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I've read a lot of groups arguing about "dirt," here we go again, someone brought up the Beatles and someone else took offense, and then down we go with pure pedantry, obscure bands, just for the sake of being different. Guys, in front of the Beatles, put away your presumed musical knowledge and bow down.

The vote is at dotCAZdot.

Really beautiful review, reading it I found it more substantial than listening to the entire work; anyway, I find "I Zimbra" absolutely amazing, very Frippian.

I don't know the worst of what. Anyway, I don't intend to go further; in the end, you just seem like a joker to me. Trust me, there aren't many of us.

Starting from the fact that I partially agree with what you’re saying, I wanted to ask you a question, preferably with an answer that doesn't involve insults or curse words. Did you create the role of punisher for yourself, or has someone given you a special license? Because by constantly making your interventions around the site with your not-so-constructive criticisms, it seems to me that you've taken yourself a bit too seriously. I repeat, personally you don’t bother me at all, but many times you make unnecessary comments. There are many people on the site, each with different ages and backgrounds; at least try to have different shades depending on whom you are interacting with, because otherwise, you risk becoming just crude, with the result that no one will want to talk to you anymore. Regards.

The review is nice, even though it seems (if it were true, there would be nothing wrong with it) that this love for Paul has just recently taken hold of you, and almost as if you want to share it with everyone. The album isn't bad, although it's not immediate; it’s so easy that when you listen to it for the first few times, you immediately categorize it and put it away, while the work is a bit more complex. Well done on the analysis, at least you listen to albums and don’t just limit yourself to hearing them.

On the contrary, I argue that this is not the most beautiful, but the most important work of Paul and not only. The concept of beauty, while important, is often tied to a very subjective matter of taste; many people lack taste, so how would one frame that? Instead, here we have a discussion of introspection and the desire (after the super sophisticated "Abbey Road") to return to simplicity, both in composition and recording, yet the album is absolutely remarkable.

I see you, Andrea, really getting into it with the Macca. Anyway, I find it a good review, but despite my love for Paul as well, I think this album is pretty bad, no matter what mood I was in when I listened to it.

Aside from the criticism from some readers who want to take the spotlight away from the reviewer (embarrassing, right?), I find that the Genesis double live album is more beautiful now than when it was released. When evaluated in the context of the musical period of those years, take P.F.M. with "Come Ti Va In Riva Alla Città" or Banco with "Urgentissimo," it becomes clear that some prog bands of the time were steering their composing style in a new direction. So, the Genesis with Abacab, a much-discussed album (I want to clarify that I don't want to spark debates about this work which I like very much, including "Lurker"), present with this live album both tracks from the past and pieces from the "Duke" and "Abacab" eras, with the same vigor and similar arrangements—almost as if they want to reset their somewhat baroque past without renouncing it. For me, it's a solid work. I give you a 3 because I don't like the term you use in two tracks, "Cacare."

I didn't like the review, it seems like it was written by a twelve-year-old; the work has a much deeper essence.