its light-heartedness, shows us a Guccio different from the usual. Rating 9.
  • SydBarrett96
    19 jul 15
    I'm dusting off his discography for the umpteenth time. :) This is still a nice album, even though for me it's not a 5. The best of the decade is particularly concentrated in the next two.
  • Dragonstar
    19 jul 15
    Great albums indeed, but at this point, we can discuss them again in your next definitions; after all, it seems to me that you're evaluating them one by one...
Francesco Guccini: Guccini
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Francesco Guccini: Guccini
20 jul 15
Here it is, the first peak of the new decade: the beautiful pop drift of the previous one is further refined and outlined, also thanks to the beautiful use of the saxophone that enriches it all. Six inspired tracks, but above all that Autogrill embedded in the highest empyrean of Italian songwriting. 8.5.
  • Dragonstar
    20 jul 15
    I completely agree with you about Autogrill, to which I add "Shomer..."—biblical, obsessive, powerful, and unusual for Italian offerings. The adventurous and prosaic "Gulliver" is also very beautiful. That’s done; after discussing the peak performances, I must say that this album is a notch lower than Metropolis for me. Details aside, if I gave the previous one a 9, I agree to give this an eight and a half!
  • SydBarrett96
    20 jul 15
    Alright, with Guccio we’re talking about relatively high peaks, in the end everyone chooses the record they prefer the most. :)
Francesco Guccini: Signora Bovary
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Francesco Guccini: Signora Bovary
22 jul 15
Golden masterpiece, ethereal, fragrant with alcoholic jazz. In this album, everything is perfect: lyrics, music, cover, arrangements. 9.
  • Dragonstar
    22 jul 15
    The jazz influences are most noticeable in "Keaton," written with Claudio Lolli, while the alcoholic mood is present in "Scirocco," a snobbish and poetic song. The masterpiece for me remains "Van Loon," which recaptures that evocative poetry that has been somewhat sidelined in this album in favor of, as you say, a refined and elegant musical approach. Folk returns in the brief but intense "Culodritto." I confirm the five stars... and also the 9! Great definition!
  • Dragonstar
    22 jul 15
    By the way, Syd, regarding Keaton, have you ever heard Claudio's version? Claudio Lolli - Keaton
  • Dragonstar
    22 jul 15
    Beautiful this one too, even though Guccio's is still better!
  • SydBarrett96
    23 jul 15
    Yes, I know Lolli's and it's just as beautiful. :)
Francesco Guccini: Quello Che Non...
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Francesco Guccini: Quello che non...
22 jul 15
Folk dilaniano that blends seamlessly with long, expansive, highly inspired jazz compositions. At least 4 absolute masterpieces: the title track, "Le Domande Consuete," "Le Ragazze della Notte," and "Ballando con una sconosciuta" (still Lolli here, just like in "Keaton" from the previous album). There's also space for the triumphant "AEmilia," co-written with Dalla. As far as I'm concerned, the maximum goes to the same. 9.
  • Dragonstar
    22 jul 15
    Great music, great collaborations, great vibe, like a piano bar on a cold metropolitan night. The first two tracks are among the top ten best things written by Francesco. Perhaps a slightly unusual record for the singer-songwriter, yet always of high quality and very engaging. Unfortunately, starting from the fourth track onward, it doesn’t captivate me as much as the previous one: four stars, rating 8.
  • SydBarrett96
    23 jul 15
    I like it almost as much as the previous one. Well, de-gustibus.
Francesco Guccini: Parnassius Guccinii
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Francesco Guccini: Parnassius Guccinii
27 jul 15
An excellent album, quite underrated. "Canzone per Silvia," "Farewell," and "Samantha" are the true highlights. 7.5.
  • Dragonstar
    27 jul 15
    Very nice, the first part; it drops a bit afterward, but it's the good old Guccio! And then here we finally return to breathe some genuine folk. Except for Acque, which with its free jazz saxophones strongly recalls the atmospheres of the previous album. A masterpiece track nonetheless. But the best one on the record for me is Samantha! :)
  • Dragonstar
    27 jul 15
    ...that I think Samantha herself was there with the saxophone, if I'm not mistaken....
  • SydBarrett96
    27 jul 15
    Yes, let's say that after a masterpiece like "D'amore, di morte, ecc." a slightly less impressive album like this one is acceptable (still relatively speaking, because we are still talking about a nice album). My favorite, however, remains "Farewell," which is a masterpiece. :)
  • SydBarrett96
    27 jul 15
    I wanted to say later, the previous one is "What doesn’t". :)
  • Zimmy
    27 jul 15
    One of my favorite albums by Guccio. "Samantha" is spine-tingling, and I've had some serious ugly cries to "Farewell" (no joke!), but I also love a seemingly minor piece like "Parole," which, considering the lyrics, I think can be viewed as his manifesto of the '90s just like "L'avvelenata" was for the '70s. Furthermore, as a hardcore Dylan fan, I can't help but appreciate the nods and references to the minstrel from Duluth in the aforementioned "Farewell." A great album.
  • SydBarrett96
    27 jul 15
    Yes, this is a kind of return to the folk of the beginnings, after the brief jazz interlude of the last two or three albums.
Francesco Guccini: Stagioni
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Francesco Guccini: Stagioni
28 jul 15
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...
  • Zimmy
    28 jul 15
    This is one of the very few works by Guccio that – mea culpa – I have listened to little and poorly. And to be honest, aside from the beautiful "Addio," which I always enjoy revisiting, I don't recall having appreciated it much, even though I remember its particularly dark and sad atmospheres. I think I really need to give it a second chance.
  • pana
    28 jul 15
    I've been stuck on Guccini for ages with the four albums that go from "Radici" to "Via Paolo Fabbri," and I've taken a half-hearted glance at "D'amore, di morte e d'altre sciocchezze." I think I need to get back into it, especially since Radici - Stanze di vita quotidiana - Via Paolo Fabbri is a truly beautiful triptych.
  • SydBarrett96
    28 jul 15
    You don't know "L'Isola non trovata," pan? Then you absolutely need to check it out; it’s one of the must-reads from Guccio's 70s. :)
  • madcat
    28 jul 15
    I loved this album (Stagioni is one of my favorite tracks by Guccio).
  • perfect element
    10 aug 15
    Few songs like "Autunno" and "E un giorno" have the ability to bring me to tears. A fundamental album.
Francesco Guccini: Ritratti
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Francesco Guccini: Ritratti
31 jul 15
Incredible to think that Guccio is like wine, the older it gets, the better it is. Once again, an extremely inspired album, featuring tributes to Che, to Carlo Giuliani (to whom the masterpiece of the album, "Piazza Alimonda," is dedicated) and to those literary and/or historical figures so dear to him, like Christopher Columbus and Ulysses. "Una Canzone," the song in Modenese dialect, and the unreleased track from '71 are also beautiful. 8.5.
  • Dragonstar
    31 jul 15
    My favorites are Odysseus and Christopher Columbus! A particular album, very well-crafted in terms of the music, that smells of saltiness with every single listen.
  • Zimmy
    31 jul 15
    Am I the only one who thinks that "Una canzone" is a Top 10 track in his repertoire? Amazing, one of my all-time favorites! "Odysseus" and "Cristoforo Colombo" are also wonderful, and I would say "La ziatta" as well (I say "would say" because I obviously miss a lot of the lyrics, not being from Emilia :) ) Great album.
  • SydBarrett96
    31 jul 15
    We should create a group, an association: "The Friends of Guccio". XD Anyway, I managed to De-Collect them all guys, I'm just missing "L'ultima Thule" and we'll be complete. :)
  • SydBarrett96
    31 jul 15
    An association*, you know the problems with my phone.
  • Dragonstar
    1 aug 15
    Great idea, Syd! :) @ Zimmy: One song is extraordinary, and I’ll say you were right to mention it because I had forgotten to include it among my favorites.
    "Made with seven essential notes, and four chords stitched in cross, above more than ordinary guitars, and a voice that isn’t a voice, but with lexical carambola, it can be a prism of refraction, crystal and philosopher's stone, soaring in the air like a falcon..."
  • dosankos
    1 aug 15
    Together with "D'amore, di morte..." it is Francesco's most technically complete album, after "Signora Bovary."
  • tiragiòimudand
    1 aug 15
    Great as usual, and thank you for reintroducing the entire work of Guccio just as I was re-listening to it, albeit after some unpleasant events. This unexpected sharing was exactly what we needed. "Una Canzone" and "Piazza Alimonda" are beautiful.
Francesco Guccini: Via Paolo Fabbri 43
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Francesco Guccini: Via Paolo Fabbri 43
6 jul 14
Listened to it again just today. A masterpiece of Italian music, six immense tracks both lyrically and musically. "Canzone quasi d'amore" and "Il Pensionato" are monuments.
Francesco Guccini: Radici
Vinile I have it ★★★★★
Francesco Guccini: Radici
15 jul 15
The roots sought at the borders of memories, to understand the soul that resides within each of us. Seven memorable tracks, beautiful, textually impeccable, scattered among youthful loves ("Incontro"), inner reminiscences ("Piccola Città," title track), and existential themes (the Portoghese Girl, the Twelve Months, the Old Man and the Child). There remains the political gallop of the Locomotiva, one of his most unconventional songs that, ironically, has become one of the most popular. Masterpiece. 9.5.
  • tia
    15 jul 15
    I fully agree!
  • Dragonstar
    15 jul 15
    Let's also do 10 valà. You managed to describe it in just a few lines and even impeccably.
  • SydBarrett96
    15 jul 15
    I'm too into Guccio these days. :) Anyway, I almost never give a 10 to anyone, Dragon; for me, that grade almost doesn't exist. XD
FRANCESCO GUCCINI: Folk beat n.1
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Francesco Guccini: Folk Beat N.1
16 jul 15
Raw and bare, voice still shrill and acoustic guitar as the sole accompaniment. However, there are already memorable tracks. 3.5-4.
  • Dragonstar
    16 jul 15
    It deserves to be listened to simply for the fact that it embodies the true spirit of singer-songwriter music (voice and guitar and little else). This is one of the reasons why my favorite album by De Gregori (for example) is "La pecora." I vote for a full four. The second one maintains the same philosophy but is definitely superior. The voice is also very beautiful for me, lofty like it never was before. A rain of classics (in a very captivating guise): Aushwitz, Canzone per un'amica, Noi non ci saremo, and Statale 17 are all here.
  • SydBarrett96
    16 jul 15
    I adore "Good Friday," for example. :) From here, until "Roots," it will be more and more of a crescendo.
  • dosankos
    16 jul 15
    Fortunately, the live performance with the Nomadi allowed those thoroughbreds contained in this album to be refreshed and played as they should be. There you go... in fact, I prefer them in the arrangements from 1979.
  • SydBarrett96
    16 jul 15
    I subscribe to Dos. :)
  • Dragonstar
    16 jul 15
    Yes, but when talking about studio albums in general, I prefer the originals by Guccio to those rearranged by Nomadi. Asia, for example, is more famous for the version by Carletti's band, but in my opinion, there's no comparison: the version of L'isola non trovata is a hundred times better (at least).
  • dosankos
    16 jul 15
    L'Isola Non Trovata is an extraordinary and untouchable album. Its tracks, in my opinion, remain perfect, also because unlike the two previous albums from 1967 and 1969 ("Folk Beat N.1" and "Due anni dopo"), it is the first record that marks the arrival of seminal musicians and professionals in the Italian post-beat music scene. As a "refreshment," I am indeed referring only to the "legendary" pieces from the first two LPs :)
  • RIBALDO
    17 jul 15
    a Good Friday for me too, thank you
FRANCESCO GUCCINI: L'isola non trovata
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Francesco Guccini: L'isola non trovata
15 jul 15
Lunar, hallucinatory, almost psychedelic. His voice has never been so biting when discussing death, ghosts, existence, and the fleeting nature of time. A landmark album in the history of Italian songwriting, and it was only '70.
  • Dragonstar
    15 jul 15
    This, along with Radici and Via Paolo Fabbri 43, is the first act of the masterpiece trilogy by Guccio, although his discography is generally of the highest level. This was innovative because it served as a preamble to the musically consolidated Guccini, after a sparse debut that was still vague stylistically, and a Due anni dopo, still sparse in music, but already starting to highlight the textual depth and musical philosophy of the singer-songwriter. L'isola non trovata, as you say, is truly the most hallucinatory piece in his repertoire. For years, in fact, I’ve kept wondering in what psychophysical state Francesco must have been when he composed it. But the most important thing is another: Here, Guccio really hit his stride and unleashed, for the first time in his career, his true potential, set to music alongside an unprecedented lyrical flair. ART.
  • SydBarrett96
    16 jul 15
    I totally agree. :) I would also include the Stanze, though.
  • Dragonstar
    16 jul 15
    I know, Syd, but you also know that I really like Stanze, though I consider it a step below the albums I mentioned. For example, I prefer albums like Amerigo or Metropolis. De Gustibus.
Francesco Guccini: D'Amore Di Morte e Di Altre Sciocchezze
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Francesco Guccini: D'amore di morte e di altre sciocchezze
16 sep 13
The masterpiece of maturity. The giant of Pavana arguably releases his best album in recent years, with lyrics that are superb as always and excellent musicality, featuring the beautiful presence of the saxophone. "Lettera," "Stelle," "Canzone delle colombe e del fiore," but especially "Vorrei" and "Cirano" are among the most beautiful lyrics ever written by the maestro Guccio. A full 5.
Francesco Guccini: ...Quasi come Dumas...
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Francesco Guccini: ...quasi come Dumas...
26 jul 15
Live is awesome, great arrangements that breathe new life into the songs from the '60s. An additional round of applause for the new track "Ti ricordi quei giorni," very beautiful.
  • madcat
    26 jul 15
    Think that it was the first one by Guccio that I bought (the cassette!), nice, yes, then I went straight to Radici (this time CD), hello SydGuccioBarrett :D
  • SydBarrett96
    26 jul 15
    I have everything in CD format, even though I also have "Radici" and "Via Paolo Fabbri 43" on vinyl. Hi Mad. :)
Franco Battiato: Caffè de la Paix
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Franco Battiato: Caffè de la Paix
23 aug 14
Listened to again today, on cassette. Nothing to do, for me this remains perhaps Battiato's most inspired work ever. Eight pieces of poetry, philosophy, sweetness, and ethnic influences. A giant.
Franco Battiato: Fetus
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Franco Battiato: Fetus
22 aug 14
A brilliant debut for the Sicilian composer. It is likely the most naive and "accessible" of his trilogy from '72-'73, but already at first listen, one finds themselves trapped in an electronic-psychedelic-progressive chaos, punctuated here and there by poignant melodic openings (personally, I find the ending of "Meccanica," the harmonic motif of "Energia," and the brief "Mutazione" deeply moving).
  • SilasLang
    22 aug 14
    Great dischello. Then, at least for me, "Pollution" and "Sulle Corde Di Aries" are even better...
  • selfadjoint
    22 aug 14
    I don't know, I just can't call this a masterpiece at all; I find this album incredibly heavy. I much prefer Battiato's more mature work (from this album, I only enjoy listening to Fenomenologia and Energia; I struggle to assess the rest...)
  • SydBarrett96
    23 aug 14
    Silas, I also prefer the next two. But those are just details. :) Selfadjoint, perhaps this one, among the first three, is the most fluid and enjoyable. Anyway, de gustibus.
  • pana
    23 aug 14
    I agree with both Syd and Silas, it's a great album, I'm very attached to it.
Franco Battiato: Sulle Corde di Aries
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Franco Battiato: Sulle corde di Aries
21 aug 14
Homogeneous, stretched, and crazy. A stunning lysergic journey, divided between progressive, experimentation, electronics, and psychedelia. In my opinion, the pinnacle of the remarkable trilogy from the years '72 to '73. Light-years ahead. When I listen to it, now and then a ship passes by.
  • selfadjoint
    22 aug 14
    I really identify with the part where he says "And on winter evenings I stayed locked inside at moldering" :) but I don't find it that interesting as an album, even though it's still the best of Battiato's experimental work (along with Egitto before the sands).
  • templare
    22 aug 14
    For me, along with Pollution, they were a beautiful surprise.
  • templare
    22 aug 14
    ..."..it was a beautiful surprise.."
Genesis: Foxtrot
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Genesis: Foxtrot
1 jan 13
Among the highest masterpieces of Genesis art, aided by a sound different from the two previous albums: less raw and baroque, but much more polished, refined, smooth, and masterfully packaged. All thanks to the sublime arrangement by that little great man, Tony Banks, and his mellotron. Just "Supper's Ready" is worth 6 balls.
Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
1 jan 13
The first and true album that sought to go beyond the mere definition of progressive or art rock, to transcend and explore the points that characterize the same genre and to stitch them together at will. The double LP presents a strong detachment from the harmonious and melodic sounds that have characterized Genesis's career up to this point: these are projected more towards a not extreme, but conventional experimentation according to the band’s standards. The album is therefore permeated by powerful sounds,
Genesis: A Trick Of The Tail
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Genesis: A Trick of the Tail
1 jan 13
A splendid and grandiose romantic fresco with jazz-fusion incursions, as well as an album of homogeneity and sonic compactness not seen since “Foxtrot.” In some ways, the album represents the technical and compositional peak of the quartet: indeed, paradoxically, with the farewell of Peter Gabriel, Genesis had more compositional freedom in the studio.
Genesis: Trespass
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Genesis: Trespass
1 jan 13
one of the classics of the Gabriel era. Although the album is released just over twelve months after their debut, a significant improvement is immediately noticeable in both the musical and lyrical aspects. Their first progressive milestone.
Genesis: Selling England By The Pound
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Genesis: Selling England by the Pound
1 jan 13
In its entirety and in its sound delivery, “Selling England by the Pound” is the symbol of a generation, of a musical movement, of the whole seventies imagery regardless of its outstanding content. The seventies, after the incursion of new genres like punk rock and the paranoid New Wave, will never reach these heights again. It is therefore permissible to think of this album as the ultimate milestone.
  • pana
    2 jan 13
    Selling England By The Pound represents the pathetic attempt to make music with the brain rather than the soul (why, though?). Only if you're Fripp, Hammill, or Czukay can you pull it off; Gabriel and his companions (who have very different talents) cannot. If it is the symbol of progressive rock, it’s only because it mindlessly reiterates every cliché, every stylistic rule, beautiful or ugly as it may be. Then, just because we want to do everything, they even throw in two horrible pop tracks. A collage of banal melodies that only have the merit, as you say, of being shamelessly progressive. The spontaneity of Trespass, Nursery Cryme, and Foxtrot is replaced here by the presumption of being number 1 (but I would like to note that at the same time Red was released), resulting in nothing but a collection of clichés that are also very diluted (on the first listen, you can always predict the next note, absurd). I have already expressed my opinion on The Battle Of Epping Forrest. The first track is truly beautiful. After that, enough.
  • pana
    2 jan 13
    this, in my view, OBVIOUS.
  • TheJargonKing
    2 jan 13
    Starting from the (completely correct) assumption that I Know what I like and More fool me are totally different from everything else on the album, and knowing that especially the former was crafted specifically to be a successful 45 rpm single, it follows that everything else on the album was not created in a calculated manner (mind and soul must necessarily go hand in hand).
  • TheJargonKing
    2 jan 13
    The presumption of being number 1 has never existed in Genesis, as demonstrated by dozens of interviews and books that outline their profiles even from a psychological perspective. It’s a shame to listen to this great album with so much prejudice and to think that, according to the same Genesis, the song that most reflects your idea of being overly composed is precisely "Dancing with the Moonlit Knight," which originated from a brief melody by Gabriel, with everything else built upon it. "Cinema Show" and "The Battle" stem from a series of improvisations stitched together; "Firth of Fifth" comes from Banks’ musings with the inclusion of the central instrumentals and ultimately Hackett's solo (for me pure soul, nothing but brain), but all you perceive is the pedantic aspect... it’s truly a shame, I mean for you...
  • SydBarrett96
    2 jan 13
    Selling England is for me the most representative album by Genesis, and one of my favorites. Then, if this was created with brains and without soul, what should other bands like ELP (whom I really like, let's reiterate) say? As for the rest, I have extensively covered the Genesis discography in my biography that I sent to both of you (but if you'd like to reread it, you can go to the Karter4 website).
  • hjhhjij
    2 jan 13
    Anyway, at the same time Lark's Tongues in Aspic was released, not Red :D Anyway, Firth of Fifth is really cool. Anyway, I also prefer other Genesis songs. Anyway, I think it's very beautiful. Anyway, goodbye.
  • SydBarrett96
    2 jan 13
    When I listen to the guitar solo in Fifth Of Firth, I go into pure ecstasy. :Q___
  • hjhhjij
    2 jan 13
    Eh.
  • SydBarrett96
    2 jan 13
    Eh what? :)
  • hjhhjij
    2 jan 13
    Hackett's solo. Pure ecstasy.
  • pana
    2 jan 13
    I also like Hackett's solo in Firth Of Fifth. I'm giving this album a pass, in fact. Just a pass and nothing more.
  • hjhhjij
    2 jan 13
    It seems a bit crazy to me, but oh well :)
  • pana
    2 jan 13
    TheJargon, by the way, I’ve always known (correct me if I’m wrong) that the piano material of Firth Of Fifth Banks had been sitting in the drawer for quite some time... in short, an album full of new ideas.
  • extro91
    2 jan 13
    Wasn't Paolofreddie enough to make the comments stop?! You’re unsettling. I'm not joking.
  • hjhhjij
    2 jan 13
    Extro is right. Anyway, yes, the intro had already been composed a long time ago. So what? It's cool. Who says it's an album with particularly fresh or innovative ideas?
  • pana
    2 jan 13
    I almost forgot: this album sounds like Nursery Cryme on valium, in the sense that the ideas that in Nursery Cryme are concentrated in 3/4 minutes are here stretched and diluted to cover the canonical 45 minutes of an album. After all, there was the excuse of prog.
    Syd, you know I really like you, so let me tell you: if you think that the new wave hasn't gifted us with great albums, you're seriously mistaken.
  • hjhhjij
    2 jan 13
    Anyway, Tapping eh. Tapping. (He had already done it but here even more :)
  • hjhhjij
    2 jan 13
    However, pana is right here. About the New-Wave, I mean.
  • hjhhjij
    2 jan 13
    The New Wave (and Post-Punk and whatever you want) has produced absurd masterpieces, as great as the prog ones (and more influential but who cares about that).
  • pana
    2 jan 13
    Pere Ubu, Television, Devo, Patti Smith, Tom Verlaine...
  • pana
    2 jan 13
    I didn't understand the reference to Paolofreddie.
  • extro91
    2 jan 13
    Why are you late?
  • pana
    2 jan 13
    Come on Extro, I've already got the fake ones constantly offending me, don't you get involved too :)
  • extro91
    2 jan 13
    It seems to me that the fake paulfederico has done yet another review on this album, in addition to the one made with another of his fakes, also on this album (yet another one). You've had countless opportunities to say everything necessary about this album. That's why I say you're unsettling.
  • TheJargonKing
    2 jan 13
    Yes Pana, Firth Banks' intro had been sitting in the drawer for a while. He proposed it for a fragment of Supper's Ready, but it didn’t connect with the rest, so it ended up being a short piece by combining it with Gabriel's lyrics. Collins and Hackett, feeling a bit left out, complained, so the same piano theme was developed for the central instrumental part, and they "allowed" Hackett to insert that solo, perhaps one of the highest moments in all of world prog. Hackett took a long time to find the right idea, but then it came to him in a burst during a rehearsal, just before they told him, "Okay, it's not happening anymore" ... and it’s no wonder he was frustrated!
  • TheJargonKing
    2 jan 13
    I say, however, that Extro is right :-)) - but I don't know what to do about it, I can't keep quiet on these topics.
  • pana
    2 jan 13
    Now let's finish it here, indeed. I respect your opinions, but I do not share them.
  • SydBarrett96
    2 jan 13
    38 new messages in email, this is unsettling XD Anyway, de gustibus ;)
  • hjhhjij
    2 jan 13
    "Pere Ubu" The coolest.
  • babbeo
    3 jan 13
    I listened to it again at Christmas; it had a bit more pandan...
Genesis: Nursery Cryme
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Genesis: Nursery Cryme
1 jan 13
Second progressive stone that continues the journey of their symphonic and romantic masterpieces, a sequence that will end in the distant 1977. The Genesis with "Nursery Cryme" achieve a strong musical harmony, and their qualities as excellent musicians are already evident: just think of the cutting guitar incursions of Steve Hackett, the crazy rhythms of Phil Collins behind the drums, or the keyboard minimalism of Tony Banks, the true pillar of the band.
  • pana
    2 jan 13
    The guitar riff of The Musical Box is enough to give 5
Genesis: From Genesis To Revelation
CD Audio I have it ★★★
Genesis: From Genesis to Revelation
1 jan 13
A kind of concept album on the Old Testament (from which the group's name will be derived) with a classical tone, strongly self-produced and at times cloying, although cloaked in a strong vein of innocence and naivety. Pleasant all in all.
Genesis: Wind And Wuthering
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Genesis: Wind And Wuthering
1 jan 13
The Genesis of the mid-seventies continue to showcase their unlimited creative vein and within a few months of The Trick of the Tail, they compose their final masterpiece, their swan song. It is the second technical-compositional peak of theirs in just twelve months; it reaches a vigor that touches exquisite heights. From this, it is clear that Peter Gabriel is now just a pleasant memory.
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