Album Rating: 4.0

Indeed Il Passo is probably my least favorite but I still like it very much, it's a delicate love song with some driving vocals (love the hooks like at 1:50).



Who knows, maybe they'll at least complete a trilogy!



I'm pretty sure I like this more than the debut, I think you can guess why based on some bands I review haha. That said I haven't properly listened to the debut since 2015, I'm fixing that tomorrow morning

Album Rating: 4.0

On the other hand, you have in high esteem bands such as Yes, Jethro Tull, Camel, Rush, Rock Progressivo Italiano, etc and you also dig some less accessible such as Alan Sorrenti's Aria, so you have connection with more complex/experimental stuff that often comes from the 70's.

As for Maxophone's debut album, it's pretty much influenced by classical in a jazzy approach in parts. Every track is a highlight imo, and I hope you'll have a good listen.

Album Rating: 4.0

I surely did. I think I'm going to give both albums an excellent rating. As you said, every track offers something, and in a sense Il Fischio del Vapore is a direct link between the two albums

Album Rating: 4.0

Glad you've seen the light about their debut album, and you are so right about ''Il Fischio del Vapore''. I guess you were aware that song (1977 single) and ''Cono di Gelato''(single B-Side) are bonus tracks on the 1993 CD release.

The first half of ''Al Mancato Compleanno Di Una Farfalla'' would not be out of place on the new release either, thanks to it's prog folk nature.

Album Rating: 4.0

The single with Fischio/Cono is also the last thing the original line-up did before disbanding in 1977. The original songs + the single ones amount to about 50 minutes of running time and I think give a cool closure to the album.



''Al Mancato Compleanno Di Una Farfalla''

That song is at least top 3 for me. There's some beautiful lyrics in the first half and the climax in the second half is very powerful, especially from about 4:15.

Album Rating: 4.0

I usually don't pay attention to the bonus tracks, or at least I don't figure them as an integral part of the album, cos they were not meant to be into the list in the first place. But now it's different since you said ''Fischio'' is like a link between both albums, and it's very true.

As for the songs from the eponymus album, I couldn't pick up a favorite. I love them all.

You're right about the second part of ''Al Mancato Compleanno Di Una Farfalla''. It's so powerful. From 4:55 to 5:20, I swear we hear some good mighty ELP. At the very first part of the song, flute included, one can detect similarities with PFM's introduction of ''Appena Un Po''', which is a good thing.

Album Rating: 4.0

As an album person, I tend to include bonus tracks if I feel they flow well with the rest, and to be honest I only consider them when they are good. As in, I won't punish an album for having weak bonus tracks, but I will praise them if they're worthwile because, after all, they're part of the package too.



By the way, you could bump the s/t's thread. It's been dormant for long enough.



As for this album, I still can't pick a definitive favorite. It seems this band has a knack for producing very consistent albums

Album Rating: 4.0

This album is a lot more haunting than I thought at first

Album Rating: 4.0

''Il Passo Delle Ore'' and the last two ones are my least favorites, but they pretty much all have their moments. I more than enjoy all the rest.

Album Rating: 4.0

The band shared a page with both Italian and English translated lyrics: http://www.maxophone.com/en/la-fabbrica-delle-nuvole-lyrics-by-roberto-roversi/#toggle-id-7

[Sputnik is doing the thing where it adds a "< /a>" at the end of the link, remove it and it will work]



They're a bit of a departure from the s/t, much more sentimental and personal stuff except for example the fable style of La Luna. The s/t instead I believe (some parts I really don't understand the sense haha) tried to move some social/personal commentary hidden under metaphors.

Album Rating: 4.0

Thanks for those English lyrics, I will consult them.

I wonder if The English version of the s/t contains nearly the same lyrics of the Italian version.

Album Rating: 4.0

Six Against One (Elzeviro) and I Heard A Butterfly (Compleanno...) have the less alteration from the original, with Six Against One being the closer. The rest carries some ideals but is quite different. The English lyrics were not written by the band.



I was thinking that I could just translate it myself and put it on a list or something, could be fun

Are you Iltalian, Sab?

Album Rating: 4.0

Yes, I happen to be one

Great man. I'm a great fan of your country and culture. In the last year I was in Rome and Florence and I loved it. I also have a great Italian friend, who lives in Switzerland, more properly in Zurick, who born in the south, very close to Lecce and who married a woman from my home country, who's a very close friend of my wife since the youth. Even I'm having some Italian lessons in these last months, by an Italian who came to live in my city, coming from Turin. So, as you can see, despite our musical taste have many similarities, we have more commom points that you could thought in a first place. I have plans to visit Náples, Pmpeii and the island of Capri in this year or in the next. I've also a friend who lives in Náples. Furthermore, I've also plans to bring many Italian prog bands to this site, at the proper time.

Cheers, dude.

Album Rating: 4.0

Nice, I was born in Milan but I have a small percentage of Tuscany inside me. What about you? I think you may have mentioned it before but I can't remember clearly.

I'm Portuguse. Iwas born in Lisbon where I lived almost all my life. In 1993 I changed to Viana do Castelo, where I live today, a small town in the North coast of Portugal, 70 km in the north of Porto and almost at the same distance of Vigo, in Galiza, Spain. But as you, I've also a small percentage of the centre of Portugal where my parents were born, near of Tomar, a beautiful small town.

Album Rating: 4.0

Small towns are the best! Especially when you have a bit of green in which to take a stroll. I believe we are around 4500 inhabitants here. Very easy to go to Milan too

Yeah, I agree. In my case I've much green, river and sea which is really great. That is the main reason why Paolo, the guy from Turin, came to live for here. And it's very easy to go to Porto or to Vigo in Galiza.

Album Rating: 4.0

A stroll in the countryside is one of the best moments to listen to albums like this one