Edoardo Bennato: La Torre di Babele
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Edoardo Bennato: La torre di Babele
15 sep 20
Great album. The Tower of Babel is a masterpiece of immense irony and truth that shakes you to your core, Venderò is wonderful, an immense singer-songwriter at the peak of Bennato's creativity, Franz is my name almost dystopian listened to in 2020. And then other angry and excellent tracks like Viva la guerra and EEA. Too bad about that nonsense track Ma chi è, not because it’s an out-of-context piece that, for heaven’s sake, Edo has never failed to deliver, but it’s definitely “sloppy.” In conclusion, still a great album but doesn’t deserve top marks.
Edoardo Bennato: I Buoni e i Cattivi
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Edoardo Bennato: I buoni e i cattivi
21 sep 20
A true folk art, 11 mind-blowing tracks. I would start by mentioning the entire B-side, made up of 5 masterpiece tracks: In fila per tre, Uno buono, Tira campare (this one is truly wonderful), Arrivano i buoni, and the decisive Salviamo il salvabile. How can I not mention Bravi ragazzi, which, when listened to again during lockdown, makes you realize how relevant it can be, or even the invectives of La bandiera and Ma che bella città. Oh right, there’s also Un giorno credi, already present in the debut but brought back in a different context in this album. I buoni e i cattivi is a realistic, ironic, and bitter work of art, 5 full.
  • bluesboy94
    22 sep 20
    The Bennato folk and roll, unique and unrepeatable!
Edoardo Bennato: Se son rose fioriranno
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Edoardo Bennato: Se son rose fioriranno
24 jun 21
So beautiful that sometimes I forget about its existence
  • Ditta
    24 jun 21
    Of that time, it's the lesser evil... AND I'VE SAID IT ALL.
  • Martello
    24 jun 21
    I mean, let's clarify, SBANDATOH, the girls have big dreams, the Western man etc. do you remember them (unfortunately), this no, it's not just really ugly but you don't even remember what you listened to, it's not like the other albums where you listen to O sarracino, it's spelled Bagnoli, Le vie del rock or SBANDATOH and years later you still have the heaves. I'd say it's already better.
  • Ditta
    24 jun 21
    Exactly, classic example of a non-record...
Edoardo Bennato: La fantastica storia del pifferaio magico
CD Audio I have it ★
Edoardo Bennato: La fantastica storia del pifferaio magico
30 jul 20
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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
CD Audio Not intrested ★
Edoardo Bennato: Le Vie Del Rock Sono Infinite
26 jul 20
Edoardo Bennato: Uffà! Uffà!
CD Audio I lack
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
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
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
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
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
CD Audio Not intrested ★★
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.
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