Jaco Pastorius: Word Of Mouth
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Jaco Pastorius: Word of Mouth
28 dec 13
Orchestral jazz + fretless bass, a strange alchemy completely counter to the trends of that time, and it's precisely for this reason that I consider "Word Of Mouth" Jaco's true masterpiece of the '80s, along with "Invitation."
  • rolando303
    29 dec 13
    If only there were still today these "riccardoni" as someone calls them.
    Very, very beautiful.
Jade Warrior: Jade Warrior
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Jade Warrior: Jade Warrior
25 jan 13
A masterpiece ahead of its time by at least 15 years. But for crying out loud, I would buy the vinyl too (original press), with that cover artwork which – in itself – is a work of art; yes, if only I had ever found it for less than 200 euros…
  • BARRACUDA BLUE
    25 jan 13
    At least until Way Of The Sun of '78, they continued to be always 15 years ahead. If you like the cover, go for a reissue; the Vertigo Swirls can only be bought by making a crazy move.
Jamie Saft Trio: Trouble: The Jamie Saft Trio Plays Bob Dylan
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Jamie Saft Trio: Trouble: The Jamie Saft Trio Plays Bob Dylan
30 jul 13
Mr. Zimmerman revisited (with a focus on the nighttime atmospheres of "Oh Mercy" and "Time Out Of Mind," conveniently) in a jazz-instrumental key for piano/Hammond, double bass, and drums - Saft, Cohen, Perowsky. And Mike Patton interpreting "Ballad Of A Thin Man" in his own way is worth the price of admission for the whole album...
Japan: Gentlemen Take Polaroids
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Japan: Gentlemen Take Polaroids
29 sep 13
I don't know... I think I've listened to it 1750 times or so. And when I listen to it for the 1751st time, I realize once again how "Methods Of Dance," and it's certainly not the only title one could mention, is simply one of the SUM expressions of Art-Music.
  • BARRACUDA BLUE
    29 sep 13
    A magnificent album: I own prints in different formats, and apart from the various cover shots, over time I've discovered that Some Kind Of Fool and Burning Bridges are actually the same piece, that instrumental from another dimension... a mistake or a strange game to confuse the enthusiasts? Taking Islands In Africa, alongside the first Sylvian/Sakamoto songwriting, has always been my favorite piece, which made me buy the CD as well because of the Steve Nye remix.
  • BARRACUDA BLUE
    29 sep 13
    An instrumental up to a certain point, when you least expect it, almost at the end of the piece, Sylvian starts singing, but he always seemed to me to be in total symbiosis with that sound vortex very YMO, Karn's saxophone allowing. Nobody does this stuff anymore.
  • Lao Tze
    1 oct 13
    I agree completely, of course. Taking Islands is another highlight, but also the Marvin Gaye FUTURIST of Ain't That Peculiar... an indescribable cover. If the choice of All Tomorrow's Parties on Quiet Life could be (minimally) predictable - Sylvian being one of the few who could stand up to Nico in her territory - with this, Japan showed themselves to be, in fact, musically omnipotent.
Jean-Luc Ponty: Individual Choice
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Jean-Luc Ponty: Individual Choice
6 may 13
Succeeding where others have amassed embarrassing failures: making the violin and electronics get along, avoiding the coldness of the virtuoso and being modern with taste and "feeling." Within such a context, luxury guests like Allan Holdsworth and George Duke can only bask in it.
Jefferson Starship: Red Octopus
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Jefferson Starship: Red Octopus
17 jan 14
Another piece from the endless "family" collection that I hardly remembered having. Beautiful vinyl, nice picture on the back. We're not that far from the last works of the Airplane, here the Starship were still very much alive. "Miracles" is the masterpiece of Marty Balin, the most "Pop" soul of the old band. Grace does not disappoint.
  • hjhhjij
    17 jan 14
    Their best album maybe. Then slowly, but not that slowly, they made a lot of mistakes.
  • Lao Tze
    18 jan 14
    damn forever the one who made me listen to Nuclear Furniture. One of the ugliest records ever. An unlistenable jumble of terrible things. One might say, "well, they weren't really themselves anymore"... who cares, it was definitely them: Grace was there, Kantner was there, Freiberg was there, who had played with Quicksilver, not just talk... how much does it matter to try to keep up with the times and make money without inspiration... eh. Never mind.
Joe Jackson: Night & Day
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Joe Jackson: Night & Day
30 aug 14
An already extraordinary concept-pop idea on its own. If you then check with your ear HOW it was made... yes, this was also called Pop. And they also called Joe a "creator," but he was and remains a Mind.
  • De...Marga...
    30 aug 14
    Listened to it again just a couple of days ago, after an eternity; it's a great album for the Jackson of Music that I prefer.
  • De...Marga...
    30 aug 14
    Listened to it again just a couple of days ago, after an eternity; it's a great album for the Jackson of Music that I prefer.
  • imasoulman
    31 aug 14
    Of this man, everything can be said except that he wasn't astonishing. An ultra-classical training (conservatory) that leads to record debuts born from the rough and tumble of the late seventies like "Look Sharp" and "I'm the Man," followed by a continuous desire to reinvent himself, from the hot, uplifting funk of "Beat Crazy," to the jazz that dad loved in "Jumpin' Jive," culminating in a (?) perfect synthesis of Cole Porter in a Latino-metropolitan style in "Night and Day." Well, in hindsight, one of the greats of the last century (at least until the super-underrated "Blaze of Glory," which I always listen to with great pleasure and which I almost enjoy as much as his more celebrated major albums).
  • imasoulman
    31 aug 14
    seventysevens
  • Lao Tze
    31 aug 14
    I wholeheartedly agree, especially with the statement about Blaze Of Glory... a vinyl that has never been abandoned, an album that, over the years, has not received the recognition it deserves, and I don't know why. I challenge 90% of musicians to put jazz, pop, Middle Eastern instrumentals, and sophisticated rock (never mundane) into a single album without getting lost in confusion. Some have to struggle to find balance, while others have that sense of balance innately. Perhaps it's because Joe has never lost the brilliance and eagerness of being 19... just as he sang in Blaze Of Glory.
John Cougar Mellencamp: The Lonesome Jubilee
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
John Mellencamp: The Lonesome Jubilee
25 nov 13
Inside the fold-out cover, an explosive formula of words and music, as true and straightforward as possible, spontaneous more than 95% of what is commonly called "American." The perfect tracklist of the Coguaro. And also the record that consecrates a young violinist, who had a decent career ahead of her...
John Foxx: Metamatic
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
John Foxx: Metamatic
25 dec 13
I haven't always followed him throughout his record journey, but the first two albums by John Foxx, just released from Ultravox, deserve a discussion of their own. If you're looking for the ICY rarefaction of classic '80s synth-pop, this is one of the building blocks to start with. A masterpiece.
JOHN LENNON: WALLS AND BRIDGES
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
John Lennon: Walls and Bridges
9 feb 13
The most underestimated album of a discography that is too often overrated for reasons that are not purely musical. But myth or no myth, Lennon or no Lennon, it's impossible not to be moved by "#9 Dream" or "Old Dirt Road," and not to acknowledge the dizzying heights of "Steel & Glass," "Bless You," "Nobody Loves You." Unfortunately, not the entire duration of the album flows at the same levels.
John Lennon: Double Fantasy
CD Audio I have it ★★★
John Lennon: Double Fantasy
3 oct 13
Yoko Ono: "For this record, I wrote pieces like Kiss Kiss Kiss because I wanted to create something that resembled Lucky Number by Lene Lovich." What more can be added, everyone can comment as they wish...
  • GIANLUIGI67
    3 oct 13
    John Lennon as a solo artist is highly overrated..........I hate that song whose name I dare not speak, the soundtrack of the most pathetic situations, a nightmare.
  • hellraiser
    4 oct 13
    Apart from a few songs, I agree with Gianluigi, Lennon is too overrated, and this album, in my opinion, is a disaster.
  • Lao Tze
    4 oct 13
    Half-listenable record, and the half is obviously John’s. Woman and Beautiful Boy, it’s undeniable that they are great songs. The best Lennon has always been the more intimate one; that’s why I will forever prefer Walls & Bridges to Imagine. As for the quoted phrase, I refuse to comment.
John Mellencamp: Uh-Huh
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
John Mellencamp: Uh-Huh
16 apr 13
...and overall it doesn't match the two that will come, but "Authority Song" is Rock'n'Roll.
John Zorn: Kristallnacht
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
John Zorn: Kristallnacht
16 oct 13
Among the absolute Zornian peaks. Klezmer, yes, and it could be nothing else but the THEME. But to say that this is just a simple klezmer album is like saying that "Hot Rats" is a jazz-rock album. Here we are infinitely higher up.
  • proggen_ait94
    16 oct 13
    Have you listened to this year's mysteries?
  • Lao Tze
    17 oct 13
    I find it a bit too contemplative. I have to say, an album themed around Nymphs, Sappho, and mystery cults, I expected something different from Zorn. However, I don’t mind it at all; lovers of ECM jazz and Bill Frisell will be thrilled.
John Zorn: Xaphan: Book of Angels Vol. 9
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
John Zorn: Xaphan: Book of Angels Vol. 9
30 jul 13
...it is well known that when you look to the East, enormous discs always seem to appear. If you also have the slight added value of being a Genius, then the odds increase even more. Odd times, drums and percussion, electronics, Arabic scales from the first to the last minute. In 10 years, not many albums have come out better than this.
Johnny Winter: Second Winter
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Johnny Winter: Second Winter
2 jun 13
The historic double album with only 3 sides remains a mandatory listen in the genre, featuring the greatest version of "Highway 61 Revisited" ever heard. "Memory Pain" and "I'm Not Sure," with Edgar's electric piano solo that GOES CRAZY, follow closely behind. A monument to the Guitar of the Albino.
  • March Horses
    2 jun 13
    The second track, I can't remember what it's called, is something immense.
  • March Horses
    2 jun 13
    and slippin' and slidin', too
  • Lao Tze
    3 jun 13
    the second one is "I'm Not Sure", exactly. Printed in memory after the first listen, there's no denying it.
Jon Hassell: Power Spot
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Jon Hassell: Power Spot
13 dec 12
"Wing Melodies" induces hypnosis in less than two minutes, no joke.
Juicy Lucy: Lie Back and Enjoy It
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Juicy Lucy: Lie Back and Enjoy It
7 sep 13
Semi-forgotten English hard blues, yet you should listen to this record (I'm talking to you lovers of Cream, Taste, Rory Gallagher, Ten Years After...) - because it features the best cover of "Willie The Pimp" in history.
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