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All the old favourites are back: Phil Manzanera, Evan Parker, Brian Eno and, more unusually, Paul Weller (who makes an excellent contribution). Gone are the in-your-face political lyrics that could sometimes be a bit cringeworthy (a la Dondestan), in are fantastic lyrics, amazing tunes, fabulously rich and complicated musical textures, and above all the sound of a load of excellent musicians having fun!
The first track, "Heaps of Sheeps", really gets you in the mood with good basslines, a wonderful beat, and lyrics that are faintly similar to "Soup Song" in that they use a very strange metaphor to describe what he thinks his place is in the scheme of things.
Other songs include Blues in Bob minor, which harks back to those clever Dylan lyrics where every word means several differennt things, and The Duchess, which features a very odd, swaying texture, with Evan Parker very prominent.
Critics described this as the best album since "Rock Bottom", and they're right. An absolute must for anyone who has liked Wyatt's stuff in the past, and a very good introduction for those who haven't heard Wyatt before to the extreme versatility he (and the other musicians) have.
Buy it!
Funny, isn't it? Well, once you hear his classy musicians do their stuff, you'll fall in love!
Two examples of Wyatt's lyrical brilliance:
(1) In "Was a Friend," the speaker dreams about meeting a former friend. "I almost forgot where we buried the hatchet." As the meeting becomes increasingly uncomfortable, he wonders "Where WAS the hatchet?"
(2)The post-Cartesian musings of "Free Will and Testament," including "So when I say that I know me, how can I know that? / What kind of spider understands arachnophobia?" end not with self-congratulation at asking such questions but with the plea "Let me off please, I am so tired. Let me off please, I am so very tired."
Wyatt's always shone as a collaborative musician, bringing out the best on other brilliant players who in turn bring out the best in Wyatt. EVERYTHING works together here. And Wyatt even seems to bring out the best in reviewers, as the perceptive comments from Amazon and customers here attest. But you don't have to be a Soft Machine junkie or an old school proggie to be moved by Shleep.
Money where mouth is: If you buy Shleep based on anyone's comments here and don't like it after just one listening, e-mail me and I'll arrange to buy your copy for what you paid plus shipping. This offer limited to the first three takers (there are a lot of people who lack discernment).
Let's get Shleep out of the 5-digit Sales Rank.
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