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URGENTISSIMO

Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso

 

Rock Progressivo Italiano

1.75 | 72 ratings

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sgtpepper
2 stars After a sudden change in 1979, the band had gone almost completely commercial on their first truly pop album. You will hear pleasant pop, lighweight forays into rock and jazz but ultimately, owned by disco temptations. Instruments are played masterfully but there aren't many playing challenges anyway. The good thing is at least that the band still sticks to progressive rock instruments without going electronic.

The first track "Senza Riguardo" is a very good pop track with guitar riffs and fresh piano/keyboards chords, the melody is memorable. "Dove Sara'" reminds me of Elton John hooks; however for a progger, this simplified track is disappointing. "Luna piena" has some good background keyboard layers. "Paolo Maledetto" is a catchy but awful cheesy track that is maybe good for a apre-ski party in the Dolomites but good enough here. "Felice" has jazzy and rocking counterpoles and is one of the few instrumentally challenging tracks. "Ma che idea" has a longer instrumental outro, not bad either.

Overall, avoid this album unless you can accept pop with some progressive hooks.

sgtpepper | 2/5 |

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