Valentyna
Valentyna
18 jun 23

DeRank™: 34,84

Paul McCartney & Wings - 1973 - Band On The Run

Happy Birthday Sir Paul
Forever in debt
 
iside
iside
18 jun 23

DeRank™: 10,44  VecchiDeMmerda

@[Dislocation] says that these immigrants work and are not on the backs of the #desarder Ingrandisci questa immagine Ingrandisci questa immagine
 
Stanlio
Stanlio
18 jun 23

DeRank™: 28,22  Championship

Fairport Convention Chelsea Morning

When "Fairport Convention" formed (way back in '67), they were all teenagers in love with music.

With their obsessions, they were particularly intrigued by the entire American "folk" music scene, and they especially liked things that were lesser-known.

On their debut album, there’s this "Chelsea Morning" which later became famous in the version by Judith Marjorie Collins and nothing...
 
Battlegods
Battlegods
18 jun 23

DeRank™: 24,00

Annette Peacock - I'm the One
I have a strong temptation to include records like Oltre by Baglioni, but I’ll put something that’s easier to vibe with 😎🤣
 
Conteverde
Conteverde
18 jun 23

DeRank™: 21,00

Allah-Las - Catamaran
"I'm an oyster's pearl locked up in its shell"
 
IlConte
IlConte
18 jun 23

DeRank™: 15,00

The Hangee V- Cages And Traps

Sardinian garage bands are hard to spot, damn it... okay, it’s a niche but...
 
Martello
Martello
18 jun 23

DeRank™: 15,00

8°, S.C.O.T.C.H
Well, this is the biggest surprise from revisiting all of Silvestri's albums: what I considered the most average album of them all, upon re-listening, has turned into a very good album. The reason is quite simple: unlike other Silvestri albums that reach about 60 minutes in length (Acrobati, Il latitante), this one is more enjoyable on a cursory listen through all the tracks. This doesn't make S.C.O.T.C.H an exceptional work, far from it; despite being overall listenable, it still carries over a flaw from the previous work, namely the somewhat forgettable tracks, which are few compared to Il latitante (Cos'è sta storia qua, La chatta, In un'ora soltanto, Lo scotch) but nevertheless comprise a decent part of the album. Another flaw is that even the most successful tracks aren't as outstanding as others; Sig. Dapatas, in its fallibility, had half of its songs that were golden, whereas here it feels more like...incense, or at best myrrh: Sornione is nice but nothing earth-shattering, Fifty fifty is catchy but again, little to be surprised by, Acqua stagnante and Acqua che scorre are two excellent ballads but don't hit as hard as some of our others, Io non mi sento italiano is a nice cover but here the genius belongs to Gaber, even though Silvestri added his touch, Precario è il mondo works but the lyrics aren't as sharp and deep as they should be, and the same goes for Monito(r). What remains of S.C.O.T.C.H, in the end, will be the prologue and the epilogue stripped of any embellishments, just voice and piano (Le navi and Questo paese), the lightly yet so bitterly resigned Ma che discorsi and the fantastic L'appello, a piece featuring the brother of Borsellino seeking clarity on the murder. This album is the opposite of Sig. Dapatas: not all the pieces are precious, but placed within the mechanism of the album, everything flows as it should, and that's enough to consider it a respectable work from the good Silvestri, who leaves with dignity.

The meticulous score: 7
The gem: L'appello
 
Martello
Martello
18 jun 23

DeRank™: 12,00

9th, Mr. Dapatas
As far as I'm concerned, Mr. Dapatas has always been an anomaly in Silvestri's discography: it's an album that has some very high peaks and a few poorly placed lows that make the overall listening experience somewhat erratic; not only that, it’s also an album that remains torn between serious tracks and lighter ones, a division emphasized by the tracklist (Insieme, a song about human relationships in a somber and disillusioned manner, is immediately followed by Amore mio, a carefree song that you already know is about... love). It’s an album that tries to stylistically replicate Il dado, since that album was also a continuous change of genres and styles, but Mr. Dapatas loses that chemistry because it is too calculated, too measured; there's no anarchy that its predecessor had. It remains stuck in a limbo trying to deliver a more polished version of that album, which is very noticeable in tracks like Insieme or Sto benissimo. So, is the album to be discarded? Not at all, in fact, many tracks are excellent: Aria is a beautiful piece that intensely describes life in prisons, Pozzo dei desideri is lighthearted in its depiction of gambling addiction and is quite enjoyable despite the theme, Insieme has a remarkably successful text that manages to be powerful yet leaves you feeling bitter, Desaparecido is a classic war-themed track that is anything but banal and succeeds in being somehow accessible to everyone; and then there’s a rather peculiar duo that testifies to the condition in which this album leaves me, because this duo consists of my favorite song from all of Silvestri's work and the only track that disgusts me: Sono io, a fantastic closing that has personally resonated with me, and Tu non torni mai, a silly little tune with uninteresting lyrics and music and a duration that makes it feel more like a Chinese torture than a love song. This is Mr. Dapatas, an album that is at times flawed but at times brilliantly successful, attempting to be a medley made up of various ingredients like Il dado, but what emerges is definitely a good cake that doesn’t quite know what ingredient gives it flavor.

The meticulous rating: 7
The gem: Sono Io
 
zappp
zappp
18 jun 23

DeRank™: 28,97  BarNecchi

Fight club - Le cose ti possiedono

"Fight Club"
by David Fincher (1999)

starring Brad Pitt
Edward Norton
Helena Bonham Carter
Jared Leto
and Meat Loaf

#35mm
 
zappp
zappp
18 jun 23

DeRank™: 13,22

Roscoe Mitchell Sextet - Ornette

Roscoe Mitchell (1 of 5)
"Ornette" from: Sound
1967 (Delmark)

#jazzlegends
 
Konrad66
Konrad66
17 jun 23

DeRank™: 20,26

Stereo - Somewhere in the night - 1982 MINIMAL WAVE mid-June 1982, I was listening to Radio Milano 105, when it wasn't yet a network, finally a storm in the afternoon blew away the heat, gray sky, dark, and they played this track for the first time. The DJ said, "suitable for this kind of weather, it’s not sunny"... it was never played again from the following week onwards. I found it on YouTube in 2007, without remembering the title.
 
IlConte
IlConte
17 jun 23

DeRank™: 13,78  DeBastards

The Mummies - Die!

NIGHT MUMMIES …