Blur: Blur
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Blur: Blur
9 oct 15
My favorite from the band (I don't consider Song 2 at all) is definitely one of the best albums of '97, recommended for those who want to start listening to them.
  • diacon
    9 oct 15
    beautiful this!
  • madcat
    9 oct 15
    Masterpiece. If I were asked what my favorite Blur song is, I would also answer this, but with difficulty, because there are at least four others that are right there (essentially all of their output from '93 to '99 I would label as "my favorite by Blur"). p.s. that great piece "Song 2" included, of course. The new "The Magic Whip" is also fantastic, among my albums of 2015.
  • madcat
    9 oct 15
    Without counting the wonderful B-sides they produced (there must be around a hundred) for which a separate discussion would be needed (in the '90s, in just 8 years, they achieved the impossible).
  • diacon
    9 oct 15
    Great the blur!
  • diacon
    9 oct 15
    Among my favorite groups.
  • Alemisso
    9 oct 15
    Of course, all the 90s albums by Blur are at a very high level, just like this one. Song 2 makes it all even better, obviously.
    Magic Whip is great.
    Anyway, there are certain B-sides by Blur that really hit hard.
  • Alemisso
    9 oct 15
    They have combined American and English styles on this album, as if it were a new debut, a debut that will become even more concrete with 13.
  • the last
    10 oct 15
    For me, it's the best of Blur... I see it as a real turning point; I prefer what comes after it to what they produced before, but that's just a personal inclination towards certain sounds and atmospheres, which from here on become more skewed, rarefied, and mature, without taking anything away from their earlier work, of course... great band nonetheless. This was recorded in Iceland if I'm not mistaken.
  • madcat
    10 oct 15
    Yes the last, I think the influence of Iceland has been important for certain atmospheres that can be felt on this record, a bit like the importance of Morocco for "Think Tank" and Hong Kong for "The Magic Whip."
  • the last
    10 oct 15
    Think Tank another splendid album...even if Coxon was already elsewhere.
  • madcat
    10 oct 15
    True, with Think Tank they managed to pull off a great album even when they momentarily (thankfully) lost a cornerstone like Coxon (who is present in the concluding "Battery in your leg" and in a few other tracks from that period, such as the b-side "Morricone"). As a Coxon fan, I had no great expectations when the album came out, and I was quite frustrated by the absence of Coxon (whose solo albums I had been following since 2000), but in the end it surprised me a lot, especially due to yet another radical change in sound and style, which was really remarkable.
  • the last
    10 oct 15
    madcat...I don't know Coxon's solo works...a title to start with?
  • madcat
    10 oct 15
    The last "A+E" I'd say could be a nice punch to start with him: a crazy, wild mix of noise, post-punk, psychedelia, new wave, alternative, experimentation.
  • the last
    11 oct 15
    thank you : )
  • madcat
    11 oct 15
    don't mention it, it's a pleasure :)
Burzum: Filosofem
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Burzum: Filosofem
24 oct 17
Listening to Filosofem, you realize you are listening to a brush cutter.
  • spiritello_s
    24 oct 17
    Wake Up Bread
    I sneak into my own Bakery
    It's four in the morning
    I had too much to eat
    Said I was out with the boys
    I creep into my kitchen
    I slip in the flour,
    I know if I wake it,
    I'll wake up bread
    I wonder, will it find out,
    About the other, other loaf.
    Doughnut.

    Wake up bread, you rise
    Wake up bread, and baked.
    Wake up bread, you rise
    Wake up bread.
Calcutta: Mainstream
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Calcutta: Mainstream
26 jul 17
CCCP Fedeli alla linea: 1964-1985 Affinità-divergenze fra il compagno Togliatti e noi (Del conseguimento della maggiore età)
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CCCP Fedeli alla linea: 1964-1985 Affinità-divergenze fra il compagno Togliatti e noi: Del conseguimento della maggiore età
29 nov 18
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Fabrizio De André: La Buona Novella
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Fabrizio De André: La buona novella
29 jul 18
Top 3 in the best Italian albums of all time
Fabrizio De André: Fabrizio De André in concerto volume 1
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Fabrizio De André: Fabrizio De André in concerto volume 1
16 sep 15
One of the most beautiful Italian live performances I've ever listened to, along with vol. 2.
  • Dragonstar
    16 sep 15
    Great Ale, this is truly a nice album. Between the two volumes, I prefer the present one, but the second one is also an outstanding product!
  • Zimmy
    16 sep 15
    For me, the greatest Italian live album of all time, period. And I'm talking about both volumes; I can't regard them as two separate discs: I see it as a true double live album whose two parts are inseparable from one another. In fact, I'm used to listening to them both in one go. :)
  • Dragonstar
    16 sep 15
    Well, you’re right, zimmy. I consider them live "separate" only because they were released as independent volumes. But it’s the same concert, right?
  • Zimmy
    16 sep 15
    It’s not a single concert; it’s a summary of the tour. The songs were recorded on different dates (the cover lists all the dates when the recordings took place), but the two volumes together cover the setlist of a concert. The first volume is perhaps better because it was originally intended to be a single album (there's no "vol.1" written on the cover), so they chose to include the best tracks. The second was released a year later and is even shorter because it contains all the remaining songs.
  • Zimmy
    16 sep 15
    Anyway, yes, it's the same tour and the same dates for both albums :)
  • tia
    16 sep 15
    Let's also add among the most beautiful live performances that of the Nomadi and Guccini from 1979, which I lovingly keep on vinyl??
  • tia
    16 sep 15
    Let's also add among the most beautiful live performances that of the Nomadi and Guccini from 1979, which I lovingly keep on vinyl??
  • Dragonstar
    17 sep 15
    Thank you, zimmy. The fact is that many years ago I had the recorded cassettes, so I couldn't know. And when I bought them on CD by taking advantage of the releases from a well-known magazine, there was no date listed because it only had the front cover and the back cover without the booklet. It may be shocking, but I thought it was the same concert. I’ll try to study more, but regarding Faber in the studio, feel free to ask whatever you want, especially since it’s a strictly original collection :)
  • Zimmy
    17 sep 15
    Imagine, Dragon :) Back then, most live albums were actually made this way, meaning they recorded songs from different dates of the same tour; it was rare for them to record and release a single concert on an album. Anyway, in the original edition of both volumes, the recording dates (the same for both) are listed not in the booklet but right on the cover, below the title: you can see it clearly in the image on the DeBaser page. Perhaps in your newsstand edition the covers are different from the originals...
  • Zimmy
    17 sep 15
    ...but wait: are we sure we're talking about the same thing? Because here the title is ambiguous! :D Seeing the cover shown above, I'm obviously referring to "Fabrizio De André in concert - Arrangements PFM" from 1979/80, but I realize that the same title here could also refer to the two volumes of "Fabrizio De André in concert" released respectively in 1999 and 2001, which are indeed referring - those for sure! - to a single concert, namely the one at the Brancaccio in Rome, of which there is also a video version. Obviously, we are talking about two completely different records and concerts. I hope that, with this clarification, we are both on the same page :D
  • nes
    17 sep 15
    The one from '99 doesn’t even have the arrangements of PFM, it doesn't even have the PFM moniker on the cover, so I think you’re getting it. I absolutely love the first disc from the double album of the Crueza de Ma tour. Oh my God, I love them all. If a record with Faber’s burps and farts were to come out, I think I would snap it up on the day of release in a limited edition. Then I’d probably complain about it, but I don’t think I’d be able to resist anything produced by the Genoese artist.
    Do you like people who have beautiful music paired with intelligent, beautiful, honest lyrics and who master words like Maradona mastered the ball? Listen to Rancore & Dj Myke. Just do it, pure of spirit, because if we wait for young rappers to "breakthrough," we’ll be here all night.
    Remixing Faber, stirring the wrath of the De André foundation that takes the video down from YouTube, letting them know it wasn’t meant as a violation of copyright but as a tribute, and politely asking them to at least give it a listen. The foundation apologizing.
    I repeat: do yourselves a favor and discover them. That is, unless you already know them...
    P.S.: I hope it’s unnecessary to say that until the day before hearing the track, if someone had told me that someone else was remixing De André, I would have gone off like a firecracker, a pig, and a punch. And I also hope it’s obvious that if I weren't sure about what I’m saying, I wouldn’t dare mention any other musician when talking about De André.
  • Zimmy
    17 sep 15
    Hi nes, I know very well that the one from '99 doesn't have either the PFM or this cover, but I don't know, maybe someone reads the title without looking at the cover... just for clarity. :)
    So, I went to watch the video of these artists you mentioned, and even though it's definitely not my genre, I was really struck by both the skill, the taste, and the respect shown in the tribute to Faber, and (especially) because the lyrics of the piece are truly very, very beautiful. A really pleasant discovery for me :)
    That said, it really saddens me that the De André Foundation opposed such a product, primarily because it has absolutely nothing against Faber, but rather it's a wise, intelligent, and beautifully done tribute; and also because I believe no artist should be untouchable, not even someone immense like Fabrizio... who, while alive, did not appreciate being "beatified" in a certain way, just think about when during concerts he complained that his lyrics were included in school anthologies. So, welcome to those who pay homage, remix, or reinterpret Faber, even poorly, because it means that in some way there’s someone who cares to remember him. Making him untouchable only harms his memory because, as De Gregori sang in a beautiful song about Luigi Tenco, "some still remember him while lighting a cigarette, others made him a monument to forget him a little faster"...
  • nes
    17 sep 15
    The foundation will have read "don raffaè" and thought: "nobody told us anything." They will have seen two scratched plates and instinctively activated the censorship (because Fabrizio is religion and we don’t blaspheme). Honestly: I fully share the foundation's thoughts. I had a friend who played metal in the late 90s and he confided in me that he wanted to cover the Batman theme by Cristina D'Avena and also Marinella's song. I begged him to forget about De André back then, and I would implore him to do the same now.

    I discovered Rancore and DJ Myke more or less by accident and fell in love with them right away (and rap is pretty far from my "favorite" genres). The day they uploaded the video, I was terrified. Terrified in an unconditional and general way. "What the hell are you thinking, you seemed like two pretty thick-headed brains, why?" Then I heard it, and even my greatest certainties began to waver, and I realized that my love was justified and sacred. Now they’ve released an EP, and it’s no longer love: it’s faith. With a strong urge for proselytism like Jehovah’s Witnesses.

    Ah, and my friend never even did that Batman cover, unfortunately; I heard a snippet one day in the rehearsal room and it was amazing.

    As for the rest: De André in my mind would survive a stroke and senile dementia. I believe so. If things were to go differently, feel free to take me down, thanks.

    And shoot me tracks à gogo from the two phenomena mentioned above. Here, I'll leave you with two of the pieces that made my knees tremble as soon as I heard them:
  • Alemisso
    17 sep 15
    Yes guys, I'm talking about the one with the PFM arrangements, from 1979.
  • Dragonstar
    17 sep 15
    Damn, Zimmy, it’s true that there are the dates! Sorry for the confusion, but I really didn’t remember! It’s been a long time since I last handled them, because when I rummage around in the Faber section, I usually just grab the studio albums. To be honest, I only have these two Live albums with Faber, and... I won’t tell you the other one because I plan to write a review of it sooner or later, since it’s an album that has never been reviewed around here!
  • Alemisso
    17 sep 15
    I can't wait to read it then :)
  • Zimmy
    17 sep 15
    Don’t worry, Dragon, it’s all good! Just think that Faber+PFM vol. 1 and 2 is my absolute favorite De André after "Creuza de Ma." I find it as important as the studio albums because it marks a kind of watershed between the Faber of the 60s-70s, where the lyrics dominate the music, and the later Faber who focuses much more on the musical aspect. The doubt I had arose from the fact that Fabrizio, or whoever was in charge, never had much imagination when it came to giving titles to live albums, so it’s easy to get confused :D
    I’ll be curious to read your review when you decide to publish it :)
  • Dragonstar
    17 sep 15
    Thanks to both of you then, I’ll do my best. You’re right when you say that this live show is a bridge between the two main recording phases of Fabrizio. In fact, the rearranged old songs are very powerful and interesting, to the point that it becomes really difficult to decide which version is the best. Personally, I have to say, I feel very attached to the bare acoustic tradition of singer-songwriter music, so for example, I will always prefer "Il pescatore" in its original version, as opposed to "La guerra di Piero" which I prefer in this context. Anyway, those are just details, what’s certain is that no one can take those five stars away from him! :)
John Lennon: Imagine
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
John Lennon: Imagine
26 jul 17
John Lennon: Plastic Ono Band
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
John Lennon: John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
10 oct 15
Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin
12 may 15
Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin IV
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Led Zeppelin: IV
6 apr 15
Led Zeppelin: III
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin III
10 oct 15
Led Zeppelin: Houses of The Holy
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Led Zeppelin: Houses of the Holy
10 oct 15
Led Zeppelin: Physical Graffiti
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Led Zeppelin: Physical Graffiti
10 oct 15
Led Zeppelin: Presence
CD Audio I have it ★★★
Led Zeppelin: Presence
6 apr 15
Led Zeppelin: In Through The Out Door
CD Audio I have it ★★★
Led Zeppelin: In Through the Out Door
10 oct 15
Management Del Dolore Post-Operatorio: Auff!!
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Management del dolore post-operatorio: Auff!!
26 jul 17
Moby: Play
CD Audio I have it ★★★
Moby: Play
26 jul 17
Nirvana: Bleach
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Nirvana: Bleach
26 jul 17
Nirvana: Incesticide
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Nirvana: Incesticide
17 aug 15
Perfect if it had been a standalone album and not just a simple collection of singles, b-sides, and rarities, let's say a nice follow-up to Bleach, if it had been released in '90. It has much more punk and pop sounds that approach the style of Nevermind. Really not bad, from Dive and Sliver to the beautiful covers "Turnaround," "Son of A Gun," and the crazy finale "Aneurysm," really great tracks.
  • fuggitivo
    17 aug 15
    Have you seen the trailer for the latest film about Cobain? Shameful.
  • Alemisso
    17 aug 15
    Oh yes... but do you mean Montage of Heck or Soaked in Bleach?
  • fuggitivo
    17 aug 15
    Montage of Heck didn't come out just yesterday, and I fell behind. I mean, an artist has to sacrifice their life for the purpose, and the exploitation of them has been going on for a while, but damn, I've only read positive comments on YouTube.
  • Alemisso
    17 aug 15
    Oh yes, above all I would have preferred a more definitive documentary focused on Nirvana than on drug abuse and not on Cobain and his wife.. bah
  • fuggitivo
    17 aug 15
    In fact, who cares about Cobain, much better on Nirvana and their music. And this docu I believe is like the 1000th. I'm shooting at a red cross.
  • SilasLang
    17 aug 15
    'Incesticide'... I've always preferred it a thousand times to 'Nevermind'.
  • madcat
    17 aug 15
    Montage of Heck I decided, in the end, not to watch it, partly for the same reason I didn’t buy the diaries; I don’t think it’s right to take such an invasive approach into the private life of an artist who is no longer here, just to further feed the myth and make a ton of money from it, because in the end that’s what it is.
Nirvana: Nevermind
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Nirvana: Nevermind
6 apr 15
Nirvana: In Utero
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Nirvana: In Utero
10 oct 15
Radiohead: Amnesiac
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Radiohead: Amnesiac
10 oct 15
Radiohead: The Bends
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Radiohead: The Bends
10 oct 15
Radiohead: Hail To The Thief
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Radiohead: Hail to the Thief
12 apr 15
Radiohead: OK Computer
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Radiohead: OK Computer
12 apr 15
Radiohead: Pablo Honey
CD Audio I have it ★★★
Radiohead: Pablo Honey
22 jan 16
I underestimated it some time ago. What might seem like trivial, easily dismissible tracks are actually great songs for a solid debut album, played well with the right energy and duration. Creep aside, Anyone Can Play Guitar is stunning in its simplicity of lyrics.
Radiohead: In Rainbows
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Radiohead: In Rainbows
26 jul 17
Rage Against The Machine: Rage Against The Machine
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Rage Against the Machine: Rage Against the Machine
10 oct 15
Royal Blood: Royal Blood
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Royal Blood: Royal Blood
26 jul 17
Sigur Rós: Takk...
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Sigur Rós: Takk...
13 nov 15
Immense... happy to have discovered it.
Slint: Tweez
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Slint: Tweez
26 jul 17
Sonic Youth: Confusion Is Sex / Kill Yr. Idols
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Sonic Youth: Confusion Is Sex
1 dec 15
Terribly beautiful, it's one of my favorites from the 80s and I think it's the most surprising and strange of that decade.
  • madcat
    1 dec 15
    one of the few Sonic Youth albums I'm missing
  • Alemisso
    1 dec 15
    Wow! You missed one of the best!
  • hjhhjij
    1 dec 15
    Extraordinary. Also the EP "Kill Yr. Idols". A wild, cutting-edge, dark, raw, sick record. Sonic Youth like we will never hear them again. Immense.
  • madcat
    1 dec 15
    I've always thought, instinctively, that they suited me more from "Evol" onwards (I have almost all of them up to "Sonic Nurse"), but sooner or later I'll definitely get it.
  • hjhhjij
    1 dec 15
    It might be. Compared to others, this is quite extreme.
  • Alemisso
    1 dec 15
    Yes, I think the most extreme of all, this is also one of the beautiful factors of the album.
  • Alemisso
    1 dec 15
    After him, anyway, Washing Machines for life haha
  • madcat
    1 dec 15
    Washing Machine is definitely among their top 5, but I always put Daydream Nation at the top.
  • luludia
    1 dec 15
    damn, I’ve never liked them…
  • hjhhjij
    2 dec 15
    In fact, I don’t see them in your strings.
Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation
26 jul 17
Sonic Youth: Sister
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Sonic Youth: Sister
26 jul 17
Sonic Youth: Goo
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Sonic Youth: Goo
26 jul 17
I received the U-lala t-shirt!
Sonic Youth: Evol
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Sonic Youth: EVOL
26 jul 17
Sonic Youth: Washing Machine
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Sonic Youth: Washing Machine
26 jul 17
Supergrass: Road To Rouen
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Supergrass: Road to Rouen
26 jul 17
System Of A Down: Toxicity
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
System of a Down: Toxicity
26 jul 17
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