Zarathustra

And what can be said about Michelle and In my life? Truly poetry in music.

Epic record, fantastic, a perfect snapshot of the band just having reached full artistic maturity that would then lead to masterpieces like Revolver, Sgt Pepper, White Album, and all the others, really. The review is wonderful, but you could have dedicated a bit more attention to the individual tracks. The references to Lennon and McCartney's words about the album more than make up for this slight omission, so the 5 is yours.

I am among those who do not love this album. It loses too much spontaneity. The masterpieces of Yes are The Yes Album, Fragile, and Close to the Edge; here they've gone overboard. The review is nice but perhaps too lengthy.

Great respect for his technical mastery on the guitar, but I hate his voice with all my might.

Well no, it's not the pinnacle of prog, but you're right, it's a great album, unjustly underrated. Banco, after all, is the greatest Italian prog band, the only one on par with the great English groups. Let's say that Capolinea truly represents the testament of Banco. From then on, darkness. Great review, I agree with almost everything.

The review is really bad... but it's well written.

Well, as usual, there's a tendency to exaggerate in judgments.. the music of the Red Hot Chili Peppers has taken a very different direction since By The Way. And indeed, they are unrecognizable compared to their great works (including Californication, which is different from the others but equally valid). The sound of the guitar is unrecognizable, the solos have lost that "funkadelic" touch that made Frusciante famous. Here, we return to traditional rock solos, almost U2 style, but I honestly wouldn't know which band to compare them to currently. The love for funk is still there, but everything is now contaminated by a melodic search that I find excessive, giving the songs a catchiness that borders on pop. Great Flea as usual and Antony is also in good form, Smith's performance is solid too. In short, the album itself is not bad; if one doesn't make uncharitable comparisons with past albums.. I mean, if I didn't know this was RHCP, I would find this album quite nice. So I rely on pure objectivity..

Well done Emanuele, it feels like I'm at the circus when I see them perform.

Nice review, accurate and well-written. I have little to say about Metallica; I believe jettojet is absolutely right. I think it's really difficult for a metal band to stay at high levels; ideally, they would try to renew themselves perhaps by attempting bolder solutions even far from metal... the fact is that the most hardcore fans (who judging by the reaction to Nothing Else Matters are the vast majority) would never accept it, after all, the very name of the band confines them to a specific genre...

Next time try to be less concise. She's too dull, I don't like it.