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U2: The Unforgettable Fire
Vinile I have it ★★★★★
U2: The Unforgettable Fire
27 mar 14
The album that carries U2 towards maturity, not only in Music; guided by the wise hands in the studio of Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, the Irish boys give us an elegant album that is much less immediate compared to their worthy predecessors. With that unforgettable blaze that accompanies each new listen of mine: a kind of homecoming that I will never tire of hearing and experiencing...forever.
U2: Achtung Baby
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
U2: Achtung Baby
29 dec 14
It is all too easy and evident for me to consider this first nineties album by the Irish band as the last masterpiece; followed by an unrelenting vertical collapse that seems never-ending. Returning to "Achtung Baby," the production is entrusted to Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, with the addition of Flood who propels their sound into the future. An album overflowing with unforgettable songs, with my favorite still remaining "Acrobat": dark, rising, penetrating...GOODBYE...
  • Hetzer
    29 dec 14
    The U2 may be a controversial/commercial band/whatever you want, but this album is enormous. In my opinion, it’s their highest achievement and, in the pop-rock realm, perhaps one of the best albums ever made. Rightly rewarded by sales as well. "Acrobat" is truly a hidden gem. I don’t entirely agree with the vertical collapse; I find that Zooropa is a courageous, experimental, and perfectly executed work. It doesn't reach the heights of its predecessor, but it fits coherently within the path laid down by the band in those years. They should have continued down that road, letting go of the easy grasp and making more works like "Original Soundtracks." And instead, here they are with their reckless marketing strategies and their stale riffs… A sad reality.
  • De...Marga...
    29 dec 14
    Thank you for the wonderful words and for the consideration you have for "Acrobat"; I have already expressed my thoughts many times about the band that I have adored like few others in the eighties. "Zooropa" still remains a good album and, as you say, a courageous one, and in my opinion, they should have stopped right after it, without tarnishing their name with a continuation of their career that has disappointed me quite a bit.
  • madcat
    29 dec 14
    True, this is still a great album and along with Joshua Tree and Unforgettable Fire, one of their best. Zooropa was more of a collection of leftovers than anything else, with some good tracks, but let's not even go there.
  • hjhhjij
    29 dec 14
    I like it too, but personally, I find that DeMa and Hetzer tend to exaggerate a bit :)
  • De...Marga...
    29 dec 14
    When I stepped out, used to the typical sounds of U2, I was struck by the sounds that the masterful production of the three "monsters" I mentioned brought to the work; an album that I personally still find splendid today and that I listen to with absolute regularity, with the last three songs which for me are the best of the bunch. And I'm not exaggerating, at least as far as I'm concerned dear boy from the capital; always remember that I have the fortune of being of an age that allowed me to experience those years and those albums as a "protagonist."
  • Hetzer
    29 dec 14
    True, it's an album that sounds incredible and shocking even today.. Maybe, just maybe, we're exaggerating (but for the time, as De Marga recalls, not so much...), however, this is one of those albums that defined the era.. Stuff that we can only dream of nowadays..
  • De...Marga...
    29 dec 14
    And I'll tell you more, Hetzer; I remember very well that it was November 1991 and I was working in a paper mill in Chieti. After work, I went to a record store and bought the cassette of "Achtung Baby"; you know better than I do that back then it was impossible to listen to anything in advance. I'll let you imagine how I felt when I first heard "ZOO Station" with that initial guitar sound that seems to come from a washing machine on spin cycle; and Bono’s effects-laden voice telling you: welcome to the future, forget about Joshua Tree and the unforgettable flames... It took me very few listens to fall in love with the album. Now I'm putting it back on the stereo and being home alone, the volume will be noteworthy... WOW...
  • SydBarrett96
    29 dec 14
    Nice album, yes, but I prefer the ones from the eighties even more, especially the live under a blood-red sky and Giosuè’s tree. :D Anyway, for me, Zooropa remains a great album as well. After the void.
  • templare
    29 dec 14
    From here on, unbearable. Whatever a certain Alberto Fortis says in the latest Blow Up.
  • SilasLang
    29 dec 14
    I'm with HJ. I respect everyone's tastes... but I don't know. The U2 I prefer are the naive ones from "Boy"...
U2: The Joshua tree
Vinile I have it ★★★★★
U2: The Joshua Tree
15 may 14
I was still twenty years old when this work by the Irish quartet was released in 1987; a record that I loved to the point of madness, captivating me with a series of songs that formed my ideal soundtrack for years. I still feel the same emotional highs when the needle plays the opening notes of "Where The Streets Have No Name", all the way to the closing "Mothers Of The Disappeared", which marks the worthy conclusion of a perfect album.
  • hjhhjij
    15 may 14
    I respect your youthful passions :)
  • De...Marga...
    15 may 14
    And I am grateful for it; U2 have truly represented for me an absolute love, from the first album I listened to in 1984, The Unforgettable Fire, until 1991, Acthung Baby. And seeing them in concert in the eighties was something else compared to the massive stages of recent years, with a Bono still driven by youthful spirit.
  • hjhhjij
    15 may 14
    I recently listened to "The Unforgettable Fire" again, and it is definitely a good album. Everything, or almost everything, that he touches turns to gold or, at the very least, silver.
  • hjhhjij
    15 may 14
    HE is little Brian of course.
  • De...Marga...
    15 may 14
    Are you by any chance referring to the Queen guitarist May?... It's a funny little joke of mine: wherever ENO goes, the sound becomes recognizable and delightfully beautiful, just like in the records he produced for U2.
  • SydBarrett96
    15 may 14
    Beautiful album, I also grew up with Giosuè's tree. :) Then when the harmonica of "Running to Stand Still" kicks in...
  • De...Marga...
    15 may 14
    I love the whole album, with a particular fondness for Exit and its dramatic and apocalyptic finale; I still remember, believe me I'm trembling, the concert on May 29, 1987, at the Modena stadium, right for the album's tour. A concert experienced, as always, in the front row, with a terrifying crowd... but what a wonder. And opening for them were Pretenders, Big Audio Dynamite, and Lone Justice. In those years, they didn't need any lavish and useless stages, they really brought it hard. Thank you, Syd, for making me remember memorable moments.
  • SydBarrett96
    15 may 14
    Unfortunately, I could never have seen them back then, when Bono was still the young long-haired Irishman and hadn't yet worn those annoying sunglasses. To jump to the end of the eighties, I have no choice but to re-watch Rattle and Hum. Anyway, the ending of Exit is another one of my favorite parts of the album; I believe they concluded it live with a hint of "Gloria" by Van Morrison's Them. Of course, then there's "Bullet the Blue Sky"...
  • De...Marga...
    15 may 14
    It's one of those classic albums that I've considered perfect for decades, and I will continue to do so; for the twentieth anniversary of the album's release, I bought the work for the third time, this time with a second disc that contains some gems like "Spanish Eyes" and "Walk To The Water," inexplicably left out of Giosuè's Tree. I then continued to follow them, even in their latest releases, hopeful of feeling those thrills dear to me once again... I believe that hope is now completely dead, and I dare not imagine what the next album will be like.
  • Sotanaht
    16 may 14
    The Joshua Tree and Rattle And Hum were the two albums that introduced me to the world of rock, that got me passionate about this music, and I consider this album not only the best of U2 but one of the best pop/rock records I have ever listened to.
  • rolando303
    16 may 14
    Brian has given a lot in this album. Done a lot. And to think that he calls himself a "non-musician." The U2 owe him quite a bit. And so does the Yamaha DX7.
  • rolando303
    16 may 14
    About the Yamaha DX7. One evening we went to a rehearsal space, or rather, a crazy person's cellar set up as a rehearsal studio. I arrived without my keyboard. I forgot it. The guy at the studio told me it was no big deal since a Yamaha DX7 was waiting for me on the stand. Well, I struggled to find the on/off button. It had so much stuff. Programming it was a real hassle. A mess. In fact, I went back home to get my Roland :-D
  • De...Marga...
    16 may 14
    Interesting little story, Rolando; and I thank you for this humorous note that will now accompany my definition.
  • rolando303
    16 may 14
    In this album, Eno programs and plays :-D
  • Hetzer
    16 may 14
    I find it to be an album far from perfect.. The sound has never seemed particularly effective to me and some tracks feel almost repetitive.. But there is a however.. There’s a certain "With Or Without You" in here.. For me, it’s simply one of the best songs of all time; and it gives me, all by itself, those wonderful "emotional highs" that you describe so well..
  • De...Marga...
    16 may 14
    @Hetzer; thank you for your comment. One could spend hours discussing the importance or otherwise of this album; whether its songs are fillers or masterpieces, and so on... As is my habit, I respect your opinions, even if I cannot agree with them. Regarding the beauty of the song you mentioned, I believe you've already said it all. Nothing and no one will stop me from loving it forever, and just this afternoon I listened to it again... and it’s always the same immense pleasure.
  • Hetzer
    16 may 14
    And rightfully so, it would be missing! :) Currently debatable and critiquable as much as you want, U2 have been a cornerstone group, having done things that no one else will ever be able to do.. Like this album but, above all (at least, in my opinion..) like their predecessors and successors up to "Achtung Baby"..
  • De...Marga...
    16 may 14
    They were one of my greatest musical loves, and I can say this with complete honesty and pride; I worshipped them until Achtung Baby, then unfortunately, it started an endless decline, aided by Bono's ridiculous behavior as the champion of all the world's ills. Anyway, nothing will ever take away the contagious energy of my favorite song of theirs: I'm referring to the album "War" and the song "Like A Song"....Oh my, so many memories...A generation without name...
  • Hetzer
    16 may 14
    "It has begun an endless decline, aided by the ridiculous behavior of Bono, champion of all the world's evils.. I absolutely agree.. What a sad reality.."
  • De...Marga...
    16 may 14
    Now the next album should be released in the early months of 2015; they also parted ways with their long-time manager Paul McGuinness... I'm sure I'll buy it even though hope has definitely crumbled after 2004; tonight I have a specific task: to listen again with headphones at an outrageous volume to the album War: never was there a title more fitting for an album that oozes blood right from the iconic cover. That's it, I’m done, thanks for the nice discussion, I’m off to deamarti, if I haven’t already done it before.
  • rolando303
    16 may 14
    They have become worse than a stock market action.
Ufomammut: Idolum
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Ufomammut: Idolum
20 mar 17
I quote myself to define this sound beast: "Heavy dark, cosmic psychedelia; with a monstrous stride." Listening at an unheard volume to the terrifying seven minutes of the first track "Stigma" compels you to rush out of the house for some fresh air, to catch your breath, to recover from the emotional shock that hits you everywhere. And there’s still a full hour before the end of this pitch-black, gloomy, oppressive journey. In rare moments, the strangling grip loosens, like in the first part of "Ammonia." A masterpiece album; an outrageous cross between the Doom of Black Sabbath, the physical Stoner of Kyuss, the spatial digressions of the best Monster Magnet, and the circular repetitiveness of OM...BLACK...
Ulver: Perdition City
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Ulver: Perdition City: Music to an Interior Film
31 jul 14
It’s the spring of two thousand: a new millennium and a new album for Kristoffer Rygg’s band. A radical yet unexpected shift that the Norwegians took with Perdition City: they abandon the Black Metal that characterized their earlier solid albums, arriving at a form of experimental electronic-ambient-trip hop that literally leaves you cold. But it’s a pleasure to be enveloped by tracks like the opening “Lost In Moments” or the prophetic title “The Future Sound Of Music”...
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