John Martyn: London Conversation
CD Audio I have it ★★★
John Martyn: London Conversation
19 dec 15
John Martyn: Solid Air
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
John Martyn: Solid Air
9 may 15
John Martyn: Bless The Weather
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
John Martyn: Bless the Weather
23 nov 15
Martyn's maturation continues with this stunning album. The 5 balls don't come simply because the next two have something extra. Rating 4.5.
  • hjhhjij
    23 nov 15
    I get it, holding onto a "The Tumbler" is important, but this is a "folk" masterpiece that, in my opinion, deserves the highest score beyond its being "beyond" with the next two albums, for sure.
  • Viceroy
    23 nov 15
    Really great album. The problem is that here there are no half measures, otherwise it would make things a bit simpler.
  • hjhhjij
    23 nov 15
    What if we totally removed the evaluations and only left judgments like "disgusting," "cute," "very nice," "super cool rotating vibe," or alternatively the more classic "Absolute masterpiece/life-changing album"?
  • Viceroy
    23 nov 15
    It would fit! Oh well, there are already those who decide not to vote at all anyway.
  • hjhhjij
    23 nov 15
    True, but just think of the fun with some predefined definitions, let's say 10-15 :D
  • imasoulman
    23 nov 15
    I didn't understand, is this nice or not?
  • imasoulman
    23 nov 15
    I need to clear my thoughts about these records.
  • hjhhjij
    23 nov 15
    Discreet but stay away from the next two, they are terrible and boring.
Joni Mitchell: Joni Mitchell
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Joni Mitchell: Joni Mitchell
7 dec 16
Joni Mitchell: Ladies Of The Canyon
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Joni Mitchell: Ladies of the Canyon
7 dec 16
Joy Division: Closer
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Joy Division: Closer
30 jun 16
Joy Division: Unknown Pleasures
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Joy Division: Unknown Pleasures
30 jun 16
Kevin Ayers: Joy Of A Toy
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Kevin Ayers: Joy of a Toy
17 dec 16
Laura Nyro: New York Tendaberry
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Laura Nyro: New York Tendaberry
20 oct 15
It's hard to find anything better in female singer-songwriter music. The classic cherry on top is the sumptuous "Captain for Dark Mornings."
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man
27 jul 20
Leonard Cohen: Songs From A Room
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Leonard Cohen: Songs From a Room
2 mar 16
Leonard Cohen: Songs Of Love And Hate
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Leonard Cohen: Songs of Love and Hate
1 jul 16
A black disc as dark as pitch, with several immortal songs.
Leonard Cohen: Recent Songs
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Leonard Cohen: Recent Songs
23 nov 15
Leonard Cohen: Songs of Leonard Cohen
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Leonard Cohen: Songs of Leonard Cohen
9 mar 15
"Seminal" masterpiece of Western songwriting.

Post Scriptum: to place, as the first song of his career, an eternal masterpiece like "Suzanne" (where Cohen, with limited means, creates an unreal and rarefied atmosphere that truly leads one towards paradise) is a stroke of genius.
Love: Forever Changes
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Love: Forever Changes
4 jul 20
Mark Hollis: Mark Hollis
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Mark Hollis: Mark Hollis
25 jul 20
Miles Davis: Nefertiti
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Miles Davis: Nefertiti
19 may 15
Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
29 apr 15
One word: Monument.
  • fuggitivo
    29 apr 15
    Japanese CD editions cost a fortune. Why? They have cooler versions, remastered to the max, okay, but some are priced at 60-100 euros.
  • bluesboy94
    29 apr 15
    I found it for $5.99, and as I tell you this, I have a big smile on my face; after all, it excites me to own such a musical masterpiece on my shelf...
  • fuggitivo
    29 apr 15
    In euros? Because on Discogs the cheapest Japan edition is 15 euros.
  • fuggitivo
    29 apr 15
    Anyway, my point was broader. Although I agree that asking a user like that randomly doesn’t make sense.
  • bluesboy94
    29 apr 15
    Yes in euros... listening to music is my favorite hobby, but I would never spend 60 euros on a record... as Beefheart used to say: "I don’t want to sell my music. I want to give it away, because where I got it from you don't have to pay to have it." So here I am, the listener, if satisfied (I've known this record for three years, so today I gladly paid 6 euros), I pay a modest sum to "thank" the artist... I'm strange, but it frustrates me to see such high prices, even music is a "commodity" from which PROFIT must be made... best regards!
  • ZannaB
    30 apr 15
    I honestly don’t see the high prices for music on physical media...
  • east of eden80
    30 apr 15
    However, I honestly go crazy more for the electric period... even though he did great things before... Miles has always been innovative, and that's the most important thing for an artist. It's so boring to always listen to the same things; one must always renew themselves, where would creativity be otherwise? We need to look ahead... do you get what I mean?
  • ZannaB
    30 apr 15
    It conveys the idea, but I do not agree with you.
  • east of eden80
    30 apr 15
    What do you disagree with?
  • ZannaB
    30 apr 15
    "... one must always renew oneself" On this, which I don't see as so mandatory. Important? It can be. Desirable? Definitely for the listener. Obligatory? Certainly not.
  • east of eden80
    30 apr 15
    This is of course my opinion... but if you always go back on your steps, how can you grow, how can you discover new paths? It's a law of nature, you can't stop! Then if we talk about "we do this because it sells," that's a business discussion that in my opinion is definitely not good for art and for the artist! Every artist must be free to express themselves however they want; compromises stain the purity of art.
  • ZannaB
    30 apr 15
    I'm not talking about sales; I'm talking about many artists who haven't had the evolution of Miles but have still been brilliant and are remembered with equal respect, some even without selling a damn compared to Miles.
Miles Davis: Milestones
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Miles Davis: Milestones
10 nov 15
Musicanova: Brigante se more
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Musicanova: Brigante se more
8 jul 20
Napoli Centrale: Mattanza
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Napoli Centrale: Mattanza
13 feb 16
Second and last masterpiece for Napoli Centrale.
  • RIBALDO
    16 feb 16
    At the end of the month, I'll be in Rome with James Senese at the Auditorium.
Napoli Centrale: Napoli Centrale
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Napoli Centrale: Napoli Centrale
13 feb 16
Current record even after 40 years. Those were the days when Naples had an underground scene (fusion-progressive-songwriter) that the whole of Italy envied.
  • SydBarrett96
    13 feb 16
    Who are you telling, Blues. This album is a masterpiece (and having a signed copy by James is the ultimate).
  • bluesboy94
    13 feb 16
    James is the musician of that generation I admire the most because he has shown an unquenchable attachment to the roots... an immense artist (I reiterate, if he had been born in America, he would currently be a world-famous elderly sax-hero, at least for genre lovers...).
  • hjhhjij
    13 feb 16
    You also had Musica Nova, which I recently discovered—beautiful. Sorrenti, Bennato, very early Daniele, Saint Just (by Jenny Sorrenti). Naples was kicking ass in music in the '70s.
  • bluesboy94
    13 feb 16
    And the Osanna, the Balletto di Bronzo... the Musicanova are just great (the famous anecdote about how many believed that "Brigante se more" is a "traditional", when in fact it was written by D'Angiò and Eugenio Bennato).
  • bluesboy94
    13 feb 16
    Then there was also the lone wolf Luciano Cilio...
  • hjhhjij
    13 feb 16
    Oh no? Truly, yours too.
  • SydBarrett96
    13 feb 16
    I don't know if you know them, but some of Tony Esposito's solo projects are really beautiful. The Musica Nova are fantastic, as is the Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare if you're not familiar with them. :) Neapolitan Power, for sure.
  • musicalrust
    11 sep 20
    how many lovely comments and how many beautiful people!
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds: Tender Prey
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Tender Prey
30 jun 16
One song surpasses the other, that’s what makes this album great.
Post Scriptum: I may be cliché, but in my opinion, after this masterpiece, Cave will never reach these levels again (with a repertoire that has nonetheless been enriched afterward by works like "The Good Son," "Henry's Dream," etc.).
  • hjhhjij
    1 jul 16
    "The Good Son" is the birth of a singer-songwriter who is still partly damned but decidedly more refined and mature. The album of redemption, of rebirth. For me, that is absolutely on these levels. After that, slowly (very slowly), the decline starts. But as far as I'm concerned, it won't be seriously felt until 2001.
  • bluesboy94
    1 jul 16
    I agree that up until "No More Shall We Part," the quality has remained more than excellent, but "The Good Son" has, for me, something less than "Tender Prey."
  • hjhhjij
    1 jul 16
    Well, they're just tastes. It's all a matter of details for me. At this point, all the Bad Seeds albums after the first two have "something missing" :-)
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds: Henry's Dream
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Henry’s Dream
8 jul 20
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: The firstborn is dead
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Firstborn Is Dead
6 jun 15
Subjectively, it's the pinnacle of Cave's career.
Post scriptum: "Knockin' on Joe" is immense in its despair with no way out.
  • hellraiser
    7 jun 15
    Discovered thanks to you a few months ago, stunning...
  • Safet Osmanovic
    7 jun 15
    I agree, even though I change my mind about Nick Cave every other minute. A few months ago my favorite was "Your Funeral...," and even earlier it was "Tender Prey."
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds: The Good Son
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Good Son
22 jan 17
That piano in "Sorrow's Child" (climbing higher and higher between verses) desperately searching for redemption…
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds: No More Shall We Part
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: No More Shall We Part
8 jul 20
Cave is objectively an artist who has undergone significant changes. Changes that were primarily necessary for his survival. Here, there is no longer the early Cave, that is, the caged animal ravaged by heroin from the Birthday Party and "From Her to Eternity," nor the black shaman who resurrects the Delta blues in "Firstborn is Dead," nor the polished crooner anxious for redemption in "The Good Son." Here, Cave has become a "traditional singer-songwriter," and as far as I’m concerned, it's still a pleasant experience.
Nick Drake: Five Leaves Left
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Nick Drake: Five Leaves Left
11 feb 15
"There are only five leaves left"... this is the translation of the title (absurdly prophetic) of this great debut work by Nick Drake.
  • imasoulman
    11 feb 15
    Ouch...never let yourself be fooled by English, a simple yet treacherous language... "Five Leaves Left" means "Five rolling papers are left," it was the message that appeared to the consumer of Rizla rolling papers just before the package ran out. Then, whether the title, even in its correct meaning, is prophetic for us poor descendants, that’s a different story.
  • hellraiser
    11 feb 15
    True Ima, I too had already heard about the story of the maps..great debut of the poor Englishman, the first of a grand triptych.
  • hjhhjij
    11 feb 15
    One of the most beautiful albums... of all time. How I love his music. A per-fect debut. Wonderful from the first to the last note and with those Richard and Danny Thompson thrown in, well, they really know how to do it. Immense.
  • odesso
    11 feb 15
    Touching like few others, this and the pink moon are to be listened to in "mindless" moments... perfect accompaniment...
Nick Drake: Pink Moon
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Nick Drake: Pink Moon
15 oct 15
Lean, but intensely profound.
  • SilasLang
    15 oct 15
    Sparse, yet incredibly rich. Much more than any rambling of Emerson, Lake & Palmer.
  • hjhhjij
    16 oct 15
    Yes, incredibly rich. With just one acoustic guitar, Drake creates an entire Universe, his own, complete with black holes. And I agree with Silas. The funny thing is that if he had mentioned Genesis instead of EL&P, instead of agreeing, I would have said, "Well, but those are two completely different things." :-D
  • SilasLang
    16 oct 15
    Ahahahah...yes, but you know that even though I don't love them, I don't harbor the hatred for Genesis that I do for ELP...who are basically the summary in band form of everything that causes me uncontrollable bouts of bloody diarrhea in music. And then there are a few Genesis albums ("Nursery Cryme" and "The Lamb Lies...") that I actually like.
  • hjhhjij
    16 oct 15
    I know, I was just joking :-D
Nick Drake: Bryter Layter
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Nick Drake: Bryter Layter
16 nov 17
No complaints about the superb content of the album. Rather, it is painful to note that the artistic partnership between Nick Drake and John Cale was limited to "Fly" and "Northern Sky."
Nico: The End
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Nico: The End
3 feb 16
The highest marks go solely to the chilling black mass called "You Forget To Answer."
  • hjhhjij
    3 feb 16
    And for one of the most beautiful covers of all time...
  • luludia
    4 feb 16
    it's a beautiful record...
  • bluesboy94
    4 feb 16
    Oh my God, the adjective beautiful... anyway, besides the aforementioned song, there are other remarkable moments (cover of the German anthem and of "The End," "Secret Side," "It Has Not Taken Long") that allow me to place this on the same level as the two previous masterpieces.
  • bluesboy94
    4 feb 16
    I forgot about the chilling dirge called "Valley of The Kings," another heavyweight in her career. Beyond the adjectives, this is her most tormented album... although her works are always anguished, because she is someone who has chosen to obliterate herself for her art. For me, she is the greatest female artist when it comes to "rock music and related genres." A Titan who should not be forgotten (I understand that every one of her albums, except the first, can be challenging, but it would be sacrilege to forget an artist of this caliber and uniqueness).
  • luludia
    4 feb 16
    I like all of her albums, even the first one that no one likes and that she hated... my favorite is "Desertshore", but don't worry, I won't tell you that it's beautiful...
  • bluesboy94
    4 feb 16
    I also like every one of his albums (including the debut; after all, just look at who took the trouble to write the songs for that album). Anyway, I was saying that labeling something with the adjective beautiful evokes something more pleasant, relaxing... there’s too much chill here... better to use other adjectives ;)
Paolo Conte: Paolo Conte
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Paolo Conte: Paolo Conte al cinema
5 dec 15
Paolo Conte: Aguaplano
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Paolo Conte: Aguaplano
9 jul 20
Peter Gabriel: Passion: Music for the Last Temptation of Christ
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Peter Gabriel: Passion: Music for the Last Temptation of Christ
17 apr 15
A miraculous soundtrack.
Peter Hammill: Over
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Peter Hammill: Over
30 jun 16
Peter Hammill: In Camera
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Peter Hammill: In Camera
11 jan 15
Peter Hammill: A Black Box
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Peter Hammill: A Black Box
29 nov 17
Peter Hammill: The Silent Corner And The Empty Stage
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Peter Hammill: The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage
30 jun 16
Piero Ciampi: Piero Ciampi
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Piero Ciampi: Piero Ciampi
8 jun 15
One of the highest peaks of "Italian songwriting": 14 songs written with the heart on the sleeve, dripping with tears, loneliness, and failure. Gianni Marchetti's eclectic arrangements deserve at least a mention.
  • Dragonstar
    8 jun 15
    Noooooo, what have you brought back to me...awesome. Can you satisfy my curiosity? Does that 94 refer to your birth year?
  • hjhhjij
    8 jun 15
    I don't like it that much, though.
  • bluesboy94
    9 jun 15
    Yes!
  • Dragonstar
    10 jun 15
    A boy so young who has the enthusiasm to experience this music. Truly impressive.
  • asterics
    15 jul 22
    @[hjhhjij] what the hell are you saying
Pino Daniele: Vai mo'
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Pino Daniele: Vai mo'
17 dec 16
"Viento e Terra" with De Piscopo in a state of divine grace on the drums is worth the highest rating possible on its own.
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