Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom

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Robert Wyatt's 1974 masterpiece Rock Bottom is among the most layered, lovely, and luscious pop records ever as well as a testament to survival. As Wyatt explains in the notes, "The night before the new group was to have its first rehearsal, I fell from a fourth floor window and broke my spine." Produced by Nick Mason, the cream of England's vital prog-rock scene contributed their most subtle, least-wanky efforts for their dear friend's solo recording. Ivor Cutler, Fred Frith, Hugh Hopper, and Mike Oldfield shine alongside ethereal singer/songwriter/keyboardist/percussionist Wyatt. The most touching of these playful drone-pop songs appear to detail Wyatt's relationship with his wife/collaborator, Alfreda Benge. "Your lunacy fits neatly with my own," he sings.

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Rock Bottom is a masterpiece of flux. [It's] more than just exquisite internalized hydrotherapy--it's also an album about love, about self-deception and self-discovery, and, above all, about the luminously redemptive possibilities of melody.

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01. Sea Song
02. A Last Straw
03. Little Red Riding Hood Hit The Road
04. Alifib
05. Alife
06. Little Red Robin Hood Hit The Road

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