Grasshopper

DeRank ™: 5,88

DeAge™ : 7973 days • Here since 11 august 2004

Francesco De Gregori De Gregori

1 aug 05

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I agree that this album belongs to the best De Gregori, the most introspective one. I’m less in agreement with the harsh judgment on the current De Gregori. Even though I have referred to his evolution as "dylanizzazione," saying that he now imitates Dylan seems a bit excessive to me.

Supertramp Breakfast in America

1 aug 05

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Together with "Crime of the Century," the masterpiece of one of the most underrated bands in the history of rock (or maybe it's pop?) If it's pop, it's still top quality. The review is excellent as well.

Mike Oldfield Tubular Bells

1 aug 05

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As often happens, I completely agree with Hal: the record has been too plundered, and the transcriptions are certainly not up to par. But here we're talking about the original, which for me remains a masterpiece.

Genesis Genesis

1 aug 05

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In contrast: I find it the only decent album by the "electro-Genesis." The first part isn't too bad, and the two "Home by the sea" (especially the second one) are a commendable attempt to refresh the suites of the golden age with more modern sounds.

Genesis Abacab

1 aug 05

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The first big slip-up in the most clichéd and "dancy" commercial, after the gray but decent "And then there were three" and "Duke." Little is salvaged, and that little is now shamelessly Collins-esque (with hints of Earth Wind and Fire). Genesis is now just a name, an empty label.

Genesis Invisible touch

1 aug 05

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Surely their ugliest album, but despite everything, something manages to salvage itself: the sweet slow "In Too Deep," part of the "Domino" suite, and the gloomy "Tonight tonight tonight." And to think that for some, the Genesis are all about this...

Francesco Guccini Via Paolo Fabbri 43

1 aug 05

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Even if it may not be pleasing, how much truth is there in the fact that "it is our fate to attempt clumsy flights of action and word, flying like the turkey flies..."

Francesco Guccini Via Paolo Fabbri 43

1 aug 05

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Among Guccini's absolute masterpieces: an album that starts dark, continues with irony, and ends tragically: those two beautiful final songs deliver a tremendous hit of melancholy, but they also represent one of the deepest and most touching moments that songwriter has ever given us. In particular, "Canzone quasi d'amore" is spine-tingling; I fully agree that it is the best piece, and one of the best overall from the mountain man of Pavana.

Dire Straits Dire Straits

1 aug 05

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My first encounter with a sparkling electric guitar: a perfect record, so perfect that it could even generate a valid clone like "Communiqué" (the sound is practically identical).

Tom Waits Real Gone

15 jul 05

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Double huh... I can hardly find anything in there, but at this point it's clear that it must be my limitation... Anyway, I reiterate that my strictness is due to the fact that usually those who write a duplicate or triplicate review try to add something to the previous ones, while in this case the two that were there in comparison seem like treatises...