Shleep

Robert Wyatt es una figura importante en la música, sobre todo por su aportación con los inigualables cuatro primeros álbumes de Soft Machine en los 70. Para este disco contó con la colaboración de Brian Eno, Manzanera o Paul Weller. Obtuvo un tremendo éxito de crítica, las ventas en su rango habitual, y luego tuvo continuación la inspiración en los posteriores y geniales Comicopera y Cuckooland. En este Shleep presenta 11 temas (más uno extra): Heaps Of Sheeps es una apertura pastoral que conduce a The Duchess, que ya presenta los parámetros habituales de Wyatt, asonancias, elementos de free jazz , etc. Maryan es otra delicada pieza con violín a la vez cálido a la vez punzante. Was a friend retoma el jazz con clímax intrumental final. Free Will and Testament es un tema de melodía y estructura más simple con stell guitar incluída pero de gran belleza. September the Ninth retoma el jazz con suprema elegancia y maestría. Alien, con una guitarra que sobresale con luz propia sobre la percusión que domina gran parte del tema. Out of season, otra buena pieza con base de jazz (en esta ocasión al margen del saxo, es el piano el que cobra protagonismo por encima de las voces espectrales), se hace breve y sirve de puente hacia A sunday in Madrid, con un recitado maravilloso (más el piano, percusión , vientos y coro). Es uno de los mejores temas del disco. The Whole Point Of No Return es una breve, brevísima, versión de los Style Council y Blues In Bob Minor’, lo es del Subterranean Homesick Blues de Dylan. Esta última muy lograda. September in the rain, es un cálido y amable final acústico para un álbum que siempre presenta nuevos hallazgos. Otros discos de un impresionante 1997: Radiohead: OK Computer, Spiritualized: Ladies And Gentlemen We’re Floating In Space, The Prodigy: The fat of the land, The Verve: Urban Hymns, Cornershop: When I Was Born For The 7th Time, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Boatman’s Call, Erykah Badu: Baduizm, Wilco: Being There, Portishead: Portishead, Primal Scream: Vanishing Point, Tindersticks: Curtains, Björk: Homogenic, Bob Dylan: Time Out Of Mind, Yo La Tengo: I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One, The Chemical Brothers: Dig Your Own Hole, Belle And Sebastian: If You’re Feeling Sinister, Teenage Fanclub: Songs From Northern Britain, Mogwai: Young Team, Daft Punk: Homework, Stereolab: Doots And Loops, The Make-Up: Sound Verite, Eels: Beautiful Freak, Erykah Badu: Baduizm, Echo & The Bunnymen: Evergreen, Prefab Sprout: Andromeda heights, Dinoasaur Jr.: Hand It Over, Blur: Blur, Buenavista Social Club: Buenavista Social Club, Elliott Smith: Either, Or, Janet Jackson: The velvet rope, Smog; Red apple falls, Built to Spill: Perfecto from now on, The Jayhwaks: Sound of lies, Kent: Isola, Ocean Colour Scene: Marchin' already, Paul Weller: Heavy soul, Cotton Maher: Kontiki, Luna: Pup Tent, Foo Fighters: The colour and the shape... Y también: Spice Girls: Spiceworld, U2: Pop o Aqua: aquarium...

Kom skemmtilega á óvart.

It was too… stream of consciousness for me. Maybe it’s the vocals, I dunno. After the first song or two I just… zoned out. And if I want that, I’ll listen to new age music or something. Top tracks: “Heaps of Sheeps,” “ The Duchess”

It's probably slicker musically then I will give it credit for. There's a lot of horns, brass, etc. that is incorporated pretty well, even if weirdly at times. There's a jazz element but it's not jazz. There's a rock element but it's not rock. It is very experimental. Sometimes it works for me and sometimes it doesn't. I'll bet that people who like this genre love this album. Just not my cup of tea. But I think I appreciate Wyatt's talent more now than after listening to his other album on this list.

I dig Robert Wyatt, even though he's a little weird. I think they would have been fine only including Rock Bottom in the 1001, but I definitely enjoyed this album. A lot of it has a haunting ethereal sound, with occasional bops. Excellent musicianship throughout. I'll call it a 4 - a little too weird to be a 5. Favorite tracks: Heaps of Sheeps (a surprisingly good bop with amusing lyrics), Maryan, Free Will and Testament, Alien, A Sunday in Madrid, Blues in Bob Minor.

Another unique voice and approach to music as an art.

This is the type of music that I assumed that I would be listening to at this age. Maybe with a little gold hoop earring and my gray hair in a ponytail. Loved the title of the album and the first track. Musically, some I liked. Some I could leave.

When I saw this I was like “Ugh not another Robert Wyatt”. While I probably liked this more than Rock Bottom, I was so fatigued from that album that this one could never really settle in. The first song was good, but it was kind of an eccentric slide downward from there. There’s definitely an interesting complexity to the album, but maybe too much for its own good. Could not connect.

This album was cool. Not familiar with Robert Wyatt's solo work. Oscillates between the mundane, meditative and absurd. Went on a little too long but it was a cool experience. One of those I really had to stop what I was doing and focus on. SAVED SONGS: - heaps of Sheep's - maryan - September ninth - a Sunday in Madrid

Put me to shleep tell ya hwatt (2.5/5)

Shleep is the seventh album by Robert Wyatt, released in 1997. This one was interesting. It's one of Wyatt's later career works, and was widely considered a "return to form" for him. It really does sound a lot like his debut, but with a more refined production style. Everything is more slick sounding but in a good way. His voice sounds really good. I actually had to double check to see if this was recorded in the 70s just released later. Nope, he just sounds great. I love the brand of psychedelia that Wyatt makes. Super dreamy stuff. Some people may call it pretentious, and maybe it is, but I'm loving the psychedelic sounds this album is laying down. I really have to check out more of his discography.

C'était vraiment très étrange. J'ai aimé des passages, mais d'autre que j'ai eu un peu plus de misère. Je ne sais pas à quel point c'est un must à écouter avant de mourir, mais c'était certainement plus différent que bien d'autres trucs ici. 6/10

This one's weird as shit, but not in a way that I liked. "The Duchess" has got to be one of the worst songs I've ever heard. However, there's an idea here, and the production is pretty good, so I won't give it the 1 I almost did. Favorite was Blues in Bob Minor

I didn’t hate it, but I also don’t see myself ever going back to this one. Very sleepy. So, mission accomplished I guess? I liked the second half more than the first. Best songs were Heaps of Sheeps, Alien, and Blues In Bob Minor.

Interesting, may warrant a future listen

I wanted to give this a 1, but really I can't justify it. It has the occasional compelling moment, which is then almost always followed by one of the most lackluster things you've heard.

I can see why this is on the list but I can’t tell if I liked it or not. Definitely interesting.

Very spacey and jazzy. Ok but not my taste.

Just absolutely not for me. There were definitely some interesting sounds here but I have no desire to ever hear this again.

I've never been so irritated in my entire life

Had no idea what to expect with this, but this was a lot weirder and more interesting than most of the stuff on this list. Very cool album to check out. This is the type of thing I was hoping to see more of when I entered in to this venture.

Why? As having listened to his first album at the suggestion of this site. I has extreme prejudice and was trepidatious at having to do this experiment all over again with a different album.....Imagine my surprise that I found the first track NOT terrible, listenable. The tension in my shoulders and neck subsided; I exhaled and then WHAM! The second track started and I felt the tension rise and peak at the electric piano/clarinet note that wavered off key for what seemed like forever to come crashing down into a cacophony of disjointed sound. I don't understand the people who wrote in their reviews that this sounded more polished than his first album. And after listening to the whole album I see their point. It is more polished: the songs don't meander like the first albums and there is more coherence to the melodies. However....a turd is a turd; polished or no. And just NO. No.

Absolutely beautiful to its core. I never knew what to expect from the next song, and there's so much reward to listening intently to this album. Intensely interesting instrumentals, lyrically obtuse but soft and pleasant, and so vividly imaginative with its soundscape.

Trippy af, amazing songtitles

Vocals were so annoying that I wanted to turn it off immediately. I suppose some of it wasn't terrible tho? 2.

I didn't hate this, but I wouldn't listen to it again. Personal enjoyment: 3/5 Relevance to this list: 3/5

Did nothing for me at all

Heaps of Sheep has a kind of U2 Pop (underrated U2 album) feel to the music. His voice has a Saturday morning cartoons feel to it. I won't say that I loved the first song, but The Duchess is horrible, it's like a children's song about his terrible, whorish wife. I bet Daniel Johnston loved this album. This is not the best representation of anything. This is only being saved from the very worst albums by some truly inspired garbage that was included in this list. I am losing respect for music critics the further I get into the list. Add prog rock to the list of genres I don't like. My god this is terrible. The Flaming Lips' lead singer must have taken notes on singing with a silly voice. This is like adding jazz to psychedelic rock...and it is magically way less than the sum of its parts. Blues in Bob Minor is Robert Wyatt's Subterranean Homesick Blues, and it is one of the better tracks on the album and is still a terrible homage to the original. That is a song format that is oft repeated and this was one of the worst I've heard.

This is too british

Better than expected

Just a little .... weird !

in the few songs where he actually made music, they sounded good. Can’t forgive him for the rest though. Especially the second song.

Oh My Goodness THIS IS SO GOOD, THIS IS WHAT PUTS GAS IN MY ENGINE. Every second of this is divinely inspired. Gonna spin this on repeat for DAYZ. 5 STARS

Do you enjoy fever dreams? Do you hate your eardrums? If the answer is yes, then this album is perfect for you.

Lite småhemlig platta.

Pretty bland but there were some not so bad moments in between .

I like the album art and Heaps of Sheeps is soft and boring and right in the same vibe. From there the album falls off a cliff into a canyon of awful aharmonic pretentious cacophony. Some passages evoked feelings that weren't irritation, like the opening of Maryan and the closing track, but on the whole, nails on a chalkboard.

Not the worst thing I've listened too, but strong contender. It's one of those arty pretentious wank albums that makes noise and calls it music, song 2 (not the blur one) is offensive to my ears, it's shit and I want to burn it.

Not bad. Quite enjoyed a lot of the whimsy in this

Skipped through the first half. Didn’t love the experimentation

Oh no, more prog rock. I actually didn't mind listening to this, but wouldn't choose to.

"This first track is great - I don't get all these shitty reviews!" <5 minutes later> "Jesus fucking christ, what is this bullshit?!" <3 tracks later> "Hold on, hold on ... no, this is pretty good actually!" <4 minutes later> "FUUUUUUUCCCCKKKK!!!!"

First track was ok. The atonality was interesting. But his voice was insufferable

Quirky, humorous, jazzy. Enjoyable, but I wish Wyatt's took the sounds further, as parts of the second half can be dormant.

What the fuck is this? The only redeeming bits were the trumpets.

Somewhere between Pink Floyd and Radiohead. I liked this! Gentle, proggy little album that feels like it's reaching beyond what other acts in the 90s were doing.

Getting real tired of the trash on this list.

Out of key, out of tune, absolutely not worth listening to.

Very probably will put you to shleep. Wyatt’s done better.

Dét er altså en lidt underlig ting det her. Lidt syret sove jazz.. Han har ihvertfald haft nogen drømme, eller sove problemer. 😂

Avant-garde Jazz med elementer af progrock. Det bliver aldrig rigtig hyggeligt. Heller ikke rigtig interessant. Hele albummet lullede mig ind i en søvnlignende trance hvor jeg følte mig hensat til en tilstand som manden på coveret. Blues in Bob Minor rev mig mod slutningen ud af søvnen med sit heftige tempo og fremdrift. Havde der været mere i denne stil kunne det måske være blevet mere spændende. Det blev det ikke.

listened to again a wonderful artistic jazzy journey

Not for me.

3.5

Very interesting album by Robert Wyatt, not a surprise given he made similarly interesting, strange (in a positive way) albums in the 70s as a solo artist and before with Soft Machine (a band I love very much). 'Shleep' has a great bland of folk, jazz-rock, experimental and Canterbury scene psychedelia. I've always liked his slightly off key, jazzy but comforting voice as well. Overall a really great album.

Heaps of shit? That's mean. But pretty in line with how I feel about this one. Some records are very good at smelling their own farts, and this is one. There are a handful of compelling tracks here, most of which are the ones Eno had a bigger role in, but it’s just not enough to keep me interested.

Much like waking from a good night's shleep, the fragmented memories of Wyatt's album drift between lucid beauty and hazy bewilderment once dissolved by the harsh light of day.

Probably a solid 3.5. Not my favorite from Robert Wyatt, but a pleasant listen.

Eh. Not sure what to say. Had two listens through and nothing was imparted on me.

Is this a fucking joke? The music is terrible, the singing is absolutely dreadful! This is like a troll album pick. Fuck off with this nonsense. Who ever picked this as something to hear before you die, should never discuss music again. Need a 0 star rating for trash like this.

woozy, wobbly and wonderful

This was a lot of fun to listen to. Playful and adventurous. Since it progressive rock, it's not for everyone, but I liked it.

It was way overrated - only two good songs on there. His vocal tones were the worst....

I know this is someone you are supposed to like but I find his voice annoying and the jazz leanings a bit twee.. not for me. Interesting guest line up

Shleep is another good album by Robert Wyatt. Eclectic prog-rock and terrific songs. Also an unbelievable backing band with Brian Eno, Phil Manzanera and Paul Weller.

The vocalist’s whiny voice doesn’t work for the high range, which was most of the songs.

I mean...I'm fine with this existing. It's good for lots of different music to exist. But I'm not sure who's donating the money for it to be made. I suppose there was a plan for these "songs", but it really sounds like noise, for the most part. If it's on in the background, you might not go crazy. If you're listening to it on headphones while focusing on the music. You could either occupy a transcendent deity state or decide it's best to murder everyone around you and burn down the building you occupy. I'll never listen to this again but I will recommend it to people as some sort of listening feat, in the same I'd ask someone to taste something that tastes bad but is both singular in it's taste.

"Shleep" by is the seventh solo album by English Canterbury scene and progressive rock veteran Robert Wyatt. The album was a return to featuring a diverse range of musicians like his 70's albums. On this album, other musicians included Philip Catherine (Belgian jazz guitarist), Brian Eno, Phil Manzanera, Paul Weller, Chucho Merchan (Colombian jazz and rock guitarist) and Evan Parker (sax). The album was produced by Wyatt, Eno and Alfreda Benge (Wyatt's wife who also co-wrote many of the songs with Wyatt). "Heaps of Sheep" opens the album with guitar and a galloping beat. Synth in the background. An uplifting song with a nice vocal chorus. It reminds me of early Brian Eno. Not a bad thing. Wyatt is counting sheep as he couldn't sleep. Wyatt wrote many of these songs while suffering from insomnia. Piano, sax and drums give "The Duchess" a jazzy vibe. Odd beats and dissonant horns make this song unique. It's a tribute to his wife. "September the Ninth" is probably the most straight-forward jazz song on the album. Layered horns with a trumpet added to the saxophones. There's a piano and drums and it's mostly an instrumental song. Lyrics come in halfway and describe a woman hoping to have wings and fly away. The insomnia must have progressively become more delirious as these lyrics progressively become more "out there." And, thus, we enter "A Sunday in Madrid." It's a slow start with the piano. Drums and a Eno-esque guitar lay a hypnotic melody. Wyatt is singing rapidly, a la "Subterranean Homesick Blues." Wyatt would would perfect that in the next song. Abstract lyrics and imagery...Pa, bears, rabbits and imprisoned rainbows. This album is jazzy, dreamy, atmospheric, experimental, abstract and mostly beautiful. The influence of the different musicians lends to its varied styles and instruments. Robert Wyatt has a great singing voice even if I couldn't completely understand everything; I don't think I'm supposed to. Of the two previous Wyatt albums I've had, I really liked the Soft Machine's "Third" but had trouble with his 1974 solo album "Rock Bottom." I might have to give that one another listen because "Shleep" was quite outstanding.

After some time spent away, Robert Wyatt reappeared at the end of the 90s with Shleep. Whereas his earliest solo recordings saw him coming to grips with his newfound circumstance and sonic adaptations, Shleep is Robert at his most collaborative and structured. His songs could wander and become dizzying at times yet they are infused with his affable spirit that is hard-won and aligned with a certain philosophy. A most logical step for Robert Wyatt to take and it is one of his best efforts. Favorites: Heaps of Sheep, The Duchess, Maryan, Was a Friend, Free Will and Testament, September the Ninth, Blues in Bob Minor.

I like this guys music. It’s as simple as that.

was def a unique interesting sounding album. I like a couple songs.

1. zheepz - 1 2. duchezz - 0 3. maryan - 1 4. friend - 0 5. teztament - 1 6. ninth - 1.5 7. alien - 1.5 8. zeazon - 1 9. madrid - 0 10. bluez - 0 11. no return - 1

Dreamy and aptly titled. Seems a very ecccentric choice for inclusion in this list but one's definitely glad it's here because of sweetness of temperament and the oddness of originality.

lil bit dull, but hardly a crime

I will be pursuing legal action against the purveyors of this listing for unsolicited mental anguish as a result of their lack of musical taste. For this to be someone’s album of the year for 1997 is disturbing, as the sound of toilets flushing would be far more entertaining.

Not impressed, just weird to be weird

Yes.

Bad album. This is some serious weird, prog stuff from Robert Wyatt. It's pretty far out and generally not very good. There's some interesting stuff, but it's not really an album I'll ever listen to again. I'll shleep well. *

I think a lot of people won’t like this album. But I love unpredictability in music. I don’t want to be able to predict what a track will do next. Wyatt is really totally unpredictable. Here’s what I hear when I listen to this album: adventurousness and vision and an artist’s unique path and sound. I hear a completely original view of what music can be and I love it. Well, most of it. From the few tracks I’ve heard from Wyatt beforehand, and this album here, I really think he’s one of the most underappreciated artists in the history of music. Flirted with a 5/5 for a while but ultimately landed on 4/5.

Ganz guter Postrock

In different circumstances I might have described this as a 'difficult listen' but sitting on a train, watching the world fly by, I found it very relaxing and a tonic for the ears

not for me

mjög áhugavert gáfumannapopp. meirameirameira, 4,5.

This is one of those strange cases where the technical qualities are clearly evident, but it's still not good music to enjoy it.

What a weird, wonderful album. Perfect soundtrack for night driving. Wyatt does a great job of probing the dreamy and hypnotic haze of life.

all i can say is the album title is extremely fitting

Very nice.

>Ctrl+F "gyatt" >0/0 😔 Interesting music, could hate it in the wrong mindset. Second song was funny. Blues In Bob Minor was really good Liked the mellowness, even if some songs sounded like shleep paralyshish OSTs.

Actually a funny album

This album is nice to listen to in the background while working, but I'm not sure that it serves any other purpose. It's good, but not necessarily my style or speed.

Ok

Weird album. Don't know if I like it or not.

Hm never heard of this guy. Hmmm I'm not liking this at all. it has zero melody, sounds like a person just randomly making sounds when they're trying to make up a song on the fly. 1 star.

It's different, disjointed, and will appeal to people who like arthouse films that aren't commerically successful. Overall I can't say it's an enjoyable listen, even if some of the tracks were better than others. It's not really good as background music either.

Bah!!!

For once I enjoyed and understood the amateurish songs. It helped they were few. The rest were thoughtful and often beautiful

Really don't understand what I'm supposed to do with this. "A Sunday In Madrid" was catchy though. 2.5 stars

*slaps roof of car* this bad boy can fit so many discordant sounds in it. To be fair, there are moments when it’s not entirely awful, and even interesting / unique - but, ultimately, feels like it’s trying too hard to be edgy and it’s also not something I’d ever want to listen to again.

My only previous experience of Wyatt was his cover of Elvis Costello's Shipbuilding. I didn't like his voice on that. I found it childish, weak and immature. Which is perhaps fitting if you want to do an avante-garde jazz version of The Grand Old Duke of York as he does on this album. An album that has hints of King Crimson but, more startling, is the overall influence Wyatt must have had on Damon Albarn from Blur. This record is very interesting, dark and complex. It is better than I expected it to be an and is an absolute saurprise.

Like a shittier Tiny Tim

two very mellow albums in a row. I wouldn't say that it's exciting in any way. just enough to keep me entertained for a bit. Home is Where the Music is does have a bit more energy, though. These two albums also had two consecutive songs that were the exact same length. Is that rare? Has anyone created an album where all the songs are exactly the same length? That would be cool. ish. Maybe someone can create an album where all the songs are exactly the same length? call it 3:12.

Heaps of Sheeps make you think this will be a pretty straightforward folky alternative album that is easily listenable. That thought ends on Track 2. It's just a weird, out-of-tune singing, sour sounding, arty folks that unfortunately I couldn't really find much to appreciate. Glad it was over.

2.5

what a discovery! this is a fantastic album that mixes the prog sound with the wonderful voice of Wyatt

104/1001 🌕🌗🌑🌑🌑

I don't know why I was mentally preparing myself for a disaster album. Other than a couple of oddballs, I thought this album was dreamy and electic.

I had no idea what I was getting I to with this album, I looked at the wiki and read some of the reviews and by what it looks like, this album is one of the most divided I've gotten so far, review wise, it's all 1's and 5's. I'm only halfway through this album and I can say right now this album is getting a 5

Awful!

🎧Weird, idiosyncratic album that I enjoyed and will return to. Blues In Bob Minor a playful reinterpretation of Subterranean Homesick Blues.

I had difficulty listening to a lot of it.

Absolute drivel

🚮

Мне тяжко с прогроком. Мне важно чтобы музло играло на эмоциях, а тут просто сидишь и слушаешь неплохую вроде музыку, но не откликающуюся во мне никак((

Try though I did, I always resisted the apparent charms of Wyatt’s reedy tones. That said, this was a pleasant melange of styles.

I've never heard of Robert Wyatt before. From the very first notes, I knew that I was going to enjoy this album. A little strange, very musical, random instruments that all work together.

Leyendo sobre Robert Wyatt me entero que es un compositor de rock progresivo que graba sus álbumes tocando él mismo todos los instrumentos. Si bien este album se desvía de esa tradición, se puede notar el aspecto progresivo de la música con armonías al estilo Pink Floyd o David Bowie, aunque por momentos logra generar ambientes más bien country o jazz, quizás por los instrumentos que se utlizan a lo largo de la grabación. Baterías suaves, guitarras acústicas y pianos son los elementos constitutivos en la mayoría de los arreglos.

Classic Wyatt strangeness. Hasn’t lost a thing with age!

Robert Wyatt e built different...

Terrible

What was that. This one star is actually zero stars.

some of the melodies are cool, a little noisy in places. okay for background music I guess?

When Wyatt retired he said "there is a pride in [stopping], I don't want [the music] to go off," a conclusion that perhaps he should have reached a wee bit sooner? I learned about his very interesting early pedigree but this album didn't inspire me to dive in further.

This was dumb and not easy to listen to

That first song almost had me. But then it was fast downhill from there. I learned that there is a term called "Wyatting" which is putting on one of Wyatt's tunes on a juke box in a bar, and then leaving. That sounds funny, but also unlikely, because these tunes wouldn't be in any jukebox I've ever seen.

I don't think it's 1 star insufferable because it did have some okay-ish moments, it's still not very good. Throw this one in the never again pile.

Had no idea people were still making these kinds o lf records in the 1990s. You can't say you've ever heard something exactly like this before. On the other hand, I can't say I really want to hear anything like this. I loved the playful spirit in which this record was obviously made, but ultimately the music doesn't move me and eventually got boring.

At first, I thought this was another album by John Martyn, which seemed surprising, but then realized that it wasn't. And it took me well into the 2nd song/track of the album to realize that this album was from 1997, not 1979, despite that it seems much better suited to the 70s than the 90s. Either way, I'm not sure it suits me all that well. I'm guessing that the often-atonal noises and instrument choices are intentional, as is the not-really-singing vocals, but the end-result for me is an unpleasant and sometimes cacophonous, sometimes sleep-inducing album that's far too long. It's a bit shocking that this is Robert Wyatt's 7th studio album; I'm guessing (hopeful?) that this album marked a new direction for him, as it's hard to imagine any studio seeing a wide enough audience for six previous albums like this. That said, I did enjoy "Blues in Bob Minor" and its "Subterranean Homesick Blues" cover/adaptation. I *will* say that this album wins the briefest-Wikipedia-entry award (at least so far in this collection), which is a shame as there might have been something redeeming about this album's background or production that would have made it more interesting. Also, Brian Eno truly *is* everywhere! (He's listed in the "Personnel" section of the Wikipedia entry, and you can definitely hear his playing in places on the album.) (And then I cheated and looked to Google for any reviews of this album, and came across this panegyric, where the reviewer claims "Shleep" is the best entrypoint for Wyatt and one of his two masterpieces (the other being "Rock Bottom"): <https://www.headheritage.co.uk/unsung/review/780/>. Other online reviews also revealed that he was a cofounder of Soft Machine, which makes total sense, now that I've heard both Soft Machine and Robert Wyatt in this collection. And this Pitchfork review of the Shleep reissue (among other Wyatt materials) has good context too: <https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14895-shleep-eps-cuckooland-theatre-royal-drury-lane/>)

His voice was a real detractor for me--I didn't like its thin meandering quality. The music meandered a bit too, too much for me. I'm upgrading this from a 2 to a 3 because I did enjoy the Positively Bob tribute.

Interesting personal story about the artist and his comeback from a tragic accident which left him paralyzed. Experimental rock is something new to me. I kind of think of it as the parallel to abstract art?? Didn’t really enjoy much of this album until I heard the haunting jazz notes of September the Ninth.

I was lost with this one. Didn't connect with anything on it.

techno and bumpy. Fine but some songs are downright not for me.

Pitkään arvoin yhden ja kahden tähden välillä. Noh, menköön nyt kaksi.

Love the eccentricity and it will surely annoy a lot people. But great work.

I can see what this is trying to do, but I feel like it’s trying too hard. Robert Wyatt’s voice sounds very old, which is not appealing. I also feel like the album is not cohesive in terms of sound.

Interesting

Boring and weird

This shit sucks

It's a really tough one. Wyatt experiments with sound a lot. Sometimes it sounds good, sometimes not. He gets very interesting results. But I don't know if this album deserves the place on the list. There isn't much breakthrough for a 1997 album. 30 years earlier it would've been something.

The opening track was kind of interesting but then, yeah, it devolved from there. I don't even remember much about this album at the end of the day except rolling my eyes at one point featuring a jumble of horns and thinking "great, more shitty jazz fusion no one asked for".

A break from rocky stuff. A bit weird in its instrumentation, some haunting tunes, not my cuppa but aye, gotta make it to 1001

The "violin solo" in the Duchess gave me war flashbacks to grade 9 strings class. Favourites: heaps of sheep, maryan. Started off pretty strong (except for the Duchess) but it got a bit boring in the middle/end. A little too artsy for me. 3/5

First song was kinda nice and then the second song triggered my PTSD from WCI Intermediate Orchestra. Sometimes I can appreciate the "bad", "indie" sort of sound but I am honestly not in the mood right now and have no patience as I cannot do a single ounce of calculus and there is a quiz in 2 days. Here is a 3 Mr. Wyatt

Good I guess? I have no idea I feel like this album just slid through my brain without touching anything

6 / 10 Rock - Psicodélico relajado. Hay canciones que me recuerdan un poco a los Beatles, otras no tienen ningún sentido. No lo conocía y seguramente no volveré a él.

Takes a few tracks but loved this

This is interesting. I don’t hate it. Even though it’s a bit proggy, it’s actually listenable. It’s like if Peter Gabriel and Radiohead did a collaboration, and let Brian Eno produce it. Not bad at all, but very interesting. If anything, it sounds kind of contemporary. Certainly not 30 years old. It’s experimental without getting lost up its own ass. Jazzy, free flowing, expressive, cinematic, but really very listenable. I liked this quite a bit. Such a clear influence on Radiohead. Seven songs deep and I’ve already saved six of them. That’s pretty fucking outrageous. This is exactly the kind of record that should be on this list. Excellent stuff.

The first track is great and had me hooked in 10 seconds, but is the only recognisable 'song' on the album. It was all downhill after that. Mostly freeform jazz, it's aimless, tuneless meanderings. I lost patience with it - what's the point? There is nothing memorable or even reproducable - it couldn't ever be played the same twice, it's formless and the musicians are just making it up as they go. It makes me cross.

Had potential but never quite hit it full swing. Not an ideal gym soundtrack either.

*Looks at Beefheart and Zappa albums* "No, no, you see THIS is worth SOMETHING." *Looks at Robert Wyatt albums* "THAT is worth NOTHING." 1/5

lovely

Yuk

Surprisingly diverse and fun. Some very catchy tunes.

Sucks

Crap

Some songs were great, some sounded like noise. Didn't stand out too much to me.

A pretty strange album, but seems to have had an impact on British rock for a number of years.

So interesting. Not your typical album - very progressive and experimental. It does work though. 4/5

Art rockig, Brian Eno er bij, experimenteel, vleugje psychedelica, mysterieuze klanken: een gouden recept. Het album is verbazingwekkend fijn om te luisteren, natuurlijk niet voor elke setting of gemoedstoestand bedoeld. Maar, opstaan met deze muziek was zo slecht nog niet. Nee, niet mijn genre of stijl, wel interessant genoeg om af te luisteren. Highlights: The Duchess, Blues in Bob Minor, Free Will And Testament Rating: 7,5/10

Ik hoorde gister al van Koen dat ik in was for a treat met dit album. Een alles behalve aangename verrassing, en de reviews droegen niet echt bij aan een rooskleurig beeld. Toch maar weer - zoals altijd - geheel neutraal de wedstrijd in. Ik kende deze tuinkabouter al van wat losse nummertjes en z'n werk met Matching Mole en Soft Machine. Hij maakt deel uit van een heuse kunststroming uit het zuidoosten van Engeland, wat met name aan de hand van Kevin Ayers best leuke muziek heeft opgeleverd. En tja, als je een artistieke muziekbeweging op gang zet in de UK, dan is Brian Eno er als de kippen bij. Als een bij naar de honing. Ik werd gewaarschuwd voor pretentieuze meuk, art om het art maken. En dan schaam ik me toch wel dat ik het eigenlijk best aangenaam vond. Tuurlijk, het aantal songs die gewoon te lang blijven doorzeveren is eigenlijk té hoog om echt lekker met het album te flowen, maar zoals goede kunst betaamt: beauty is in the eye of the beholder, en als je lang genoeg blijft kijken naar een kunstwerk vind je altijd wel iets wat je aanstaat. Het openingsnummer is zo archetypisch Brian Eno dat je er bijna bang van wordt, maar daarom ook wel weer één van de catchiest songs van de plaat. Halverwege het album vinden we voor mij het tweede moment dat het écht aanslaat, met het nummer 'Free Will And Testament'. Die schele stem die niet altijd even goed uitpakt maakt van dit liedje een tranentrekker. En tegen het einde trapt Robert even iets meer op gas, wat echt wel nodig was, en levert hij wat meer rock in de nummers 'A Sunday In Madrid' en de semi-cover van Bob Dylan's 'Subterranean Homesick Blues'. Die eerste is zo vaag en dissonant, maar de piano brengt alle puzzelstukjes toch op z'n plaats. M'n favoriet. Fases zijn er ook wanneer het echt nergens heen lijkt te gaan, en dat moet wel de bron zijn geweest voor de algehele consensus op deze site dat het pretentieuze bagger is ('The Duchess' was een koortsdroom). Maar ook hier weer zitten er best wat pareltjes tussen voor de nieuwsgierige luisteraar. Wat ik vooral lachen vind aan werk als dit, is dat het totaal ontwricht is van de tijd, en in een eigen wereld is opgenomen afgeschermd van rages, populaire cultuur, muziekhypes of hippe trends. Niks aan dit album is 1997. Mooi dat het kan. 7,5/10 Highlights: Heaps Of Sheeps Free Will And Testament A Sunday In Madrid

Er zijn grenzen.

thought the first song was really good, thought I was in for a classic, but then it got worse

Listen, I can navel gaze to the weirdest shit with the best of them, but this is rough.

What in the sweet name of Jesus have I just listened too? Some of the instrumentals were fun, second to last track was good. But there’s was some bloke talk singing about his fat wife at one point? Not for me unfortunately

usually I'm at least somewhat generous to stuff that tries to be "artsy" like this, but this just feels super forced and pretentious. there are a couple glimmers of enjoyable music but as everybody and their dog has pointed out, his voice is just unlistenably bad. is there supposed to be some point being made by the juxtaposition of the awful vocals and the passable-to-good music? possibly, but just because you do something bad on purpose doesn't make it magically not bad

What a fucking awful album.

kinda ok until I git to Sea Song. so whiney! not my thing

Ugh terrible

Doesn’t have that exquisite unnerving enchantment of “Rock Bottom”, but there were songs during which I got into the weird magic of the sound. A few songs were too poppy but overall I like it

It is just one of those weird things and if you can get over the fact that the singer cannot sing then you would like this album. But if you actually like your singers to actually be in tune and know how to sing this album will be like nails on a chalk board. It reminded me of Frank Zappa. But Frank Zappa could carry a tune and actually sing. Not sure if I can go through and listening to this artist other albums.

Vaguely sounded like it could be a soundtrack for teletubbies or similar... Not actually too bad but very forgettable and blah. 46/100

Robert Wyatt’s Shleep is such a weird listen. On one hand, I have no clue what im hearing, and its mostly making me uninterested. However, in a select few moments, the album really does feel abstractly attracting, the seemingly stupid collection of sounds and vocals is listenable and quite enjoying. This experience is evident on Heaps of Sheeps, September the Ninth, and Blues in Bob Minor. I saw a comment somewhere, likening this album to a industry rushed ‘perfect album’. That is the perfect description. All in all, Shleep is a good album. Best Song: Heaps of Sheeps Worst Song: The Duchess

The generator has helped me to a) discover that someone called Robert Wyatt exists, and b) respect his unique brand of experimental fairytale jazz prog and disarmingly plaintive worldview but I don’t think a second album of his on this list necessarily adds anything that Rock Bottom didn’t. He lost me with some of the denser instrumental sections. There are still interesting bits though; Free Will And Testament & Blues In Bob Minor were my highlights. 2.5

Robert Wyatt could be one of the best discoveries of this process for me. I loved his 1974 second album 'Rock Bottom' and really like this, his sixth LP, from 23 years later. Eclectic, quirky and charming with a dreamlike quality, I find this really appealing. Rating: 4/5 Playlist track: Heaps of Sheeps Date listened: 13/04/24

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Didn’t enjoy this one. Prog rock is hit and miss for me. Interesting musical career, but won’t listen again. 2/5

Grateful to this project for bringing me another gem. Not sure how much I'll return to the full album but definitely noting a couple tracks. Generally appreciate the sound and contribution.

Nearly skipped a song because it was just noise. But kept going and found the rest listenable.

I wish I could shay that Shleep shlaps, but it absholutely doesh not.

Really cool album reminded me of Eric Vivian. It sounded very new agey free jazzy and soothing. Literally the good kind of noise. would listen to again.

His voice is always a comfort. There's a lovely blend, as always, of silliness and heartbreak, pop and jazz that makes the whole thing a pleasure. Not his peak, but amazing to do this well this far into a career.

This album seems to answer the question the Beatles were afraid to ask, as to what would happen if they made every song as lyrically random as “I am the Walrus.” The results aren’t terrible, but I’m not sure I’ll listen to this again.

I found it interesting. I would listen again.

Shleep is kinda shlitty.

I cannot imagine there is much that is essential about this Some interesting moments but no desire the shlep through this again

I didn’t particularly enjoy this one, a bit too avant.

The first minute was promising and it quickly deteriorated into some guy messing around with keyboards and other instruments. I'm nearly halfway through this list and it's becoming clearer every day that the number (1,001) was set when they only had a list of 300 or so.

Feels like a soft blanket

I thought it was pretty interesting. Dragged a little, but overall a fun listen. 3

Too slow, from what I remember

A pretty weird album. It has all of the weirdness of pure psychedelia but mostly without that style's typical, jarring dissonance. Instead, Wyatt adds some of the compositional quality and instrumental detail of prog rock into the mix. The result is mostly pretty cool, occasionally quite fun, also occasionally a head-scratcher though. What was he thinking? Was he thinking? Or just fully embracing his inner dadaist whimsy, slapping on layers of musical paint, following some intuitiv patterns, seen only by Robert Wyatt? Who knows - I don't.

I can only conclude this album is on the list solely due to its pedigree. Wikipedia lists this as a progressive album but it's not progressive in any way. It does not push the art form forward but instead sets it back. It is REgressive. Transgressive. The second track in particular is an egregious, atonal, arhythmic mess. I had high hopes that that would be the worst of it, but I was sorely disappointed when the rest of the album followed suit. Thanks for an exceptionally frustrating hour, Mr. Wyatt.

INSUPPORTABLE j’en reviens pas qu’ils aillent autant d’albums insipide et straight up gossant sur cette liste là

It's certainly interesting. It came close to engaging a couple of times. But ultimately, it feels self-indulgent; a public display of weirdness in an effort to prove individuality.

Rating: 5/10

Thanks for the Sunday scaries.

Oh my god. I´m so sick of all that Robert Wyatt stuff! Are there really no other remarkable albums in this world from someone who at least can sing?

Yeah this was a rough one to listen to. The first couple songs were bad. A couple showed some promise but i wouldn’t listen to this one again.

I am not quite sure what to make of this one. I had to listen to it a second time. It has a couple of tunes that I enjoy and a few that work only as background music. I noted similarities in a couple of tracks that reminded me of Syd Barret's solo stuff, but not quite as fun. I will pick this one up again in a few to see if it grows on me. Bright spot: "Shleep"

This one really put me to shleep!

This is Brian Eno-core 110%. I appreciated much of this album in all of its whimsy. Highlights was Blues In Bob Minor, which is a better (and more cogent) Bob Dylan song than half the Bob Dylan songs.

No spark for me here.

This sounds like a pop artist who wanted to make something artsy but didn't really have any ideas. So the record just bumbles along making weird noises for weirdness sake. So this is a fail for me.

some interesting stuff in here, some weird noodling nonsense too

Alright

Ew

Ehhh.

At first it was just weird and boring, but not as mind-numbing as some prog rock. But as it went on it edged into jazz, and by about halfway through was sapping my will to live.

Perfectly fine background music for a Hudson Valley coffee shop, but not something I'll be returning to on purpose

Really liked the start and end of the album. It scratches an itch I didn’t know I had. The whole album has its own unique tone which I always love. It kinda devolved into some jazz background noise in the middle of the album tho. Rating: 3.2

I got to the middle of Track #2, and I'm not going to put myself through anymore horror. The creator of this list should rethink what makes a top 1001 album to listen to.

no, just no

"heaps of sheeps" started out OK, but damn... "the dutchess" spiraled into terrible noise.

naja

2 - I'm really unsure how to feel about this album. It's not like I'm conflicted, it felt like it just kinda happened, I guess? It's not one of those albums I would dunk on for being boring, but I just didn't find myself caring about anything going on. It had this slightly 90s feeling that I didn't really dig either. I'm hopeful for Rock Bottom when I listen to it, but yeah, this one didn't do much for me.

It's a little weird that I hadn't heard of this dude a month ago, and now I've listened to two of his albums on this list. I liked the previous one (Rock Bottom) better than this. It felt more experimental, while this feels a bit more mundane. It's still good, but it doesn't really grab me 3/5

I enjoyed the start of it but the obvious Prog roots wore me down after a while. Some interesting moments, and I like Wyatt’s voice, but not enough here to make me give it another listen.

Eno is all over this. There's a definite feel of Sound and Vision to some of the tracks. It's almost as if the music is in motion. Wyatt's voice is very soothing on the ear. Music to happily slurp tea to.

not my cuppa

Well that was a weird one

Some really great grooves but his voice just didn’t hit for me. I liked each song until I heard him.

Imagine my surprise to find we've had another album from Robert Wyatt, released more than 20 years before this one. I liked that one a good bit, and this one's pretty cool too. Genre seems elusive, it's rock-y in instrumentation but it's kind of all over the place too, in a good way. Strange sounds and choices that I admire, and I especially love the title "shleep," my guy is shleepy. Favorite tracks: Maryan, A Sunday in Madrid, Blues in Bob Minor. Album art: A shleepy guy riding a giant dove (or is the man tiny?). Looks incredibly peaceful, this cover belongs in a children's book. 3.5/5

Actually quite cute and feelgood music. Never heard it before, but I like it

Wow, who knew you could use random warm ups and instrument tuning to produce album tracks? WTF was track 2? A handful of tracks stood out to me, the opening track, a couple in the middle and the nod to Dylan towards the end. Overall I was largely bored with this one. 1.5/5 rounded up to 2 just for the unique factor.

If I ever fall out of a window and become a paraplegic, I hope I can make music like this. The opening track is strong and the album as a whole feels like he took up residence inside the mind of Frank Zappa complete with odd arrangements and chord choices yet also containing a tongue n cheek feel in places. I’m not even sure what I listened to, but I dig it. I found it strangely interesting and even beautiful in places.

Well, this album is definitely unique. Takes a seriously creative mind to craft this, and it’s not just utter chaos. But it was such a tough listen for me. So much dissonance and repetition, I just can’t say I enjoyed it or will ever listen to it again.

So listening to the first song I was thinking “is his singing getting worse?” Then the second song came on and I was convinced someone was fucking with me. You know when you go to the orchestra or theater and all the musicians are warming up, tuning and playing scales. Some of the songs sounded like that. Even with that, I can’t say I hated it. It was interesting and not like much else I’ve heard. Perhaps there will be a day when I’ll get stoned on my couch and let Robbie’s sweet falsetto voice wrap its arms around me while his giant Bristol beard tickles my neck.

This mother fucker fell out of a window, broke his back, paralyzed, but kept on making music. PROPS. Not sure I knew what was going on for most of this album, but I generally enjoyed it! Heaps of Sheeps (great song title) and Free Will and Testament are enjoyable songs. This album intrigued me enough to want to check out his other stuff. Here’s to my fellow Broken Back Brother. 3/5

i'm not adverse to weird or avant-garde music but it has to hit me the right way. this one didn't really do it for me. it's pleasant enough at points, but mostly i found it a bit dull. his voice also doesn't do much for me, but i think that matters less on this one. it toes the line between somewhat avant-garde prog and jazz, but i don't think it does anything here particularly interestingly. drab jazz meets drab prog. the culmination is just pure drab. not for me!

Free will and testament is good everything else is shit

This was an interesting listen for sure and it certainly does not feel like it came out in the 90s. I can't say I loved the whole thing, but there are moments that I love and others that I'm not sure how I feel about after just one listen. I can't imagine it will become a favorite, but it was a ride for sure.

Pretty weird album had a couple tracks I really liked but overall very weird and artsy.

The first track is so good, a nice chilled out groove. Really enjoyable. I'm not sure anything else on the album is at the same level, but the album is still enjoyable. I'm between a high 3 and a 4, i think i will go 3, but with thinking that it could eventually be a 4, seems like it would grow on a person, but the process doesn't lend itself to that very well love the cover, love the title, good vibes

This man’s singing reminds me of James Corden (not a good thing)

10/10 I’ve only heard two of Wyatt’s albums, but I already feel like a die-hard fan he’s so fucking good at making art rock

Not for me - atonal, a-rhythmic, and pretentiously Avant Garde.

Sure makes me want to shleep. Would be Beetles sound without the notable hits and memorable lyrics

I like his voice

Got into this one more as it went on - 4 stars

3.5/5

Too weird

Okay I liked this but can understand the criticism. A lot feels like it’s divisive for the sake of contrarianism but it’s a well crafted album. Looking forward to diving more into his catalog. 3.5/5, giving 4.

Himm. A bit all over the shop. Some lovely playing, and his voice is just as amazing as ever. Reminded me of the Pauline Murray and the Invisible Girls album at times, which is a good thing. Straightforward three.

Well, I guess something can be boring and interesting at the same time.

Such an eclectic, mesmerising album! With a huge scala of sounds and genre directions. Will definitely need to listen more to keep unraveling more of this interesting album! And what a beautiful ending with the short instrumental The Whole Point Of No Return! Standout tracks: Heaps Of Sheeps, Maryan, Free Will And Testament, Alien, A Sunday In Madrid, Blues In Bob Minor, The Whole Point Of No Return. 9 out of 10

i hate this more than all the grains if samd on all the besche sof all the planets in all the galaxies

Interesting at points but even as somebody who enjoys rambley music this was a bit much. 2/5

Very odd. Hated it at first, in particular the second song, but the album improves. 2.5

I mean it's terrible. It is even music?

Why do you hate me?

Schrecklich

Another very experimental album. The songs here range from very good to very bad; unfortunately more often the latter.

Not my thing

Terrible, annoying, whiny, could not finish

Nope

Oh man, Robert Wyatt. We started out well with this one. I was shocked when I heard how pleasant Heaps of Sheeps was. It was actually listenable. How did we devolve so quickly from there? The music became disjointed and weird, the singing (if you can call it that) was off key, it was just all very unpleasant. There were a few minutes of respite with songs like Free Will and Testament or Blues in Bob Minor which were again, listenable, but then you get hit with four minutes of mumbling in A Sunday in Madrid or an expanded version of the 'wenk wenk wenk wenk.......' sad trombone noise in September the Ninth. I won't give it a one star because it's still much better than this list's other solo Wyatt appearance of Rock Bottom, which was horrible. Shleep, I can actually see the appeal of. That said though, it's still far beyond what my brain can comprehend and appreciate as music.

Too nerdy AND EXPERIEMTal and strange voice

Weird in a really enjoyable way for the most part. There are some songs in the middle that lose me but the highs are so fun I can listen to this album repetitively. 3.75/5

Not as bad as I first thought when I read a couple of reviews (and saw the cover art). Some songs are horrible ("The Duchess"), but overall quite enjoyable.

Poor man's Randy Newman vibes coming off this guy.

Couldn't do it. Skipped songs after a few seconds. Gave up after five tracks

Creative, with some genuinely wow moments. But ultimately the unevenness, weak vocals, and dissonant extra instrumentation just gets in the way.

some very interesting and cool songs, then it goes on a bit of a rambling style, in the end more misses than hits. 3.1

Too experimental for my tastes. Some of the songs are nearly unlistenable, while the others were mediocre for me at best.

interesting stuff

La voz del cantante no me gustó, de hecho, suena desafina en algunas ocasiones. Y musicalmente tiene cosas interesantes y otras que no me convencen.

Rock progresivo experimental. Un sinsentido. Un 1.

This was a pretty strange album and tough to digest in a way. Sometimes experimental and weird, but also feels somewhat accessible (I’m pretty sure it’s not actually accessible). Wyatt’s voice is simultaneously haunting and comforting. Some interesting musical ideas that can be very psychedelic, but not always in a typical way. Some songs, or parts of them, occasionally lose my interest. Certainly a unique album that has plenty of diversity throughout but feels cohesive. I like it and it could grow on me over time, but hard to say.

Wasn’t sure what this was

At First glance I didn't understand this album. I decided to listen again and then again with headphones. I understand it better now. Still not sure why it was made by I'm interested in checking out his other albums.

Interesting different album

The energy of this album can make the biggest meth head quite itching.

Wait this is from the late 90s not the 60s or 70s?

Putting a late career solo album by a Canterbury Scene veteran on this list was almost as baffling as the album itself. Filled with great compositions ruined by bloviating vocals and run times, I don’t think anyone needs to listen to this before they die but at least it’s fascinating.

An intriguing album by an idiosyncratic artist, Wyatt shimmers sometimes, misses other times, but is an engaging, memorable musician.

Ugh. Too psychedelic and unstructured for my taste.

I'm sure this music is for someone....just not me. I kind of Heaps Of Sheeps, and Blues In Bob Minor. Otherwise every song sounds like Joe Strummer And The Mescaleros, set out to make the worst folk/jazz hybrid you have ever heard. I almost did not finish this one. Would not listen again.

Wispy as light fog Pretty sounds arranged ugly Put me to shleep please

Very good RW album, which I did not know in advance. Not in the same league as Rock Bottom, but still very good.

Rather experimental and apart from a few nice passages I'm missing the hooks to get into it.

This is very avant garde. Through the first three songs it sounds like this guy loves sounding like an orchestra warming up before a concert. There are definitely bright spots in the music but it's intentionally such a mess and the vocals are also intentionally non-traditional that I find it hard to make it through the album

Early Pink Floyd’ish meets Mike Gordon/Leo Kottke

Kinda torn on this one. There's some very interesting stuff, but some of it can be so fundamentally different inside of the same song that I often kept checking to see if I had a second YouTube window open and playing. It was like mashups that just didn't work.

Generally pretty open to a lot of types of music but wasn’t feeling the vibe. Might have been the time and place but wasn’t hitting for me. After reading a bit about the artist while listening, I definitely got a much larger appreciation for the artist (a drummer that fell from window and was in a wheelchair).

Surprise fun, never heard of it. Strange voice and beats.

I tend to be lukewarm if respectful toward Robert Wyatt, but I was excited to listen to this one today. Whimsically weird and adventurous, with alternating moments of dissonance and loveliness. Gorgeously arranged, with a brilliant group of musicians on board, including Brian Eno, Phil Manzanera and Paul Weller. A bit challenging, but in the best ways. Fave Songs: Heaps of Sheeps, Blues in Bob Minor, The Whole Point of No Return, Alien, Free Will and Testament, A Sunday in Madrid

I have no idea how an album like that could make it into a list such as this, when there is so much good music to be had out there.

Rock progresivo experimental. Un sinsentido. Un 1.

Un poco molesto algunas canciones.

it is not for me and that is okay, reminds me of music a weird little dude in adventure time might make

A very sweet sounding album. Jazzy, weird, ethereal and overall quite satisfying. Not sure I will return to it but enjoyed the opportunity to hear it. 3.5 stars

Not my jam, but not offensive

Great surprise. Dylan-esque.

This album is fantastic! The way that the key of some songs just seems to perpetually modulate and Robert's whimsical vocals really sell the concept of the album being a dream. High points for me are Duchess, Alien and Blues in Bob Minor.

Very good album. Didn't know Robert Wyatt before this, but he's 2/2 for bangers. 4.49/5

B+

Attempting to ignore the deep disagreement on whether this is an "art piece" album as stated by major magazines, or a cheap imitation that spits in the face of the listener, "Shleep" has its moments. At it's best, the album is grating experimental prog rock that is stretching boundaries. At it's worst however, particularly after "Was a Friend" it feels Wyatt is just throwing everything at the wall and seeing what sticks. The result is discordant, irritating, and frankly purposeless. The best creative choices on the album are when Wyatt decides to keep things cleaner. His voice, the instrumentation, it can WORK, but this experiment and abstraction serves only to reduce the overall work.

Hmm - some songs are definitely worth of 5 stars, others really not. Therefore 3,5 stars in summary :-)

Not for me

Weird. I didn’t like it. Not for me.

Interesting!