SydBarrett96

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Vinile I have it ★★★★★

8 jul 15

First press vinyl, complete with a beautiful silver cover. Well, nothing, one of the absolute gems that make up the magnificent pentology 1973-1977 of Architect Bennato. It was also thanks to this record that he was labeled Punk, and they weren't entirely wrong.

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Dragonstar
9 jul 15

I also have the vinyl and the CD as part of a box set that includes the first 6 albums by Edo. I have to say, among the most beautiful works of the singer-songwriter. And "Venderò" is pure poetry set to music.
SydBarrett96
10 jul 15

I, among CDs and vinyls, I have all of the first five. :) Anyway, I agree, "Venderò" is stunning.

Vinile I have it ★★★★★

Edoardo Bennato: Burattino senza fili

22 oct 21

Today I listened to it again, wonderful as always. Rock’n’roll, sarcasm, mockery, irony at its highest levels. I don’t want to repeat myself by saying the same things over and over, but the first 5 albums by Edo are among the best things ever released in Italy.

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Martello
22 oct 21

I love this album; I don't think there's a track that's overly subdued, which is truly amazing. Quando sarai grande, I believe it's one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard.
SydBarrett96
22 oct 21

I fully agree.

CD Audio I have it ★★★★★

Edoardo Bennato: Non farti cadere le braccia

25 jan 14

Excellent debut for the Neapolitan singer-songwriter. Although he is still somewhat immature in certain aspects, he is already great. He is probably the most "intimate" of Edo, thanks to ballads like "Una settimana, un giorno," "Lei non è qui, non è là," and especially the masterpiece "Un giorno credi."

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SilasLang
25 jan 14

A great album. When Bennato was Bennato..
SydBarrett96
25 jan 14

Well, yes. For me, up to Burattino, they all deserve top marks. Even the two that come after it are good, anyway.
SilasLang
25 jan 14

Yes, yes... absolutely! I especially like "Io Che Non Sono L'Imperatore," so raw at times that it almost sounds like a kind of Folk-Punk...
SydBarrett96
25 jan 14

I adore him too. Sometimes in his high notes and in his runs, I can even hear Tim Buckley, which is not just my impression.

CD Audio I have it ★★★★★

Edoardo Bennato: I buoni e i cattivi

24 mar 14

Italian Rock has also passed through this album. Raw folk and proto-punk influences blend in this inspired concept album about the good-versus-evil debate. Harmonica, vocal runs, and kazoo deliver 40 minutes of badass music. Come on, line up for THREE!

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SilasLang
24 mar 14

huge album. forget about Zen Circus, it's nonsense...
SydBarrett96
24 mar 14

I completely agree. I believe that Bennato's first 4 albums were very influential for that generation of Italian rockers who would follow in the subsequent decades. Then they come to talk to me about Fiasco Rossi...
bluesboy94
24 mar 14

Bennato is one of the greatest regrets of Italian music. In the first ten years of his career, his records overflowed with anger, irony, sarcasm, commitment, and even poetry (the Bennato from '73 to '83 is absolutely worthy of being compared to the greatest Italian singer-songwriters); then came the vertical collapse. "I buoni e i Cattivi" is not his best work, but certainly the most original (after all, who had proposed this type of music in Italy before?). Oh yes, 40 minutes of badass music!
SydBarrett96
24 mar 14

For me, he was among the greatest of Italian music, at least until Burattino senza fili (which is already less angry than the previous ones). Then, after two good albums, he declines. Anyway, for me, the most beautiful are the first four.
dosankos
24 mar 14

In my opinion, yes, it’s his best work, as well as the most representative. But the line that separates those albums from the period between 1973 and 1980 is so thin that just a few nuances and personal perceptions are enough to slightly favor one LP over another as the "favorite." Nevertheless, Edo in the seventin does not miss a beat, and in the seventin, I also include "Uffa. Uffa!" and "Sono Solo Canzonette," practically built and perfected throughout all of 1979.
SydBarrett96
24 mar 14

For example, those two, even considering them good, I see as inferior to the ones before.
hjhhjij
24 mar 14

Okay, okay, quiet, you’ve convinced me: I have to dust it off.
SydBarrett96
24 mar 14

Come on HJ, start with this. ;)

CD Audio I have it ★★★★★

Edoardo Bennato: Io che non sono l'imperatore

24 mar 14

The raw and hammering component of the previous work is here even more exacerbated, reaching perhaps the most "experimental" sounds of his career, close to certain Buckley-esque vocalizations. "Affacciati affacciati" and the title track are the summa of his poetic vision, two aggressive political invectives against the State and the Papacy. PEAK.

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CD Audio I have it ★★★★★

Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Emerson, Lake & Palmer

3 aug 15

An inspired debut, musically flawless, well-balanced, and without flaws. In short, for me, it deserves a perfect score, even just for Lake's voice in "Take a Pebble." Emerson is in a state of grace, and it shows. A truly great first work, without a doubt. 8.5.

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proggen_ait94
5 aug 15

without smudges?!
SydBarrett96
5 aug 15

Certainly baroque and pompous, but I find it inspired. They hadn't lost it yet, in my opinion. :)