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DeRank ™: 7,88

DeAge™ : 6612 days • Here since 3 may 2008

Kylie Minogue Light Years

7 feb 12

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A very nice album with some excellent singles: "Spinning Around" and "Your Disco Needs You" have become classics in their own right, as have their respective videos (but for different reasons; the first is for the straight audience, while the second is for the gay audience). I would like to point out that Robbie Williams' collaboration on the album was more than crucial, having written almost half of the songs, which are among the most beautiful and quirky of his work as a songwriter.

Lana Del Rey Born To Die

5 feb 12

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Okay, 1 is a score too low given hastily because I can't stand the character, but 2 is totally fair. Look, I want to be nice, 2 and a half.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor Make A Scene

5 feb 12

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Inferior to its predecessor, but still very good and definitely above the average of international pop, and we already knew that Sophie had class to spare. The only real flaw of the album is the absence of "Sophia Loren," the b-side of "Bittersweet," which, in my opinion, is an absolute gem, one of the best and most fun songs by Ellis-Bextor, and it deserved to be on the album Then again, thinking about it, it might be too cheerful and carefree for this somewhat dark album, but it’s still a shame.

Lana Del Rey Born To Die

5 feb 12

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Boredom.

Dir En Grey Dum Spiro Spero

4 feb 12

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Welcome to DeBaser! A highly shareable review in content, less so in enthusiasm. For me, Dir en grey ended after "THE MARROW OF A BONE", which still contained some excellent tracks like "Ryoujoku no ame" or "CLEVER SLEAZOID", after which it was emptiness: so many plagiarisms or anyway "excessively derivative" tracks (you are right) and very few true shining moments (just "Hageshisa to, kono mune no naka de karamitsuita shakunetsu no yami"). Bye Kyo, I cared for you. P.S.: "they play everything" is a bit of an exaggeration, come on, they play numerous variants of metal, but it's still metal.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor Trip the Light Fantastic

25 jan 12

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I quote EVERYTHING from the review of an album that I LOVE, or rather, more than love, which I consider one of the ten best pop albums in history, perfectly parallel to the other absolute gem that is "X" by Kylieamore. "Trip the Light Fantastic" is of a decent perfection unattainable by 99.9% of the starlets in the rest of the world and yes, well, maybe it doesn't really deserve 5 stars, but I love it and find it so easy to listen to that it transcends trends: it has been out for five years now (an eternity in pop music) and it is still more brilliant, ahead and - how should I say - retro-innovative compared to the vast majority of what is heard today on the radio. The subsequent "Make a Scene" is not at the same level, but in its dark sparkle, it continues the thread of sober & refined quality upheld by Ellis-Bextor (the title track is excellent).

@ILM_igliore: here we are talking about the ultimate embodiment of pop, let's try to ignore k-pop and its chilling results, thank you.

Suishou No Fune Prayer For Chibi

23 jan 12

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Funeral lament for the cat. I'm reflecting on these words. I don't know the piece, but I'm really interested in hearing it.

Dmitrij Sostakovic Sinfonia n.7 "Leningrad"

16 jan 12

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Excellent review of an extremely significant work; it may not be my favorite piece by Shostakovich, but a double 5 fits very well here.

Michel Hazanavicius The Artist

27 dec 11

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Very good review shattered by the unnecessary and annoying presence of two swear words: not that they disturb me in themselves, but here they are simply out of place. Excellent film, it pairs well with "Singin' in the Rain," of which it represents a sort of complementary and alternative version from another point of view, while still maintaining equal quality, thus creating the perfect diptych that seals the (non) end of silent cinema.

Dannii Minogue Neon Nights

24 dec 11

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A good review for a good album. I will always keep repeating that I prefer honest, simple, and well-made pop to the pretentious yet hollow spectacles of other much more famous stars.