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3.5 stars. SENSITIVA IMMAGINE formed in Italy in 1975 and managed to release only one album in the great Italian tradition. I'm convinced that these young Italian guys once they've finished the recording sessions go out for pizza and girls and never come back. Have you seen some of these Italian girls? I don't blame them, but we are the ones to lose out music-wise. The only album they released was actually on cassette only and there is no reliable information as to the year they released it, other than most put it between 1976 and 1980.

The two band names that pop up constantly when talking about this album are LOCANDA DELLE FATE and GENESIS. Especially GENESIS, and to a fault really. And usually the GENESIS worship comes in the form of those Gabriel-like vocals but not here. It's the instrumental work that recalls the early moments of that great band. Mostly the guitar and keyboards. A five piece, and the singer thankfully sings in Italian, but he doesn't have the range of some of those classic Italian singers in RPI. I prefer the pastoral moments of this album, the beauty they created, but when they try to amp it up, it just doesn't work that great in my opinion.

On my original go around with this one 5 years ago I was constantly mentioning GENESIS in my notes as I listened to it. Only six songs and my top three includes track four, the longest at 10 1/2 minutes with samples of a car revving it's engine, then taking off, changing gears as it goes. Then the music kicks in. "Storia Di..." and "Harlem" sound too much like GENESIS, I prefer the final two tracks for my top three. The first of those is piano and vocals while the closer features some really catchy guitar work, and is a nice way to end the album.

A Neo prog vibe here too which is a coincidence more than anything, but this really was enjoyable, scratching that GENESIS itch. Not the most original sounding record though. The rating of 3.5 stars seems just right in my music world. If you like GENESIS though, please check this one out.