Filippo Guzzardi

it's exactly what I affirm jet: he shouldn't have accepted. The little he managed to add to Vanderberg's scores is in Slow Poke Music (very underrated) and of course in the new version of "Fool for your loving." In "Sailing Ships" as well as in "Wings of the Storm" or "Judgement Day," Coverdale is exceptional: but that's another story.

A clarification: Who Made Who (1985) was released simultaneously with "Fly on the Wall". It serves as the soundtrack for the film "Maximum Overdrive" (in Italy, Brivido) and contains 3 unreleased tracks: the title track (a beautiful video) and two instrumental pieces (D.T. and Chase the Ace). Additionally (as dreamwarrior rightly points out), there are 2 promotional tracks from Fly on the Wall (Sink the Pink and Shake Your Foundation), "Back in Black," "Hells Bells," "You Shook Me All Night Long," "For Those About to Rock," and the splendid ballad "Ride On" (featuring Bon Scott on vocals). The album Flick of the Switch is an underrated album because the same AC/DC have practically repudiated it: this is part of the band's history as witnessed in the interviews given. The fact that the tracks contained within are virtually absent from the live repertoire confirms this (but the same applies to all albums from the '80s). This is a work that brings very close to epic sounds (Nervous Shakedown and Badlands, among others), and for those who do not mind these sounds, it’s a well-crafted album. I even prefer it to "Fly on the Wall" and "Blow Up Your Video". The same goes for "For Those About to Rock," aside from the title track, which is far from transcendental, though it's better than the latter. I apologize for the lengthy explanation, but I am a huge fan of the band, and for anyone wanting to know more, click on: home.tele2.it/guzzardifilippo

I completely agree with you: a gap has been filled. Great review and a nice rock album: that soft genre, (you’re right) not any less exciting for that, on the contrary, it has definitely disappeared. Well done.

Respectable Italian band. The criticism is exaggerated and there’s much worse out there, even if the group is becoming a bit more "Americanized": but some don’t mind it at all (like me). The Lacuna have done better, I personally prefer their early, rawer works, but the album isn’t a total loss.

The review says little or nothing, but the fact that the author highlighted the album speaks in his favor. I would like to remind everyone that on this album, just like on the Van Halen records with "Diamond Dave," it's not hard rock: it's simply "BIG ROCK," I won’t add anything else. Steve Vai is a fantastic guitarist but he doesn’t manage very well: the collaboration with Roth is superb (see Yankee Rose), while the one with Coverdale in Whitesnake (in Slip of the Tongue, 1989), for example, is less impressive. Billy Sheehan is masterful in Ladies Nite In Buffalo (my favorite) while Bissonette behind the drums is honestly impeccable throughout the entire album. Sincere compliments, Marco.

I remember an album that at times has a Zeppelin vibe (the first two works) with Russell imitating Plant in the beautiful "Cold Hearted Lovin" and "Congo Square." My favorites are "Call it rock'n'roll," "Heartbreaker," and "Desert Moon." Great review.