Edoardo Bennato: E' arrivato un bastimento
CD Audio I lack ★★★★★
Edoardo Bennato: E' arrivato un bastimento
12 jul 20
The latest masterpiece by Benni, national and at the same time the most eclectic. A ship has arrived with electrical interventions that will make your hair stand on end, The city trembles, loaded like a spring, Mirrors of my dreams has extraordinary drum timings. 4.5 rounded up, does it deserve it??
  • Ditta
    12 jul 20
    4.5 for excess goes to the Canzonette for me... here it might be a bit risky. I would give a little less than 4.5, on a decimal scale maybe an 8-.
  • Martello
    12 jul 20
    8 - It seems a bit too little to me. It's a heterogeneous album and very (perhaps too) musically varied, and this can be both a merit and a flaw. Listening to it again now, it might not even reach a 5, due to some less polished tracks thrown into the mix.
  • Kism
    12 jul 20
    At the time, it was a (half) flop, very varied, many different genres, the Hard Rock of "Lacitta' trema" was great. It went unnoticed, to the point that many were still waiting for the successor to "Sono solo canzonette"! Many interesting tracks, but no classics.
  • Martello
    12 jul 20
    Who knows how Bennato would be today if the ship had been successful? Because if he took the path that led him to record albums like SBANDATOH, it’s also thanks to the failure of this album.
  • Falloppio
    12 jul 20
    I would love to perform La città trema live because it's just rock. If I can find the space for the harmonica, I'll suggest it to the band.
  • Martello
    12 jul 20
    I keep the dream in the drawer of playing Specchio delle mie brame on the drums. With those tympani passages… wow!
  • 123asterisco
    12 jul 20
    4.5 out of 10 is too much!
  • 123asterisco
    12 jul 20
    (sorry it was a joke, I couldn't help it, but you and Ditta are terrible, sitting there weighing the stars, like in a semester-end evaluation!)
  • Martello
    12 jul 20
    4? I think it might be okay... on a low scale. 4/10 is outrageous for an album like this!
  • Martello
    12 jul 20
    Well, it's one of my flaws; I tend to be too mathematical with music.
  • 123asterisco
    12 jul 20
    Also, you would have to weigh the stars in relation to ALL music, and then if you give an album by Battiato an 8, you should really give 2 to Bennato. On the other hand, it doesn’t make sense to make comparisons in this way, because each artist should be considered according to their own journey, so what’s the point of the stars?
    FOR NOTHING.
  • Martello
    12 jul 20
    It's not so much a matter of votes, but rather a matter of the beauty of an album: I would give Ferro battuto by Battiato and Kaiwanna by Bennato about 4 stars, but for different reasons, as each has its own peculiarities and strengths that make certain albums...beautiful. There are two albums that I place on the same level and that I consider beautiful for different reasons.
  • Ditta
    12 jul 20
    @[123asterisco] "you should weigh the stars compared to ALL music" well yes, but within their genre. For example, I can't compare the best works of a Baglioni (an artist I don't particularly love, but I recognize the value of some things) to the best works of any Faber, Guccio, Gaber, De Gregori, Vecchioni, Venditti... And Battiato has nothing in common with Bennato. You simply can't compare, for instance, "I buoni e i cattivi" and "Patriots"... come on...
edoardo bennato: le vie del rock sono infinite
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Edoardo Bennato: Le Vie Del Rock Sono Infinite
26 jul 20
Edoardo Bennato: Uffà! Uffà!
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Edoardo Bennato: Uffà! Uffà!
13 jul 20
If it had been recorded by Elio e le Storie Tese, I wouldn't have understood that the songs were written by Bennato. A very strange album, completely outside the box. I won’t venture a rating; for certain works, it’s better to leave the voting slip blank.
  • Kism
    13 jul 20
    "It had always been done this way / it had always been done one at a time... ah? / so?... / So I like it two at a time!": the little prank succeeded after 2 weeks with the release of "They are just little songs." I remember it like it was yesterday, the album itself, rougher and more direct, thematically counter-current, yet full of charm.
    Besides the hit "You're like a Juke-box," there's also the great punk finale of the Title Track played with Gaznevada.
  • Martello
    13 jul 20
    Even Licola doesn't mess around. And neither does Restituiscimi i miei sandali.
  • woodstock
    13 jul 20
    "That's not how it works, Veronicccccccccccccca......"
Edoardo Bennato: Sono Solo Canzonette
CD Audio I lack ★★★★★
Edoardo Bennato: Sono solo canzonette
8 jul 20
Elio E Le Storie Tese: Tutti Gli Uomini Del Deficiente
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Elio e le Storie Tese: Tutti gli uomini del deficiente
20 jun 20
DANCE BASTARDS! I FALL IN LOVE WITH A STONE, I AM A PIGEON AND I MAKE €@&€&€-€&€-€&#&_
Elio E Le Storie Tese: Eat The Phikis
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Elio e le Storie Tese: Eat the phikis
20 sep 20
Magnificent!
Enzo Carella: Sfinge
Vinile I have it ★★★★★
Enzo Carella: Sfinge
3 sep 20
C-A-P-O-S-L-A-V-O-R-O. A beautifully fresh album, divinely produced with nine stellar tracks, each more beautiful than the last. For the skeptics, go read the lyrics of Riflessione finale and then we’ll talk.
Enzo Carella: Barbara E Altri Carella
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Enzo Carella: Barbara E Altri Carella
11 sep 20
Another hit for Carella. I think we all know Barbara fairly well, but this album also includes the visionary Foto, powerful hits like Carmè, Malamore, and Amara, as well as small shards of madness like Parigi, Sentimenti, and Lupo. And let's not forget the cherry on top, the wild funk of Oh Rai! that crowns the album at the highest level. Carella is now a guarantee.
Enzo Carella: Vocazione
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Enzo Carella: Vocazione
16 sep 20
Still a bit immature, but all the elements are already there. Arrangements are less soft compared to Sfinge and Barbara, more angular and distinctive. Great tracks emerge like Vocazione, Fosse vero, L'anima pagliacciona, and Malamore, with ironic and spicy pieces like Ballatetta and La serietà, and out-of-this-world portraits like Il sud è un'infanzia sudata. I would say less like Sfinge and more like Barbara and others.
  • Zimmy
    16 sep 20
    If there were a ranking of the best lyrics set to music in Italian, I think "la chioccia monsignore scivolante limousine fa la barba all'erbacroce con i bordi del piqué" would deserve one of the top spots. I will never tire of reiterating what a virtuosic wordsmith Pasquale Panella was... and here he had a musician/performer who did him justice no less than Lucio, and I've said it all.
  • hjhhjij
    16 sep 20
    It seems I have missed a phenomenon here...
  • Martello
    16 sep 20
    Unfortunately, this phenomenon escapes everyone, dear @[hjhhjij]. He has managed to put Panella's lyrics to music in an excellent way, perhaps surpassing the good Lucio in terms of innovation (today Carella is celebrated in the indie world by questionable figures like Calcutta).
  • hjhhjij
    16 sep 20
    I didn't know that Mother Teresa was also involved in music, but I will look into Carella.
  • Martello
    16 sep 20
    Ahahahahahahaha. Better if you go listen to the first 3 of Carella, so you'll see who praises Mother Teresa.
  • hjhhjij
    16 sep 20
    I will do it.
  • Zimmy
    16 sep 20
    Regardless of the contribution of the good Panella, which is always characterized by eccentricity and inventiveness, and also regardless of the dubious characters who praise him (and seriously, what kind of stage name is Calcutta, come on...), Carella was one of the most original and deserving talents in Italian pop-rock between the late Seventies and early Eighties (with a few forays into the following decades that I personally am not familiar with). The first three albums are gems, in addition to featuring some amazing musicians in the lineup.
  • Martello
    16 sep 20
    I more or less agree with Zimmy; Carella is a musician who, in the 70s and early 80s, reshaped Italian music. And pieces like Carmè, Sfinge, Riflessione finale, and Malamore still sound very modern today. However, for me, his best piece is Vocazione, one of the lyrical peaks of Panella.
  • Zimmy
    16 sep 20
    It seems that Battisti himself was a admirer of his.
  • Martello
    16 sep 20
    I heard...let's thank Carella for introducing Panella to the world of song.
Enzo Carella: Ahoh yé nanà
CD Audio I have it ★★★
Enzo Carella: Ahoh yé nanà
20 sep 20
Recently recovered. An album at decidedly high levels, perhaps the most daring one that doesn't offer the listener any reference points other than the songs. There's no hit single or ballad, just a mixture of genres and styles that requires a lot of time to appreciate. I would mention Oggi non è domani, a wonderful and at times brilliant piece, Lavorare no which is nothing more than a poetic rant of 3 minutes, and the concluding and unique La canzone su di me, the catchiest but not any less beautiful Banalità, the beautiful metaphors of Bagnino—there's really so much to digest. Perhaps too much. Between a 3 and a 4, but I would give it a 3 because a 4 belongs only to the previous one.
  • Zimmy
    20 sep 20
    I don't know this one (yet) either; I stopped at the first beautiful trilogy. I need to catch up on it along with the Odyssey.
  • Martello
    21 sep 20
    Ahoh yé nanà in my opinion it's better to first recover some snippets and then the whole album, since as a work it's quite chaotic. I mainly recommend you listen to Oggi non è domani, the launched single, Estrella misteriosa, very nice, and Banalità, perhaps the catchiest. The rest remains at a good level, though some tracks might surpass these three in a leap.
  • rafssru
    23 aug 22
    Would you mind writing a review?
Enzo Carella: Se Non Cantassi Sarei Nessuno
Nastro Audio I lack ★★★★
Enzo Carella: Se Non Cantassi Sarei Nessuno
23 sep 20
I won’t go on too long since I’m currently writing a review about it. An excellently and uniquely constructed concept album, it forms the best episode of the second part of Carella's discography. Tracks like Odissea, Cara al cuore, Capebomma, and Partire leave many younger colleagues in the dust. And then there’s My baby is back and La miseria, moving pieces if you’ve ever found yourself alone at sea like a modern-day Ulysses.
  • Zimmy
    24 sep 20
    I still have to listen to it, I'm curiously awaiting the review :)
  • Martello
    24 sep 20
    I should have it finished by October. At least I hope so; talking about an album like this is not easy at all.
  • rafssru
    23 aug 22
    Hi. Would you mind writing a review?
Enzo Carella: Carella De Carellis
CD Audio I have it ★★★
Enzo Carella: Carella De Carellis
8 oct 20
Nice collection. The unreleased tracks are really impressive, in fact there are compositions like Aspetta and S.P.A and L'occhio nero that can be counted among Carella's classics. Then there's Bubbà, which is something mythical, and La pappa del cuore and Pensa se una are very cute. Too bad about the B-side, sure, old hits and all that, but the audio quality is something abominable. What a pity, if it had been recorded a bit better it could have come close to the levels of Vocazione.... #maybe
  • Farnaby
    8 oct 20
    "Malamore" is one of the most beautiful (and still sounds "modern") Italian songs. For me, just to be clear.
  • Martello
    9 oct 20
    I believe that Carella's first three albums haven't aged a bit; in fact, they sound even fresher today. Try listening to Foto, Malamore, Riflessione finale, Carmè, L'anima pagliacciona, etc., and then pick a random indie song: you can really notice how much fresher Carella's tracks sound compared to that indie song.
  • Farnaby
    9 oct 20
    True...
  • Zimmy
    9 oct 20
    I miss this too, I'll get it back (sooner or later) along with the Odyssey and Aoh Yè, etc. I agree with Martello's last comment: from the songs of the early Carella (like certain contemporary works of a Rino Gaetano, for example) descends so much contemporary indie, but without the originality or inventiveness.
  • Martello
    9 oct 20
    Today indie is like this: lots of records sold with zero effort. Back then, people like Gaetano and Carella were commercially invisible, but their records were the best.
  • rafssru
    23 aug 22
    Would you mind writing a review?
Enzo Jannacci: La mia gente
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Enzo Jannacci: La mia gente
17 oct 21
Having found it yesterday in Florence, I gave it another listen after a year. And...wow, it really is a great album. Many consider it a minor work in Jannacci's career, but I have never agreed. Perhaps it's very heterogeneous, some tracks are not entirely focused, and the arrangements don't always do justice to certain lyrics (just to give an example, "Pensare che" is quite tough lyrically, but the calm arrangement makes it practically irrelevant). But then there's everything else: even though Jannacci didn't write most of the pieces, many of them are extremely inspired, starting from the very human portrayals in "70 persone" and "Gli zingari" to poetic masterpieces like "Il Duomo di Milano" and "La mia gente," all the way to total absurdity in "El Carrete" and "Il piantatore di pellame." And then there's "Messico e nuvole," how I want to cry!
Enzo Jannacci: Come gli aeroplani
CD Audio I lack ★★★★★
Enzo Jannacci: Come gli aeroplani
5 jul 20
Enzo Jannacci: Foto ricordo
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Enzo Jannacci: Foto Ricordo
17 nov 20
My favorite Italian album ever without a doubt. I listen to it rarely, because if I do, I swear I'll start crying, a whirlwind of emotions.
Enzo Jannacci: Quelli che...
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Enzo Jannacci: Quelli che...
22 jun 20
Karate
Karate is an ancient Chinese game
Transformed by the Japanese
Into a highly dramatic situation
To play karate
It’s essential to know the following things:
Feel Italian but "dendro"
Know the secret address of Martin Bormann
Be able to say in four languages "she doesn't know who I am"
Be teetotalers
Not be afraid of dying because it’s all fate
Take two cold showers three times a day
Believe that the mafia was invented by Marlon Brando
  • Zimmy
    22 jun 20
    For me the best by Jannacci, on par with "Fotoricordo". So much good stuff.
  • Alemarcon
    22 jun 20
    It's the only album by Enzo that I know really well. Extraordinary.
  • Martello
    22 jun 20
    @[Zimmy] for me is second only to Fotoricordo (unreachable).
Enzo Jannacci: Quando un musicista ride
CD Audio I have it ★★
Enzo Jannacci: Quando un musicista ride
8 dec 19
Meh meh meh. I expected more.
Enzo Jannacci: L'importante
File Audio I have it ★★★★
Enzo Jannacci: L'importante
14 aug 19
Great beautiful album full of excellent tracks
Enzo Jannacci: I soliti accordi
File Audio I have it ★★★★
Enzo Jannacci: I soliti accordi
26 aug 19
A little less beautiful compared to others but still absolutely not to be discarded.
Enzo Jannacci: Discogreve
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Enzo Jannacci: Discogreve
28 aug 19
One of Jannacci's most intimate albums
Enzo Jannacci: E allora… concerto
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Enzo Jannacci: E allora… concerto
1 sep 19
Unjustly dismissed as one of his less beautiful albums. Mistakenly, of course.
Enzo Jannacci: Parlare con i limoni
CD Audio I have it ★★★
Enzo Jannacci: Parlare con i limoni
29 sep 19
For me, it’s the worst (but it’s still worth 3 stars), then it’s up to you.
Enzo Jannacci: Ci vuole orecchio
CD Audio I have it
Enzo Jannacci: Ci vuole orecchio
11 feb 22
Listening again to the new vinyl reissue (which I got just because). "Si vede" doesn't sound like a track from that time; for being from the early 80s, it's very ahead of its time. The record has remained a nice gem, as is customary.
equiVoci: Sinceramente Non Tuo
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equiVoci: Sinceramente Non Tuo
2 jul 20
One shouldn't make a white person sing Battisti if they haven't even listened to him. I know better with my barbaric MIDI... no, I'm not just saying that, I really know they're better.
Eugenio in Via Di Gioia: Tutti su per terra
CD Audio I lack ★★★★
Eugenio in Via Di Gioia: Tutti su per terra
28 feb 20
If indie exists, this album is the pure and sincere manifesto.
Fabrizio De André: Storia di un impiegato
Vinile I have it ★★★★★
Fabrizio De André: Storia di un impiegato
16 jul 20
Fabrizio De André: Anime Salve
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Fabrizio De André: Anime salve
8 nov 20
Among the 10 best Italian albums of all time. There are no words to describe it, it’s 46 minutes of absolute perfection, but not a uniform perfection; a perfection that ranges from the most exhilarating tracks (Princesa, Dolcenera) to the more playful ones (A cumbà, le acciughe fanno il pallone), and especially with impeccable songs that give you goosebumps (Anime Salve, Khorakane, Smisurata preghiera, Disamistade).
  • Alemarcon
    8 nov 20
    Great album, but it's more Fossati than De André...
  • Martello
    8 nov 20
    Especially in the title track
Fedez: Baci Perugina
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Fedez: Baci Perugina
18 aug 20
My goodness, the garbage!
Francesco De Gregori: Scacchi E Tarocchi
CD Audio I lack ★★★★
Francesco De Gregori: Scacchi e tarocchi
12 may 20
Listened to it again today. I remembered it being worse. There are some gems, starting with La storia and then moving on to Poeti per l'estate, A Pà, Scacchi e tarocchi, Ciao ciao, Tutti salvi. In short, a beautiful album that fully deserves its four stars.
  • Mauro82
    12 may 20
    The second to last gasp of the best Prince for me...
  • Martello
    12 may 20
    Same
  • Martello
    12 may 20
    Then nothing. Only Love Songs and partly Miramare survive.
  • Mauro82
    12 may 20
    I wouldn't throw "Love in the Afternoon" overboard, as far as I'm concerned, it's his greatest masterpiece of the last thirty years. The last four, and I would add "Take It or Leave It," barely scrape by with a passing grade.
Francesco De Gregori: Miramare 19.04.1989
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Francesco De Gregori: Miramare 19.04.1989
27 oct 20
It could and should have been a masterpiece. Unfortunately, all that remains is a textually superb but musically horrifying record. Bambini, Miramare, and Cose are masterpieces; Dobermann, Carne di pappagallo, and Vento nel nulla are weak; Pentathlon, Lettera, and 300.000.000 di topi languish in limbo. Truly a half-wasted opportunity.
  • Ditta
    27 oct 20
    The musically horrifying records are others, martè... this is below average but definitely not horrifying...
  • Martello
    27 oct 20
    Alright, "creepy" might be a bit too much, but in episodes like "Bambini venite parvulos" or "Carne di pappagallo," I find the arrangements completely unsuitable for the piece. I can't help it, I just can't appreciate the arrangements, especially in the less ironic episodes.
  • Zimmy
    27 oct 20
    The least beautiful album by De Gregori, which says a lot.
  • Martello
    27 oct 20
    No....no....I find it superior only to the last 3 and to Taking and Leaving, and on par with Pieces.
  • Zimmy
    27 oct 20
    For me, "Prendere e lasciare" is one of the most beautiful, and also "Pezzi" is several steps above it. But which "last three" are you referring to? (I’m not sure whether to include "Vivavoce" and the album on Dylan)
  • Ditta
    27 oct 20
    For me, the least beautiful is "On the Road," which says it all...
  • Ditta
    27 oct 20
    “Take it or leave it” has “A glove,” and that’s more than enough for me.
  • Martello
    27 oct 20
    By "the last three," I mean Calypsos, For brevity, and On the road. I haven't listened to Vivavoce and the one on Dylan.
  • Zimmy
    27 oct 20
    Vivavoce is not essential; it's almost a sort of live in studio (there are rearrangements of excellent quality, faithful to what he played live at that time, but they are still rearrangements). The Dylan covers are well done but feel like a bit of a niche product, self-referential, more of a stylistic whim than an album with something particularly personal to say (though some versions are quite commendable). As for the rest, I don't know; it might be the blurry arrangements you mentioned in your definition, or perhaps there are too many fillers (Carne di pappagallo, Vento dal nulla, and even Trecento milioni di topi I find rather weak), but for me, Miramare remains his overall least beautiful album (and it contains heavyweights like Bambini, the title track, and Cose, but also Pentathlon... just to illustrate the level we're talking about!). Take it or leave it; I might be odd, but to me, it's a relentless series of great tracks (Compagni di viaggio, Un guanto, L'agnello di Dio, Jazz, Zingara, Fine di un killer...) and it's strange to me that it isn't a highly rated album.
  • Martello
    27 oct 20
    Degustibus. Always preferred over post-Titanic Terra i nessuno and Love Songs. Now I await the shots from @[Ditta] because I didn't mention Amore nel pomeriggio.
  • Ditta
    27 oct 20
    You deserve the stocks! The post "Donna cannone" is the best!
  • Martello
    27 oct 20
    I know, but for me it comes behind these two. No doubt the best of the new millennium, but I preferred the ones from '87 and '92 instead.
  • bohhh
    27 oct 20
    I have always preferred others to De Gregori, but this is an excellent album for me, despite some arrangements being a bit too slushy. The least convincing for me is Scacchi e Tarocchi (and anyway there’s the story, a pa, poeti per l’estate....)
  • Martello
    27 oct 20
    Chess and tarot the worst ever...but never ever ever. Between Miramare and Love in the afternoon for me.
Francesco De Gregori: Francesco De Gregori
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Francesco De Gregori: Francesco De Gregori
20 may 20
A wonderful and sparse masterpiece. Just Bene would be enough to make it a wonderful album, then there's the fact that there are also other masterpieces and very few drops (actually, only Arlecchino is a bit below par).

P.S: Am I the only one who thinks of the scene from Ecce bombo where they wait for dawn every time I listen to Finestre di dolore?
Francesco De Gregori: De Gregori
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Francesco De Gregori: De Gregori
2 jun 20
If it weren't for the last three tracks, it would have been just a good album, with excellent pieces like Generale, good pieces like Renoir or il 56, and some rather simplistic ones like Natale. Instead, thanks to the bitterness of La campana, the joy of Raggio di sole, and the evocative images of Due zingari, this album leaps into the realm of masterpieces. So, after all this, I call upon you @gino, enlighten me.
  • Ditta
    19 may 20
    "Renoir" or "Il 56" seem to me quite a bit more than just good.
  • Martello
    19 may 20
    In fact, I like them quite a bit. However, I believe they are a step below other pieces like La campana or Generale.
Francesco De Gregori: Terra di Nessuno
CD Audio I lack ★★★★★
Francesco De Gregori: Terra di nessuno
11 may 20
The latest giant album by Franceschello. Just the tracks Pilota di guerra, Pane e castagne, and I matti would be enough to understand the kind of artist he is. Let’s also add Mimì sarà, Il canto delle sirene, and Capatàz, and here we have a masterpiece. Theoretically, it would be four and a half little gems, but I round up to excess with immense glaudio.
Francesco De Gregori: Il Bandito e il Campione
CD Audio I lack ★★★★
Francesco De Gregori: Il bandito e il campione
15 may 20
For me, one of the best live performances by Degre. The unreleased track is, I believe, the first song of his that I ever listened to and one that I've adored the most. And the selected pieces have also been wonderfully rearranged (though with a somewhat strong presence of the tracks from Canzoni d'amore).
Francesco Guccini: Via Paolo Fabbri 43
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Francesco Guccini: Via Paolo Fabbri 43
28 aug 20
The album that got me down... #absolute masterwork. L'avvelenata and the title track are the ones I'm most attached to, Canzone di notte n2, Piccola storia ignobile, and Canzone quasi d'amore are great pieces. But Il pensionato, with that chaotic ending... Christ.
  • musicanidi
    28 aug 20
    "The pensioner" is among my ten favorite pieces of Italian music... it’s a song, a work of povera art, a sociological treatise, a poem, a cosmic sadness, it’s the smell of food.... it’s a lesson in life (I listen to it at least once a week).
  • Martello
    28 aug 20
    I could never listen to her once a week; I'd hang myself otherwise... not because she's bad, but because she speaks too much harsh truth, and having that so readily available drives me into paranoia.
Francesco Guccini: Amerigo
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Francesco Guccini: Amerigo
28 aug 20
A job with high highs and bearable lows. Amerigo and Eskimo are the two gems, they remain one step below 100 Pennsylvania Ave and The Five Ducks. Libera nos domine is there and it’s deep but almost takes a back seat... Mondo nuovo has good ideas but for melodies it’s definitely mediocre (the chorus annoys me terribly). In short, not the best but not the worst either. I’ve finished listening to these that I have at home. I ask for recommendations on which Guccio album to continue with.
  • Zimmy
    28 aug 20
    Continuing with the Maestrone is necessary. I would gladly give my opinion if I knew who the others are that you have.
  • Martello
    28 aug 20
    Via Paolo Fabbri and Metropolis. I should also have Stagioni as an inheritance, but I don't know where it is.
  • Martello
    28 aug 20
    And yet never listened
  • Ditta
    28 aug 20
    "Roots" Mars, ROOTS!!!
  • Martello
    28 aug 20
    It's slightly noticeable that it's a colossal album. I'll definitely listen to it, but in physical format, because in digital it's like eating peperonata on Facebook...
  • Zimmy
    29 aug 20
    "Radici" is his great classic, the quintessential key album of an artist, the one that defines a career. I couldn't say if it's also his best, but when you mention Guccini, you think "Radici," there's no denying that. Speaking of the rest, the entire sequence from "Signora Bovary" to "D'amore di morte e di altre sciocchezze" deserves careful listening (in between these two are "Quello che non" and "Parnassius Guccini," which for me are two true gems). Staying in the '70s, there remains "Opera buffa," which is an irresistible purely humorous and I would say cabaret-like diversion, and then of course "Stanze di vita quotidiana," which is his most challenging and difficult album (the one, to be clear, that earned him the merciless criticism from Bertoncelli that led to the sharp response of "L'avvelenata"), but nonetheless no less valid, composed of long, verbose, textually demanding and conceptually oppressive tracks; not exactly light listening or easily digestible but one that rewards the effort put in. The early albums and the later ones, while beautiful (we're talking about an artist completely free of stylistic lapses or missteps), I would personally place a notch below.
  • Martello
    29 aug 20
    Perfect... I had already caught a glimpse of Stanze, Opera buffa, and Madame Bovary in a store; I will definitely get them... can you tell me something about Guccini Folk beat?
  • Martello
    29 aug 20
    On Guccini and Folk Beat
  • Zimmy
    29 aug 20
    "Guccini," by itself a beautiful album, tends to go a bit unnoticed among the major works that surround it: very similar to the previous "Metropolis" in style and arrangements, it is mainly remembered for a masterful track that is "Autogrill," the opening song. "Folk beat," his debut work made with little money, a guitar, and not much else, is rather raw but contains many future classics of his repertoire (Auschwitz, Canzone per un'amica, Noi non ci saremo). In short, with Guccio, you fish well.
  • Martello
    29 aug 20
    👍...I'll move on to Stagioni, which is within reach, then Bovary, Stanze, Opera, and Radici will follow.
Francesco Guccini: Metropolis
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Francesco Guccini: Metropolis
27 aug 20
Oh, more structured arrangements do no harm to Guccio's lyrics. For me, this is a great album, well arranged and definitely inspired: masterpieces like Bisanzio, Lager, and Antenore are worth the price, with the two that are just a notch below these three, namely Venezia and Bologna. It's a pity about Black-out, which somewhat ruins the atmosphere that had been created, and Milano, which has an instrumental outro that clearly says, "let's stretch the length a bit."
  • snes
    28 aug 20
    probably my favorite album of hers. Atenor, for sure, is my favorite song of hers.
  • Martello
    28 aug 20
    Antenor #masterpiece I've always preferred this to Byzantium and Lager.
  • Falloppio
    28 aug 20
    Antenor. A beautiful text.
Francesco Guccini: Guccini
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Francesco Guccini: Guccini
4 sep 20
A pleasant continuation of Metropolis. Autogrill is an immense masterpiece, a notch below Gli amici and (I hope you won't bash me for this) Shomer ma- Llilah. But despite half of the album being genuinely excellent, most tracks are less inspired than Metropolis and don't grow on you with repeated listens. For instance, in Metropolis, the more I listened to Black out and Milano, the more I appreciated them; here, I've listened to Argentina at least 10 times and I still can't fully appreciate it. Only the good Gulliver and Inutile remain, which are essentially nice and meaningful tracks that definitely add to the album but ultimately lack the overwhelming impact of Autogrill or Gli amici. It's a shame, it could have been a great album, even though it still remains at more than decent levels.
Francesco Guccini: Signora Bovary
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Francesco Guccini: Signora Bovary
7 sep 20
Always an album at excellent levels, even if personally it spoke to me less than the previous Guccini. Great tracks like Culodritto, Signora Bovary, Van Loon are truly exceptional, but they have a less personal impact on me compared to Gli amici from the previous one or Via Paolo Fabbri from the homonymous album. In every Guccini album, there is always a masterpiece, and Signora Bovary is no exception: after Le osterie di fuori porta, Il pensionato, Amerigo, Antenor, and Autogrill, here comes Keaton, more than 10 minutes of storytelling. Then counting Le pioggie d'aprile, one of the best melodically songs of the singer-songwriter and one of his most beautiful arrangements. Only Scirocco and Canzone di notte nr.3 would remain: the former is definitely a nice tango that is quite engaging, but it seems to follow the Autogrill formula a bit too closely, the latter is a pleasant track that might even stir something in certain night owls like me. In conclusion, I would say it’s a nice album, definitely the most polished of the 80s and quite inspired, even though after Metropolis it has slightly decreased for me while remaining excellent.
  • Ditta
    7 sep 20
    Even one more ball...
  • Martello
    7 sep 20
    Mh... I didn't give it to Amerigo and Metropolis 5, and I prefer both of them to Bovary... still a nice album though.
  • Zimmy
    8 sep 20
    "Keaton," a true masterpiece, is almost entirely the work of Claudio Lolli (the only part credited to Guccini is the final section, almost a song within the song, that begins with "Keaton, quello vero, l'ultima volta che l'hanno visto..."). It's not the only gem that Lolli gifted to his friend: in the following album, "Quello che non," there is the equally beautiful "Ballando con una sconosciuta."
  • Martello
    8 sep 20
    I didn't know that the last part was written by Guccio... it's always good to know. I don't know Lolli much, let's say from Godot and the latest Il grande freddo, and both are great albums.
  • Zimmy
    8 sep 20
    Lolli needs to be rediscovered: although (shamefully) much of his discography hasn't been reissued for decades, he's another one who, in my opinion, hasn't missed a beat. Zingari felici, Disoccupate le strade... and Extranei, a trilogy that I find indispensable.
  • Martello
    8 sep 20
    After and after... I’ll keep going with Guccio for now.
  • Ditta
    8 sep 20
    I may be strange, but my favorite of Claudio has always been the first one. Bare, just guitar and voice, with that touch of melancholy that never hurts... wonderful.
  • Martello
    8 sep 20
    Godot, you know? That one is truly magnificent... but didn't you always say that Gli Zingari was among the 5 most beautiful Italian albums of all time?
  • Ditta
    8 sep 20
    In fact, I didn't say "the best," but "my favorite" :)
  • Martello
    8 sep 20
    Ah... eh, it changes. So nothing to say.
  • Zimmy
    8 sep 20
    Godot is a milestone, no doubt about it. Even the next two are gorgeous, though there the "touch of melancholy" becomes a heavy cloak of almost grim oppression in its despair. Especially the third, "Canzoni di rabbia," is for me in this sense one of the darkest albums in all of Italian singer-songwriter music... and that's a virtue, mind you: tracks like "Donna di fiume," "Viaggio," "Compagni a venire" are worth a whole career. I tend to prefer the second phase of Claudio's career because those highly political lyrics combined with those sumptuous and gritty jazz-fusion arrangements completely win me over, every single time. But his lesser-known works from his later phase deserve a listen too, starting from the beautiful "Intermittenze del cuore," which I've worn out, to the equally valid "Grande freddo"...
  • Zimmy
    8 sep 20
    Works*, of course
  • Ditta
    8 sep 20
    I actually know little to nothing about Lolli's post "Extranei"... do you think it's worth checking out? @[Zimmy]
  • Zimmy
    8 sep 20
    At least "Claudio Lolli" from '88, "Intermittences of the Heart," and the latest "Il grande freddo," for me, absolutely yes. "Antipatici antipodi," the album immediately following "Extranei," has never convinced me too much (too "eighties" in sounds and production, a trap many fell into back then), but it has a cover by Andrea Pazienza that's stunning. The other albums, if I'm not mistaken, are mostly collections of previously released tracks, often reinterpreted, with the addition of some unreleased ones that are sometimes also worthy (somewhere there’s the same "Keaton" re-performed by him), aside from "La scoperta dell'America," which is, however, the one of his works I like the least.
  • Ditta
    8 sep 20
    Thanks for the tips, I'll try to get back on track..
Francesco Guccini: Stagioni
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Francesco Guccini: Stagioni
30 aug 20
A fantastic testament, an inexorable and unfair passage of time. Two great masterpieces: Don Quixote and Goodbye, the first epic and disillusioned, the second the one I would want at my funeral. In between, excellent tracks like the gritty Ho ancora la forza, the 50s jazz vibe of Inverno 60, the melancholy of Autunno... and then there are the title track and E un giorno, which, while excellent, have a few small flaws (the first is too celebratory of Che, the second a tad rhetorical). Only Primavera 79 remains, a so-so track that nonetheless encapsulates well the passage of time that permeates the entire album. In conclusion, a carefully crafted record, with excellently studied arrangements and lyrics that are melancholic, disillusioned, and pissed off, reminding one a bit of that disenchantment of Via Paolo Fabbri, albeit in a less existential manner.
  • Zimmy
    30 aug 20
    I've never been able to stand "I still have the strength"; the stylistic imprint of Liga as a co-author makes it, alas, hard to digest for me. "Don Chisciotte" and "Addio" are two absolute monuments in the repertoire of the great master from Pavana, but the rest of the album is not particularly memorable, to the point that I honestly don't remember it. I should give it another listen.
  • Martello
    30 aug 20
    In "I Still Have the Strength," you can definitely feel Liga's touch, but I find it quite charming. For me, it ranks among the four most successful pieces, along with "Winter 60," "Don Quixote," and "Goodbye." "Autumn," "Seasons," and "And One Day" fit in there... "Spring 59" is rather ugly.
  • madcat
    30 aug 20
    Stagioni is the song by Guccio that I’ve sung the most along with Locomotiva; I always play it at full volume, and when it happens, I strum it at the top of my lungs. In my opinion, it’s not "too celebratory"; I think it’s the best song ever written about Che, an emotional, engaging, beautiful tribute.
  • Martello
    30 aug 20
    I won't deny that it's a nice piece and a beautiful dedication, but it has a tone too strong on the Che that clashes with me quite a bit. Maybe I'll listen to it more closely and then I'll see.
  • Ditta
    30 aug 20
    I agree with @[madcat] on “Stagioni,” but the real gem of the album is, at least for me, “Don Chisciotte,” which remains (always for me) one of Guccio's friends by definition.
  • Martello
    30 aug 20
    In what sense "friends"?
  • Ditta
    30 aug 20
    *apici... damn iPhone!
  • Martello
    30 aug 20
    Cursed Fono cursed!
  • perfect element
    31 aug 20
    'Autunno' and 'E un giorno' are the masterpieces.
  • Martello
    31 aug 20
    For me they are not masterpieces, but they are still nice pieces, well written with some beautiful imagery in the lyrics (I have to mention the caffellatte in the kitchen from E un giorno) but I honestly prefer other tracks.
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