Miscellaneous

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Duke Ellington - Money Jungle, the Duke of jazz reinvents himself alongside two fearless experimenters

The legendary jazz composer pares his band down to a trio, joined by Charlie Mingus on bass and Max Roach on drums, for a landmark record

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Jethro Tull - Stand Up, the springboard to glory for Ian Anderson and co.

With Anderson now the undisputed leader and new guitarist Barre on board, the English band heads towards its golden era, sealed two years later by "Aqualung"

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Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra, or on mystical readiness for the absolute

An in-depth look at the masterpiece by Florian Fricke and co., the most evocative "mass" in the history of rock

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Cream - Live Cream, a live portrait of rock blues' three aces

Live testimony to the fiery performances of the English supergroup made up of Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker

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Otis Redding - Pain In My Heart, the sorrows of a young soulman

The debut of one of soul's pioneers, on an aching, moving album

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The Who - My Generation, the fury of rock sets England ablaze

A fiery snapshot of the early years of Townshend's band, between generational anthems and rock'n'roll fury

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Walter Wegmuller - “Tarot”, the best-kept secret of the kraut-rock season

The mad occultist concept album by the Swiss painter, a singular freak figure tripping on lysergic acid

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Fausto Rossi - "L'erba", a rock celebration of earthly life

Right in the midst of the Nineties revival of Italian rock, one of the most intense and heartfelt works by the Friulian singer-songwriter

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U2 - The Unforgettable Fire, 40 years of the somber liturgy that anointed the four Dubliners

U2's The Unforgettable Fire turns 40. We retrace the history and the grooves of an album that changed the Irish band's destiny forever, with Brian Eno's help

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R.E.M. - Out Of Time: how to become a star while staying out of time

With the golden era of college radio behind them and now in the multimillion-dollar harbour of the majors, the four former Georgia students score their first global smash with an album that's "out of time"

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David Bowie - Outside, the sci-fi noir that unveiled the Thin White Duke's dark side, between cyber-punk and body art

The Thin White Duke reunites with Brian Eno for a deep dive into the post-industrial nightmares of a dystopian future, amid ritual murders, body art and cyber-punk

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Peter Gabriel - So, the rock archangel's mainstream miracle

"So", or how the prog archangel of Genesis wrong-footed everyone by chasing catchy pop-rock hooks, without giving up his experimental streak or losing his aura of respectability

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Antonello Venditti - Cuore – The heartbeat of discord that would be embraced by the Italian pop scene

On July 20th, one of Venditti's most intense (yet also controversial) albums turns 40. The paradox is that time itself has made it more relevant than ever...

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Weezer - Pinkerton, a wonderful album to be ashamed of

After the extraordinary success of the so-called Blue Album, Weezer return as post-adolescents on a record they would later disown

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Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run, an epic flight from loneliness

The album with which the Boss managed to stir the conscience and feelings of Americans, proclaiming the redemptive power of rock'n'roll

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The The Police – Synchronicity, the Final Triumph of Three Musicians at War

At the peak of both success and infighting, Sting, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers closed out their time together in glory with \"Synchronicity.\" 41 years after its release, with a reissue on the way, it's time to revisit its precious grooves.

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Madonna - Ray Of Light

The album that transformed Miss Ciccone from dancing queen into a refined new age muse, with the decisive input of William Orbit

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Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life, the magical kaleidoscope of the genius from Saginaw

The American soulman's catalogue of wonders in one of the crucial works of his golden era

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Ritmia - Forse il mare, a forgotten yet unforgettable synthesis of Italian folk

We rescue from oblivion a memorable album that blends respect for Italian folk tradition with harmonic, creative and improvisational freedom

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Kyuss - Welcome To Sky Valley, stoner rock born of the desert

The second LP by Josh Homme and co. A stoner cornerstone, where the murky, impenetrable desert seeps into every track

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Ultravox – Lament, 40 Years of the Wave Era's Romantic Epitaph

On April 6, 1984, Ultravox released their last great album — a distillation of the romantic, melancholic epic of the entire wave era, then already fading.

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Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River – The bucolic frontier of John Fogerty and co.

The most heartfelt record by the El Cerrito band: a diary of frontier life steeped in bucolic simplicity, with dry, biting guitars backing John Fogerty's immortal vocals

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Csi - Electrified tabula rasa – When Italian alt-rock conquered the charts

From Cccp to Csi: Ferretti & co. gather impressions from a journey to Mongolia into a powerful, sweeping rock album that will surprisingly catapult them to the top of the Italian charts, cementing them as the leading lights of the golden 90s

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Bran Van 3000 - Glee – The Rest of the '90s

A personal account of a fascination with a song ("Drinking In LA") and an album ("Glee") that left an indelible mark on anyone who lived through the '90s