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Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard [CD]

Robert Wyatt Audio CD
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  • Audio CD (27 Oct 2008)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Domino Records
  • ASIN: B001F9Y26I
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 113,876 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

1. Muddy Mouse 1
2. Solar Flares
3. Muddy Mouse 2
4. Five Black Notes And One White Note
5. Muddy Mouse 3
6. Muddy Mouth
7. Soup Song
8. Sonia
9. Team Spirit
10. Song For Che

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Robert Wyatt's voice is as distinctive and subtle an instrument as Tom Waits's or Bessie Smith's. He stretches his vocal chords through alien alto registers with grace, into notes few male singers are comfortable with past puberty. It's not stretching things to compare his work on Ruth to that of the greatest jazz-influenced singers. Wyatt knows how to throw a band together, too, choosing musicians who'll do their respective things complementarily, subtly. If you have trouble with the jazz comparison, dig his group's take on Charlie Haden's "Song for Che." This disc brims with woozy, lush underwater-sounding, underground pop, augmented by chaps like Fred Frith and Brian Eno. It's clever, playful music, ahead of its time because it's timeless and filled with a profound, infectious, children's book-type humour. --Mike McGonigal

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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Well this is Robert's third album and it's true it's not as haunting and beautiful as Rock Bottom. There are a few dull jazzy jams to fill side Ruth - Yes, Side A was called Ruth and Side B was called Side Richard. This is lost on the CD of course. Anyway, you must hear at least once the strange humour of Soup Song where Robert sings he is an ingredient in a bowl of soup! Side Richard is fantastic and totally worthy of the genius of Wyatt. It's made of a sequence of interludes called 'Muddy Mouse ', co-written with Fred Frith, that keep coming in between songs with different lyrics each time. the last Muddy Mouse turns into Muddy Mouth in typical Wyatt slip and the album finishes leaving you wanting to listen again and again to this exquisite little mouse.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Sadly underrated 16 Sep 2002
By Gary Gomes - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
After Rock Bottom, Wyatt followed up with this less well-balanced, but more eclectic follow-up. The caliber of songqriting is extraordinary, and the line-up (Gary Windo, Mongezi Fesa, Fred Frith, Brian Eno, the amazing Laurie Allen) reads like a who's who of the avant garde of the time. I alway enjoyed this somewhat more than "Rock Bottom" because its attitude was more fun. Wyatt had seemed to come to grips with his paralysis and was realizing more of what he could do by the time this album came out.

It has the same dreamy, shimmering atmosphere as "Rock Bottom" but is no less brilliant. This was one of the few times that I have heard jazz, avant garde, and pop sensibilities blended so seamlessly. A great work!

Gary Gomes

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Robert Wyatt is the one who started it all! 5 Oct 2002
By Carl Johnson - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
Not too much to say. In my mind, this is the best recording Robert ever did. There are tunes that are lighter than the songs on Rock Bottom, though this album is not as conceptually well thoughht out. The center peice is Solar Flares, which features some excellent guitar space work. It is this song that I feel is the best thing Robert has ever done. Astounding!
You wouldn't have had much of your european progressive rock in the seventies if it were not for this man and his legacy. He still influences your on-the-edge players today! Almost perfect, eclectic spin!
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
a classic record - timeless and inspiring. 24 May 1999
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Format:Audio CD
i've been listening to this record for over ten years - and i am always impressed and inspired by it. nothing on earth sounds quite like this record but then again nothing on earth really sounds like Robert Wyatt for that matter. accessible yet slightly avante garde - musicians should listen and learn.
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