Enciclopedia Poletti

David who?

Review that was missing, a gap filled wonderfully. "Moonshadow" and especially "Morning Has Broken" are among the tracks I remember most joyfully regarding Cat Stevens' discography. And perhaps, I prefer this one to the excellent "Tea For The Tillerman" (although I believe I've listened to the latter a bit too many times, and due to saturation, I slightly prefer this "Teaser...").

Nice review, I know little about Van Halen but what I know I liked a lot.

A bit below "Purple Rain," but definitely an album that doesn’t disappoint. Like all of Prince's works, after all.

Ivan Cattaneo is a character that can't be explained in three lines. He had the skill to revive classic songs from the sixties during the eighties, masterpieces by Mina, Gino Paoli, and so on, not that he composed any remarkable works, but he had the merit of introducing us, the kids of the eighties, to a musical world that was almost unknown or at best, partially known. The rhythms, the music changed, and suddenly "Una zebra a pois" transformed into a high-chart hit, over twenty years since the original. Then he turned to self-flagellation, repeating the same thing an infinite number of times, becoming blatantly banal and repetitive, only to return with an album, the title of which slips my mind, that was almost experimental, but not commercially successful. Perhaps his best musical episode. A career that hovers around a 3 (on the debaserian scale), and this album, which is worth a 2. But when it comes to Ivan Cattaneo, beyond today's TV scandal, we should talk about him with a pinch (not much, just a pinch) of respect.

Well, I don't really know this job either by hearsay or by encyclopedic knowledge (and my nickname, in this case, betrays me). Anyway, the Jethro Tull, huge in the Seventies, seem a bit washed up since "A."

A couple of songs are nice, "Canzone per Francesco" dedicated to Guccini and the nonconformist "Figlia," but it feels like the same meticulous and tidy work as always, with the same music we’ve heard before, the same convoluted references, and the usual professor-like snobbery, which is obviously inevitable. Unfortunately, I loved Vecchioni for two great albums ("Samarcanda" and "Blumun") and the theme song for Barbapapà. After that, that's it, nothing more.

Then really Dave, the story about the racist junkie is as old as the hills (didn’t you know? Get informed). Many great artists far superior to Vasco have been junkies, but he has never been a racist. At least make your criticisms constructive or have at least a shred of truth.

Listen, whether you're young or not (and anyway you're small), actually read the encyclopedias. And read what they say about Vasco. Then I refer you to my review "Non siamo mica gli americani" and read what the Punisher says in his comment. I completely agree with it, just as I agree with the intervention on this page by primiballi. Well, we might be fools; maybe we like being fools, or maybe you just don't have the gift of revelation.

P.S.: Grasshopper is the most beloved reviewer on the site (by everyone). Go read his reviews and educate yourself. An average of 5 from everyone, he ranges from Beethoven to Jethro Tull. Learn, you fool.