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Soft Machine: Third
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Soft Machine: Third
14 jul 16
Few, indeed, very few progressive albums have been able to match it... unique, a perfect fusion of progressive and jazz, creating 4 perfect suites!!! "Moon In June" deserves a monument dedicated to it...
  • east of eden80
    15 jul 16
    There are no words to describe this work. I can't do it.
  • COX
    15 jul 16
    Masterpiece. For me, however, it's a progressive album tainted with jazz rather than a true fusion; the attitude is still that of a prog band. Moon in June is among the everlasting masterpieces of rock.
Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation
24 jul 16
I still need to listen to the rest of Sonic Youth, but this remains an absurd, adrenaline-fueled, painful, and moving album, not at all commercial (something I seemingly thought)... a beautiful record that I could have discovered earlier...
  • RinaldiACHTUNG
    24 jul 16
    It's the deluxe edition with "Within You Without You" by the Beatles in a version with a martial drumbeat and distortions? Beautiful.
  • hjhhjij
    25 jul 16
    Why did you think they were commercial? O_O
  • tonysoprano
    25 jul 16
    Yes... don't ask me why...
  • tonysoprano
    25 jul 16
    The name seemed too youthful to me, I don't know.
Stefano Sollima: Gomorra - La Serie
File Video I have it ★★★★★
Stefano Sollima: Gomorra - La Serie
20 jun 16
A first season with high levels of suspense, a second season that is very psychological, full of twists. In summary, a TV series (Italian!) of the highest quality, among the best available.
Stephan Micus: Implosions
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Stephan Micus: Implosions
21 aug 16
A record so light and innocent, that if you let yourself be carried away by it, it changes your life forever...
Suicide: Suicide
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Suicide: Suicide
17 may 16
Rule 1: never listen to Frankie Teardrop at maximum volume, otherwise you risk a heart attack.
Rule 2: enjoy this one-of-a-kind show.
  • hjhhjij
    17 may 16
    We're all Frankies... One of the most revolutionary and innovative albums of that wonderfully revolutionary and innovative scene.
  • tonysoprano
    17 may 16
    It's a shame I couldn't sleep because of Frankie Teardrop. Beautiful, but traumatizing.
The Allman Brothers Band: At Fillmore East
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
The Allman Brothers Band: At Fillmore East
18 apr 16
Best live ever...
The Beatles: Abbey Road
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
The Beatles: Abbey Road
8 jun 16
It may not be innovative, but it remains a milestone. The masterpiece of the Beatles, who receive a recognition they truly deserve, despite their lack of creativity compared to others.
The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
21 jun 16
The second masterpiece of the Beatles, not their best. I don’t know what the hell goes through Rolling Stone’s mind to call it the greatest album of all time, but it remains a masterpiece nonetheless. "A Day In The Life" speaks for itself.
  • Alemisso
    21 jun 16
    She's Leaving Home underrated sisisi
  • tonysoprano
    21 jun 16
    Beautiful that song, I also love Lucy in the skies with diamonds. I still struggle to love the Beatles, I appreciate "Rubber Soul", the sergeant, and "Abbey Road" (an absolute masterpiece, the last one I mentioned).
  • Alemisso
    21 jun 16
    Personally, I appreciate them all, even the less beloved Good Morning and the ending of Sgt. Pepper.
  • tonysoprano
    21 jun 16
    Good Morning is the only one that leaves me almost indifferent.
  • Kotatsu
    7 jul 16
    I bought the vinyl in a little shop in Budapest for the equivalent of €6... Great record. PA PA PA PAAAAGUD MORNIN, GUD MORNIN, GUD MORNIN!
The Doors: Strange Days
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
The Doors: Strange Days
28 may 16
Second masterpiece in a row for the Doors. Memorable "People Are Strange" and otherworldly "Moonlight Drive."
The Doors: The Doors
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
The Doors: The Doors
29 may 16
The Doors, or rather, the best possible debut album
The Gun Club: The Fire Of Love
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
The Gun Club: Fire of Love
11 aug 16
Space disco, seemingly raw like punk, but refined like nothing else. With that theatrical atmosphere, sometimes one must bow down...
  • fuggitivo
    11 aug 16
    There is a finely managed bottleneck guitar, which makes the atmosphere of the album even more "mocking", if you will. Like the bitter ending of a thriller.
The Rolling Stones: Exile On Main Street
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
The Rolling Stones: Exile on Main St.
2 jun 16
Despite continuing to prefer Sticky Fingers, I greatly appreciate the work done by the Rolling Stones in Exile On Main St., where they managed to create a blend of several different genres (rock and roll, country, soul, gospel), without falling into clichés that have been seen and revisited time and again.
  • cico57
    2 jun 16
    For the love of God, Sticky is a great album... but Exile is the greatest ever recorded, and I'm not the only one who thinks so.
  • tonysoprano
    2 jun 16
    It's a matter of taste. It's not the best album ever; there are infinitely better ones.
The Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
The Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers
2 jun 16
Although I also love "Exile On Main St.", I've always preferred the essential "Sticky Fingers," a compact, gritty, and sunny album at the same time. "Sticky Fingers" remains the best album by the Rolling Stones, in a period of grace.
The Velvet Underground: White Light/White Heat
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
The Velvet Underground: White Light/White Heat
2 aug 16
How to Reinvent Rock - Part 2
Ingredients:
John Cale on his keys, the undisputed leader with the organ
Lou Reed and his distorted guitars
Maureen Tucker, a female drummer with the expressive power of a man
Here are the ingredients of one of the dirtiest, rawest, and most seminal albums ever. Mix them well, and you will have what may seemingly appear to be a sonic chaos.
The Velvet Underground: The Velvet Underground & Nico
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
The Velvet Underground: The Velvet Underground & Nico
2 aug 16
A punk, new wave, rock and roll, raga rock, noise rock album from 1967. Simply history.
  • RinaldiACHTUNG
    2 aug 16
    I dare a shot.. Among all the albums of '67, it's the best for me. Diverse, "new," strange, and cocky. And then there's Heroin.
  • tonysoprano
    2 aug 16
    It's not a gamble, rather, even though my favorite from that year remains the debut of the Doors.
  • RinaldiACHTUNG
    2 aug 16
    Yes, and even Sgt. Pepper agrees. '67 was a fantastic year (Hendrix), but in my opinion, this was truly unexpected. And then it makes you dream... When I bought it, I put it on one morning as soon as I woke up and it really felt like I was dreaming again. Indescribable.
The Who: Tommy
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
The Who: Tommy
4 jun 16
One of the greatest masterpieces of The Who and rock music as a whole. This rock opera excels both in the core idea of Tommy's story and musically, where Townshend reaches incredible heights. A thousand leagues above The Wall.
The Who: Who's Next
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
The Who: Who’s Next
25 may 16
The ultimate musical peak of The Who, featuring the greatest rock song of all time, Baba O' Riley.
  • odesso
    25 may 16
    this one is also wonderful.. how it transitions from the initial delicacy to the riffs and then back to the initial leitmotiv..
  • tonysoprano
    25 may 16
    It also rocks. Like "Behind Blue Eyes" and "Won't Get Fooled Again."
  • tonysoprano
    2 jul 16
    I would also add the spatial Bargain...
The Who: My Generation
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
The Who: My Generation
8 aug 16
It would be a 4-star album, but then My Generation comes in to round it off...
The Who: Live at Leeds
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
The Who: Live at Leeds
8 aug 16
A breathtaking live performance, perfect, simple, without particular flaws or inaccuracies, well-polished, solid, rigid, fluid... one of those moments when a live show can make rock history.
Tim Buckley: Goodbye and Hello
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Tim Buckley: Goodbye and Hello
7 jun 16
It may not be a masterpiece like "Happy Sad," "Lorca," and "Starsailor," but what an album!!
  • mojo
    7 jun 16
    it's a masterpiece on par with the others, for me...
Tim Buckley: Lorca
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Tim Buckley: Lorca
2 may 16
Impossibly dark record, with the title track creating unimaginable distress... Another masterpiece from Tim Buckley.
Tim Buckley: Happy Sad
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Tim Buckley: Happy Sad
27 apr 16
Sweet, delicate, romantic but, above all, a MASTERPIECE
Tom Waits: Rain Dogs
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Tom Waits: Rain Dogs
8 jun 16
Perhaps more grotesque than "Swordfishtrombones," but we’re still talking about Tom Waits... this is an absolute masterpiece as well (right after his grand predecessor).
Tom Waits: Franks Wild Years
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Tom Waits: Franks Wild Years
26 jul 16
The most theatrical side of Tom Waits, who increasingly proves to be a complete artist, capable of always creating something new and never falling into clichés... immense, as always...
  • hjhhjij
    26 jul 16
    In 1990, together with theater director Robert Wilson and with the collaboration of none other than Burroughs, he created the show "Black Rider," in my opinion his best theatrical work (then in 1993, one of his best albums, definitely the most challenging). I'm telling you this because maybe on YouTube you can still find some clips of that show. Oh, it’s performed in German, but it's cool to hear the songs sung by the actors in their original context.
  • hjhhjij
    26 jul 16
    I have never found any trace of this show, all written by Brennan, and Tommasone, nor of the other two with Wilson :(
  • tonysoprano
    26 jul 16
    I knew that Tommasone was also a film/theater actor (even though I've never seen his movies)... he is something indefinable... my god, he is multifaceted...
  • hjhhjij
    26 jul 16
    Movie actor, yes, let's say he's an excellent character actor. Theatrical, no, only a writer (especially and mainly of the songs in the shows, which then compose the story). He made his film debut in the late '70s in a Stallone movie. He's always balanced between small parts and more memorable roles. The first important role and perhaps the best performance is alongside friends John Lurie (another great musician, my dear) and Roberto Benigni in "Daunbailò" by Jim Jarmusch in 1986. The film is indeed enriched by Lurie's music and his "Jockey Full of Bourbon" during the opening titles. Other significant performances can be found in "Bram Stoker's Dracula" by Coppola (an excellent Renfield), in "America Oggi" by Altman (one of my favorite films), or even as the devil himself in Parnassus by Terry Gilliam. But there are others ;)
  • tonysoprano
    26 jul 16
    Incredible, but what can't Tommasone do?
Tom Waits: Swordfishtrombones
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Tom Waits: Swordfishtrombones
8 jun 16
Initially, I was hesitant and traumatized by this grotesque atmosphere. Little by little, it turned out to be one of the greatest albums of all time, which made me discover the genius of Mr. Tom Waits.
Tom Waits: Blue Valentine
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Tom Waits: Blue Valentine
6 may 16
Moving, yet at the same time experimental, as if foretelling Swordfishtrombones. Majestic.
Tool: Lateralus
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Tool: Lateralus
19 aug 16
The feeling one gets from listening to this album is the same as when solving an algebraic problem. You have to analyze it thoroughly to understand its greatness. A mammoth album, scientifically perfect.
Townes Van Zandt: Our Mother the Mountain
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Townes Van Zandt: Our Mother the Mountain
5 may 16
Memorable. Stunning album by a little-known singer-songwriter, but one that produces a masterpiece.
  • bluesboy94
    5 may 16
    And the beauty is that in that very year, 1969, he released another album that almost matches this one (I'm referring to the self-titled one).
Van der Graaf: The Quiet Zone / The Pleasure Dome
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Van der Graaf: The Quiet Zone / The Pleasure Dome
30 aug 16
Great record, perhaps slightly better than the excellent World Record. The sounds become more "acoustic" and "accessible," yet still of high quality. I still wonder why I didn't discover the generator sooner...
  • SalvaDM
    30 aug 16
    Honestly, this is not a 5-star album, absolutely! It's a good album, but the comparison with the past and with Still Life is almost embarrassing. Unfortunately, it's the only album by the generator that I don't love, along with 'ALT' which I think is terrible instead XD.
  • tonysoprano
    30 aug 16
    Let's say it's a 5 rounded up. I'm generous with the grades.
  • tonysoprano
    30 aug 16
    It's a free 5.
  • tonysoprano
    30 aug 16
    It corresponds to an 8 or 8.5 if there were some sort of scale, although here on Debaser I don't like to give numerical ratings.
  • hjhhjij
    30 aug 16
    I have definitively eliminated ratings, even the stars. I would remove the ones I've already given if I didn't know that doing so would flood the homepage with albums I've de-collected years ago, which doesn't seem nice. However, in some ways this album is fresher and more unique than "World Record," and it has 4-5 remarkable tracks. Hammill sets up a new lineup, removing the Generator, and instead of Banton and Jackson, he brings back Nic Potter and adds an amazing violinist (check out String Driven Thing), further renewing the sound of his band which takes on a different shape. On its own, it wouldn't deserve the highest rating; it's inferior to the previous albums, but it has its merits, definitely. Then "Vital" will come along, a little gem not to be forgotten.
  • hjhhjij
    30 aug 16
    "Alt" was yet another experiment, this time not going very well.
  • tonysoprano
    30 aug 16
    In fact, I was saying that this is a free 5, since I don't like to take away. The 4 points are deserved by the debut, given that there are many ideas, not entirely managed properly.
  • tonysoprano
    30 aug 16
    Alright, you're quoting Vital mondo cane. One of the ultimate live performances!
  • tonysoprano
    30 aug 16
    A record that I appreciated a lot (even though it can't compare to the "sacred monsters") is Present. A great album.
  • hjhhjij
    30 aug 16
    "Present" is a great album, a return (of the VDGG brand since Hammill hasn't stopped for a moment in the meantime) that is excellent. For me, it remains the best of the new era, which has always been on the decline until now.
  • hjhhjij
    30 aug 16
    "In" diving.
  • tonysoprano
    30 aug 16
    I’m missing the Trisector generator, A Grounding, and Alt. Let’s see…
  • tonysoprano
    30 aug 16
    three albums... and I've finished the entire discography of a band I've loved madly...
  • tonysoprano
    30 aug 16
    Anyway, Hammill has probably made about sixty albums in his career, holy shit. But that man takes a moment to breathe XD
  • hjhhjij
    30 aug 16
    No. He had a heart attack and shortly after came out with his best album of the 2000s, indeed the best since "And Close as This."
  • tonysoprano
    30 aug 16
    Incredible...what album is it?
  • tonysoprano
    30 aug 16
    I just saw it, sat for more than 40 minutes... oh my god... anyway, up to Present, no VDGG album has seriously disappointed me.
  • SalvaDM
    30 aug 16
    You've already said it all! I’d like to add that 'Patience' remains an incredible album and one of the best from VDGG, while I didn't enjoy 'Trisector' aside from the suite 'Over The Hill', in addition to 'ALT'. As for Hammill, I stopped at 'Out Of Water' from '90. After that, I only know 'Fireships', 'Incoherence', and 'Consequences'.
    What other albums do you think I should listen to, @[hjhhjij]?
  • hjhhjij
    30 aug 16
    Many of his best works from 1990 onwards you already know. You’re missing, absolutely, "Roaring Forties" and "The Fall of the House of Usher," an operatic experiment, no less, by Hammill, which for me is one of his most beautiful works from that decade. He also made a second edition in 1999; the original is from 1993.
  • SalvaDM
    30 aug 16
    Thank you hj, as soon as I can, I will listen to them! The problem with Hammill is that he has made a million albums ahah
  • bluesboy94
    30 aug 16
    The classic album full of good things, even though certain "peaks" are missing (which VDGG had accustomed us to since their debut). The elegiac "The Siren Song," the pyrotechnic baroque-rock of "Cat's Eye" (the best track on the album by a wide margin), and the intricate "The Sphinx in the Face" are three more remarkable episodes in PH's vast repertoire.
  • hjhhjij
    30 aug 16
    "Cat's Eye" is a step above the rest, I agree.
Van der Graaf Generator: Vital
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Van der Graaf Generator: Vital
21 aug 16
...but damn it. Even live! Monstrous in every way!
Van der Graaf Generator: Still Life
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Van der Graaf Generator: Still Life
27 jun 16
"Pilgrims" is illegal and painful, the title track and "La Rossa" two dark masterpieces, "My Room" an indispensable and sweet masterpiece... "Childlike Faith in Childhood's End" needs no description. Does this masterpiece deserve a 5? Perhaps even a 5 is too little...
Van Der Graaf Generator: Present
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Van der Graaf Generator: Present
25 aug 16
They are almost 60 years old. So what? In the meantime, in 2005, they released this monstrous album, after almost 30 years from that majestic live of "Vital." Hammill's vocals have not lost the aggression and energy of the past, David Jackson, Hugh Banton, and Guy Evans. The Van Der Graaf Generator are back, and no comeback could have been better!
Van Der Graaf Generator: Pawn Hearts
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Van der Graaf Generator: Pawn Hearts
21 aug 16
A journey in search of the solution against loneliness, able to move you in that damned poetic finale...
Van Der Graaf Generator: Aerosol Grey Machine
File Audio I have it ★★★★
Van der Graaf Generator: The Aerosol Grey Machine
28 aug 16
Many ideas, not yet managed to perfection. It’s still far from the masterpieces that will come in the future, but if a band debuts with a song like "Afterwards," they definitely deserve the 4 balloons without much doubt.
Van Der Graaf Generator: H To He, Who Am The Only One
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Van der Graaf Generator: H to He, Who Am the Only One
12 jun 16
This album is more than enough for me to define Van Der Graaf Generator as the Kings of progressive rock. I honestly have no more words.
  • bluesboy94
    12 jun 16
    I had already told you that this album is a huge masterpiece (five memorable songs) that easily rivals "Pawn Hearts," so I happily note your appreciation. And I also recommend "Godbluff," "Still Life," and all of his solo career up to "The Black Box."
  • tonysoprano
    12 jun 16
    This album and "Pawn Hearts" are among the most beautiful things I've ever heard. It rivals "Pawn Hearts." I will calmly listen to the other albums as well.
  • bluesboy94
    12 jun 16
    Yes, now think about that pointless hassle of the high school exam. Once that's done, you'll have a ton of time until October to discover great music.
  • tonysoprano
    12 jun 16
    In the evening I have the time, so I'm good.
  • Tattone
    12 jun 16
    I'm one of those groups that if someone comes in saying "it's the greatest band in history," you can calmly say, "well... that may be."
  • tonysoprano
    12 jun 16
    Sure, it's a shame that outside of Debaser, in prog, they usually only mention Yes, King Crimson, and Genesis, and no one ever talks about these phenomena, which are never forced or lengthy.
  • bluesboy94
    12 jun 16
    You're wrong, Van Der Graaf Generator, after decades, still have a large following of admirers (especially here in Italy).
  • tonysoprano
    12 jun 16
    In Italy for sure. But they are not very famous.
  • hjhhjij
    12 jun 16
    Bluesboy is right to say that it rivals Pawn Hearts. In fact, there are those who prefer this, and I don't blame them at all.
  • tonysoprano
    12 jun 16
    I love this album, and I place it on par with Pawn Hearts, even though I prefer it by millimeters, because it made me discover Van Der Graaf and because it has A Plague, which always moves me. Then, of course, it's understandable for someone to prefer the other because they have a practically identical level of high quality.
  • tonysoprano
    13 jun 16
    I want to ask you a question, can the Area be classified as progressive?
  • Hank Monk
    13 jun 16
    Well, I remember that Pawn Hearts (somehow) managed to reach number 1 on the charts here. The fans love it :)
  • tonysoprano
    13 jun 16
    In fact, from what I've noticed, progressive is very acclaimed in Italy.
  • hjhhjij
    13 jun 16
    Area are a clear demonstration of what a pain categorization can be. Sure, they can fit into progressive (literally, more progressive than them...) but they are also avant-rock/Jazz-rock/fusion/free-ja zz/ethnic/avant-jazz/even "pop" at times/avant-garde and a bunch of other fancy words that mean nothing.
  • tonysoprano
    13 jun 16
    There is no doubt that they were fusion. However, I can glimpse something prog.
Van Der Graaf Generator: Godbluff
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Van der Graaf Generator: Godbluff
16 jun 16
After four years of "hiatus," Peter Hammill reunites Van Der Graaf Generator: needless to say, this is yet another masterpiece. But what the hell kind of band is this??
  • bluesboy94
    17 jun 16
    What was I telling you? Even "Godbluff" is a masterpiece (with an "Arrow" that is exhausting, yet wonderful).
  • tonysoprano
    17 jun 16
    The incredible thing is that here they are less frenetic compared to its two predecessors, but they are still intense... I have no words.
  • Littlelion
    17 jun 16
    A great fucking band!
  • tonysoprano
    17 jun 16
    at least in my top 5 favorite bands
  • tonysoprano
    22 aug 16
    *less frantic
    *I have no words
Van Morrison: Moondance
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Van Morrison: Moondance
29 may 16
The "human" masterpiece by Van Morrison. Stunning.
Van Morrison: Astral Weeks
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Van Morrison: Astral Weeks
8 may 16
This is not an album; it is something greater, it is the attempt of a genius, Van Morrison, to manifest his joy and his anguish to the world. This is a work of art, a delightful arrow that pierces into our hearts.
Van Morrison: Veedon Fleece
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Van Morrison: Veedon Fleece
2 jun 16
Despite that absolute masterpiece of "Astral Weeks" being unreachable, it is still impossible to resist the charm of "Veedon Fleece."
  • hjhhjij
    2 jun 16
    Definitely impossible... Those sounds... That land. The purest Ireland right here.
Van Morrison: Common One
File Audio I have it ★★★★★
Van Morrison: Common One
4 jul 16
Music quality levels too high to be measurable... "Haunts Of Ancient Peace" begins immediately with a heartfelt blow... then we add the ecstasy of the 15-minute "Summertime In England," and we have yet another excellent work by Van Morrison... what a genius...
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