Best artist Rock of all time secondo DeBaser.

❝ Is it possible to listen to “My Generation” without screaming and shaking?!

❝ Less than forty minutes, but an actual punch in the stomach, a pure distillation of that thing that someone called Rock and which instead I like to call Rock.

❝ LOVE REIGNS ON ME.

❝ If only one name from the entire history of rock remains in a hundred years, it will inevitably be Jimi Hendrix, said Pete Townshend.

❝ Here. In about two minutes, Jimi Hendrix one day decided to show us his soul and we all realized that his soul was so, so beautiful.

❝ Hendrix and the completely still and mesmerized audience in front of this being who came from who knows where to express everything he had inside with the howls he managed to produce from his guitar..

❝ "Led Zeppelin? What's that?"

❝ "Best Band, Ever"

❝ Impossible not to affirm that what comes out is an absolute masterpiece.

❝ Year 1968, “Wheels Of Fire” by the British Cream. The pinnacle of their short but very dense career.

❝ Cream’s performances are intense and captivating, with extremely long solos and improvisations at the end, at high volume and energy.

❝ I will have no other Floyds besides Syd!

❝ Goodbye Cruel World (of Business).

❝ The Dark Side Of The Moon is not only the compositional and musical climax of the post-Barrett group's experience

❝ "If you tried to give Rock n' Roll another name, you might call it Chuck Berry"

❝ Chuck Berry remains the unsurpassed icon of rock and roll: he holds the formula of this bold and dangerous alchemy, having shaped the expression and definitive language of the main instrument in such a liturgy: the electric guitar.

❝ There was a period in my life when I had only one ambition; to play like Chuck Berry

❝ At least that damn record still sounded like it used to.

❝ Some say they do it better than anyone else, others say they’re now pathetic, and some, like me, claim that this is the true classical music of the late twentieth century, together of course with the best jazz.

❝ This album, despite being recorded under the most terrifying conditions and remixed an indeterminate number of times, remains one of the main cornerstones of the Rolling Stones' discography.

❝ The question here isn’t whether you own 'Made In Japan', but: which version do you have?

❝ The Deep Purple, then! Even though they are all more or less in their sixties, except for Steve Morse, our guys manage to rock like never before.

❝ I am "selfish," I wish that Deep Purple had stopped making records after "Perfect Stranger";

❝ Elusive as the unconscious, indefinable as a free-associating stream of thoughts.

❝ I think that listening to ‘Brown Eyed Girl’ makes life better.

❝ But at 80, his distinctive voice remains as powerful and remarkably emotional as ever.

❝ Ian Anderson and the others have not yet stopped delighting the ears of connoisseurs with their very own progressive rock, based on the extraordinary versatility of an instrument more typical of classical music than rock: the flute.

❝ And in the introduction to this album, Ian Anderson states that Wight wasn't the best concert of their lives, and I sincerely remain perplexed because both in terms of sound quality andperformance, we are at absolute levels.

❝ Under Wraps is Jethro Tull's worst album: cold, too technological, not acoustic enough, not melodic enough, and especially lacking the flute that made the band famous.

❝ Let's begin by clearing up any doubts: this is a classic among classics.

❝ The Creedence Clearwater Revival are a band, in the true sense of the word: the undisputed leader is John C. Fogerty.

❝ The latest studio effort from the American band, an intentionally driven musical suicide at the height of their fame.

❝ When the alien DavidBowie, restless astronaut of the deepest spaces of the human soul, encounters the musical architect of perfect cosmic spaces BrianEno, an extraordinary album emerges.

❝ HE'S OUTRAGEOUS, HE SCREAMS AND HE BAWLS

❝ We know, David Bowie is not a man of this planet, not in a strict sense, at least.

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"This Is The End" had already been announced years earlier by James Douglas Morrison.

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"This is the end, beautiful friend. This is the end my only friend..."

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"Break On Through (To The Other Side)"

❝ Unmissable, for aficionados and not.

❝ How much I adored that refined touch, that artistic elegance, and the style always precise and impeccable.

❝ The true gem of this album remains "Tears In Heaven" – inspired by the tragic passing of his little son – and a timeless hit.

❝ it was a band, did you know?

❝ I love you.

❝ My life's a mess, I'm waiting for you to pass by... I'm sitting here at the bar with an empty glass in hand

❝ A man who still doesn't seem to have found a minimum of inner peace and serenity.

❝ It's a fact that Townshend needs to play at least three strings at a time (that is, play rhythm) to be great.

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This is the first album that absolutely puts the electric guitar at the center of attention, a forerunner of works of the caliber of Are You Experienced and Texas Flood, to name a few, and a precursor of genres and trends that would prevail for over a decade.

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Much, much honor and respect for them, history of rock.

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The Yardbirds were incredible.

❝ Janis doesn't sing like others, she screams her need to be loved!

❝ Janis Joplin: one of the greatest "white" voices to sing "black" music (forget about Eminem...). This album was released posthumously in early 1971, a few months after Janis had already left us (she died in October '70). The album is the true masterpiece of this sad, melancholic woman, who searched for love she never found.

❝ Listening to "Pearl" is like making love with 25,000 people, savoring in the air the scent of those years, then falling asleep with Janis by your side.

❝ “Who the hell is that guitarist?!”

❝ “Many times their fame is overshadowed by the great “giants” of English rock of the period like Zeppelin, Purple, or Sabbath, but Ten Years After, led by the great and unfortunately recently deceased Alvin Lee, the “Fastest Guitar in Rock 'n Roll”, are absolutely no less in terms of skill and spectacle, and this double album is the most sincere testament to that.”

❝ “This is essentially the band’s most original work, perhaps also the most refined, and (needless to say) misunderstood by most fans at the time.”

❝ “The Lynyrd Skynyrd that once were will never exist again.”

❝ “Music is all we have and know. If it hadn't been for rock'n'roll, we would have gone to pick cotton.”

❝ “Don't tell me nonsense. You know it. You know it better than I do. Even the stones know it. Lynyrd Skynyrd has not existed since 1977.”

❝ This is love, I admit it.

❝ An album composed and played in a state of grace.

❝ Reel To Real is the DNA of Simple Minds.

❝ The Animals revived the old black tradition and gave it a sound slap to free it from austerity and academic formalities (namely, the ills that have plagued the genre, sometimes relegating it to cocktail music, although fortunately a good part of it continued to carry forward its visceral nature).

❝ A band of true rock blues purists, on par with the contemporary Rolling Stones, with a singer like Eric Burdon whose intense singing style would also inspire other subsequent rockers like Jim Morrison and Joe Cocker.

❝ If we go back to the sixty years of the "British Invasion", when many were singing the blues, no white singer had a soul as black as Eric Burdon;

❝ If only one adjective could be used for B.O.C.'s music, I would undoubtedly use: VISIONARY.

❝ Secret Treaties will make Blue Öyster Cult appreciated even by critics.

❝ "It's the nexus of the crisis / and the origin of storms."

❝ Santana is sweat, it is eroticism, it is shaking your ass to the relentless rhythm even if you're at a funeral.

❝ So let's confidently be guided by our expert shaman and embark on this adventure called "Caravanserai."

❝ This album should be listened to with company, because it must be danced to.

❝ “At the moment, Rory Gallagher!”

❝ “Overwhelming.”

❝ “Irish Rory Gallagher has been one of the best rock-blues guitarists of all time.”

❝ Well, yes. Once again, the old bastard has fooled us all.

❝ What's this shit?

❝ If a bunch of music critics got together, watched, selected, evaluated, left the room, and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, this is the best rock music performance of all time," then there is clearly a reason.

❝ Your life is your own You're in charge of yourself Master of your home In the end In the end You have to face it alone

❝ "A night at the Opera" is Queen's masterpiece.

❝ First, buy the record, it’s essential.

❝ Frank Zappa remains nevertheless one of the greatest Composers of the 20th century. Period.

❝ Sheik is essential; it’s true that the orchestral suites of The Grand Wazoo are a work of art, but Sheik is mandatory; it’s true that Over-nite sensation is a revolution, but Sheik is inevitable.

❝ Brain Salad Surgery, in its vast power, in its meticulous rehearsing perfection, is in some ways a necessary evil.

❝ This album sucks. And it stinks, too.

❝ Emerson, Lake & Palmer concerts were simply overwhelming: perhaps rough, perhaps approximate, but overwhelming.

❝ Many know the Free only for their worldwide hit “All Right Now”, and it's a real shame.

❝ A roaring boom greets a random note, an almost intimidated "Hello" and one of the most famous riffs of the '70s.

❝ All Right Now - an extraordinary piece, with incredible drive, with a sharp and indelible riff, very current, undoubtedly the emblematic track of Free and a true generational anthem.

❝ Probably, Thin Lizzy is the most underrated band in the great rock landscape of the seventies, overshadowed by the quadrumvirate Zeppelin/Purple/Sabbath/Uriah Heep that reigned supreme among the fans of Albion.

❝ Thin Lizzy: arguably the most underrated band of all time.

❝ This Black Rose: A Rock Legend, from ’79, is seen by many as the swan song, the last noteworthy one before the personal problems of the individual musicians engulfed everything.

❝ A concert by John Fogerty is a reunion.

❝ A rock fired at the speed of light, honest and driven by the ruthless drumming of Kenny Aronoff.

❝ Once upon a time, there was a group named Creedence Clearwater Revival.

❝ Legend, myth, extraordinary guitarist endowed with an exquisite voice, and finally, icon of a group that has made rock music history.

❝ The verdict on the record is clear and beyond dispute: an indescribable mess.

❝ This is the masterpiece of this album; just this track would be worth the price of the entire album.

❝ Because the music in none of his records (and in few others until today) has been so minimal, stripped to the bone, so similar to the beating of the heart.

❝ Someone defined it as the day the music died.

❝ Published in 2008, “The Very Best Of Buddy Holly And The Crickets” is the ideal collection for anyone wishing to approach the music of this important musician.

❝ “What a freaking voice he still has!”

❝ “Class and charm: these are the two words that best convey what I think of “Carry Fire.””

❝ “Pictures At Eleven” is a balanced and genuine work, probably the most significant of Robert's solo career.

❝ Page’s guitar here you hear as much as Muddy’s in “Waters At Newport 1960”—practically nothing!

❝ Works lacking inventiveness and light-years away from that three-dimensional sound that the Led had managed to invent.

❝ …unleashing Page in “Heartbreaker”: everything stops for the master’s solo.

❝ The record. It’s not worth a word, maybe one, and it begins with an S!

❝ THE ALBUM IS NOT THERE

❝ The special effect was the music, with a capital M.

❝ The news that hasn’t yet reached the Olympus where I hope never to enter is that the Beatles knew how to play, and how.

❝ In short, the general impression here is that you are not just watching a documentary about the Beatles: you are actually reliving those years with them.

❝ Who would have ever thought that the Legend, perhaps the greatest in the History of Music, would have begun with a very simple, very banal, very inexpensive: ONE, TWO, THREE, FAH!

❝ I had always imagined it so desperate.

❝ This album is an enormous joke.

❝ I, without ifs and buts, consider it noise.

❝ "On the Beach" is Neil Young's masterpiece: the work in which the threads of his aesthetics magically converge, through an astonishing sonic alchemy.

❝ Le Noise should be listened to at night when darkness takes over your sight and you remain solitary with your doubts and thoughts.

❝ An epochal record, essential for every rock music enthusiast who doesn't already have the dozen-plus albums on their shelf from which these songs are taken.

❝ The Killer is back.

❝ "I am the greatest!" he shouted at the Palomino Club before jumping on stage to start playing.

❝ that night, he is a stage werewolf, with the blood of a demon throughout his circulatory system.

❝ “If you’re one of those people who say they love Pink Floyd, but can’t stand Waters’ political positions, you’d better fuck off and head to the bar immediately”

❝ “The Dark Side Of The Moon Redux, ultimately, is a superfluous revision.”

❝ “An excellent album. Those expecting something new may end up disappointed: here you’ll find, neither more nor less, the Roger Waters we all know, who has returned in great style after such a long silence.”

❝ (that a-wop-bop-a-loo-lop a-lop-bam-boo in 'Tutti Frutti' will scorch the throats of many and herald an era)

❝ Operation Resurrection.

❝ One of the most beautiful albums of the 60s.

❝ The music of Traffic is one that makes you feel good about yourself.

❝ This masterpiece, to which no one would give 35 years, was born during yet another reunion of a band with a short and troubled history, full of breakups, departures, and reunions, and yet capable of leaving a beautiful mark in the history of music.

❝ Mick Jagger is one of the geniuses of rock music and this by virtue of his image, personality, and talented showmanship that has essentially contributed to expanding the collective imagination of the image of a group's frontman.

❝ The album works and rocks hard.

❝ "I'm not leaving here, I'm not running from my city: I'll wait at home for the end of the storm"

❝ "Sgt Pepper? A piece of crap"

❝ "I've told you a thousand times, it's only rock & roll, but apparently you like it."

❝ Edward Raymond Cochran... October 3, 1938 Albert Lea (Minnesota - USA) - April 17, 1960 Chippenham (Wiltshire - UK)

❝ Jimi Hendrix considered him the only white musician from whom he had learned something.

❝ The wah-wah of Kaukonen in "Good Shepherd" pushes you to movement, to action, towards where? Forward, towards the future, start moving.

❝ This monument or testament, if you prefer, consecrates the Jefferson Airplane into the Olympus of all rock.

❝ In short, an absolutely must-have album, which paved the way for other masterpieces by the American band, like "After Bathing At Baxter's" and their probable career pinnacle, "Volunteers".

❝ Jeff Beck plays everything on the electric guitar; his hands bang the bridge, tremolo arm, headstock, the string remnants between the bridge and the tailpiece, and those between the nut and the headstock tuners, then the wah wah pedal, the slide thimble sliding across the strings using not just the left hand but sometimes the right, constantly using the volume and tone knobs and the pickup selector.

❝ Here, it borders on the absurd, but in the most positive sense of the word: after listening to this work, one is left astounded; there are no words to describe what Beck has managed to accomplish with the guitar and how naturally he was able to put his soul, his passion, his energy onto vinyl.

❝ In many respects, Jeff is the greatest electric guitarist of all time: his touch and sound are princely, unmatched; his approach to rhythm and melody is intriguing and surprising...

❝ "What are you waiting for to roll me up and put me away? You're no longer a kid, and by now, you've realized that I can't mean that much to you... Come on, make up your mind, don't be overcome by memories, be strong at least this time, show me the man you've become."

❝ A great man, old Greg.

❝ Essential features of the long-playing album are the ethnic atmospheres that pervade all the compositions more or less evidently and top-level lyrics (contrary to what we are used to, especially in episodes of purple memory) narrated by a seductive voice that does not try to emulate past glories but wisely relies on its still enviable timbre.

❝ Ian Gillan is backed by a good group of musicians, among whom the good keyboardist John Matthew McCoy stands out.

❝ "Cheap Thrills" should be listened to not because it's the testimony of a singer who mocked every limit, who played with her life with candid innocence; this album should be listened to simply because Janis Joplin sang and interpreted an excellent blues.

❝ The first album of a band destined to have brief but intense success and the first album of a shouter with an exceptional voice destined to become the Queen of Blues.

❝ If you're not afraid of the roars of a distorted, relentless bass.

❝ PLAY LOUD!!!

❝ They are the Grand Funk Railroad, one of the loudest bands in the entire history of Rock.

❝ It doesn't happen every day that Roger appears at a wedding reception.

❝ This is not a Who-style album. Forget the Who, forget that Daltrey is their singer (and what a singer!).

❝ “Never judge a book by its cover”

❝ I’m the one who opened a lot of doors, but I was left holding the knob in my hand.

❝ one of the greatest musical geniuses modern music has ever known: Keith Emerson.

❝ Keith Emerson performed for just over a hundred people crammed into that cubicle known as the Fnac meeting room.

❝ Renewed in vigor and vehemence and encouraged by Bonilla's fluorescent guitar work (and his powerful voice), the album convinces.

❝ For a good five years, Supertramp didn't miss a beat and were the Lords of Pop. Maximum respect.

❝ A decisive push in this direction came from an album in the latter half of the decade, which represents, along with Michael Jackson's "Thriller", the aforementioned "Dark Side", and a few others, the perfect blend between commercially and artistically valid: "Breakfast in America" by Supertramp.

❝ Who knows why certain bands, although deserving from an artistic point of view, after years no one pays attention to them anymore. They simply disappear.

❝ he was the first star to ignite the glam-rock fashion in Europe.

❝ In "Blessing of Tears," Robert Fripp shows remarkable sensitivity, a clear, emotional message that is also aesthetically consonant from the listener's perspective (something found in very few romantic tracks of his production).

❝ A precious document. Fragmented notes, experiments, songs built on ideas kept in the archive for years.

❝ It is impossible to achieve an aim without suffering

❝ It is impossible not to be swept away by the drive of "Carry on Wayward Son".

❝ Kansas means great hard rock with progressive virtuosity and hints of country, also thanks to the presence of the violin.

❝ This sublime album represents one of the cornerstones of 70s rock, with ten tracks marking one of the last worthy events of Progressive ROCK, and I write in capital letters ROCK because subsequently Prog Metal will be born.

❝ “One of the things I am most proud of, in my heart, is that Black Sabbath was not created by any big shot... we were four losers who wanted to try to make a dream come true, which ultimately did, exceeding all expectations.”

❝ Black Sabbath practically invented heavy metal out of nothing.

❝ We were not hippies, and we hated the hippies

❝ “Watch us, girl, we’re staying up all night destroying our love. Aren’t we the same two people who went through dark years?”

❝ “On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair...”

❝ “when Hell freezes over”

❝ A record for true connoisseurs, for me the best.

❝ To be listened to without prejudice... to be owned without a doubt!

❝ This time I put on the album for the first time and... Bang!... Naptime.

❝ “Nazareth is a hard rock band formed in 1968 in Dunfermline, Scotland”.

❝ WE GONNA RAZAMANAZ ALL NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!!!!!!!!!!

❝ “AC-DC really didn't invent anything”

❝ he has taught and made so many people fall in love with this (wonderful) instrument that he has no equal in the world.

❝ 53 minutes of real delight, of pure art exposed by those who know how to do art well.

❝ Beautiful cover by Hipgnosis studio.

❝ It’s difficult if not impossible to find a weak spot: the Genesis funeral is postponed indefinitely.

❝ The vocal abilities of the fingerpicking master have remained unchanged with age, his beautiful deep voice is the same as always.

❝ "As the years pass, I've realized that I want to feel free to be English, Scottish, or American as and when I think best. What really matters are the music and the songs, the rest is just bar talk." (Mark Knopfler - summer 2012).

❝ The main theme of 'Local Hero' is perhaps the highest achievement reached by the cinematic Mark Knopfler.

❝ Legendary 70s British rock band, Bad Company are recognized as the inventors of AOR.

❝ What more can be said about Bad Company... nothing, it bears repeating: a voice of unique beauty, agility, and masculinity; three or four ideas per song, no more, but often more than meaningful; gorgeous guitar sounds, not a note more than necessary according to the blessed “less is more” rule; rhythm section on the same wavelength, powerful yet economical, not a single extra note, not even under torture. Minimalists, subtractive.

❝ “Rough Diamonds” is an incredibly banal album, stereotypical and devoid of any convincing idea...

❝ “Duane told me he needed me to keep the band in line and write some songs. It was the best compliment my brother ever gave me.” (Greg Allman)

❝ Whiskey instead of LSD.

❝ Do you want The Allman Brothers Band with the original line-up and at their peak? Well, this is the album for you!!!

❝ "Their first track to be recorded was \"Be Bop a Lula\", an epic and legendary piece, highly rhythmic and frenetic, a true cornerstone of all American rock music."

❝ The music is reversible but time is not. Turn back. Turn back. Turn back. Turn back.

❝ When they ask you how symphonic rock and disco can blend, just let them listen to this more than memorable album, which deserves more than what it has received.

❝ Their music is an unpretentious orchestral pop made with class and enthusiasm.

❝ Life is strange.

❝ And that "Pink Moon" is a masterpiece, an absolute masterpiece.

❝ Bryter Layter is a very beautiful record. Perfect. The best I have ever listened to.

❝ It's hard to separate the name of Procol Harum from the song that made them popular worldwide back in 1967, namely "A Whiter Shade of Pale"...

❝ A refined and elegant work, standing among the very first albums of progressive, then still in the womb of the groups that were giving birth to it, including Procol Harum.

❝ It is an unjustly overlooked work, which I consider worthy of a well-visible place among the usual titles reviewed here at the pace of a mushroom cultivation.

❝ “If I could find a white man who had the Negro sound and the Negro feel, I could make a billion dollars.”

❝ “This is Rock 'n Roll baby!”

❝ “One cannot seriously talk about rock without knowing at least thirty songs by Elvis Presley.”

❝ Wishbone Ash remains the world’s most competent band in structures and arrangements based on the interpolation between two solo guitars of equal, mirror-like dignity and importance

❝ This techno, house, trance disc released in 1997 will soon be followed by another similar one entitled “Psychic Terrorism,”

❝ It is the sixth of the thirty (!) studio albums released by the British band from 1970 to today. And it is their absolute nadir.

❝ "The River In Reverse" is a well-conceived, classy, elegant album, looking back at the glorious past of the music born in this land.

❝ "My vocation in life is to be irritating! Not something actively destructive, just something that irritates, that disorients".

❝ Published in 1989, "Spike" symbolically marks the beginning of a new era in Elvis Costello's career.

❝ Thank you, Paul, for being the background soundtrack to my life...

❝ Just reading names like Jeff Beck, David Gilmour, Buddy Guy, Neal Schon, Trevor Rabin, Gary Moore, Brian May, Slash, Brian Setzer, Richie Sambora and Steve Miller makes your mouth water...

❝ “A legendary voice, which has indelibly marked rock music. His records are the object of a cult, also due to his tragic ending at only 28 years old, on June 29, 1975.”

❝ “No one has ever managed to create the void around the voice like Tim Buckley did”

❝ “Starsailor is the unattainable, and the way to get there, Starsailor is not a difficult or easy album, it is not rock, it is not jazz, it is not even music.”

❝ "At the moment I'm fine, I dare say. I had stage three lymphoma so I was told not to have illusions, it could return at any time. This is one of the reasons we decided to end our live activity. The problem isn't the concerts, but the long journeys and the schedules we keep. It's a negative thing for me because it affects my health. I love playing with the band and it's really sad that this is the last tour we're doing"; "The Black Sabbath have always been my life and everything, including marriages, has always revolved around them".

❝ A luxury retiree then? Tony’s answer seems to be dry and imposing. We can only acknowledge it with great joy.

❝ The blues in its true form is a reflection of a man's life and comes from personal experiences, both good and bad. I acknowledge that I have unintentionally hurt many people, left friends, and now the only thing worth living for is the blues

❝ “Bluesbreakers With Eric Clapton” marked an indelible turning point for blues and rock blues, laying the foundation for the subsequent hard and heavy evolution: it influenced many musicians, and bands like Cream, Led Zeppelin, and Free, just to name a few, certainly owe something to this record.

❝ I believe that John Mayall is the most important white Blues musician, and he has been since the sixties when, with his Bluesbreakers, he took on the role of a true pioneer of the British blues revival.

❝ A more fitting title could not have been chosen, truly.

❝ After listening to this album, you will remain silent for 1 minute to absorb it. And then only the following exclamation will come from your mouth: “MIIIINCHIA!”

❝ From start to finish, the record presents itself as an exhausting cavalcade through hard rock, blues, and boogie, all played even more crudely than in any previous work by the band.

❝ Pump is the second of Aerosmith's three "Big Ones," the three jewels of the veteran Boston band's discography.

❝ An individual who, after appropriate initiation, acquires practices and techniques such as to enable him to come into contact with otherworldly spirits and to identify with them through possession, demonstrating exceptional healing and divinatory abilities.

❝ “Gloria” opens “Horses” by Patti Smith.

❝ Nebraska is a disarming, timeless record with something magical about it.

❝ “Hello sunshine, won’t you stay?”

❝ There are two types of people in the world: those who have seen a Springsteen concert, and everyone else.