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Morphine: Cure For Pain
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Morphine: Cure for Pain
21 aug 16
Perfect album, aggressive, dark, ruthless, shatters bones: too bad there's a certain "Good", otherwise it would be a true masterpiece of Morphine, damn how much I love them.
  • Mr. Money87
    22 aug 16
    Great album indeed! Good is superior for me, but we're talking about masterpieces! Anyway, morphine is my favorite drug!! XD
  • tonysoprano
    22 aug 16
    Good is good. However, Cure The Pain is amazing...
  • Mr. Money87
    22 aug 16
    Well, let's talk about one of my favorite bands of all time. Perhaps MY favorite band, even though I find it hard to choose and I'm very fickle...
  • tonysoprano
    22 aug 16
    I am in a phase where I am torn between Led Zeppelin, The Who, and Van Der Graaf Generator. For the triple threat Good-Cure The Pain-Yes, Morphine deserve eternal praise.
  • Mr. Money87
    22 aug 16
    My favorite group is to be chosen from: Morphine, Sonic Youth, Joy Division, Slowdive, Pain of Salvation, and Gentle Giant. I might be forgetting someone, but out of affection, these are generally the ones I feel most connected to.
  • tonysoprano
    22 aug 16
    Of those you mentioned, I don't know Slowdive and Pain of Salvation.
  • tonysoprano
    22 aug 16
    the gentle giant...oh my...
  • Mr. Money87
    22 aug 16
    Slowdive are a '90s English Shoegaze band. Rachel Goswell's voice gets me all worked up, I don't know why. PoS are a Swedish prog-metal band. The first true musical love of my childhood! They might not be the best of all time, but the heart wants what it wants.
  • tonysoprano
    22 aug 16
    I still need to dive deeper into shoegaze, as I haven't listened to Loveless by My Bloody Valentine yet. I'm currently in a "full" progressive phase. I'll definitely get into that genre.
  • Mr. Money87
    22 aug 16
    Don't worry, stay in prog phase! The prog phase is beautiful!!!! XD
  • tonysoprano
    22 aug 16
    more or less XD anyway, bands like Van Der Graaf Generator pushed me to get to know him better.
  • Mr. Money87
    22 aug 16
    There's a whole lot to know about prog! I actually started right from there. First prog-metal (at 15-16) then prog rock, although I began by listening to Italian prog, before diving into the English stuff.
  • tonysoprano
    22 aug 16
    I started with Yes, Genesis, and King Crimson.
  • Mr. Money87
    22 aug 16
    Well, it's a nice start. And how are you with the Italian prog?
  • tonysoprano
    22 aug 16
    I know all the albums by Area (even if I'm not sure I could seriously consider them prog), Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, Orme, and PFM.
  • tonysoprano
    22 aug 16
    And Alan Sorrenti, obviously.
  • Mr. Money87
    22 aug 16
    Good! Is there any other gem to discover... slowly, slowly...
  • tonysoprano
    22 aug 16
    Certainly.
My Bloody Valentine: Loveless
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
My Bloody Valentine: Loveless
6 sep 16
Masterpiece... wonderful, from the first to the last note...
Naoki Urasawa: Monster
Cartaceo I have it ★★★★★
Naoki Urasawa: Monster
6 sep 16
The best manga ever...
  • madcat
    30 apr 17
    One of the best without a doubt, top 5 at least.
Naoki Urasawa: 20th Century Boys
Cartaceo I have it ★★★★★
Naoki Urasawa: 20th Century Boys
6 sep 16
Wonderful, another monumental work from the great Urasawa, who presents an even more intricate and "sega" plot than that of Monster, often risking to stretch it a bit. I was slightly disappointed by the ending, but overall it's a high-quality piece.
  • Kotatsu
    6 sep 16
    What is Urusawa Day? xD
  • tonysoprano
    6 sep 16
    A review of 20th Century Boys will arrive soon.
Neil Young: After The Gold Rush
File Audio I lack ★★★★★
Neil Young: After the Gold Rush
14 apr 16
The emotions conveyed at the first listen, the emotion, the happiness, the joy, the sadness: Neil Young is a master at transmitting these feelings, and this album is proof of it. Damn extraordinary this album, one of the best of all time...
Neil Young: Rust Never Sleeps
File Audio I lack ★★★★★
Neil Young: Rust Never Sleeps
6 may 16
Neil Young delivers one of the best live performances ever and wraps up that magnificent decade adorned with nothing but masterpieces...
Neil Young: On The Beach
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Neil Young: On the Beach
6 may 16
Oh well... another immense masterpiece by Neil Young. Revolution Blues is immortal.
Neil Young: Tonight's the Night
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Neil Young: Tonight's the Night
6 may 16
Another wonder from Neil, who delivers a dark yet delicate album... hats off.
  • fuggitivo
    6 may 16
    Death hangs over this album. Far from being dark... few other records are as haunting, and coincidentally, one of those is the other Masterpiece "On the Beach," one of the peaks of all music.
  • tonysoprano
    6 may 16
    Great album "On The Beach," but I prefer this one, albeit by a little.
  • tonysoprano
    6 may 16
    I really can't define "The Harvest" on debaser.
  • fuggitivo
    6 may 16
    What is the problem?
  • tonysoprano
    6 may 16
    I define the work and the cover of Harvest Moon appears, and the definition I find isn't related to harvest, but to that other album.
  • fuggitivo
    7 may 16
    A bug. Come to terms with it or ask G.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
6 may 16
The beginning of Neil Young's masterpieces. Starting from 1969, he will release a consecutive string of albums, each more spectacular than the last.
Neu!: Neu!
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Neu!: Neu!
11 aug 16
It sounds like a '90s album, instead it's been recorded by a badass band from the '70s.
  • CosmicJocker
    11 aug 16
    Immense... even the second one is remarkable.
Nick Drake: Pink Moon
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Nick Drake: Pink Moon
5 jun 16
One of the greatest masterpieces in the history of singer-songwriter music, with a disarming simplicity, capable of moving you in about 30 minutes, the unfortunate work of Nick Drake makes you understand the heights to which inner expressiveness can reach.
Nico: Desertshore
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Nico: Desertshore
14 jun 16
Gloomy, touching, adrenaline-pumping, spectral: all this is "Desertshore"...thank you Nico
  • bluesboy94
    14 jun 16
    Blessed are you for being enchanted right away by this undisputed masterpiece; it took me some time to "digest" it.
  • tonysoprano
    14 jun 16
    I heard it months and months ago. It captured me right away, I loved it.
  • tonysoprano
    14 jun 16
    And I still love him now. Nico is one of the greatest female voices of all time. Second only to Grace Slick.
  • bluesboy94
    14 jun 16
    Great interpreter and author, but as a singer Nico is very limited, far from being one of the best female voices of all time (yet perhaps it is precisely her vocal imperfections that make her even greater).
  • tonysoprano
    14 jun 16
    He has a beautiful tone and great expressiveness.
  • tonysoprano
    14 jun 16
    However, he does not possess the talent of Tom Waits, or Tim Buckley, or Peter Hammill.
  • fuggitivo
    14 jun 16
    I wouldn't say it's very limited. Christ, the sharpness on Janitor of Lunacy is the least limited thing ever, it had a pictorial control worthy of Buckley (and then his beautiful Teutonic diction that I adore), which really... pack your bags and get off.
Noisia: Outer Edges
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Noisia: Outer Edges
18 aug 16
Good disk, slightly unripe.
Ozzy Osbourne: Blizzard of Ozz
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Ozzy Osbourne: Blizzard of Ozz
3 may 16
Perfect... damn perfect. My all-time favorite heavy metal album, which forcefully brings Randy Rhoads into true heavy metal, and marks the rebirth of Ozzy Osbourne.
Pantera: The Great Southern Trendkill
File Audio I have it ★★★
Pantera: The Great Southern Trendkill
15 jun 16
Sometimes a masterpiece like "Floods" is not enough to save a mediocre album.
  • Safet Osmanovic
    15 jun 16
    no no no, in front of these things you can't stay quiet. Best album by Pantera and by far.
  • tonysoprano
    15 jun 16
    I personally prefer Vulgar Display of Power and Cowboys From Hell.
  • Safet Osmanovic
    15 jun 16
    legitimate, but objectively they have too many fillers. How else can we categorize songs like Psycho Holiday or The Art of Shredding? I think the second part of VDOP should be given entirely to the pig except for Hollow.
Pere Ubu: Dub Housing
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Pere Ubu: Dub Housing
8 jul 16
David Thomas's paranoia is becoming increasingly intense, just as my obsession with this amazing and seminal band from Ohio is... too illegal to be defined...
  • bluesboy94
    8 jul 16
    Correct correction, well done. As for this (piece of) work, I don't know what to say... for me, it's on par with the famous predecessor.
  • tonysoprano
    9 jul 16
    Lately, I've discovered a very interesting Polish singer-songwriter, Czssław Niemen; you might know him, or at least I think you should.
  • tonysoprano
    9 jul 16
    *Czesław
Pere Ubu: The Modern Dance
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Pere Ubu: The Modern Dance
11 jun 16
Illegal album, a milestone, brilliant, innovative, crazy, schizophrenic, with an amazing rhythm. What a vocal performance by David Thomas!
Pescado Rabioso: Desatormentándonos
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Pescado Rabioso: Desatormentándonos
5 sep 16
A wonderful album, poised between blues rock, hard rock, and progressive rock, perhaps the first truly great album of the endless career of Luis Alberto Spinetta. Special mention goes to "Blues De Cris"; with that vocal "suspense" from Spinetta that literally stops time in those brief moments. A tremendous debut for Pescado Rabioso! For the first time, the true great vocal skills of the Argentine emerge.
Pescado Rabioso: Artaud
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Pescado Rabioso: Artaud
5 sep 16
The first true masterpiece in Luis Alberto Spinetta's discography, a mature work with well-defined sounds. The cover is one of the most brilliant, an irregular octagon in honor of the comedian to whom this grand album is dedicated. The first song is a tremendous illusion; it seems to be an accessible album, while it features incredibly complex yet melodic music, a crossroads of different genres. 36 minutes that finally consecrate Spinetta's genius.
Pescado Rabioso: Pescado Rabioso 2
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Pescado Rabioso: Pescado Rabioso 2
5 sep 16
Double album, more experimental, more reckless, without a common direction. Very close to a masterpiece, I struggle to decide which of the first two is better, the debut or this one... hmm... maybe I tend to prefer the debut, more direct and accessible.
Peter Hammill: A Black Box
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Peter Hammill: A Black Box
28 aug 16
Well, I give up, I can’t help but be moved when Hammill records an album like this! Incredible! The suite on side B is unimaginably beautiful... Not to mention "Jargon King," a real theatrical performance, with a distorted rhythm, genuinely heart-wrenching nightmare. Thank you once again, Hammill.
Peter Hammill: Over
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Peter Hammill: Over
27 aug 16
Impressive... What a singer Peter Hammill is...
Pink Floyd: A Saucerful Of Secrets
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Pink Floyd: A Saucerful of Secrets
13 jun 16
Another masterpiece from the psychedelic era of Pink Floyd. The experimentation and psychedelia in the title track are extreme!
Pink Floyd: Meddle
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Pink Floyd: Meddle
9 aug 16
Magnificent, unique, psychedelic, adrenaline-fueled, relaxing... perhaps slightly better than the nonetheless excellent "Atom Heart Mother." "Echoes" is one of the most incredible suites in the history of rock.
  • hellraiser
    17 aug 16
    My favorite among the "minor" works of the Floyd. Echoes has a unique beauty, hypnotic and dreamlike.
  • tonysoprano
    17 aug 16
    I've been preferring this over historic albums like Piper and Wish You Were Here.
Pink Floyd: The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Pink Floyd: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
26 apr 16
Masterpiece that symbolizes the brief but intense artistic flair of Syd Barrett's Pink Floyd.
Popol Vuh: Hosianna Mantra
CD Audio I lack ★★★★★
Popol Vuh: Hosianna Mantra
14 apr 16
In 37 minutes and 24 seconds, the Popol Vuh take you on a long journey of a spiritual nature, leaving you overwhelmed by this wonderful atmosphere. When the album ends, you return to true reality, and you need that journey once more. Hosianna Mantra manages to do all this without you even noticing it... MAJESTIC
Premiata Forneria Marconi: Storia Di Un Minuto
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Premiata Forneria Marconi: Storia di un minuto
17 jul 16
A whimsical disk like a feather in the intro, then exploding in "Impressioni di Settembre" like an atomic bomb... fabulous...
Protest the Hero: Volition
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Protest the Hero: Volition
28 jul 16
One of the most powerful and adrenaline-packed albums of the last 20 years, without the need to be hyper-technical like Dream Theater.
Queen: A Night At The Opera
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Queen: A Night at the Opera
20 jul 16
The Queen might be heavily criticized, but in 1975 they released this huge album, mature in a way we’d never expect, with that "Bohemian Rhapsody" which is worth an entire career.
  • hjhhjij
    20 jul 16
    They have never been mature. Then I prefer "Queen II". And "Bohemian Rhapsody" is an immense piece of trash :D But these are the Queen songs I like.
  • dynamitelover85
    20 jul 16
    Hey, why trash b.r.? I’m serious, I’m really curious about the answer and I want to see if we think more or less the same way.
  • hjhhjij
    20 jul 16
    I want to clarify that I like them, first and foremost. The Queen entertain me and I always listen to them with great pleasure (up until '76). It's a bit of a trashy affair because it's obviously gaudy, over-the-top, kitschy, with its operatic twists, choirs, and its fusion of genres, and it comes off, in my opinion, as being very self-ironic in pretending (or "pretendersi") to be "cultured." But this is a discourse that can be applied to many things from the early Queen, after all.
  • dynamitelover85
    20 jul 16
    Ah, I don’t mind it either, on the contrary, I think that up until the operetta part (which I really struggle to digest) it’s a great piece (even in the lyrics). Well, it’s flashy and pompous, obviously, the Queen were like that… in fact, I usually find them hard to digest precisely for that reason, I definitely prefer something else.
  • hjhhjij
    20 jul 16
    I understand it perfectly, I've always said so. Their style can be nauseating, that seems obvious to me. I like it and it's amusing also because they really didn’t take themselves seriously (you might say "and I’d expect nothing less"). "BR" is a nice ballad at the beginning, not overly cheesy. Then comes the operetta and I find it incredibly entertaining, but it’s super cheesy so I understand it might not appeal to everyone. However, they knew how to write beautiful songs back then ("White Queen"). Then they forgot even that.
Rainbow: Rising
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Rainbow: Rising
24 may 16
Cosmic perfection; in this album, Ritchie Blackmore once again showcases unapproachable heights, perhaps surpassing the albums of Deep Purple, with only 6 songs, each more majestic and epic than the last, reaching an absolute peak in "Stargazer."
Ramones: Ramones
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Ramones: Ramones
16 jun 16
A very rough debut, without exquisite technique, but what a MASTERPIECE!
Red House Painters: Down Colorful Hill
CD Audio I lack ★★★★★
Red House Painters: Down Colorful Hill
14 apr 16
Poetry...nothing but poetry for my ears. Thank you Red House Painters.
Rino Gaetano: Mio fratello è figlio unico
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Rino Gaetano: Mio fratello è figlio unico
2 sep 16
Magnificent, musically simple, yet refined at the same time. The lyrics, well, speak for themselves. Beautiful...
"My brother is an only child
Because he is convinced that Chinaglia can't transfer to Frosinone
Because he is convinced that the secret to happiness does not lie in the bitter benedictine
Because he is convinced that even those who don’t read Freud can live for a hundred years"
  • bluesboy94
    3 sep 16
    In the little time I spend these days of intense study listening to music, I've been listening a lot to him, and I'm (re)discovering someone truly original, with an overwhelming, passionate way of singing (which, perhaps, would raise eyebrows for those who grew up on opera and classical music, but has gained followers in our pop scene...)
  • tonysoprano
    3 sep 16
    So out of my curiosity, which university are you attending?
Robert Wyatt: Rock Bottom
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Robert Wyatt: Rock Bottom
11 jul 16
The redemption of a man who has never given up on life, and who found security and joy in his beloved music. This is the story of Robert Wyatt in "Rock Bottom" and his adventure in search of the will to live, rediscovered after what for us are perceived as 40 material minutes... Following his "immersion" in his own consciousness and after recognizing Alifib as his beloved and as his guide through existential torments, Robert can resurface, more joyful than ever, and he did not need expedients like suicide or faith to react to his terrible accident...
Robert Wyatt: Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Robert Wyatt: Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard
24 aug 16
Although it isn't as experimental as "The End Of An Ear" and isn't as vital as "Rock Bottom", I can't help but consider this album by Wyatt a masterpiece, a gem in his discography. Thank you, Robert.
Robert Wyatt: Shleep
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Robert Wyatt: Shleep
28 jul 16
At this point, you'll think I'm joking with such a statement, but in my opinion, "Shleep" is an excellent album, very modern, and above all, very bright yet refined.
Roberto Benigni: La Vita E' Bella
DVD Video I have it ★
Roberto Benigni: La Vita E' Bella
4 jun 16
One of the most overrated movies of all time, alongside Top Gun. Oh my God, what a boring film that tries to evoke pity in the viewer and actually succeeds. My God, how annoying Roberto Benigni is in this movie, and he even won an undeserved Oscar. The true masterpieces of Italian cinema are others. Wake uuuup!
  • odesso
    4 jun 16
    I've never liked it, honestly, even though they kept shoving this crap down our throats, an apotheosis of kindness and really lazy irony.
Rush: 2112
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Rush: 2112
5 jul 16
Incredible masterpiece, the eponymous suite is spine-tingling, with that driving drumming by Neil Peart...
Sex Pistols: Never Mind The Bollocks
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Sex Pistols: Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols
30 jul 16
Every now and then, the filthy and rotten punk does no harm; in fact, it is needed! A unique record, the complete opposition to the virtuosity of progressive rock.
  • hjhhjij
    30 jul 16
    "Every now and then, dirty and rotten punk doesn't hurt" Not at all. But now instead of those idiots, listen to the serious people :-) and for the joy of @[Pinhead] and then The Clash - White Riot and by the way, thanks Lydon for showing you are REALLY great So it's clear that I don't love the pistols, huh?
  • Pinhead
    30 jul 16
    Look at that, who would have suspected this punk side of you?
  • hjhhjij
    30 jul 16
    But I like Punk. I don't like the Pistols but I do like Punk :D In the end, it's rock 'n' roll, you know. It took me a while to get it, but I finally did.
  • Littlelion
    31 jul 16
    But why have the rotten and the dirty when you can have the virtuosity of Progressive? MMMmmmmhhh progressive! *Drools like Homer Simpson* Seriously, Punk gives me a headache, but it's also true that I've never really delved into it except maybe for Vital by Van Der Graaf Generators (can that be considered punk?)
  • Carlos
    31 jul 16
    The TRUE and complete counterpoint to the virtuosity of progressive rock:
Slint: Spiderland
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Slint: Spiderland
30 apr 16
Washer is so beautiful that it’s indescribable. This album is incredible, with perfect arrangements and perfect songs. This record has won.
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