His Greatest Misses (2004) more music like this

by Robert Wyatt

The title of this 17-track Robert Wyatt compilation -- previously released only in Japan -- references his lack of commercial success while taking great care to showcase both his ambitious vision and diversity as an artist. Most of what is here is readily familiar to fans, from his fine if strangely arcane versions of "I'm a Believer" and ...

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Mid-Eighties (1993) more music like this

by Robert Wyatt

Basically, this is an expanded version of the 1985 album Old Rottenhat, with the addition of eight extra tracks from the period: the four-song Work in Progress EP, two songs from the B-side of "Shipbuilding," and a couple of cuts from various-artist compilations. These bonus tracks are hardly extraneous, containing as they do some of his strongest ...

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Compilation (1990) more music like this

by Robert Wyatt

Somewhat erroneously titled, this is not a collection of Wyatt's work but rather 1981's Nothing Can Stop Us Now and 1985's Old Rottenhat on one CD. A bit strident politically and a tad cynical, these are, however, wonderful records built upon righteous indignation that is never cruel or simplistic. As with much of Wyatt's work, these recordings ...

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Old Rottenhat (1985) more music like this

by Robert Wyatt

Wyatt has been quoted as declaring that this record was "a conscious attempt to make un-misusable music," i.e., music that couldn't be appropriated by the Right or broadcast on Voice of America. VOA doesn't broadcast uncommercial music such as this in any case, but Wyatt did succeed in stating some of his political concerns -- imperialism, the ...

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