*. Luna .*

Album: Luna (1981)
Genre: Prog Rock (Pop/Rock)  /  Italy

By late-70's it was not only Osanna's days over but the whole prog scene in Italy and worldwide was facing a downfall.Danilo Rustici formed Luna in 1977, shortly before Osanna disbanded for good.They released two singles on Ariston and a third one came out in 1980 under the name Tunnels.After returning to their original name, Rustici's Luna with Joe Amoruso on keyboards, Dario Franco on bass and Sabatino Romano on drums released a self-titled debut on Splash label. The album has only a historical perspective as it contains melodic and poppy straightforward Rock with only some hints of Rustici's past on a few instrumental orchestrations like on the opening ''Sulla luna'' or ''Un seme strano''.However the commercial approach of the band is another proof of Rustici's diverse character and composing skills, with some good guitar riffs and elegant piano paces, as most of the tracks contain some trully memorable beats and choruses under the typical easy-going Rock sound of the time.''L'isola'', ''In concerto'' with the Fusion-esque synths or ''Come va'' are nice examples of tapping your foot while listening to these grooves.On the other hand ''Lou Jean'' is absolutely dull with some BEE-GEES like vocal arrangements and ''Serenade'' is an English-sung track of little interest, where the cheap instrumentation starts to bother the listener. Luna did not appear in any further recordings, leaving behind a good album for fans of 80's commercial rock, which though has a little value for prog fans, who expect something out of Danilo Rustici's monster prog past. 
Review by "apps79" (Rate Your Music).

RATING:  6.5 / 10

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