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CD Audio I have it ★★★★★

Al Jarreau: Look to the Rainbow

7 sep 18

Joy of living, joy of playing.
Impossible to listen to it and remain sad.
An unmissable album.

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CD Audio I have it ★★★★★

Al Jarreau: We Got By

6 sep 18

Sparkling debut, it already has all the best of Al: killer offbeats, impossible to stay still, absolute rhythm, and an incredible voice, agile and flexible like no other. Great first show!

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CD Audio I have it ★★★★★

Al Stewart: Between the Wars

6 aug 18

Al's most folk soul in a nostalgic and beautifully played album. Forget about "Year of the Cat," this is elegance and class without any commercial gimmicks.

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Cartaceo I have it ★★★★

Antonio Monda: L'indegno

7 sep 18

New York serves as the nighttime backdrop to a dark and profound story, a bit Lou Reed and a bit Leonard Cohen.
For lovers of the Big Apple.

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CD Audio I have it ★★★★★

Bruce Cockburn: Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws

10 sep 18

Fingers twisted around the guitar, as always, but with an enticing marimba added in. A spirit happier than usual thanks to a reciprocated love. A sunny and joyful album, unusual for the Canadian singer-songwriter. Some adore him, while others detest him; as for me, I’ll tell you this... number 1 forever, and this is the album I love the most.

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pier_paolo_farina
10 sep 18

I adore him, and I recognize him as one of the greatest American songwriters alongside Mitchell, David Baerwald, Stephen Stills, Randy Newman, Billy Joel.
TheFab
10 sep 18

Then you'll also like the review just delivered... ;)

CD Audio I have it ★★★★★

Dulce Pontes: O primeiro Canto

13 aug 18

A magical record, an absolute voice that can be sensual and ethereal, of earth and fire, of sky and air. Supported by a host of top-notch collaborators (from Wayne Shorter to Trilok Gurtu).

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CD Audio I have it ★★★★★

Frank Sinatra: Sinatra at the Sands

7 aug 18

"...and the man is: Frank Sinatra!" Here recorded at his peak alongside Count Basie's big band, with arrangements by Quincy Jones, as if to say the best of the best united with the best. Frank plays and jokes with the audience and shines in performing some classics, as a perfect entertainer, while the band, tight like no other, swings wonderfully. A simply unmissable record.

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CD Audio I have it ★★★★

Gatto Panceri: Succede a chi ci crede

8 sep 18

An unfulfilled promise. A pearl drowned in the garbage that surrounded it.

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Falloppio
9 sep 18

Poor cat....

CD Audio I have it ★★★

Heart: Dreamboat Annie

6 aug 18

AOR of great class. Still the best work of the Wilson sisters.
"Crazy on you" still gets me going like it used to.

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CD Audio I have it ★★★★★

Joan Armatrading: Me Myself I

1 aug 18

Pop, Reggae, Rock, Folk, Soul in perfect balance with a flawless voice supported by Danni Federici and Clarence Clemons (and excuse me if that's not enough).
He has never sold that much, yet he has a legion of imitators.

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CD Audio I have it ★★★★★

Leonard Cohen: You Want It Darker

7 sep 18

Emotional spiritual testament. A must-see for poetry lovers.

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CD Audio I have it ★★★

Malicorne: Almanach

6 aug 18

If you love Pentangle, you will also love the Yacoub brothers.
Sophisticated arrangements with period and electric instruments fused in harmony and refined vocal harmonies. They studied with Alan Stivell, and you can tell, but they are also very original.
Delightful the 5/4 ronde "Voici là Saint-Jean."

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CD Audio I have it ★★★★★

New Trolls: Concerto grosso per i New Trolls

9 sep 18

You who only know "Aldebaran" or "Quella carezza della sera" by the New Trolls, you who know nothing of the epic of Italian prog, I look at you and I weep.

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mrbluesky
9 sep 18

I think many don't even know the ones you mentioned.
TheFab
9 sep 18

alas, I am old...
Falloppio
9 sep 18

Speak for others. Concerto Grosso means a lot to me and to @[hellraiser].
hellraiser
9 sep 18

Indeed, DeScalzi and Di Palo did it in honor of me and Barba Flavio.

CD Audio I have it ★★★★★

Supertramp: Breakfast in America

8 sep 18

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dsalva
8 sep 18

just right

CD Audio I have it ★★★

The Kinks: One for the Road

7 aug 18

It's only Rock 'n Roll, but I like it!
One of the most powerful live albums in my collection. Setting aside the intellectualism of the previous decade (which had indeed given us some wonderful gems), the Kinks lay it all on the line and gift their fans a high-energy live performance.

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CD Audio I have it ★★★★★

Third World: 96 Degrees in the Shade

2 aug 18

A melting pot of gospel, blues, and soul mixed with the Caribbean sun that will raise eyebrows among reggae purists, but it's played divine.
An album I can never stop listening to. Steady in my personal top ten for twenty years.

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hjhhjij
2 aug 18

Appetizing.

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: The Live Anthology

CD Audio I have it ★★★★★

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers: The Live Anthology

21 sep 18

For once, the album should be credited to the Heartbreakers & Tom Petty. A perfect Rock'n'Roll machine for four hours of pure musical fun. An essential soundtrack for long highway rides.

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CD Audio I have it ★★★

Yes: Tales From Topographic Oceans

7 aug 18

The day when the prog imploded, collapsing in on itself.
Wonderful pearls in oceans of musical garbage, brilliant ideas ruined by a gigantic arrogance.
A genius and irritating record. Perhaps irritation prevails in me, but the vocal intro of "The revealing science of God" is anthological.

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masturbatio
8 aug 18

I stopped at Close to the Edge, which, although excellent, is starting to show early signs of sclerosis compared to its predecessors; I don't know if I will listen to the "after."
TheFab
8 aug 18

You’re doing well, but… what can I say, I might be sentimental, but those first three minutes almost justify everything else for me…