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I'd like to share my thoughts: for me, it’s a modest album by a fantastic band. This means that with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, you always start from an exceptional level, and their "modest" effort is immensely more beautiful than much of the music out there. But it also means that in the past, they've done better.

Beautiful, congratulations.
I’m in love with her "Sixty Tales" to the point that every now and then I reread some of them. That collection is always on my nightstand. The fear and anguish of those 60 nightmares manage to "scare away" my own fear. Fear of aging, of illness, of what eludes rationality and mocks you without your rational mind being able to do anything about it.
Congratulations.

The review is beautiful.
By telling YOUR Alan Parson Project, you’ve positioned yourself on ground that cannot be criticized, because the way we experience music, with all the memories it evokes in us, well, that cannot be judged. It’s something sacred.
And you did it well, by the way.
I, for example, do not value this music at all and have never been able to stand these chart professionals. Undoubtedly, they have done their job well, that is, recording music that works and selling records. However, if I must say that this stuff has left a significant artistic mark... I really cannot bring myself to say that. I've always found it to be "little things."
That said, I reiterate that you have written a most worthy piece.

Interesting mention/review, I absolutely need to delve deeper into it. Eden is an album that I loved very much. I haven't listened to it again since those distant 80s, maybe I don't have the courage, but I remember it with nostalgia.

Anyway, in its own way, it was far from contemptible. Listening to Cara, introduced by Pippo Baudo perhaps at a Sanremo of the time, I thought to myself, "...but listen to that incredible song." Of course, the Mahavishnu Orchestra is a bit much as a backing band. But if the 500 Abarth was conceived...

I had heard that this great artist was preparing a series of concerts accompanied by the Mahavishnu Orchestra, assembled for the occasion in its mark 1 formation, with Billy Cobham, Jerry Goodman, Jan Hammer, Rick Laird, Christian, and McLaughlin on guitars. Then unfortunately the epidemic broke out.
Let’s hope they continue with the project. And that they also come to Turin. These are opportunities not to be missed.

the incomprehensibility communicated clearly. A beautiful piece, it made me want to watch this great film again.

I remember Baricco's show on Celine's Voyage and Steinbeck's Furore, which I quite liked. It's true that he seems rather narcissistic in his mannerisms, but ultimately who cares? If the show or book is good, narcissism is a flaw I can easily forgive. It becomes an aggravating factor, however, if the work is rubbish, but I don't recall any outright "rubbish" from this author. Maybe his novels are not exactly masterpieces, but they're not complete rubbish either. If I had to summarize, I'd say he's a modest writer of fiction and an excellent promoter of other people's works, whether literary or musical (his shows on Celine and Steinbeck were and still are worth following). As for his non-fiction, I haven't read anything, but I believe Stanlio when he says his essays are not essential publications. In fact, I think his excellent communicative ability, which is the foundation of good dissemination, holds up well for a theatrical or television show but proves disappointing for an essay written on paper.

It remains a mysterious and fascinating fact that some records are beautiful and others, perhaps recorded just three months apart, are less so.
Why?
Hard to say, but I think it has to do with the great magic of jazz, that is, the factor that makes this music unique and wonderful, where you can play impeccably, surrounded by excellent collaborators, and still achieve results that are lukewarm or boring, and then one day, under the same conditions, a session ends up on tape that leaves everyone speechless with its inspiration and intensity. No one will ever understand why this happens. But it is a fantastic thing.

Well, I might sound a bit reactionary, but I prefer this musician's hard bop period because he released some really beautiful albums in that genre (and to be honest, quite a few that were a bit less successful, but we're talking about a very high level nonetheless).
I’d like to point out "Chant," in full soul-jazz style, "Royal Flush," a textbook hard bop that is truly well-crafted, and "Fuego," featuring a fantastic Jackie McLean.
In any case, his funky period is also fascinating.