progressive-rock
Cherry Five
Douban
Cherry Five
release date 2007-04-30 publisher: Disk Union
Japanese limited edition issue of the album classic in a deluxe, miniaturized LP sleeve replica of the original vinyl album artwork.
Acqua Fragile
Douban
Acqua Fragile genre: Rock
release date 2004-07-05 publisher: Bmg Japan
Japanese limited edition reissue of the progressive rock act's 1973 album, packaged in a miniature gatefold LP sleeve. Number One. 2004.
UT
Douban
New Trolls genre: Rock
release date 1972-01-01 publisher: Cetra
It's no secret that this album, recorded and released at the end of 1972 polarized the band. It brought a temporary end to New Trolls. The reason was guitarist Vittorio de Scalzi wanted to continue the eclectic route of New Trolls and the other guitarist (and vocalist) Nico di Palo favored a hard rock approach. And because of that, the group split, with Nico di Palo forming a group that would become Ibis, and Vittorio de Scalzi, with some legal problems wanting to continue the New Trolls name, had to continue on as N.T. Atomic System. You could already tell that all was not well with New Trolls with their previous album, Searching For a Land, which was a double album set, with the first disc a studio effort emphasizing the style Vittorio De Scalzi preferred, and the second disc a live disc of all-new material showing with Nico Di Palo preferred. Many people regard "UT" as the high point of the Trolls career, others call it an uneven mess with some fantastic material and tedious material. It´scertainly a leap forward from their previous album, as it's a much more focused album. The album is very well produced, and the hole album is a totally killer.
Campo Di Marte
Douban
Campo Di Marte
release date 2006-08-01 publisher: Dark Matter Distribution
意大利前卫摇滚乐队Campo Di Marte于1971年成立于佛罗伦萨。成员Enrico Rosa (guitar, vocals, mellotron), Alfredo Barducci (horns, piano, organ, vocals), Paul Richard (Ursillo)(bass, vocals), Mauro Sarti (drums, percussion, flute, vocals), Carlo Felice Marcovecchio (drums, percussion, vocals)。 Campo Di Marte是乐队唯一的专辑,以其独特浓郁的古典文艺风格成为意式前摇的经典之作。 Drummer Carlo Felice Marcovecchio formed Campo Di Marte in 1971, following the break-up of the 60s beat band I Califfi. Still based in that band's hometown of Florence, where the new group swiftly gained a strong live following, Campo Di Marti came to the attention of United Artists as that label looked to expand its European frontiers beyond the Kraut Rock arena with which it was already synonymous. In the event, Campo Di Marti proved the label's sole Italian signing, although the eponymous LP that resulted was certainly not to blame for that. Strongly influenced by classical music, beautifully bombastic but deeply melodic too, Campo Di Marti has been ranked among the finest Italian albums of 1973. However, despite a good critical reception, the LP disappeared and, by the end of the year, Campo Di Marti had followed it into oblivion.
Aquile E Scoiattoli
Douban
Latte E Miele
release date 2009-03-24
Classical influenced progressive rock of the highest class! The album opens nice with the acoustic and folky title-track. A very catchy progressive rock song follows with lots of great organ and Mellotron. The impressive adaptation of Beethoven's "Opera 21" and a 23-minute instrumental track with strong melodies in a relaxed pace close this work of the new quartet.
Fiore di Metallo
Douban
I Califfi
release date 1973-01-01
I CALIFFI performs a Progresssive rock sung in Italian and situated in the same category as the early Seventies bands, due to its use of wild and jerky rhythms on which blend excellent analog keyboard shapes & sounds with excellent vocals and scrumptious guitar work. Their music can be defined as close to that of GARYBALDI or FLEA but with nicer lyrical themes in the style of PFM. "Fiore di Metallo" is a good prog album, based on organ and moog sounds, even if the lyrics are a bit naive and too close to the typical Italian beat themes. Some interesting keyboard passages, as in the instrumental "Varius" or the opening track "Nel mio passato", make this album worth listening.
Ys
Douban
★ 9.0 8 ratings
Il Balletto Di Bronzo
release date 2002-01-01 publisher: Japanese Import
Japanese limited edition reissue of 1972 album that's out-of-print domestically, packaged in a miniature LP sleeve with 2 added bonus tracks 'La Tua Casa Comoda' & 'Donna Vittoria'.
Atomic System
Douban
New Trolls
release date 1973-01-01 publisher: J
Piano, Lead Guitar, Synthesizer [Arp], Spinet, Vocals – Vittorio De Scalzi Piano, Organ [Hammond], Synthesizer [Moog], Mellotron, Electric Piano – Renato Rosset Bass – Giorgio D'Adamo Chorus – Anna, Giulietta Drums – Tullio D'Episcopo Percussion – Ramasandiran Somusundaran Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Giorgio Baiocco Producer – Alberigo Crocetta Engineer [Sound Technician] – Gianluigi Pezzera Mixed By, Technician – Pierluigi Molinari
Uomo Di Pezza
Douban
Le Orme
release date 1999-04-26 publisher: Mercury Italy
Uomo di pezza is an album by the Italian progressive rock band Le Orme. It was released in 1972 and was one of their best selling works. Compared to the previous album, it shows much more classical elements: The opening of this work is nothing else as a chaconne of Johann Sebastian Bach, played on piano by maestro Gian Piero Reverberi. Furthermore, Tony Pagliuca plays a synthesizer for the first time. The lyrics of Uomo di pezza describe a powerless, problematic masculine attitude, juxtaposed to an unknown, inscrutable feminine universe.