Francesco Guccini: Due Anni Dopo
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
The pieces are really beautiful, but the arrangements are still a bit too raw for my taste... I slightly prefer the later Guccini. Anyway, 4.5
  • fabriziozizzi
    27 may 20
    @company I have always collected... When I first heard "L'avvelenata" I was 9 years old. Double, even triple CDs bought because they were part of a new collection... I have a lot of vinyl but I no longer have a stereo. I need to buy one and I don't know if I should get it piece by piece to assemble or already nice and ready. I want to listen to my records!!! It's love, right? :))
Francesco Guccini: Radici
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Perhaps the most complete Italian singer-songwriter album ever. It's impossible not to be moved by the notes of "Incontro."
Francesco Guccini: Stanze Di Vita Quotidiana
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Underrated, in my opinion one of his best..
  • Martello
    2 jul 20
    Song of the taverns outside the city, I want to play it at my wedding. I don’t care if people run away; no one can take this joy away from me.
The best Guccio of the last 30 years, an absolute masterpiece. "Cirano" and "Vorrei" are worth the entire album on their own.
  • Martello
    17 jun 20
    I would like to say that Brunori Sas recently re-sang it... he didn't ruin it at all. The lyrics are imaginative.
Franco Battiato: L'arca di Noè
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Really a lovely album, perhaps overlooked due to the immense commercial success of the previous one. However, in my opinion, it has little to envy: tracks like "Radio Varsavia" or "L'esodo" deserve to be among its absolute peaks.
  • Kism
    14 apr 20
    Pale shadow of "La Voce del Padrone": it seems like a collection of b-sides. Battiato himself would recognize it in 2013, saying, "There have been successful albums, in which most of the songs were of good quality and others less so. I could mention L’Arca di Noè. It’s an album that has quite a high hype; many people are enthusiastic about it, I’m less so… if we take away Voglio vederti danzare and Scalo a Grado, the other songs weren’t much." Inferior, and not by a little, to the first two albums of the return to Pop. It sold out of inertia!
Franco Battiato: L'era del cinghiale bianco
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
An incredible thing, in my opinion its absolute peak, still remains very relevant after over forty years. It's also hard to determine which piece is more successful, to the point that they are all on the same level.
Perhaps interesting, but worthless and almost inaudible. Tedious like few others. The 2 is for the respect I have for Franco; otherwise, it would have been a flat one.
Franco Battiato: l'imboscata
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Definitely a great album, slightly better than "The Umbrella and the Sewing Machine." Of the Battiato-Sgalambro duo, it's one of the best, yet still not a 5-star release, which will be reserved for the next one, "Gommalacca." 4.5
Franco Battiato: Caffè de la Paix
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Beyond.
  • Martello
    26 apr 20
    I hope I'm the crazy one, but I haven't fully understood this album and I'm sorry about that because I know it's not bad, but I can't grasp it.
  • Ditta
    26 apr 20
    I don't know how old you are now, but even as a kid, I couldn't understand what everyone found so beautiful about it. Today, at 44, I consider it the most beautiful and inspired album of good old Francuzzo (perhaps alongside "Fisiognomica").
  • Martello
    26 apr 20
    I need time to process it. Fisiognomica, on the other hand, is a masterpiece where each song is more beautiful than the last. Caffè de la paix for me remains an album beyond, perhaps too much. Maybe as I get older I will reassess it.
Franco Battiato: Dieci Stratagemmi
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Great album, undoubtedly the best Battiato from the 2000s. "Tra sesso e castità," "23 coppie di cromosomi," "Ermeneutica," and "La porta dello spavento supremo" are the most successful tracks. 4 solid balls.
  • Martello
    18 apr 20
    Include Appearance and Reality and Comfort in Life and make a disc with those.
  • Martello
    18 apr 20
    Oh right, Eagles do not fly in flocks.
  • Ditta
    18 apr 20
    ...they're all beautiful, of course I mentioned the ones I prefer (personally)
Franco Battiato: Ferro Battuto
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
I quote. Great album, worth reevaluating.
Franco Battiato: Gommalacca
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
The best work born from the Battiato-Sgalambro duo: a wonderful album, undoubtedly the most experimental of the last 35-40 years of his career. It finds its highest expressions in "Shock in my town," "Auto da fè," and "Il ballo del potere."
  • Martello
    25 may 20
    I may be strange, but I consider it Battiato's best. An absolute masterpiece that I place in the top five of the best Italian albums of all time.
  • Ditta
    25 may 20
    Surely among the best, but the best for me, no. Before this, I would place: Caffè de la Paix, Fisiognomica, L'era..., Patriots, and Pollution.
  • Martello
    25 may 20
    Alright, you can change everything but not an opinion. Sure, those you've listed aren't the crappy discs you find in supermarkets; in fact, they're all wonderful. However, Gommalacca remains on a higher level for me, both in terms of arrangements and lyrics.
  • Ditta
    25 may 20
    ...of course, mine is a personal opinion, just as yours is :)
  • Eneathedevil
    25 may 20
    Hey, I came here as usual to be a voyeur and ask @[Martello] for the 2-3 tracks he doesn’t like from the album, since those are usually the ones I like the most...
  • Martello
    25 may 20
    It's hard to say. If I have to choose, I would say: It was very beautiful, which is the only one I like the least, but it's fine, then La preda which is still monstrous, and for the last one, I would say Vite parallele, wonderful but there’s other music in the album that surpasses it.
  • Eneathedevil
    25 may 20
    Ah! This time we converge! The idyll has already been broken. "It was very nice" kind of grinds my gears. Then I would like to quote the lesser-known piece from "Il mantello e la spiga," which I think is one of the best tracks on the album.
  • Martello
    25 may 20
    No The cloak and the ear of grain is a masterpiece. Together with the first four among the best pieces.
Franco Battiato: Mondi Lontanissimi
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Not among Franco's best, but still a nice album, which very much follows the path laid out by the two years prior "Orizzonti perduti." "No time no space" and "I treni di Tozeur" are definitely the masterpieces of the album. Then, starting from the next one onward, the 5/5 ratings will return that had been absent since 1981.
  • Martello
    9 aug 20
    Don't mention The Animal @[Company]! Those figures, come on!
  • Ditta
    9 aug 20
    Come on, don’t be so picky, I just mentioned my favorites.
  • Martello
    9 aug 20
    Sure, but L'animale is one of those Battiato songs that if not mentioned, I turn black.
Franco Battiato: Orizzonti Perduti
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
A bit more of "Distant Worlds," a bit less of "Noah's Ark." There are excellent ideas present ("The Season of Love," "The Music is Tired"), but at the same time, there are a couple of less impactful tracks that are still decent ("Depressed Zones," "People in Progress").
  • Martello
    16 may 20
    Well, in my opinion, The Ark is even worse than Faraway World. This, on the other hand, is a gem, with minor and major pieces that you've already listed. I also really adore Another Life and Mal d'Africa.
  • Kism
    16 may 20
    Reaction to the semi-fail of Arca, with an album full of keyboards and without "real instruments." Enough inspiration, some absolute classics ("La stagione dell'amore"), also nice are "Un'altra vita" and "Mal d'Africa," curious even if not fully centered is "La musica è stanca." Nostalgic and autobiographical, I prefer it to Arca, even if it’s not a great album; however, it shows the willingness to change after the false step of the previous album. Worlds far away are better.
Franco Battiato: Patriots
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Of the quartet 79-82, for me it is, right after "L'era..", the most successful. An absolute masterpiece.
  • Martello
    6 may 20
    Of that period, I prefer the voice of the master, even though Patriots is a truly magnificent album.
  • Ditta
    6 may 20
    "I consider 'La voce del padrone' to be a bit more commercial, but still beautiful (if only all commercial records were like this......)"
  • Martello
    6 may 20
    A bit commercial it is, but Battiato is Battiato. The only small misstep he made in the 80s was L'arca di Noè, which isn't bad, but there are some passages that fall quite flat like New frontiers.
  • Ditta
    6 may 20
    Of the quartet 79-82, it's the least "powerful," but I still consider it a nice album (it won’t score less than 4.5).
  • Ditta
    6 may 20
    I'm talking about the Ark, of course.
  • Martello
    6 may 20
    For me, The Ark is even less powerful than Lost Horizons and Faraway Worlds.
  • Kism
    6 may 20
    The Ark was a misstep..dark, heavy, and alas, little inspired. Moreover, why release an album in the year of total triumph? "Voglio vederti danzare" the only true classic.
  • Martello
    6 may 20
    Don't exaggerate. Even Radio Warsaw and L'esodo deserve a best of.
  • Kism
    6 may 20
    I like "New Frontiers." Radio Varsavia is not the classic track to open an album, it's not a hit, but it's a good song. L'esodo is indeed a nice track, though it might be missing something to make it an absolute classic. That said, L'arca fails to convince me... it's heavy!
  • Kism
    6 may 20
    I forgot an accent at the end!
  • Martello
    6 may 20
    It's not so much that New frontiers is poorly written, but at the end of the day, it's nothing special; perhaps it's Battiato who has accustomed me to more complex things, and seeing him so stripped-down left me disappointed.
  • Kism
    6 may 20
    Typical of Battiato, he doesn't care about judgments and releases a challenging album that sells mainly out of inertia. A different arrangement of the tracks would probably have helped; the first side is "disturbing" not in quality but in atmosphere. I find "Clamori" modest, as well as "La torre" (outlier). I would have placed Radio Varsavia on the second side and opened the album with Voglio vederti danzare. One must consider the period filled with productions for others and buoyed by the success of La Voce... as mentioned, I would have waited to release it; even Battiato himself doesn't have a positive judgment on it in hindsight. Musically, it's rather bare and lacking in imagination.
Franco Battiato: La Voce del Padrone
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
One of the most important albums in the history of Italian singer-songwriter music. 9.5
  • Martello
    4 aug 20
    To be included in the albums of 10 and praise for me, alongside a few other chosen ones.
  • Ditta
    4 aug 20
    Let's see if I get them right: Organized trips, Gum Arabic, The Story of a Clerk, Latin Soul, How Deep It Is, Don Giovanni, Automobiles, CSAR. Did I forget anything? :-)
  • Martello
    4 aug 20
    Mh. No, I didn't list them in a ranking that you didn't go to see NONONONONONNO
  • Onirico
    4 aug 20
    In my opinion, the work "La Voce del Pallone" by Francesco Totti is far more relevant.
  • Martello
    4 aug 20
    Ah, some pearls were missing @[Onirico], they were missing.
  • Kism
    5 aug 20
    Of course! 9.9 because perfection isn't of this world... an "insane" album even today! What on earth did he smoke in 1981 to write these tracks? With "L'arca di Noe" he came crashing back down to earth...
  • Martello
    5 aug 20
    The good stuff, Franco will use it greatly even for Gommalacca. Too bad he'll then turn to meditation, but if what comes out of it is something like Fisiognomica, that's more than fine.
Franco Battiato: Fisiognomica
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Probably his most beautiful and inspired work ever. Every piece is better than the last, not a single misstep. Masterpiece.
  • Martello
    12 may 20
    Definitely
  • Kism
    12 may 20
    His most beautiful and inspired work remains "La voce...", this is an excellent album after the uncertainties of "L'arca e Orizzonti." "Mondi lontanissimi" is a semi-anthology.
  • Martello
    12 may 20
    Well, I doubt that the Arca-Horizons-Worlds trilogy is uncertain. There Battiato experiments a bit more with electronics, but at least Horizons Lost is truly inspired.
  • Ditta
    12 may 20
    My preference is:
    1. Caffè de la Paix/Fisiognomica
    2. L'era...
    3. Patriots
    4. La voce del padrone
    5. Pollution
  • Martello
    12 may 20
    Alright, as far as I know:
    1. Gum lac
    2. Physiognomy
    3. The voice of the master
    4. Lost horizons
    5. Distant worlds
  • Kism
    12 may 20
    At this point, me too:
    1. The Master’s Voice
    2. The Era of the White Boar and Patriots
    3. Physiognomy
    4. Click
    5. Pollution
    6. Café de la Paix
    7. On the Strings of Aries
    8. Like a Camel in a Gutter
    9. Fetus
    10. Shellac
  • Kism
    12 may 20
    At this point, me too:
    1. The Master’s Voice
    2. The Era of the White Boar and Patriots
    3. Physiognomy
    4. Click
    5. Pollution
    6. Café de la Paix
    7. On the Strings of Aries
    8. Like a Camel in a Gutter
    9. Fetus
    10. Shellac
  • Kism
    12 may 20
    There was a misunderstanding!
Franco Battiato: Fetus
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
"Exotomy, IBM-action, de-chloro-de-phenylketone, essedi-ethylation, have given birth to programming"
  • Martello
    14 may 20
    Oh I’m enjoying this, it’s a wonderful album. Meccanica is simply stunning.
Franco Battiato: Pollution
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
The best Battiato from the experimental trilogy '72-'73. The standout tracks are the title track, "Plancton," and "Areknames."
  • Martello
    9 may 20
    Agreed on everything. Perhaps surpassed only by Aries.
Franco Battiato: Sulle Corde di Aries
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Extraordinary record, but the previous "Pollution", as far as I'm concerned, is slightly better. From the following one until around '78, he won't get it right.
  • Martello
    14 may 20
    Already Clic was somewhere between the abstruse and the incomprehensible, and then afterwards it will be completely incomprehensible.
  • Ditta
    14 may 20
    I was just re-listening to "L'Egitto...", maybe I would have re-evaluated it... I don't know, maybe it's just that I can't really stand the genre anymore, but I just can't get into it, what a terrifying bore! I would also add the self-titled album from '77 and "Juke-Box" ('78).
Great debut for the Battiato-Sgalambro duo. Nice little record, with several excellent tracks, but to be honest, I find it one of the less powerful works of the philosophical phase. It will definitely get better with the next two.
  • Martello
    13 may 20
    Gems like Breve invito, Piccolo pub, and Gesualdo da Venosa are unforgettable.
  • Kism
    14 may 20
    Who preceded me listed the only gems (perhaps "Fornicazione"). I'm now listening to a resentful disc, with a rather heavy mood, featuring choirs and ethnic inserts that honestly feel a bit out of place, at least to my ears. The lyrics are not always convincing.
  • Martello
    14 may 20
    Well, it does contain Brownian motion, which remains mediocre.
Franco Battiato: Apriti sesamo
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Having recently listened to it again, I reevaluated it. I find it an excellent album, definitely his best since 2004. In terms of quality, we are more or less on the same level as "Dieci stratagemmi" and "L'imboscata", between 4 and 4.5.
  • Martello
    3 jun 20
    I'd say more or less above Wrought Iron and below The Umbrella. Let's say around 7,8.
Gianluca Grignani: La Fabbrica Di Plastica
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
The papers were all in order... too bad about how it turned out.
  • madcat
    25 jul 20
    Every time I think about this album and the next one, I almost feel anger because "Il Grigna" could have truly become massive.
  • bohhh
    26 jul 20
    yet another potentially intelligent artist who, after a handful of excellent albums, throws it all away just to make a few more bucks. and he's certainly not the only one in Italy: any other names? a.sorrenti, renga, p.daniele, venditti, pelù, zucchero, dalla, and maybe even vasco, who has never done anything exceptional but has made some nice albums. what a sadness..
Ignazio Frogheri: Primavera di granito
File Video I have it ★★★★★
It's undoubtedly the greatest trash movie of all time, beats them all. Forget about "Alex l'ariete"...
Ivan Graziani: Ballata per 4 stagioni
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Very beautiful album, but the best will come only with the next trilogy.
Ivan Graziani: I Lupi
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
The first album from Graziani's golden period, "Lugano addio," probably remains his greatest masterpiece. The rating would actually be 4 and a half balls, but I round it up to 5 out of affection.
  • Martello
    25 sep 20
    ""Lugano addio" probably remains his greatest masterpiece" I notice a certain redundancy in this sentence.
Ivan Graziani: Nove
CD Audio I have it ★★★
It never drove me crazy too much; I find it one of his less powerful albums, along with the next one and the one before the last. "Minù Minù" and "Lucetta fra le stelle" are the most successful tracks, even though, of course, they don't come anywhere near his masterpieces. It barely makes the cut.
  • Kism
    15 may 20
    A refined album in production, it arrives after the self-titled one from 1983, filled with potential "Hits" (the self-titled). Unfortunately, after "the difficult" Seni e Coseni, our artist will never fully recover. "Limiti (Affari d'amore)" is the hit, and "Lucetta fra le stelle" is the most beautiful. Things get worse with the subsequent "Piknic."
  • Ditta
    15 may 20
    I agree.. maybe "Piknic" was the low point of his career (even so, he still manages to scrape a passing grade, let’s say a 6-/10). Good ratings will return in 1989, with the rise of "Ivangarage".
  • Martello
    3 aug 20
    Oh just three "less powerful" records. Out of 12? I need to look into this, I've been stuck for years on Seni and coseni. I ask the opinion of @[Ditta], what would be better to recover from post-81?
  • Ditta
    3 aug 20
    "Ivan Graziani" (1983)
    "Ivangarage" (1989)
  • Ditta
    3 aug 20
    "Nove" (84), "Piknic" (86), and "Cicli e tricicli" (91) remain decent albums, but quite understated, despite a few gems scattered here and there. In the midst of the crossing, "Malelingue" (94)
  • Martello
    3 aug 20
    I'm going to see if there are any CDs in Arezzo. There's a store that has a ton of out-of-print records, let's see if they have anything from the old Ivanone.
  • Martello
    3 aug 20
    WAIT A SECOND, LUCETTA IS AMONG THE STARS IN NOVE! I found it on a friend's computer, and it always brings back some nice memories. I have to find this Nove, just for that little gem.
Ivan Graziani: Seni e coseni
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Already with this we can glimpse the first signs of a change. Overall, a more than good album (despite the subsequent one and all the previous ones being superior), perhaps a bit too cryptic.
  • Kism
    19 may 20
    Exactly, Ditta! Hermetic and a bit chilly, the first side with "Pasqua" and "Cleo" showcases the two peaks of the Album. The first side has no guitar except for "Cleo," while the second side is more lively but lacks standout tracks. Perhaps this was the Album that cost him his career; after all, he had to change in some way, as "Viaggi e Intemperie" marked the end of a cycle. He would return with the self-titled album in 1983, which was full of potential hits; however, the magical moment (commercially) had passed.
Ivan Graziani: Agnese dolce Agnese
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
A fantastic album, the pinnacle of the 77-79 trilogy and the best of his entire discography. Title track, "Taglia la testa al gallo," and "Fuoco sulla collina" are the best.
  • Kism
    10 may 20
    ...and "Song for Susy", maybe "Lazy" just a notch better.
  • Ditta
    10 may 20
    "Lazy" in my opinion is THE quintessential album by Graziani, much like "Rimmel" for De Gregori, "La voce del padrone" for Battiato, "Sotto il segno dei pesci" for Venditti, and so on and so forth..
Ivan Graziani: Viaggi E Intemperie
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Good album, but not among Ivan's best. However, it includes what is likely one of his top 5 pieces, namely the wonderful "Firenze (canzone triste)." Almost 4.
  • Kism
    3 jun 20
    Great Company! I was commenting earlier on "Ivan Graziani" from '83. This one from 1980 marks the end of his best period, filled with commercial successes (contrary to what many claim, that Ivan was underrated!). It's the catchiest and contains other gems besides the "super" one you mentioned (I remember Ivan on Discoring, wondering who "Barbarossa" was), "Tutto questo cosa c'entra con il R.& R.?" with its irresistible drum riff, "Dada," and the beautiful "Olanda."
  • Martello
    3 jun 20
    Alright, I don’t know this one, but just for a song (sad) that bears the name of a city to which I am umbilically tied, it can only deserve a listen.
  • Flame
    4 jun 20
    Great piece Florence, great Ivan Graziani.
Ivan Graziani: Ivangarage
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
The greatest album by Graziani from the second part of his career (1984-1994). 4.5
Ivan Graziani: Ivan Graziani
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
A truly beautiful album, unfortunately underrated (like almost the rest of his discography). As far as I'm concerned, this is Ivan's last fully quality album. To have another inspired record like this, we'll need to jump straight to 1989.
  • Kism
    17 apr 20
    The album suffered the consequences of the flop of "Seni e coseni" and unfortunately, even though it contained several gems and was produced very well... the magic moment had vanished!
  • Ditta
    17 apr 20
    For me, even "Seni e coseni" wasn't too bad, come on... compared to the others from that time, it was a bit below, but I definitely wouldn't define it on the same level as a "flop"!
Ivano Fossati: Panama E Dintorni
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
It's another Fossati compared to the one from the late 80s/90s, but overall it represents a significant step forward from its predecessors. Excellent album, packed full of gems, with the captivating "J'adore Venise", the (tragically) forgotten "Se ti dicessi che ti amo", and the wonderful and poignant "La costruzione di un amore" standing out. 7.5
  • Kism
    11 sep 20
    ...the badass "The Lady Sings the Blues"!
Ivano Fossati: L'Arcangelo
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
I see it as a slight step back compared to the works from '88 to 2000 (and I also add the beautiful "Lampo viaggiatore" from 2003), but it is still a great album. Almost 4.5.
Ivano Fossati: 700 Giorni
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
We haven't yet reached the best Fossati, but we're still talking about a really great album. Moreover, it features what is probably among his top 3 or 4 masterpieces, namely "Una notte in Italia." Together with "Dieci soldati," "Il passaggio dei partigiani," and "La casa," it's the best of the bunch. Great Ivano, from the next one onwards, all will be 5...
Third absolute masterpiece in a row for Ivano, but for my personal taste, I slightly prefer "La pianta del tè" and "La disciplina della terra." Nevertheless, 40 minutes of pure poetry (as always, after all), especially "Notturno delle tre" and "Mio fratello che guardi il mondo."
Ivano Fossati: La Mia Banda Suona il Rock
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
The path we've taken is the right one. Now all we have to do is wait..
Ivano Fossati: Macramè
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Undoubtedly one of Fossati's (many) masterpieces, perhaps the most "ethnic" of all from the 88-2000 period. "L'amante" and "Il canto dei mestieri" are extraordinary.
Ivano Fossati: Lampo viaggiatore
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
One of Ivano's best albums from the 2000s and earlier: an absolutely perfect album in every way with beautiful gems, among which stand out "C'è tempo", "Pane e coraggio", "Ombre e luce" but above all the wonderful "Il bacio sulla bocca". As far as I’m concerned, it’s in the top 5 of the most beautiful Italian singer-songwriter albums of the new millennium.
  • Martello
    22 jun 20
    C'è tempo is the only one I still remember by heart. Truly wonderful.
  • Alemarcon
    30 jun 20
    "The Kiss on the Mouth" is in my personal top 5 of the most beautiful songs by Ivano...
Ivano Fossati: La pianta del tè
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
This album is THE perfection, there's not a single piece out of place. Its most successful work, simply extraordinary.