sylvian1982

DeRank ™: 0,65

DeAge™ : 7767 days • Here since 4 march 2005

Slowdive Just For A Day

17 mar 05

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I trust this review and the samples I've heard. I bought both Just For A Day and Souvlaky. Considering that Mojave 3 are a good band, I'm expecting a lot from Slowdive. Of course, I ordered them online because I think it's absolute madness to go around shops looking for them. Lately, in the stores in my area (Central Tuscany), I find more trash than records to buy.

Arab Strap The Red Thread

17 mar 05

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It’s a good record even if I prefer Philophobia. What annoys me the most is that way of singing that’s halfway between singing and spoken word. If they had a serious singer, they would gain a lot. Over time they are a bit monotonous, but they have some uncommon qualities.

XTC Skylarking

17 mar 05

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I remember buying this album back when it was released, captivated by the positive reviews. I've never been enthusiastic about XTC. Truth be told, they've made many good albums, but they've never hit a masterpiece. I don't understand why the eighties are so maligned. It's a decade brimming with great albums, no less than other decades (sixties excluded, as you say), yet there's always a certain prejudice against this period. Returning to XTC, my favorite album of theirs is "Apple Venus vol.1."

David Bowie Station to Station

16 mar 05

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Great review. It seems like a fantastic album. I loved Bowie a lot at the beginning of his career. I adore Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane, but I think Station To Station is one of the worst albums he ever made. Then he would be reborn with the Berlin trilogy. But that's another story.

Emiliana Torrini Fisherman's Woman

15 mar 05

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I also have Torrini's previous work, and even though it doesn't blow me away, it still occasionally plays in my player. It's a decent piece of synthetic Trip-Hop. Here, in my opinion, she seems to have bitten off more than she can chew. I repeat, I appreciate the effort, but the result leaves me puzzled.
Pugliamix, I saw the list of your favorite artists, and honestly, it seems quite bizarre to me that you could like such a slumberous album. Or not?

The Polyphonic Spree Together We're Heavy

15 mar 05

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I didn't think there were so many informed people regarding Gary Clark. More than a dissertation on the Polyphonic Spree album, it turned into a forum on Gary Clark. Anyway, if no one reviews Meet Danny Wilson (Socrates, are you there?) in the next few days, I'll go listen to it again for the umpteenth time and shyly try to snatch a few stars from the sky to attempt to describe it.

The Polyphonic Spree Together We're Heavy

14 mar 05

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Oh God. But what would they be, a sort of modern Ku Klux Klan? I’ve never read anything about this. I've never seen them live, but the CD in question comes with a DVD featuring a couple of concert clips, and I agree with what "vv" says. They’re wild on stage. And all in all, they’re also entertaining. But to go from that to being a cult is quite a leap. Who knows! You might be right.

The Polyphonic Spree Together We're Heavy

13 mar 05

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Honestly, I thought I was the only one who knew about Gary Clark. Meet Danny Wilson is an underrated masterpiece of pop craftsmanship. I remember back in the day (it was 1987) I was reading Rockstar, and it was them who introduced me to it. I don’t even mind the subsequent "Bepop Moptop"; however, the only album released under his name, "Ten Short Songs About Love," leaves me a bit perplexed. After that, I never heard anything more about Gary Clark. The fact is, Meet Danny Wilson is an album I loved and still love to bits.

Ed Harcourt From Every Sphere

10 mar 05

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Nice review. If you like it, you like it. I respect it but don’t share the opinion. It's just a faded copy of the excellent debut album. In fact, he’s already released a third work (I can’t even remember the title) that nobody, absolutely nobody, paid attention to.