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Robert Wyatt
Cuckooland
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As a contemporary of Brian Eno and a member of the semi-legendary Soft Machine, Robert Wyatt made some strange wonderful music. In fact, he still does, as this entry from 2003 will attest to. And while Eno eventually left the constricted pop world for greener ambient pastures and production work, Wyatt still mines that slightly under-sideways-down brand of songcraft, with a hint of post-Floyd Syd Barrett in there as well.
It comes without surprise that the best track, the beautiful ‘Forest”, clocking near eight minutes, guest stars Mr. Eno and a certain David Gilmour on guitar. The song of a gypsy girl on the outskirts of dangers both natural and man-made can’t help but get under the skin of the listener. Other songs plumb similar themes, such as “Lullaby For Hamza”; based on the story of an Iraqi woman who gave birth to her son just as the bombs of the first Gulf War began to fall.
With sounds ranging from blues to jazzy, the tracks hang together very well from one to the next. The credit goes to Wyatt and his ghostly voice, almost always on the verge of running out of breath, there yet not quite all there, for truly holding this together and for creating a unique listening experience.
Release Date: October 7, 2003
Tracks: 16 - Time: 62:34
Produced by: Robert Wyatt
Format: CD
Website: Robert Wyatt
Track Listing:
Just a Bit / Old Europe / Tom Hay's Fox / Forest / Beware / Cuckoo Madame / Raining in my Heart / Lullaby for Hamza\Silence / Trickle Down / Insensatez / Mister E / Lullaloop / Life is Sheep / Foreign Accents / Brian the Fox / La Ahada Yalam (No-One Knows).
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