09 Ottobre 2008
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People’s review of “I wish”
Nice mood -Sad love from a distance. I like the touch of rain. Its like your sitting at a window looking down onto a street Nice instrumentation with the bass bowing what a great mood instrument. By jdggb – Manasquan, New Jersey.
09 Ottobre 2008
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People’s reviews of “Sweet Friend”
good use of synths and a talky leonard cohen type performance — really works well for this song. the arrangement of the synths weaves and swells nicely. the song seems like it shouldn’t work but it draws you in and then drums kick in and it keeps moving forward so ...
09 Ottobre 2008
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People’s reviews of “Midsummer raving”
way cool piece . love the arrangement and the vocals Very original for sure enchanting lots of feeling. great melody had to listen to this twice. Thumbs up. By lewiscipher – Shreveport, Louisiana
09 Ottobre 2008
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People’s reviews of “D is dead”
The guitar sounds Nice the the hammond b3 kicking in with some synth , i think .It sounds good For what it is . Production could have been a bit better..this sounds like it was recorded in the 70s ..but on a clearer note, rock on ! By Changeofseason
09 Ottobre 2008
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People’s reviews of “Summer breeze”
This is a very gentle souding song with some lovely delicate guitar playing. The lyric is very good and deep and the melody is listenable. I love the strings very much as they have been arranged very well. You sing it in a very laid back style which helps to ...
09 Ottobre 2008
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People’s reviews of “One way love”
where have u been all my life!!! this is like skimming the cream off the top off the milk bottle for the cream! love the intro its got jazzy undertones and groovy character. the vocal is drony but croony so i like it .i do love the female backing thogh ...
09 Ottobre 2008
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“The Stairway” reviewed by ProgGnosis
This is a trip thought Music by the Italian band if. This band started in the early 90’s with the 2 schoolmates Claudio Lapenna and Dario Lastella, joined by Franco Bussoli and Pietro Chimisso on drums. After Pietro left the band, singer Paolo came to join the band. The music ...
09 Ottobre 2008
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Recensione di “The Stairway” su Unprogged
Il ticchettìo dell’orologio, chiudo gli occhi. Mi immergo in “The Stairway” degli if, gruppo progressive non nuovo nella scena italiana, con tre album all’attivo. La band nasce agli inizi degli anni ’90 dall’incontro degli allora due compagni di scuola Dario Lastella e Claudio Lapenna che, legati da una grande passione ...
09 Ottobre 2008
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Review of “The Stairway” on Ectagon
This Italian band call themselves “a web-band; we live quite far from each other, but we go on producing our music…”. if has done a very nice album indeed. The songs are strong and the melodies are catchy and involving. The concept about following the “Traveller” does work well. The ...
09 Ottobre 2008
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Recensione di “The Stairway” su Genova Tune
L’ambiente è sempre quello progressive, fra echi dei Floyd e dei Moody Blues che affiorano qua e là ed un poderoso slancio in territori primi anni ’80: a dimostrazione che il gruppo, come già occasionalmente in passato nei precedenti lavori, mescola differenti aspetti del genere pur rimanendone sempre irrimediabilmente fedele. ...