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I agree with the reviewer, and I partly agree with Fusillo as well. Let me explain: undoubtedly, Le Orme have represented a great deal in the history of Italian music. Along with PFM, they brought British progressive music to Italy and infused it with psychedelic beat digressions. For this, they deserve credit. However, they have also been extremely overrated: innovative in some ways, but certainly not genius. Many of their songs are musically mediocre and weak in terms of lyrics; the Venetian air (they are from Marghera) is certainly not the same as the London Beat, and often there's an attempt to emulate unattainable myths from across the Channel, which ultimately leads to losing the real essence of the album, which is to transport a musical genre to another country, not to copy it slavishly. I must admit that "Collage" is perhaps one of their best albums, even though I prefer "Uomo di pezza." But giving it 5 would classify them as absolute geniuses, and they were certainly not that. As for the review, what can I say: I don’t agree with everything, but it is well-written and seeks to impose an interesting and curious critical perspective; it manages to create a bit of discussion (which happens far too rarely) and it's not just written for the sake of writing, but contains interesting and non-trivial passages (I completely agree with the note about the cover).

Classifying "The Masterplan" as just a simple b-sides album is almost a crime. Here are tracks that would have been A-sides on any record by any band, just think of "Acquiesce." And then there's also a luxurious cover: "I Am The Walrus" by the Beatles. Oasis deserves more respect: their pop may be commercial and sounding déjà vu a thousand times, but, as "The Face" said in 1994, these are the new Sex Beatles. I can't say I disagree. The review is nice and passable, although extremely simple and elementary.

I'm not an expert connoisseur of Metallica, but I give this album a 5 without a second thought, because it has some deadly riffs and because, compared to "Kill 'Em All" (the only two I've listened to), it seems less disjointed and more thought-out, and "Enter Sandman" is simply a masterpiece. The review is quite pathetic: not so much for what’s written (which is shareable) but for the obvious lexical-grammatical blunders that, dear pep92, you should learn to refine.

I don't want to be a party pooper, but I have to say this. The duck on the cover, dressed in a trench coat like Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca, actually has its own significance, which you, however, do not explain: "As time goes by" was the song the Black pianist sang to Bogart in "Casablanca." This is a piece of film history (and just because it's a 1942 movie doesn't mean we dismiss it with an "It's old"; otherwise, even Armstrong's records would be considered old, and yet you all know them inside out). The review is thorough, but an oversight like this is outrageous: it's like mentioning the Beatles and forgetting to talk about George Harrison.

So-so, review and album. Not the best of the Red Hot.

Personal opinion, therefore not an absolute truth: "Ziggy" was a masterful work, perhaps one of the most important records in the entire history of music, it had a charge and an energy that could be frightening or evoke shivers of pleasure, and then there was perhaps Bowie’s most beautiful track: "Rock'n Roll Suicide." I have always liked this much less, less convincing and more philosophical and intellectual, perhaps because the alien has fallen back to Earth and doesn’t feel quite at home. Anyway, during those years Bowie was more active as a producer for Lou Reed rather than composing songs for himself. The best Bowie, in my opinion, we won’t see again until "Heroes." Nevertheless, the fact remains that the review is excellent. Then again, as mentioned, these are entirely personal opinions.

This one had slipped my mind. Even Bowie has been infected by queenitis. Well, you all know my opinion on that.

I know very little about Cohen, and I confess that I have never even heard his name mentioned. Anyway, the review is excellent. (By the way: are Cohen's originals more beautiful or the Italianized versions by De André?).

Aside from the fact that it's the fourth (if I'm not mistaken) and not the best, as much as I might like the album, perhaps the best of Litfiba, to call it one of the most beautiful Italian albums of all time is a blasphemy bordering on superficiality. If this is the best, what do De André, Gaber, Battiato, Guccini, Fossati, De Gregori, Battisti, Jannacci, what are they, the greatest?

Beautiful review.