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Damn Dexster, I thought it would be worse, among the many insults, you even got some compliments. Well done!!
However, allow me to share my thoughts on Masini, which I didn't do earlier. I found him pathetic when he sang about the melancholy of youth, I found him pathetic when he told off those who criticized him while trying to distance himself from a character that he had somehow contributed to building (back when his first LP came out, if I remember correctly, people were asking: "Is he really that depressed or are the record executives portraying him that way?") and I found it pathetic when people said he brought bad luck. The only redeemable moment was his first song "Disperato" but only because of the Sanremo context in which I heard it; a context that can make even the sound of fire engine sirens seem beautiful.

I give you a 5 for courage. But here it seems like bad vibes are in the air and I’m out. Bye Bye

Wow, the vote!!!

From the way you talk about it, it seems interesting. The cover, however, for some reason, doesn’t inspire me...

This record reminds me of my adolescence and a Monsters of Rock in '88 in Modena. Although the nonsense about Aleister Crowley makes me laugh today just like it did back then, it was nice to think back on it.

I completely agree, and even if there are already other reviews of this album, what harm can one more do?

Yes, the world in general is cruel! Anyway, if you're interested, I want to point out a nice novel by Johnathan Coe that shares the same title as this album. You'll find many references to the music of that era in it. And it's also funny, which doesn't hurt...

I agree about the excess length, but what comes before and what awaits you after each lengthy part more than compensates for the wait. To the editors: I don’t want to be pedantic, but I had divided my review into more paragraphs than the ones I see, especially in the central part. It seems to me that presented this way makes the reading a bit laborious. Well, it’s fine, whatever...

"each of these tracks consists exclusively of the repetition of the same (few) piano notes" and to achieve this Battiato used not one but two pianists, and not just any two fools: Antonio Ballista and Bruno Canino. I don’t know where you heard all this "rare magic." The only desire this record gives you is to ask for your money back. And thank goodness there was then "the most astounding turnaround in the history of music." otherwise Franco wouldn’t have become one of my heroes.

I like the review: quotes, folk wisdom... But, how much sadness, how much nostalgia for the time that was. Come on, life... I don't know the album but I give David a 5 regardless...