BARRACUDA BLUE

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The Chameleons: Script of the Bridge
Vinile I have it ★★★★★
The Chameleons: Script of the Bridge
21 nov 12
The NewProg-style cover doesn’t lie: along with Grace and Twelfth Night, they have blurred the boundary between two genres, and by crossing it, found themselves amidst Sound and Comsat Angels in an ocean of Wave emotions. Second Skin, in its greatness, confirms that being Borderline has never been adequately rewarded.
The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown: The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown: The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
1 may 12
Psych jewel born from two disturbed and disturbing minds. A trailblazer for the forthcoming Progressive and Hard Rock. FIRE stands as the ultimate blasphemous ritual: HORROR ROCK at full power!
The Durutti Column: Circuses and Bread
Vinile I have it ★★★★★
The Durutti Column: Circuses and Bread
5 apr 13
Among the most beautiful guitar phrases I have ever heard, this occupies a special place: stark visions, between golden solitude and glimpses of urban guerrilla, solidify towards the end into a synthetic magma of great suggestion. Vini Reilly, the little great man of Factory Records.
THE GATHERING: mandylion
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
The Gathering: Mandylion
26 apr 12
The tradition of Dutch rock vocalists: in the '70s Jerney Kaagman of Earth&Fire, in the '80s Anka Wolbert of Clan of Xymox, and finally Anneke: just joining The Gathering, she makes her mark with power and elegance, in a beautifully crafted album.
The Korgis: Dumb Waiters
Vinile I have it ★★★★★
The Korgis: Dumb Waiters
26 jul 12
Pop as it should always be: the lesson of the Beatles expanded and corrected, heart-catching melodies and vocal harmonies like a mirror aimed at the sun. Former Stackridge members James Warren and Andy Davis reveal their secrets, and Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime will take you anywhere. Too bad Zucchero has managed to make a mess of it...
  • Marco Salzano
    26 jul 12
    I wonder why I'm not surprised by Adelmo the plagiarist...
  • BARRACUDA BLUE
    26 jul 12
    Well, every time I hear High Time We Went by Joe Cocker, I can't help but think: "Glory in the highest...and punish that man of dubious will!".
The Moody Blues: On the Threshold of a Dream
Vinile I have it ★★★★★
The Moody Blues: On the Threshold of a Dream
24 jun 12
The man sets foot on the moon, and the Moody Blues, with a skillful touch, celebrate the event: late-beat melodies and folk moods intertwine with gothic bursts of mellotron and spaceships lost in space-time. They will never return to these heights, yet they remain excellent pop craftsmen.
The Nice: The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
The Nice: The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack
12 dec 14
1967...London....UFO Club....Light Show....Psych Happening.....Blowing Experience.......Pink Floyd.....Soft Machine......The Nice.
  • hellraiser
    12 dec 14
    This is a really great album, perhaps the only one I like from Emerson's band...
The Rolling Stones: Their Satanic Majesties Request
Vinile I have it ★★★★★
The Rolling Stones: Their Satanic Majesties Request
29 oct 15
The malevolent version of the Summer of Love, the antithesis of All You Need is Love and Sgt. Pepper's. Accompanied by the anti-media vision as the only defense, it is more than ever the chapter signed by Brian Jones of their Decca Years; Dark-Fucked-Psych sincere as a one-way trip, at 2000 Light Years From Home, with only the casing floating in a macabre pool.
  • imasoulman
    30 oct 15
    Here's a record that deserves quite a bit of post-reflection. Are we really sure it’s a failed birth? That the Stones were just those bastards capable of bastardizing rhythm and blues with rock and roll, but that their technicolor visions are all blurry and blah blah blah? Just to bring out the most entrenched clichés of stuffy criticism...
  • BARRACUDA BLUE
    30 oct 15
    Here Ima, you touch on a roundtable topic. My opinion is solidified by time; I will only add that the response to the generalized verb of the supposed rip-off of Sgt. Pepper's is encapsulated in the single We Love You, written in jail to thank the fans for their support, support further extended by Lennon-McCartney to the backing vocals. And what about that wonderful dandelion on the back? I've always sent back the Roots-RockBand's penchant for keeping up with the times, and at their expense.
  • imasoulman
    30 oct 15
    "Dandelion" that might have inspired someone/something?
  • BARRACUDA BLUE
    30 oct 15
    The Peel Label, this guy truly loved certain music, a passionate soul like few others, and a collection like no other.
  • SilasLang
    30 oct 15
    I've always adored this album. Now I'll say a heresy: I've always liked it 100 times more than 'Sgt. Pepper'.
The Stranglers: Rattus Norvegicus
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
The Stranglers: Rattus Norvegicus
5 jul 12
How to teach the English Punk of '77 that being rebellious, sexist, and perverted isn't just three-chord stuff. A record that responds to No Future with Sometimes I'm going to smack your face, and even better with Making love to the Mersey Tunnel with a sausage… Testosterone at 3000 like a licked and smacked stamp stuck to the foreheads of feminists…
The Strawbs: From the Witchwood
Vinile I have it ★★★★★
The Strawbs: From the Witchwood
4 dec 12
Five composers, four solo singers, a series of brief yet intense moments between Wakeman's exuberance and Cousins' precious lyrics. One of the most underrated albums of the time, a reference point for other electroacoustic bands (Marsupilami, Decameron, Unicorn), straddling Folk and Progressive.
The Strawbs: Hero and Heroine
Vinile I have it ★★★★★
The Strawbs: Hero and Heroine
26 nov 15
A splendid example of Progressive Rock devoid of complexity for its own sake, illuminated by an examination of the decaying clichés of the era: the defeat of the Flower Power utopia in favor of a syringe and the illusion of an animalistic romp mistaken for love are just two of the themes challenged by the pen of Dave Cousins, raw and direct like never before.
  • hellraiser
    27 nov 15
    I've been listening to them a lot lately. The Strawbs, BBC Sessions 1, Grave New World, Dragonfly, From the Witchwood. I'm missing this, I'll take care of it. Excellent music indeed...
  • BARRACUDA BLUE
    27 nov 15
    Yes Hell, there's really something to listen to, their evolution album after album, a variety of styles, a very underrated band. If you can find it, get Two Weeks Last Summer, the only solo work by Dave Cousins while he was leading the band (1972), a hidden gem, a unique opportunity to enjoy an almost one-of-a-kind line-up, including the rhythm section with Roger Glover and Jon Hiseman.
  • hellraiser
    29 nov 15
    Just hearing Cousins, Glover, and Hiseman mentioned together really excites me, especially in the magical '72... sign, and we'll see, never be pessimistic; things went well with the Andromeda... hello, great Barra!
  • BARRACUDA BLUE
    29 nov 15
    And there’s also Wakeman… hello Hell, happy Sunday
Toad: Toad
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Toad: Toad
31 jan 16
Mega debut of the Italian-Swiss hard rockers: nothing to envy from the names that made the history of the genre, fiery riffs, dizzying rhythm and incursions into Blues and Prog territories with inspired expertise. Vittorio "Vic" Vergeat remains one of the greatest unsung heroes of the six strings, an unstoppable talent.
  • De...Marga...
    31 jan 16
    And the good Vergeat is from Domodossola; seen in concert a few months ago. He still makes an excellent impression.
  • BARRACUDA BLUE
    31 jan 16
    And I truly believe it, one of the many guitarists of his generation whose life was changed by Hendrix.
  • De...Marga...
    31 jan 16
    And he is a very modest person, even though he has played and collaborated with many musicians of great importance. Hi BARRA, what an incredible album you pointed out!!! I'll grab it tomorrow and listen to it again.
  • BARRACUDA BLUE
    31 jan 16
    Hello DeM, good evening
Too Strong To Be Pronk?: Once A Pronk Always A Pronk
DVD Dati I lack ★★★★★
Too Strong To Be Pronk?: Once A Pronk Always A Pronk
25 nov 12
From Genesis to eternity. (In the meantime... Baking soda for everyone!!!!)
Tubeway Army: Replicas
Vinile I have it ★★★★★
Tubeway Army: Replicas
3 sep 12
To fully understand the transition between the '70s and the '80s, this is one of the foundational albums: the half finger of face powder to conceal an emerging acne will unknowingly make him an icon, an untreated mental illness will influence his writing devoid of human relationships. This is the secret of an unavoidable NUMANoid, and even today there are those who compete for it, in the studio and on stage. A historic album.
Twenty Sixty Six and Then: Reflections
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Twenty Sixty Six and Then: Reflections
13 nov 13
The English transplanted in Germany in the early '70s are a guarantee: less ambitious than Nektar and almost as muscular as Light Of Darkness, they stand out with a lively sound, featuring nice sax riffs, flute inserts, and a vigorous rhythm, supported by a granite vocalist. Tired of Cosmic Couriers? Here’s your wake-up call, and it even makes you tap your foot.
  • hjhhjij
    13 nov 13
    "Tired of Cosmic Couriers?" Well, no :)
  • BARRACUDA BLUE
    13 nov 13
    I don't either, but I like German rock in all its forms... let’s say I don't miss out on anything. ;-)
  • hjhhjij
    13 nov 13
    You did well. Only you served the joke to me on a silver platter, eh eh :)
  • BARRACUDA BLUE
    13 nov 13
    A minimum of provocation is needed; otherwise, it feels like I'm talking to a mirror. Anyway, the album is very valid, and it had pleased the DeUtenti years ago... I didn't think there was a review of this piece.
  • hjhhjij
    13 nov 13
    Right now I'm too caught up in America and England in the '60s, but later, like with other things, I'll give it some thought.
  • BARRACUDA BLUE
    13 nov 13
    A couple of oceans to cross.... I’m sure you’ll have a great time ;-))))
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