Paolo Conte: Un Gelato Al Limon
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Zazzarazzazz... zazzarazzazz...
To-ro LO-CO!
Pino Daniele: Vai mo'
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Here Uncle Pino is at the peak, and this represents the third consecutive masterpiece. Extraordinary, even in the super famous tracks like "Yes I Know My Way." "Viento 'e terra" the masterpiece of the album. 9
Pino Daniele: Passi d'autore
CD Audio I have it ★
The worst of the worst by Pino Daniele, even more miserable than "Come un gelato all'Equatore" from a few years earlier. What sadness..
  • Martello
    20 jun 20
    I only found two CDs at Pino's house: one is the single CD of Gelato all'equatore (and from that I already understood to keep at least five feet away), the other is this Non calpestare i fiori nel deserto. Is this last one still at okay levels or should it already be considered as heated cow dung?
  • Ditta
    20 jun 20
    The beginning of the end for Daniele... but it's not even that crude crude afterwards.
  • Ditta
    20 jun 20
    Let's say, if I had to compare it to a colleague's album, I would say for example "Canzoni" by Lucio Dalla or "Abbi dubbi" by Bennato... albums that are insufficient and definitely dispensable, but not unbearable to listen to.
pino daniele: la grande madre
CD Audio I have it ★★
Meh meh. We are quite far from the most vulgar and unbearable Pino of a few years ago, but also from the still sufficiently inspired (and therefore still salvageable) one of "Un uomo in blues" and its surroundings. 2.5
The "Vai mo'" band is back together. Is this the result? Meh, at this point it's better without it. Almost 1.5
  • Falloppio
    4 oct 20
    I completely agree halfway with you.
  • Ditta
    4 oct 20
    I care too much about Pino... it hurts me too much to speak badly about him, but if he's going to bring out things like this...
  • Falloppio
    4 oct 20
    Back Home is a good track. Nice solo. Then, in fact, I don't know what happened.
pino daniele: electric jam
CD Audio I have it ★
'O cess.
Perhaps the worst album by Pino Daniele (it competes with that other "masterpiece" that was "Passi d'autore" a few years later, in 2004). Nothing really saves itself, not even the cover. And what saddens me the most is that this man is the same one who wrote and sang songs like “Putesse essere allero,” “Chi tene o mare,” “Terra mia,” etc. etc... rating 3/10.
  • Martello
    7 jul 20
    As Daniele Silvestri said some time ago: "Pino Pino Pino Pino Pino Pino Pino Pino Pino Pino Pino Pino Pino Pino Pino Pino you see that you're an asshole."
If the previous "Don't Trample the Flowers in the Desert" was already inadequate, here begins an additional worsening of the decline that Pino was already facing, which will be confirmed by the subsequent (and even more miserable) records. He will not rise again, except for the partial exception of "Medina" in 2001. Rating between 1 and 1.5.
Pino Daniele: Iguana Café
CD Audio I have it ★
Basically the same mechanics as the previous one and all the subsequent ones: a presumptuous record, infinitely below its capabilities and labeled as a high-level album. However, it is slightly less unbearable than "Passi d'autore," but just slightly. And there really wasn't any need for a cover of "It's Now or Never" (done like this, anyway...).
Pino Daniele: Mascalzone Latino
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
The best album by Pino after "Ferryboat" is possibly rivaled only by the 1987 record. "Anna verrà" is truly wonderful, one of the last gems in the discography of the Neapolitan artist. 7.5
Pino Daniele: Pino Daniele
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
I'm crazy, and don't mess with me.
  • Kism
    21 aug 20
    A masterpiece, before the masterpiece!
Pino Daniele: Nero A Metà
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
For me, the ultimate masterpiece of Uncle Pino (perhaps competing with the previous namesake). Twelve inspired tracks perfect in every way. Monumental. 9.5
  • Marin
    19 jun 20
    @[Stanlio] Buddy, do you know this song? It's really nice.
  • Stanlio
    19 jun 20
    And yet, even for the newspaper Rollinston that lists among the hundred most beautiful Italian records, I hold the album "Non calpestare i fiori nel deserto" recorded fifteen years ago...
Pino Daniele: Terra mia
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Among his earliest albums, this is perhaps the least musically original, but at the same time the most heartfelt and sincere. The title track is likely the most beautiful song dedicated to Naples. 4.5
  • MarkRChandar
    2 jan 21
    Musically "inferior" compared to the later ones, the lyrics are Pino Daniele's best, poetry upon poetry.
Pino Daniele: Che Dio Ti Benedica
CD Audio I have it ★★★
I've always found the title track terrible, but the rest of the album is quite enjoyable to listen to. It's definitely Daniele's last hurrah, speaking of (almost) whole records. 3.5
Pino Daniele: Schizzechea with love
CD Audio I have it ★★★
The first album is a bit too uneven from Pino, and consequently, the first signs of a definitive artistic decline. Among the best tracks, I would point out "Tra la pazzia e il blues," "Gesù Gesù," but especially the beautiful "Jesce juorno" (which certainly deserves a place among his best pieces). The rest is all in all dignified but "lesser" compared to his previous works. The next three albums will be slightly more inspired, then even Pino will sadly fall into the depths of the abyss of Italian song. 3 round stars.
Pino Daniele: Un uomo in blues
CD Audio I have it ★★★
Personally, I have a nice memory of this disc. Of course, it undeniably did better work before, here it was already in a decline, but it still remains appreciable. The next "Che Dio ti benedica" will manage to be slightly more interesting, then goodbye to Pinuccio as well. 3.5
Pino Daniele: Bonne Soirée
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
I listened to it again recently and reassessed it, but not for the better... it remains the first album that marks a "change of course," after a significant period of great albums. However, I still believe that anything less than a 4 doesn't make sense.
  • MarkRChandar
    2 jan 21
    Here he was already experimenting with more Eastern sounds, misunderstood by many (I include myself in this list).
  • Ditta
    2 jan 21
    But it's not so much the sounds that are the problem; it's actually the level of the individual tracks that starts to decline (for now, only slightly), despite the presence of songs like “Occhi grigi” or “Aria”...
  • MarkRChandar
    2 jan 21
    for me masterpieces stop with Musicante (Disperazione, Stella Nera, and Lazzari felici are among my favorite pieces) everything that comes after... quite modest
  • Ditta
    2 jan 21
    “Musicante” is definitely the last album by the giant Pino, but the subsequent Ferryboat is also an album “with balls.” From “Bonne soirèe” to “Che Dio ti benedica,” it slightly slips, but still scatters some flashes of genius here and there, “Jesce juorno” above all, for me.
    Then from “Io per lei” (included) onward, it’s just pandering, lyrics that try to win over very young fans from Nek or Ramazzotti, 80s plastic that's a decade late combined with pseudo-great committed records...
Pino Daniele: Musicante
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Great album, often underrated/misjudged. 4.5
  • hjhhjij
    10 sep 20
    Well, here they were still firing good cartridges, without a doubt.
  • musicalrust
    10 sep 20
    ...and with whom he played.
  • Ditta
    10 sep 20
    This and the subsequent “Ferryboat” I think are two watershed moments, marking the transition from the furious Daniele of the first five albums to the “lesser” (but still adequate, and in some respects even excellent) of the period 87-93.
  • hjhhjij
    10 sep 20
    I don't know, "Ferryboat" as a watershed is fine, I still find it almost comparable to the "golden" period; I like it way more than "Ferryboat" (which is not bad, by the way). Anyway, Daniele between 1980 and this had primarily become a kick-ass Fusion musician, with amazing bands as musicalruggine rightly points out.
Pino Daniele: Bella 'Mbriana
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Spectacular record, perhaps among his earliest works it remains the most "international" of all musically speaking. Yes, indeed, it's "Tutta 'nata storia".
  • Kism
    15 aug 20
    Fantastic, another masterpiece, the introduction to "Tutta 'nata storia" moves me! Pino has succeeded where Battiato has faltered, that is, in following a masterpiece (Nero a metà) with two equally brilliant albums (Vai Mo' and Bella 'Mbriana). With these albums, Pino has become a living legend... I don’t care at all if the albums from the mid-'80s onwards flopped... he had already produced what made him eternal!
Pino Daniele: Live Sciò
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
One of the most beautiful live performances in the history of music. Show.
  • musicalrust
    24 aug 20
    Consumed!!!... just a note... maybe a few less trumpets and trombones would have benefited it. On an emotional level for me, E Sona Mò remains unparalleled (also because I was there).
Pino Daniele: Ferry Boat
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
For me, the last great album by Pino from beginning to end, even though it came after the “spiritual testament” Sciò. Probably not to the level of many of the previous ones (and I am referring in particular to the wonderful quartet “Pino Daniele”-“Nero a metà”-“Vai mo’”-“Bella ‘mbriana”), but we still find several great tracks and beautiful interpretations. 4.5
  • Kism
    20 sep 20
    Um...for me the last one is "Musicante", I'll listen to "Ferry Boat" again...just the cover alone. If you appreciate "Ferry Boat", you're likely to find something good in the subsequent ones as well, but I prefer "Bonne soirèe"...
  • Ditta
    20 sep 20
    Look @[Kism], I went as far as "God Bless You," where, apart from the horrible title track, there were still some gems ("Mal di te," "Questa primavera," "Sono un cantante di blues," and "Sicily" especially). After that, total deluge.
  • musicalrust
    20 sep 20
    As @[Ditta] said ....
Pino Daniele: Medina
CD Audio I have it ★★★
Not a particularly beautiful or inspired album, but still with some good tracks. Definitely his best album since 1995 to date. 3 balls out of 5.
  • Martello
    29 may 20
    I know someone whose last name is Medina. His first name is ERNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE STO
  • bohhh
    29 may 20
    me(r)dina
This album wasn't exactly an unbearable piece of junk (unlike almost everything that comes after), but for me it marks the beginning of the end for the good Pino. There are still a few interesting moments, like in "O cammello 'nnamurato," "Anima," or "Oasi," but overall it remains a decidedly mediocre work. I won't comment on the most famous track of the album (of course, "Io per lei"). Rating: 2 decent balls.
Pooh: Parsifal
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
The Poohffi you don't expect...