Dave Matthews Band: Under The Table And Dreaming
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Dave Matthews Band: Under the Table and Dreaming
14 nov 13
Summa is a work that travels on the notes (and tones) of the probably most particular, diverse, and brilliant Pop of the '90s. Perfect from beginning to end. And it was just the beginning...
  • ZannaB
    14 nov 13
    Discone!!! However, I only see pop as a secondary influence...
  • Lao Tze
    15 nov 13
    Well, here the pieces still largely adhered to the song format; "Satellite," "The Best Of What's Around," "Typical Situation," "Ants Marching," in all these tracks there is a search for and a finding of the catchy chorus, albeit unconventional - due to the way they know how to mix the instruments. Things change significantly with Crash and especially with Before These Crowded Streets, there the complexity increases tremendously, and the label "pop" (which Dave is quite proud of) will increasingly feel like a tight fit...
  • Lao Tze
    15 nov 13
    It's hard to pinpoint a main influence; he is someone who possesses a monstrous and total culture. One should not underestimate African music, considering his roots.
David Byrne: David Byrne
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
David Byrne: David Byrne
1 aug 14
Between metropolitan funk, bossa, and those irresistibly exotic accents that have always been dear to the Teste Parlanti, a manual of original and never conventional Songwriting. And - in a couple of tracks - the guitar of someone quite familiar to me.
  • De...Marga...
    1 aug 14
    Arto Lindsay...in my opinion.
  • Lao Tze
    1 aug 14
    a very funky limb... in the way He knows how to be.
Dead Boys: Young, Loud And Snotty
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Dead Boys: Young, Loud And Snotty
6 sep 13
Here it is, speaking of FUNDAMENTAL albums released in that fateful '77... a list far from short, make no mistake... but the work in question stands at the top of that list. I don’t know if the title of the album or the text of “I Need Lunch” is more of a Manifesto...
  • SilasLang
    6 sep 13
    Here, for example, this one at "Never Mind the Bollocks" really gets to him, but you know, hype is always hype...
  • gnagnera
    6 sep 13
    I only say Stiv Bators... and then I add Cheetah Chrome, Jimmy Zero, Jeff Magnum, Johnny Blitz.
  • GIANLUIGI67
    6 sep 13
    Anyway, "Never Mind the Bollocks" is not Kakka, let's not exaggerate.
  • SilasLang
    6 sep 13
    No, I never said that….but it never made me pull my hair out. This, on the other hand, did.
  • Robutti
    6 sep 13
    This, the first Damned, the first Clash, and "Nevermind The Bollocks" (yes, that one!) mark an era.
  • whocares
    7 sep 13
    And where do you leave Richard Hell?
Dead or Alive: Youthquake
CD Audio I have it ★★★
Dead or Alive: Youthquake
25 aug 14
Before Pete Burns became a cross between Mickey Rourke and Moira Orfei, he made waves with this album - driven, indeed, by the ever-famous hit 'You Spin Me Round', but still enjoyable despite being somewhat repetitive in its formula of trashy blasts and ultra-plastic consumer electronics. For strong stomachs.
  • macaco
    25 aug 14
    I bought it back then in mc format. Don't ask me why.
Dedalus: Dedalus
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Dedalus: Dedalus
24 jul 13
Well-played jazz-rock but a bit conventional, for this debut... before starting to handle the MAGNETIC TAPES and delivering one of the most extreme records of the Italian avant-garde of the seventies to posterity.
Deerhoof: Milk Man
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Deerhoof: Milk Man
9 apr 13
Almost perfect album. Classic case of 4.75.
Delirium: III - Viaggio Negli Arcipelaghi Del Tempo
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Delirium: III - Viaggio Negli Arcipelaghi Del Tempo
24 jul 13
Without Fossati but at least a notch above "Dolce Acqua," and perhaps it's the best of the Delirium. "Fuga n.1" is exceptional, it's the first track I'll go back to when I dust it off.
Depeche Mode: Construction Time Again
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Depeche Mode: Construction Time Again
7 apr 14
The exceptional thing is the use of metallophones. Martin Gore had come into contact with Bargeld and the Berliners, and with the Synclavier they had begun to sample anything. A prelude to the Masterpiece that would come shortly after, but in the meantime the rhythms become more intricate (that progressive acceleration in "More Than A Party" is typical of Slavic music).
  • hjhhjij
    7 apr 14
    I haven't listened to them since the last Ice Age, maybe I should get back into Depeche overall.
Derek & The Dominos: Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Derek and the Dominos: Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
30 sep 13
"Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad?" - rarely have two guitars blended so sublimely. Probably the best Clapton ever in an undefinable album, definitely the most genuine, passionate, desperate. R.I.P. Duane, now and forever.
Devo: Q: Are We Not Men? A: We are Devo!
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Devo: Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
13 jul 13
The concept of DEVOlution is the key to understanding the world: based on it, one can see not only that "Satisfaction" was copied by the Rolling Stones from Devo, but also – for example – that the idea of Dr. Strangelove was stolen by Kubrick from Castagna 30 years earlier.
  • GIANLUIGI67
    13 jul 13
    Great Devo, their concept of music was revolutionary, the result of great minds not just in the musical field. It's a shame that over the years they didn't fully develop their theories and got lost in a canonical electro pop. Their look was genius as well.
  • SilasLang
    13 jul 13
    Very great album. Unfortunately, the only one, in my opinion...
  • ranofornace
    15 jul 13
    Chromosome Devo, an added value for a "Mongoloid" product. A meteor disintegrated in the decadent and furious new wave punk atmosphere of the late '70s.
Dinosaur Jr.: Where You Been
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Dinosaur Jr.: Where You Been
11 apr 13
Yes, I have to say that I get pretty angry when I learn that this would have been the slick, commercial, smarmy turning point. Assuming that no one can reach the records of the previous decade, I like to be considered smarmy if an album like this is to be considered as such... Can we say there’s a bad track in this album? And can we say someone has better learned (modernizing it) the lesson of N.Y. & Crazy Horse in the '90s? I doubt it.
  • ygmarchi2
    3 sep 17
    Well, it’s a slick, polished, high-quality commercial record, not to piss you off :)

    In my opinion, the best is on the B-side, where the desire to please the mainstream audience takes a backseat and with "Drawerings," "Hide," "Going Home," J hits a trio of particularly inspired tracks.
  • madcat
    17 mar 20
    Well, I'm even preferring it to the first albums, can you believe it?
Dio: Holy Diver
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Dio: Holy Diver
25 dec 13
Undoubtedly among the best metal albums of the '80s. Never aged. Still enjoyable today, and greatly so. Exceptional songs: for how they are written, structured, and played. No comments needed for the Voice; there are none possible. Vivian Campbell is a monstrous guitarist.
  • iside
    25 dec 13
    but also no. I find it aged terribly.
  • hellraiser
    25 dec 13
    Hit and sunk... a perfect album by God, the third after Rainbow Rising and Heaven & Hell...
  • darth agnan
    26 dec 13
    the perfect example of how rock should NOT be, for me.
  • Lao Tze
    26 dec 13
    @darth. come on, really... as if Malmsteen never existed ;-)
  • Lao Tze
    26 dec 13
    @iside, sorry, I don't mean to impose, because obviously you can't command the ears, but in 2010 you said you had listened to this album again and found it flowing "like water" Holy Diver - Dio - Recensione di ilfreddo I mean, I don't understand... have you changed your mind or does finding it flowing not contradict the fact that it has aged poorly? Just a question.
  • darth agnan
    26 dec 13
    @lao. well, indeed, Malmsteen is a metalhead too... I generally don't get along with metal and hard rock. And if you add epic arrangements and lyrics about wizards and dragons, I just lose it completely :D
  • iside
    26 dec 13
    Three long years have passed, and I’ve aged horribly as well.
  • Lao Tze
    27 dec 13
    @darth. yet I will tell you: Malmsteen, regardless of musical quality, I just can’t bring myself to dislike him... I mean, he is the sublimation of ignorance and bad taste, take the vinyl of Trilogy and just from the cover it’s disarming, it’s all laughable, what the hell do you want to say to someone like that... in the end, I admire him, he’s a comic character, his first 3/4 albums always put me in a good mood...
  • Lao Tze
    27 dec 13
    I agree, Iside... I agree ;-))
  • Harlan
    8 feb 18
    I've never really liked it that much; I find that tracks like Invisible, Gypsy, and Caught In The Middle somewhat disrupt the atmosphere of the album, even though it's at a great standard... The Last In Line and especially (in my opinion) Dream Evil hold up better in comparison. But of course, it's all a matter of taste...
Dire Straits: Communiquè
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Dire Straits: Communiqué
21 jan 13
Favorite album of a band never particularly loved. And forgive me if I will never trade "Making Movies" for just "Once Upon A Time In The West" and "Follow Me Home" - for me, the best piece by Mark, hands down.
  • Cunnuemammadua
    21 jan 13
    I know that usually concerts don’t matter, but I’m writing it anyway: Alchemy Live. It’s all there.
  • SydBarrett96
    21 jan 13
    The first 3 Dire albums are very beautiful. My favorite, however, remains "Making Movies."
  • Cunnuemammadua
    22 jan 13
    Better the first than Making Movies (despite the ride of Tunnel Of Love). The second is the worst of the three, a true carbon copy of the debut.
  • Lao Tze
    22 jan 13
    Personally, Cunnu, I don’t subscribe to the view that Communiqué is the "carbon copy" of the first album. The sound is not the same; the drums are much more "full" and substantial in the second than in the first. C.'s sound is much closer to that of Dylan's "Slow Train Coming" (from the same year, and not coincidentally played by Mark and Pick) than to that of the first Dire Straits. I would add - C. is one of the albums that, in my opinion, suffered the most in the transition from analog to digital; you can hear it in the closing of "News": listened to on CD it has one effect, while listened to on vinyl with a good amplifier, it has an exceptional rendering. As for Alchemy, same story: I prefer the tracks from the early period. And then "Love Over Gold" I’ve never been able to endure for more than 5 minutes; in my opinion, the DS decline significantly with Pick's departure.
  • Lao Tze
    22 jan 13
    ...of Pick, after '82.
  • Cunnuemammadua
    23 jan 13
    I wouldn't know, I only have the remastered version from '96... anyway, those are rather discordant views, no doubt about it :-) (Love Over Gold is my favorite album by Knopfler & co)
  • hjhhjij
    23 jan 13
    That's not possible, Cunnu, since Love Over Gold is also my favorite Dire Straits album O_O
  • Cunnuemammadua
    23 jan 13
    Of course for Private Investigations, not exactly for Telegraph Road...
  • hjhhjij
    23 jan 13
    I agree O_O But T.Road is also beautiful to me.
  • Cunnuemammadua
    23 jan 13
    Ok, test passed, now we have a musical convergence!
  • SydBarrett96
    23 jan 13
    I've never been too fond of Dire Straits after Making Movies; I've always preferred the romanticism and spontaneity of their earlier works. Brothers In Arms is perhaps a bit overrated.
  • Cunnuemammadua
    23 jan 13
    Syd Brothers in Arms is the album that I initially listened to the most, but now I too think it’s the weakest one.
  • hjhhjij
    23 jan 13
    Brothers is indeed a small thing. Love Over no. "Ok, test passed, now we have a musical convergence!" XD And Neil Young? (Different favorite albums but we both really like the artist, right?)
  • urlicht
    23 jan 13
    I, just in case it might be of interest, prefer "Communique'."
  • Cunnuemammadua
    24 jan 13
    Of course it matters, here equality counts and not a damn thing else (as much as possible).
Duran Duran: Rio
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Duran Duran: Rio
10 dec 12
Feel free to take them as the emblem of the plastic '80s and everything else, this is a great funk/synth pop album with arrangements and bass lines that brush against perfection. Those who only know them for "Wild Boys" can't even imagine it.
  • Talkin' Meat
    10 dec 12
    hahaha, come on xD
  • Lao Tze
    10 dec 12
    Well, yes, it's obvious that we are not at the level of a "New Gold Dream," to mention one from that year. Then again, I don't know your tastes; maybe it's all the '80s synth-pop that you can't stand, and in that case, this album is the worst of the worst. However, in its genre, this is remarkable, and by far their best—nothing compared to what came after '84.
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