Alemarcon
Alemarcon
6 oct 20

DeRank™: 10,62

Picking up on the brilliant idea of @[Martello], I dare to pay a sort of "tribute" to a great artist who was (and is) Ivano Fossati, namely a ranking of his albums (from 1981 to 2003) from least to most beautiful...

N°7: "700 Giorni" (1986)
We are in the second half of the 1980s, precisely in 1986. A rather important year, for better or for worse, for Italian singer-songwriter music: Venditti self-destructs an excellent musical career, Battisti begins his collaboration with Pasquale Pannella (ah, the white records...), Pino Daniele continues to bewilder his longtime fans, Graziani releases one of his least convincing albums, Bennato starts to lean towards the well-known chart-pleasing tactics, Dalla alternates between a flop and a beautiful live album, and so on. And then there's Ivano, who continues with his evolution, and this perhaps represents the first album of his "golden period": not yet an absolute masterpiece, but we are already very close. The sounds become increasingly ethnic, and the lyrics increasingly cryptic yet refined at the same time. Furthermore, it contains what is, in my opinion, his greatest masterpiece (yes, I know I'm being cliché...)
Overall rating 8.5

The masterpiece of the album: Una notte in Italia
 
  •  (08)
  •  (00)
odradek
odradek
6 oct 20

DeRank™: 8,93

Human 47
 
  •  (05)
  •  (00)
luludia
luludia
6 oct 20

DeRank™: 16,63

#Radio Emily (8)... Growing Up in a Wheelchair
 
  •  (08)
  •  (00)
Martello
Martello
6 oct 20

DeRank™: 10,91

Camion - Lucio Dalla

Lucio, always there at the right moment...always there to console
 
  •  (08)
  •  (00)
Alemarcon
Alemarcon
6 oct 20

DeRank™: 9,53

Resuming the brilliant idea of @[Martello], I would like to pay a sort of "tribute" to a great artist like Ivano Fossati, by creating a ranking of his albums (from 1981 to 2003) from the least beautiful to the best...

No. 8: "Ventilazione" (1984)
We are in 1984, and with songwriting in full crisis - excluding a few exceptions - Ivano continues his artistic evolution with this excellent album, which could be defined as a concept about travel (a metaphor that, along with the sea, is a "fixed idea" for the author). An album that might be considered "transitional," moving from the rock Fossati of the '73-'83 decade to the more inspired, intimate, and experimental Fossati of the '86-'03 period. While still quite distant from the well-known absolute masterpieces, it's a record that is enjoyable to listen to.
Overall rating 7.5

The masterpiece of the album: Viaggiatori d'occidente
 
  •  (07)
  •  (00)
RinaldiACHTUNG
RinaldiACHTUNG
6 oct 20

DeRank™: 16,29

Depeche Mode - Strangelove '88 (Official Video)

PAIN - will you return it? I'll say it again, pain

PAIN - will you return it? I won't say it again
 
  •  (11)
  •  (00)
JOHNDOE
JOHNDOE
6 oct 20

DeRank™: 6,18

Steven Wilson - EMINENT SLEAZE (Official Video)

The latest from the great Steve Wilson!
 
  •  (04)
  •  (00)
rossana roma
rossana roma
6 oct 20

DeRank™: 6,45

The Trip
Playlist Cope & Iggy n 20)

There is a choice n 19, but I didn’t think it was the right moment to expose a dark moment of the human mind :-) However, I’ll put it in the comments (if you’re interested).
 
  •  (04)
  •  (00)
ALFAMA
ALFAMA
6 oct 20

DeRank™: 2,87

#bestyear
David Cordero "Honne" - Excellent electro ambient. Among the favorites of the year. 👍 Recommended for genre lovers.
El elogio de la sombra | David Cordero | Official video
 
  •  (02)
  •  (00)
Battlegods
Battlegods
6 oct 20

DeRank™: 13,06

Al Di Meola - Midnight Tango
A guitarist I love both with Return and as a solo artist. A stunning album as much as the debut Land of the Midnight Sun. It's a shame that starting from the third album Casino the usual clichés of his style begin.
 
  •  (08)
  •  (00)
IlConte
IlConte
6 oct 20

DeRank™: 5,25

Mad Hatter
Good old Bonhamino album...
 
  •  (04)
  •  (00)
TataOgg
TataOgg
6 oct 20

DeRank™: 14,80

Un fachiro al cinema - Paolo Conte
Hey Salvinas, what do you think about sending me back to the movies AT LEAST? HUH?! What does your boss think?
 
  •  (09)
  •  (00)
Battlegods
Battlegods
6 oct 20

DeRank™: 10,24

Barclay James Harvest - Child Of The Universe
When you didn't have to necessarily do jazz rock or shamelessly prog to create great stuff 🚀
 
  •  (06)
  •  (00)
Martello
Martello
6 oct 20

DeRank™: 7,29

1st: LAZY
After many years of hard work and a masterpiece behind him called I lupi, Ivan decides to aim even higher: he summons the best musicians of the time and skyrockets the budget for the recordings... and the result speaks for itself. Pigro is an extraordinary album, consisting of 8 tracks that managed to bring one of the first gusts of rock to the ears of all Italians, with sounds that are perfectly crafted and always original. The role of the Trojan horse goes to Monna Lisa, introduced by a mechanical and driving riff that tells the story of a man who decides to steal the Mona Lisa from the Louvre to destroy it; in this piece, all the characteristics of the artist are present, with a surreal and lively text, and a powerful rock that explodes in the chorus to the tune of Monna Lisa. After such a beginning, the album delivers its two main ballads: Sabbia del deserto, featuring a masterful brass arrangement, narrates the life of an artist who (survives) in his provincial town where he reunites with his girlfriend and relatives, who are perpetually anxious about him; the second one is Paolina, a slightly Vendittiano portrayal of the daily struggles and desires of a girl at the center of certain men's attention. Suddenly, one of the most successful pieces in the singer-songwriter's repertoire materializes in the middle of the album, introduced by a powerful and aggressive guitar riff and a hard and precise drum beat that immediately create an atmosphere of unease: this is Fango, a gruesome story of a 21-year-old who commits murder. The lyrics are disarmingly beautiful, making you feel as if you're standing in front of the young murderer, and the arrangement reaches one of the highest levels in Graziani's guitar work, giving strength and grit to the chorus and creating a sound enchantment that straddles the gruesome and the magical. Digging into the B-side, we find a very particular song, the title track Pigro: built on an apparently simple and catchy acoustic guitar progression, it narrates the narrow-minded way of thinking of certain bourgeois categories who read book after book but can’t even tell the difference between a branch and a leaf; a small and mouthwatering classic of Ivan's repertoire. After the slow folk festival in b-Milano, poking fun at the progressive groups of that time in a rock-folk style, comes another of the artist's best songs: Gabriele D'Annunzio, a title that is merely a red herring since it talks about a rude and uncivilized farmer who has little to do with the poet; the arrangement consists almost exclusively of acoustic guitar, spiced up in some passages only with flutes. Ivan’s greatness lay precisely in this: he could enchant and surprise even using simple and basic arrangements in the style of the singer-songwriter movement of the time. This small work closes with another ballad called Scappo di casa: this time it’s the piano that supports a good part...
 
  •  (06)
  •  (00)
musicanidi
musicanidi
6 oct 20

DeRank™: 5,25

Lou Rawls - You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine (Official Audio) ...this morning I washed myself with honey...
 
  •  (03)
  •  (00)
IlConte
IlConte
6 oct 20

DeRank™: 13,96

Again
 
  •  (09)
  •  (00)
zappp
zappp
6 oct 20

DeRank™: 13,03

Jan Johansson - Visa från Utanmyra (Official Audio)

Jan Johansson - from "Jazz på svenska"
1964 (Megafon)

#jazzlegends
 
  •  (07)
  •  (00)
zappp
zappp
5 oct 20

DeRank™: 11,25

Benny Golson Jam For Bobbie

Benny Golson - from "Gone With Golson"
1959 (New Jazz)

#jazzlegends
 
  •  (05)
  •  (00)