Rock Bottom

Had weird lyrics kinda

certainly took me on a journey. At first vocals put me off, then considered them another instrument amongst the cacophony. Enjoyed would only relisten when super in the mood 4.3

This ripped! It sounds a lot like progressive rock albums from the same era like CAN and Faust and Genesis and Pink Floyd but it’s more of a rock/pop/jazz genre fusion than any of these other albums. Very unique and very good. Had me zoned in at the PC absolutely tearing through work, writing emails at an impressive clip

Pa escucharla bien mariwano bien bateao, si no... Puede ser una experiencia algo extraña. Me gustó en realidad. 7/10

skemmtilegt. er orðinn gamall. 4.

The people who recommended to push past the first two songs were 100% right! I was not feeling Rock Bottom at all but by the end of the album I was in love with Robert Wyatt. It has a very… Pink Floyd/Radiohead/Prog Rock vibe; I can’t believe his work is not more well known. I’m excited to dig into Wyatt’s backlog and check out his collabs with Brian Eno and the rest of his albums :)

Um homem deprimido e apaixonado. Aparentemente ele criou parte do álbum enquanto estava hospitalizado depois de cair, bêbado, de uma janela do quarto andar e ficar paraplégico. Pensei em desistir no começo, mas quando vi eram 39 min só, insisti. As duas primeiras músicas são a descida pro fundo do mar e depois é uma festa lá embaixo! Percussão deliciosa em vários momentos. As letra são delírios. A voz dele é horrorosa, mas ele a ama a esposa. Tratei esse álbum como um filme. Talvez eu não o ouça de novo, mas foi bom conhecer esse senhor gordinho barbudo que parece que poderia escrever peças de comédia. 4.5 estrelas.

I didn’t expect to enjoy this one as much as I did. I really love the first song. It’s what I image someone to write if they are not a musician, but is really good at following their ear. The chord progression doesn’t really make sense at first, but then you realize there is an actual journey happening. The rest of the album just sound like someone used music as their playground to make something that felt good to them. Though it is very alternative, most of it makes sense without even having a obvious plot to follow.

This was actually really good, fresh and current.

Idiosyncratic, compelling and unusual, Wyatt really carves out a niche of his own here and messes with form and structure and composition.

This album was dull at times, weird and interesting at times. It also has an interesting background story, not that such things should be terribly important to my rating of the album. It was really hard to know what to think about this, but overall I think it's really good 4/5

I’m surprised I’ve never heard of this guy until now. I’m not sure where to go with this after one listen, I need more time with it to give it a fair evaluation. Definitely caught my attention but I need to dissect it some more. Sounds like a soundtrack for a nightmare , a horror house, or a descent into madness. One thing for sure is its one of a kind. I’m going with a 4 for now for creeping me out.

At first, I thought this album was a little too proggy for my taste. As it went along, though, I got won over. The album is so strange and quirky that I haven’t very engaged with it. At times, it’s a bit of a challenging listen, but I found it to be rewarding.

4.5

What initially comes across as a tough hang, in time, gives way to devastating beauty for the patient, active listener.

I read a ton of music magazines as a kid, and especially liked Uncut because it came with a CD every month. One time in the early 2000s there was a big write up on Robert Wyatt because he had a new record coming out. I read about him and was fascinated. Downloaded all the albums etc. This one is an obvious stand out because of its place in the guy’s life. Much greater than the sum of its parts, even though the sum of its parts is quite good on its own.

Bizarre. Bonkers. I've no idea what was happening but I kept at it and rather enjoyed it. Robert Wyatt's voice is great and his ideas for this album have been fascinating. Not the album I was expecting as all I've known is 'Shipbuilding' (which is brilliant) but a real meander into a very strange and different place. Nice and eye opening.

I enjoyed the other Robert Wyatt album from the list, but this one decidedly less so. It's still pretty good, but I get the feeling that he's being weird for the sake of being weird. The thing about genuinely crazy people is that they often don't know they're crazy.

This album grew on me. The first track was surprising (in a good way), but the second and third ones didn't quite hit the mark. However, by the end of my listen, I was entranced. Will revisit.

Never heard this before. Super rad. Sea Song in particular was epic. Also, the story behind the record is quite tragic.

Pretty interesting, though I'd never heard of Robert Wyatt before. Kind of reminds me of some of Pink Floyd's experimental stuff from the early 70's. Makes sense; this album was produced by Nick Mason. It didn't always work for me, but overall I enjoyed the varied moments of cacophony.

This album is super cool. I really like it and never heard of it. I wanna look into more Robert Wyatt now. 4.25/5

Wow, I kind of love this? It’s like I discovered a prog rock classic from that period. King Crimson-ish in the best possible way, and kudos to Nick Mason for solid production. B

I was curious to find out how an album produced by Nick Mason in 1974 would sound like. Spoiler alert: it sounds exactly like you would imagine, albeit with a lot less tom-smashing. Rock Bottom is a great combination of art, psychedelic and prog rock. Notably, where a lot of the output from these genres in the late 60s/early70s quickly sound dated, the soundscapes (yuck, I know) and more atmospheric compositions on Rock Bottom still sound fresh and engaging 50 years later. Would the album have received as much attention and praise if not for Wyatt's accident? Tough to say.

A stunningly complex, atmospheric, unique and mystic recorded under pretty unusual circumstances. Robert Wyatt certainly isn’t for everyone but if you catch his vibe and let yourself into his world there a lot to unpack on Rock Bottom. Side A is great, but it’s on the soundscape-y, artsy and altogether brilliant Side B that you fully get why this album is on the list.

I already know this is going to be the most controversial review of this group so far and probably for the entirety of this project. I really liked the album. It's super weird and plays purposeful clashing notes to give you a sense of uneasy feeling that you sometimes hear in horror movies or video games. Sea Song is pretty pleasant overall and Last Straw uses very strange notes and random instruments throughout that I think blend together well. Little Red Riding Hood Hit The Road implements big band style Jazz to present a very beautiful song. Alifib and Alife are the two weakest tracks and they also are back to back which makes 12 minutes straight of not the best this album has to offer. 8/10

Just a freaking cool. way-out-there, off-the-wall type of album. Somehow the combination of incorporating grand instrumentation with an ambient and experimental style ends up in such in interesting listen. 7/10

Hard to rate this one-so much sounds interesting and experimental in a good way. Its super ahead of its time. Some stuff just sounds bad though. Gotta be a shaky four

Extraordinarily listenable and emotional for being so bold and experimental. His lines are so lyrical. I'm hearing the portentous lines from future Radiohead, Grizzly Bear, others. I was pretty onboard until LITERALLY Alife, which I found unlistenable with those weirdo sax sounds! Very awful! I must deduct a star from this otherwise very adventurous journey into a unique mind. I just love the touches, the strange harmonium and string pads, really wild stuff. A strange, genius mind made this, and I’m just getting to know its contours, because it’s not like anything I’ve ever heard. 4/5

A grim look on despair and emptiness, while trying your hardest not to lose your sanity in the process. In the face of the darkest possible situation, Robert Wyatt tries to find a light

It was unhinged but I liked it? Not easy listening for sure, and definitely not something I'll put on again while I'm washing dishes or reading, but I'm glad I listened.

Favourites: • Sea Song • Little Red Riding Hood Hit the Road • Alifie

Always an interesting listen.

Som bem diferenciado, criativo e instrumentado. Produzido por nick Mason

i really liked this album! it was pretty "out there" and musically experimental compared to others on this list. the first three tracks were great, and the backstory of Robert Wyatt's life at the time adds another dimension to this work. this felt like a crossover between radiohead and the replacements (minus the super creepy/unnerving vibes). favorites: sea song, a last straw, little red riding hood hit the road

It starts brilliantly - Sea Song is amazing. It never quite hits those peaks again, as it's often tempted into a noodly jam place, but it is almost all really great. Haunted, bruised, but open hearted and warm.

First listen left me cold. Had no patience for experimental, sonically challenging music with a singer who seem to be improvising. It seemed rather ridiculous at first. But the lines between madness, genious and tounge in cheek nonsense are thin here. I gave it another shot in the evening, and then another. And this cacophony of madness really grew on me. It certainly isn’t something I will listen to often, and it’s not suited for regular playlists. But when in the mood for exploring more difficult sonic landscapes Rock Bottom really does the trick.

Experimental, weird and chaotic in the best way.

Very cool I like the use of orchestration, each instrument knows its role and plays it very well I think this is the one album where I'm alm.ost sad that the songs weren't a bit longer and go further in depth, but oh well. It's aj octopus from me chief 🐙

I love how the album cover looks like an ancient scroll, but besides that, this was a generally good listen. I love how slightly sorrowful yet captivating each song was. Fave track(s): Sea Song, A Last Straw

I particularly enjoy the instrumental on this album

This was pretty inscrutable but impressive

Whoa, this is a pretty neat piece of work that I'd never heard of. Produced by Nick Mason (who does indeed give this project echoes of early Floyd), this album was recorded in a van on a farm, shortly after Wyatt experienced an accident that rendered him paraplegic. One song sounded like psychedelic jazz sung backwards and then played forwards. The next sounded like a beautiful, trippy little guitar solo played on a wide-open beach, with breaths providing the only percussion. This album, for lack of better words, sounds like it's everywhere. It's beautiful.

Good

A very unique and interesting prog rock/psych rock album from the former Soft Machine drummer. I understand that the avantgarde weirdness isn't everyone's cup of tea but I love this. My fav is the last song.

More enjoyable than I expected. Reminds me of John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra. More experimental jazzy than pop/rock. 4/5.

A mediocre album bookended by two stunning songs.

pretty avant garde but still enjoyable, 4stars

Belle surprise, je ne connaissais pas du tout cet artiste. J'ai aimé tout le côté étrange, dissonant, expérimental. Je réécouterai certainement.

Rock créatif des débuts des 1970, presque iconoclaste. L’histoire humaine derrière les textes est émouvante. Me fait penser à Patrick Watson par sa créativité.

Nice Melodiesthis album was a lot of fun… sounds like a 70s version of Radiohead

Me rn

maybe his best

A complex work that will reward many re listens

Unusual, but I like the songwriting. I personally would prefer the production to be less electronic, I'm not sure how well it fits the rest of the style. I knew the first song from a folk cover, its a great track although I still prefer the cover

Incredible story behind this album. The songs are definitely a bit eclectic, but they are relaxing and enjoyable to listen to. Very creative

While preparing to record the album, the drunken Wyatt fell from a third-floor window and was paralysed from the waist down. Nevertheless, Wyatt made Rock Bottom one of the first known rock records recorded by an artist in a wheelchair. (8/10) FT: Sea Song

poetic and weird i kinda like it like if the beatles did too many drugs.

Занимательный арт-рок. Первый альбом Роберта Уайатта после несчастного случая.

A remarkable record given the circumstances of its creation but a difficult listen that seems to delight in sounding like nails down a chalkboard at times. But the influence of tracks like Little Red Riding Hood on Radiohead is obvious.

Strange stuff as ever from Mr Wyatt. Appealing in places less so in others

this probably would've been a 2 if I hadn't found out about the health crisis the artist went into and what he's accomplished to still complete the album despite of his struggles

British people should be banned from making fusion rock

Rock Bottom is not exactly a great listen for me, but I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t fascinating. This album feels like it keeps forgetting what music is supposed to do, then suddenly remembers for about a minute before wandering back into the fog. Noises clash, instruments drift around like they’re improvising in separate rooms, and then out of nowhere everything comes together into something surprisingly coherent and interesting. Then, just as quickly, it loosens up again and floats away. I will say, a lot of the sounds here feel way ahead of 1974, and what kept me intrigued was that every track had its own strange identity. I genuinely didn’t know where it was going next, and that gave the album some real listenability. Maybe this was Robert Wyatt’s headspace after his accident, or maybe that’s just the obvious interpretation to reach for, but either way, Rock Bottom is a deeply weird, unsettling, and oddly impressive project. I’m glad I heard it, but I don’t see myself revisiting it much. For me, it’s a 2.5 out of 5, generously rounded up to a 3.

Unusual

'Sea song' was an adventure. I appreciate something different and experimental

Eksperimentelle saker. Sea Song er god, resten er veldig vanskelig å få grep om. Skjønner at denne plata har fått en høy status på grunn av Wyatts ulykke, men den er egentlig bare midt på treet interessant.

Cockney free jazz? I found it hard to let these songs in - even after a second listen.

Yeah this one was weird and kind of low-energy, but I found myself enjoying the sound of it. Reading the backstory on Wyatt (and his accident) was also very interesting as context for this record.

Didn't do it for me. Can appreciate the weird and wonderful vibes, and obviously the backstory to it. But overall, this one wants for me. Some skill in the making of it, but feel like it's an acquired taste.

This would be great as an ambient instrumental album. Unfortunately it is not.

2.5/5

Álbum experimental bem musical e interessante. Só não é algo que gosto muito, mas aprecio quando é variado musicalmente e bem executado da forma que é esse disco. CVJ Aria.

It’s weird and interesting. That is, it’s very weird and sort of interesting.

A really good surprise, I'd never heard of this guy before. Experimental in a very listenable way, super well-produced like a lot of 70s rock.

Okay.

Had no idea what I was in for. This album certainly was not made for mass appeal. But reading the backstory on Wyatt's tragic accident before making this album gave me a different perspective. I'm giving it a 3 for now but may revisit.

Fine but not for me

C'est parfois un peu long mais l'idée est top de très belle sonorités sûrement hyper innovant pour l'époque. C'est 3 mais sûrement que la deuxième écoute sera meilleure.

Emotional, heavy, difficult to get through. It's in the lowest rated albums here, but I can't judge it too harshly.

Strange but nice

Weird and touching! Often a bit too impenetrable, but that isolating effect ties right in with the context and content of the album.

Usually a 3/5 represents some tacit acceptance. A rolling over, an admittance that “this was ok, I didn’t feel too strongly about it one way or the other”. This is not one of those 3/5’s. "Sea Song" had me irritated as all hell, and planted the seed for a few notions that hold true for the entire album, despite it getting better in it's later songs. First, Wyatt's voice actively brings this project down a peg anytime he chooses to sing. He's shrill and confused, and not in a charming way. Second, this album is like the sandbox for a sound Brian Eno would make good on with Another Green World. AGW holds the same sense of dreamlike whimsy and executes on so many different ideas, while Rock Bottom often flounders in it's wandering nature. Luckily, as I mentioned before, sometimes Wyatt wanders into something cool as the album plays out. The way "A Last Straw" descends out in the last minute gives the listener a true sense of teleporting into the next song. And that next song is, thank the heavens, actually pretty engaging! The horns and piano that twirl around the listeners ears come together for a very organic, earthy soundscape. Once again, Robert Wyatt didnt need to really say anything, but he did. "Alifib" perhaps most sounds like a cut from the aforementioned Another Green World. Soft, slightly electronic, with some gentle guitar noodling fading in and out of frame. "Alife" straightens things out and heightens the tension, only for "Little Red Robin Hood Hit The Road" to end things in a way so peculiar that it couldve only come from this album. I'm not even sure what accent he's going for at the end. Robert Wyatt is admirable in his experimentation, but ultimately gets a little too bloody trying to break through the walls of experimentation. I feel completely polarized. 3/5

I don’t have a particular opinion about this album. It wasn’t good, but it wasn’t bad either.

"Sea Song" was definitely inspired by "While My Guitar Gently Weeps." The entire album sounds like it was written during an acid trip, but in a way that makes it kind of charming. I hope Robert's hedgehog friend is okay after bursting the tyres all day.

Interesting. A little intriguing

This album walks a fine line between a cacophony in the name of art, and proper composition

Not enough sheep

Очень странный и очень непонятный альбом. Ощущается как искусство ради искусства, то есть мы типа выделываемся авангардом потому что мы такие умные и классные. А по факту - просто полуслучайный набор звуков. Иногда погружает в специфическую, сонно-тревожную атмосферу, что даже немного интересно. Но в целом не очень приятные впечатления.

I’ve always been drawn to the folksy art on Wyatt’s album covers, but this was a first listen for me. There were lots of it cool textures on here, especially the intro to “Alifib,” but I struggled to settle into the heavily processed vocals. Reading about Wyatt after listening, I find myself even more intrigued to learn that he’s worked with some musicians I adore. I intend to sit with some of his discography more and see if it doesn’t grow on me.

Another Robert Wyatt album? The first one was a bit mediocre but had the AWESOME ‘Blues in Bob Minor’ track so that made it better. This was a better overall album but lacked a killer track.

Sea Song - what a tune!? This album was not the mood I needed today, but I could see myself sinking into this another time.

No es mucho mis vibes

The reviews were unkind to this one. I thought it was at least interesting.

Really wanted to enjoy this more! The production is lush, but it's hard to find any rhythm or concrete instrument to grasp onto. Maybe that's the intention? Feels like being carried by the sea current the whole time. I like the detail of the song title pairings. Standouts: Little Red Riding Hood Hit The Road • Alife

Weird shit but in an interesting way. Feels like Robert Wyatt is leading me through a soundscape filled with clues and I'm probably missing most of them.

3.5

Это, конечно, пиздец как на любителя. Любителя особых музыкальных извращений. Имеет место быть. В наушниках по пути на работу это слушать невозможно. Дома в кроватке фоном под очередную рабочую задачу - немного вайб. Крики, лязги и визги лишние. Спокойные моменты понравились. Но на постоянку такое слушать не могу. Это надо, наверное, шарить в музыкальных классических изысках. Но я люблю музыку для простых работяг. Для быдла

Está bueno el disco. Bien de fondo, un progresivo poco común que me entretuvo.

I only knew Robert Wyatt from his moving rendition of Elvis Costello's Shipbuilding. His voice is very distinctive and can evoke a strong emotional response. This album was good to hear but not especially memorable. Probably deserves to be listened to more than once - may have some depth not immediately apparent on first listening.

Cool. Reminds me a bit of oar by young boy from Moby Grape. Appreciate the effort to avoid noodling, and the lyrics, and it sounds like it's own thing.

Its too experimental for me. Some Parts though are really nice.

Psych art rock that wilds out in the 70s

Meh

Tipo um miojo com Requeijão

J'comprends que ma note augmenterait après des centaines d'écoutes mais nos chemins doivent se séparer.

weird in a way i can appreciate. there are enough cool sounds and vibes, but a lot of the eccentricities on the back half don't really pay off. Sea Song is lit. very soft 3

it's really weird, but had some sauce to it Will I listen to again: 20%

Jeg visste dette kom til å være weird. Og det var det. Ikke dermed sagt at det var dårlig.

Loucura, álbum conceitual, mas pior que eu curti. Fiquei curioso pra saber mais sobre a banda e o álbum, mas distraía um pouco enquanto eu trabalhava. Precisa pegar uma Berga e ouvir com calma esse álbum. tem potencial.

3/5

A good album could maybe even bumb up more stars with a few more listens. First half of the album is really good, but falls of slightly towards the end. A album that needs more then one listen to appreciate it.

2.5⭐

Good but not my style

I don't know about that one but hey maybe I need to listen to it bit more.

Not a very long album- only six songs. The art is fascinating! This album has a very pensive and apprehensive feel to it. Alife is super weird but in a really mesmerizing way.

While I appreciate musicians trying to be artistic and have a varied sound in their albums, there’s a level at which it’s just too much. A lot of this was too out there for me and quite disjointed.

Not memorable

Interesting and very much a unique vibe. Sure it's weird, sure it's not an album to listen to everyday, but I don't mind a challenging listen that sets it's own mood. I'll go for the 3 instead of 4, cause at some point it does get a bit repetitive, but I liked it

I can appreciate this album. 3

Sehr artsy, aber verliert mich so ab der Hälfte.

Very chill prog rock originator, amazing team up of musicians. Interesting exploration of tones, but still a little weird. A solid beginning for a new horizon of music.

not entirely my vibe… but I get it I guess

Дійсно цікава музика, яка мені не сильно подобається

Idk if it’s because I listened to it at 5 am but I didn’t hate it??? It was kind of funny tbh

A beautiful, but challenging, album. I admire Wyatt's approach - he really doesn't sound like anyone else. Sea Song has some of the most emotional harmonic choices i've ever heard, and each song has something of worth, be it a swarm of angry wasp trumpets or a charmingly cynical line. However, you have to wade through some nonsense to get there, and at its worst it's pretty unpleasant, and not in an enjoyable way. I'll balance out with a 3. One that everyone should listen to once, but maybe not more.

Some of it was entertaining, some was a bit too ~experimental~. Sounded like an amateur noodling in the studio for a half hour. The saxophone sounding like someone attempting to murder a goose did give me a good chuckle, though. 2.5 stars

Sea Song

ovo je krenulo i mislio sam si, okej, malo je vrckasto al sviđa mi se, ovo će mi se dopast! al pretkraj sam si mislio: naš šta, dobro sam, mogu i bez ovoga... malo se raspalo sve do kraja albuma. šteta jer je početak solidan. naučio sam da je "larder" smočnica

190/1089 hmmm beatles-y slow piano dirge… not really for me but it’s fine. the secondhalf of Sea Song with the vocalising and synth/theramin section is quite nice Okayyy I like the sound and energy of A Last Straw red riding hood is soo unnerving to me, i like it in theory and certain parts but i was on edge for the whole song and sort of overstimulated the sounds are quite retro video gamey which is kinda fun. there’s just constant high pitched sounds in the background of these songs that i don’t enjoy. perhaps a remaster of the album would solve this for me finding out he’s from Bristol definitely didn’t shock me. I really appreciate his intention and style etc regardless of if i feel i need to listen to this album again faves: A Last Straw, Alifib 65/100

Light rock

they are all kinda long. And idk ab like if this is an experimentala lbum but i didnt like it.

I liked it. I liked the mood and the atmosphere of the album. The vocals, especially on the first track, are unique and sometimes off key towards the end but I like it. I especially enjoyed the Red Riding Hood songs.

Not my favorite, tbh. But an incredibly beautiful sound is to be found.

Must have been slightly progressive if not average for its time, since the psychedelic rock has been a huge thing over the sixties with more inffluences than just The Velvet Underground. It´s not bad, but it doesn´t speak anything to me.

Very interesting record. Can see shades of Radiohead on later tracks. Lots of interesting overlapping sounds.

pretty nice album. not my usual listen but deeply appreciated

Interesting I guess

Ok

sad story! Dare I say this has signs of Meddle or Pompeii with sneaky Mr. Mason producing... I don't think this is particularly great and shouldn't be on this list, but I enjoyed listening. A very bang average album

Eh 5/10

Thought it started out strong, then kinda petered out in the backhalf. The first half was above-average interesting progressive rock essentially, but then the vocals and lyrics of the latter part of the album made me roll my eyes.

While I do admire how experimental and different this was, especially for the time, I can't say I was engaged with a ton of it. It roped me in well enough with the opener, with that very synthetic, ballad take on a prog song. It's a serene opener that sort of captures the feeling of this album cover, super whimsical, and free-going on some faraway beach. The first few songs follow suit; 'A Last Straw' has this very short yet enchanting piano loop driving the whole thing. But by the time it gets to the second half, its tangential and directionless nature starts to show. There's some proto-ambient stuff here that was cool, specifically on the weird organ on 'Alifib', but as soon as they threw in this sort of out-of-place sax section on the song's "free jazzy" counterpart 'Alife', I felt that all immersion was just lost. Didn't work for me at all for some reason. I'll say again that I do admire the very tight concept and very linear and consistent progression this album undergoes; it sort of nails this feeling of spiraling out of control and into pure abstraction. But by the end, I felt like I couldn't get lost in a lot of what was being presented, especially in the second half.

Although I like prog, the Canterbury scene has never been my thing. I like prog for its epic, grandiose sound, but the Canterbury scene, although using similarly complex structures, tends to be more relaxed and minimal. That isn’t really a bad thing. It’s just comes down to preference, and for me, bands like Soft Machine were never as exciting as Pink Floyd, Yes, or even Kind Crimson despite their shared jazz influences. That being said, this album is still enjoyable. It’s pretty unique, especially the vocals, which is always a good thing. It takes a minute to get into, but the surreal atmosphere is also nice. It’s still too minimal for me, so not my cup of tea, but it was fun enough. 7/10

Intriguing. I doubt I'll jump back to it but I was impressed by the mix of sounds

Triple blind for me. I’m honestly not sure what to think. It sounds like a Pink Floyd tribute band. Experimental, but not overly. I don’t see myself coming back again…

Difficult to describe - weird, certainly. Foreboding, often. Never precisely beautiful, but sometimes wondrous, yes. Wyatt masterfully builds tension, and doesn't always release it, but keeps the listener raptly attentive. The music goes in unexpected directions, the vocals are often bizarre. On a different day, this might end up being rated 2 stars, or 5. I'll shamefully split it down the middle. *** 1/2

The first song Sea Song was almost enough to push me over the edge and not proceed any further. It was interesting but not quite for me.

I mentioned the following in my review yesterday, but it’s relevant again today: Ever since I hit the 1000 albums milestone, I’ve been trying to predict what album I’d receive next. Yesterday, I guessed that I would get Robert Wyatt’s Rock Bottom, but I wound up getting it today. That’s the second day in a row that I’ve gotten an album the day after I guessed I’d get it. Spooky. Anyway, this is my second Robert Wyatt solo album to review, after the aptly named Shleep, which nearly put me to shleep. I haven’t been looking forward to reviewing this album, but hey, at least it’s only forty minutes long! This album was quite a bit better than Shleep, and even though I’m not a huge art/prog rock guy, I enjoyed a good amount of Rock Bottom. I didn’t care much for the vocals throughout the album, but the arrangements were really unique, and the keyboard playing was consistently really good throughout the whole album. Even though not every song landed with me, I was certainly never bored while listening to this. The only song that I really didn’t care for was Alife, where I really didn’t like the vocals at all, and I couldn’t find anything enjoyable about that particular song. Some notes on a few of the individual songs: On “Sea Song,” my immediate reaction was that I didn’t care for the vocals. However, the keyboard playing was outstanding, and it was enough to make me forget about the singing. When the keyboard playing shifted into that bit that was a bit more freeform, it made me feel really uneasy all of a sudden. I don’t know if that was the purpose of that section of the song, but if it was, kudos to Mr. Wyatt, because it was incredibly effective. The vocals got even weirder as the song went on, but those keyboard bits at the end were awesome. “A Last Straw” was interesting too. The vocals still weren’t my jam, especially the ‘wah-wahing’ that was going on, but the keyboard playing was good enough to allow me to tune the vocals out. “Little Red Riding Hood Hit the Road” had some great keyboard parts too, but I really liked the horns and percussion as well. The sound was a bit chaotic, but I thought this was still a really beautiful song. For an art/prog rock album with only six songs, Rock Bottom was pretty enjoyable. Even though the songs were a bit longer, they were all pretty interesting, and I thought this album was really unique. I probably wouldn’t go back to this album, but I can appreciate why it made the list.

I think this is the kind of album you appreciate more the more you listen to it. Personal enjoyment: 3/5 Relevance to this list: 4/5

If I could give this negative stars I would

Not unpleasant, not so weird that it was tough listening, neither felt wonderfully weird. Bit of a middle ground

Pretty interesting and experimental.

I don’t recall ever listening to this album before, although I know Wyatt’s work with Soft Machine and his later cover of Elvis Costello’s “Shipbuilding’. Rock Bottom is different from both of those and takes a somewhat avantgarde jazz/folk approach. Robert Wyatt’s voice is fragile and faltering, occasionally slipping out of key, as he sings along to music largely made up of synthesiser drones, shimmering with tremolo, and noodling, on both synth and piano, accompanied by bass and drums. The songs meander and both time and pitch seem flexible, keeping the listener a little unsettled. At times it is almost like listening to a slightly warped vinyl record, not unpleasant but neither does it lend itself to casual background listening. You leave the record a bit off balance.

Without any prior context to this album, I quite enjoyed it - quite avantgarde with a certain darkness. After listening I read up on the context which was fascinating. Although I probably wouldn't listen again, this is one of those albums that absolutely belongs on the 1001 list

133 En general tengo una tendencia a evaluar super bien las cosas que encuentro raras, pero algo me pasó que acá no pude conectar muy bien, yo creo que fue algo de las voces de este disco. La primera parte del último track (Little Red Robin Hood Hit The Road) me gustó harto, pero del resto no creo que lo escucharía de nuevo.

I started this off convinced I'd be giving this album 1 star. It grew on me. The discordant arrangements reminded me of what Radiohead has done decades after this album. I'm bumping up the rating because of its innovation, but I don't think I'd listen to it again.

ROCK BOTTOM ROCK BOTTOM. STONE COLD HITS THE ROCK WITH HIS OWN MOVE. Shades of Wrestlemania XVII or “X-Seven” as the famously intellectual early 2000’s demanded it be called. I’m surprised that the also famously intellectual sport of kings, professional wrestling, caved to the societal pressure and dumbed themselves down. Sad. Anyway, what in the sweet hell is this? Outsider 70’s music hopefully. I listen to that one weird drug dealer guy who sang “Thicker than a Smokey.” Somebody Higgins. Man that’s a lot of funny words in a row. Sea Song - Yup. This is weird. The singing is pretty bad but we’ve got weird suspenseful piano music and alien horns, so it kind of fits. This was insane. Thumbs up A Last Straw - Oh yeah, were randomly caterwauling baby. Apparently this album was released fairly soon after he fell out of a window. Defenestration type beat. Little Red Riding Hood Hit the Road - Yeah! Get outta here ya little tramp. Take your stupid grandma with you. Go on! Get! Horrible singing over jazz absurdity FEATURING spoken word babbling? This is right up my alley. Alifib - I don’t know about the grunting but I do know this is insane. Kooky even. Alife - I think this is just by my subconscious brain during a sleep paralysis dream. I say that, because this song title looks like the corrected version of the previous song title. Little Red Robin Hood Hit the Road - Possible fake Scottish accent spotted. A rare miss. Except it’s not because it’s more demented shit which endears this further to me. Brain damaged prose, hastily concocted and sputtered over bizarre jazz instrumentals and ominous keys. I’m kind of in love. I’ve also learned of the concept of “Wyatting” which is playing these songs in crowded bars/nightclubs where a jukebox is available. Apparently his wife hates it, but if I’m listening to “Alife” instead of “Shape of You” AND irritating bar patrons? I’m a happy fellow. This was a bizarre ride and one that I’d be happy to take again. This kind of trip is rare without pharmaceutical assistance. I’m here to refill my prescription. 3.5 HIGHLIGHTS: Little Red Riding Hood Hit the Road, Alife

2.5/5

Oh, this is a weird one! At first I wasn't sure, but there are some things I liked in there.

Love his voice

Ahead of it's time? Meh, maybe. It's pretty interesting, though! 3.5/5

I really wasn’t expecting this. Really liked the first couple of tracks. We were definitely heading for a 4 or a 5. But then it seemed to lose its way with Little Red Riding Hood which is a bit of a mess and then some bizarre goose impressions on a sax. Overall still enjoyed it in a weird way. And great to hear singing in a Kentish accent. 3½

Eh it's fine, Wyatt's soft machine stuff is better though

Just a bit too progressive for me. Seemed almost haphazard in its construction and none of the constituent parts shined brightly enough to justify that eccentricity.

Synes det er bra annerledes, men klikker liksom ikke helt

This was weird, but I kinda liked it. Three stars.

This album didn't make much of an impression but it wasn't a difficult listen, either.

I always say I like weird esoteric stuff… then I listen to something like this and think “but do I?”

Leicht bowie vibes nicht mein favorite Bisschen dry Rating: 3,1

3/5

Really wanted to like this more after digging Shleep. Hopefully it will rise in my estimations with repeated listenings. 3/5

odd. but ok.

2.5

This is definitely one of those albums that I find more interesting to listen to than pleasant... Is also one where I think the story behind it gives it a bit more gravity than it would be if it wasn't there given that this was the first album after his accident that left him a paraplegic. I can definitely hear some of the Floydian accent that Nick Mason added to this album and probably especially in the one track I really enjoyed "Little Red Riding Hood Hit the Road" that one with the almost running like musical landscape that's on there really sparked my mental imagery. And it's the only one that really Sparks it that well I would have to say my other two tracks that really worked for me were "Alifib" & "Alfie" especially on the incredible sax hits going on in "Alfie". I think all in all I do like the album and I think it has some beautiful landscapes but it's not something that I really would enjoy repeating a lot it kind of reminds me of the experimentation albums of Pink Floyd between 69 and 71 where I think I get more out of the examining experimentation that I actually do listening to it (6.8) ★★★

Like bits of this, but some of this is just too chaotic. 3.5 stars

3.5

Very interesting record. From the start it has a somber overtone, and then it just kind of gets odd, almost sounding like it doesn't know what it wants to be, and that's probably the objective. It's a calm, moody record with some unique sequencing and an overall spacey, zoned out vibe. The instrumentation is easy to listen to and the vocals can get a bit...out there...but it's a cool record of experimentation.

This album is pretty weird but pretty cool kinda, some tracks sounded like something from video games like Minecraft, others just reminded me of one of those weird shows i used to watch as kid that I can’t remember, this whole album just sounds like one of those random music generator which I like :)

Probably 3.5

it was aight

An okay album but not really my style of music. I liked Alifib the most.

This was an alright album, nothing too crazy but it was interesting!

atmospheric and british

It’s not uninteresting but there’s a lot of noodling

Начало было довольно многообещающе, но после первых двух или трёх композиций меня стали напрягать звуки издаваемые саксофоном и чем только не попадя. Но конец альбома был неожиданным и довольно интересным. В остальном же не особо

Reading the backstory about Robert Wyatt’s paralysis and then listening to the album helps with context. It reminds me of Bitches Brew in that it’s almost intentional unlikable on a first listen. Did I enjoy it? Nope. Did I hate it? Not at all. Did it captivate me enough to listen again? Not sure yet.

Stark. Disturbing at times. Visceral droning noises. Off putting lyrics. I warmed up to it as it went along. ~2.75/5

I like the folky sound of a lot of this album, but it gets too drone-y and discordant in section for me to really want to come back to it.

Not sure it was for me, probably wouldn’t listen again, cool concept though. I did really like little red riding hood hit the road which moved it up from 2 to 3 stars

Without looking, I'm gonna guess this is not a popular album on this site. It's a nice little bit of artsy jazz-oriented rock, but can get pretty avant-garde. According to my records, I apparently gave this a listen back in 2016, which I have no recollection of. Reminds me a bit of modern day Richard Dawson. *Heard before

Interesting, 3 stars. Than you Robert, very personal.

Pretty boring overall but there were some cool parts

The first couple of tracks did not make me hopeful. But from track three and onwards- it really gets interesting, and you settle into the madness of it. Rock Bottom sounds like stream of consciousness reads. Listening to this album made me realize there are two types of music just like there are two types of serial killer: organized and disorganized. Rock, pop, blues, and all of their descendants are pretty organized. Jazz and all of its offshoots are disorganized. This album seems to take the organized elements of rock and then disorganize some of them and keep some of them the exact same. It is very unusual….. I don’t love it but I see what they're doing here. THREE STARS

Pretty interesting album - is that C3PO on one of the tracks?

Le tengo cariños a los discos progresivos de los 70. No creo que sean de gusto general, pero no es un mal disco.

I liked it, though it's not particularly memorable.

Not bad. Long songs!

Imagine Pink Floyd (in about 1971, before they turned dreamy) tried to make a record with Nick Drake and, say, Neutral Milk Hotel. The process maybe didn't go as well as they hoped, and nobody actually loves it, but they managed to come up with 5 or 6 mildly interesting tracks.

Pretty interesting and experimental but not necessarily something I want to listen to that much or that often; it felt too dark and dirge-y and not really coherent enough.

My first pass this was super low on my list. But I didn't finish and came back for a second time around. It still isn't high on my list but has pushed up to a 3 at least. Great tone. I loved the ending string and brogue singing bit.

Pink Floyd if they didn't kick Syd out

meh

im going fucking insane

3 for different reason than usual. Just unsure how I feel about it even after 2 listens. Need some more time with it. A little King Crimson, a lotta Genesis, but Genesis is not my personal favorite prog/art rock band. I'll go back to this one another day.

An intriguing bit of progstuffs, pleasant for a listen But I must be wrong because apparently right now this is the 20th lowest-rated album on the site... I don't know if I understand how that works, I've heard some boring, repetitive, generic things with less unique and soothing sound to offer than this Can they at least agree the last third of Sea Song is pretty?

I was unfamiliar with Wyatt's oeuvre, or his story, before listening to this. I'm not sure any of it necessarily explains anything, though.

what da hell

The instrumentation is pretty good. The singing is pretty bad. Do I need to be on peyote for this?

iemand dat een beetje alternatief wil doen

<my stream of consciousness notes during just the first track...> Well. All sympathy due to him while recording this [paralyzing accident] but those vocals on the first track "Sea Song" are something else - maybe borderline inexcusable. The music is great tho; early 70s Canterbury sound of mystery and almost a fantasy-English landscape. Just that hospital bed warbling what the actual.... <end> ....but...interestingly while moving on through the album .... this is one of the more weird ones we've had [that's a statement] not least of which because the longer this went on it became ... more compelling? To be clear - the initial wtf-ness of it doesn't vary and probably just increases. See also: Twin Peaks - Red Room ["Alife"]. Holy hell if I listen to this in a dark room at night it's gonna trigger something. Maybe it's like being entranced or under its spell for long enough that i'm like "...but yes *of course* he'd sing like that with these weird slightly demented and frightening woodland elf unstructured songs..." Radiohead have heard this album for sure ("Alife" ---> "The National Anthem"). I get the 1s and probably wouldn't play this for most (all?) friends but something about it got me and I'm giving a strong 3 because...well, because I wants to, precious. 7/10 3 stars.

I'm too dumb to understand this.

Better than you think it's going to be.

Dissonant. Haunting. Pain. Sad. Beautiful nonetheless. Surprisingly epic. Eclectic. Sprawling

kind of spooky like a sailor on a boat at night creaky sounds but overall psychadelic and very nice to listen to

At first listen, I was driving and it annoyed the hell out of me. Tried again but didn’t get it. Gave it another chance. With headphones. So it’s definitely not for everyone. But it’s growing on me. But still, I don’t think I will be coming back to it. It has some nice prog, but so much noodling and meandering. I tried.

Actually better than I thought. Having only really heard Shipbuilding before, I knew of Robert Wyatt and his voice but this album is a bit more nuts in a good way. The music is good and some of the songs okay but there's a couple of gibberish songs that were just a bit odd.. I didn't hate it anyway and would listen again.

Not for me

Interessant, gehört definitiv in diese Liste. Ziemlich düsteres Klangerlebnis. Toll, wie er seine Stimme einsetzt. Ist mir aber letztlich zu anstrengend zum öfter Hören.

this was the second Wyatt album on this list in a relatively short period. i definitely liked the other one more but this one wasn’t bad. it was probably more experimental which makes sense coming 2 decades before the other one. but i think it got a little TOO out there for me at times here. i’m struggling between 3 and 4 but i dont think he stuck the landing here so ill be satisfied with high 3

Interesting instrumentation, interesting backstory, but I found the vocals to be a bit grating and - given the quality of the instrumental parts - a bit unnecessary (although I know he had a lot to say). 2* vocals, 4* instrumentation, low 3* overall

His second album. Experimental, Psychedelic Rock / Prog. He became paralysed halfway through making this album. This is an odd, psychedelic, whimsical album that could only come out of England. Gloriously weird in a way.

Nice experience, did not hit quite as hard as shleep

Not as good, ass his, last,

My wife made fun of this album as we drove to hopefully our new home.

Day525 - props for being so strange i didn’t know what was coming next

ok

It was difficult at times with the deliberately discordant parts, but overall a nice listen to something a bit more experimental. Parts of it felt like it would fit with later Radiohead. I'd listen again and would check out what else he had

I found challenging to key into; I needed to step into listening as the first track progressed—moments of an almost estuary thom yorke. Interesting use of drone, experimental jazz was something you'd need to be in the mood for but I think I was today. Strong 3

Enjoying Rock Bottom much more on a second listen. Love the nonsense rhymes, except they get a bit too repetitive. Some avantgarde jazz edginess here and there. Trance-like. Quite a lot of Mike Oldfield influence along with guitar parts. 7/10.

Needs more listens, something like a dream with a significant core but a strange incoherence on first listen.

My rating system isn’t very scientific but, as a rule of thumb, three stars means I feel like I got something out of listening to an album but am unlikely to revisit it. Rock Bottom fits into that category - I don’t think it’ll be turning up in my Spotify Wrapped, but I am glad I heard this fascinating, challenging and haunting album.

I appreciated it as an experience and experiment. How does art move forward without pushing boundaries? However, not sure if I would return very readily.

I was a little sus of "art rock", but I kind of enjoyed the instrumentals on this one. Maybe I just caught it at a good time. The vocals kinda blew though, easily took points off for that nonsense. 3*

3.4

If I didn’t know the backstory, this probably would have been a 2.5 rounded down. But it’s getting rounded up because I’m moved by Robert’s story.

I was introduced to this artist by a buddy at Grinnell, along with Robert’s predecessor band that I kinda liked, Soft Machine. This album came out after my stint at Grinnell, so I more knew his first album, The End of an Ear. I remember owning this album eventually. I sold a couple of his other albums on Discogs a few years back. It’s odd but generally likable stuff, kinda King Crimson-ish in spots. His first album was better. There’s another one in the 1,000 list we haven’t done yet from 1997 that I’ve never heard of.

One of the top reviews on this site says that if you hate this album, stop after one listen, but if you kiiiinda like it, listen again and see if it grows on you. That latter describes me well. I listened twice today and I think it’s a 3.5, but it has potential to keep going up. There’s something quite charming about the album. I especially liked Alife, with Sea Song and Robin Hood trailing just behind it.

Wonderful, but I'll probably like it more after a couple more listens

It’s interesting. I don’t know if that means it’s good but it’s interesting

While most of the songs kind of meld together, I did enjoy the dark, weird, experimental nature of it. *~*~ think DRACULA'S LAMENT (Forgetting Sarah Marshall).

Felt like a mix between Bowie and Yes in a very experimental way

Art rock is always so fascinating to me. One of THE most interesting genres to exist, has so much quirky stuff in each genre. Very solid

Ok

Took me a bit to figure out what I thought of the album, but honestly? Kinda rules. Love the weird jazz art-rock thing its got going on, but the first and last songs are pretty clearly the best. This is a real reverse bell curve, high to low and back to high. Probably not going to listen to it ever again, but I'm glad I heard it.

Nothing but respect to Robert Wyatt for finishing this record after becoming paralyzed - really happy for him that he overcame the odds and created the album that he wanted to make. As to the album itself... "noodling nonsense", as another reviewer put it, seems apt. I personally would have tried to tell Nick Mason to lay off the psychedelics in the studio just a tad

A little too aharmonic for me

A kind of interesting mess is the best I've got here. It's doesn't have a ton of structure but there are some really interesting ideas deep down in there. I'm not opposed to working for it but I don't really want to put the work in for this if you know what I mean? I do enjoy the sort of half gibberish but half English, at least enough to make it feel unsettling, lyrical thing here. After the album finished I got an auto play of Signed Curtain and I let it play just to hear anything else this guy did and he just sings this is the verse and then here is the chorus and so on just explaining his process. That's cool. So maybe I'll be excited to get another one of his on here or just go digging on my own. I was gonna give this a 2 because it's so messy but I'm so intrigued by this guy it's getting an extra point. Maybe it deserves it maybe it doesn't. We'll the final leg of the final song was great by the way. It's of the sea in the best way. I really liked that and if he's got more of that I'm so so sooo down

So so

I thought it was good.

Not bad, but very 'art piece'.

enjoyed this one way more than the other album by him on the list

After his accident, Robert Wyatt seems to have slipped into being something of a subculture icon, occasionally breaking into popular view. His first post-accident album doesn't really tick the boxes for me, though at limes it seems to exude a very English style.

It was interesting... There was something in there that was really good, but it was a little hard to find underneath the rest of it. Voice was good, made me feel something.

Very strange albums with a lot of cool ideas at play. Difficult listen, very challenging and fatiguing at times but something truly unique.

Very odd on first listen I think it’s worth another go but not what I’d call a classic!

It’s interesting, but I can’t say that I really enjoyed this. As a project, there’s something very compelling here. The second half sounds like the inside of a coma patient’s brain. Its structure and composition are kind of fascinating. As another reviewer pointed out, there’s some evidence of influence on Radiohead. Alife is a good example. It’s good, but hard to listen to.

In some ways, this seems like just the kind of thing that would appeal to me - and parts of it did, in its weirder, more experimental moments - but it failed to fully connect. I didn’t dislike it, though, and being as unique as it is means it won’t get lower than a 3. 3.5?

Very different and his influence on other musicians amazed me. Wiki page interesting. May give it another go.

Fragezeichenmusik

Art rock is a tough one for me. I like when artists push boundaries but I also like listening to enjoyable music. There are quite a few moments here that remind me Pink Floyd (both 60’s era and 70’s era like Dogs) and Radiohead and there are moments that are a slog.

Love the music, could do without the vocals

Well, this was interesting to say the least. I enjoyed the album, it has unusual lyrics and instrument combinations, pretty much anything you hear is unexpected. But, even considering this, and this is one ohe things that I enjoyed most about the album, it still manages to convey an atmosphere and emotion it intends too. Also, this is pretty impressive considering when it came out.

Different

2.75

Nit nit ni nit foley baloley

This is totally not what I was expecting. But I'm fine, I bet I subscribe to this challenge exactly to get this type of stuff, so I'm good with it.

Very interesting album. I liked the avant-garde nature of it. Really interesting sounds and cool horns. The lyrics are kind of whacky and all over the place. I'm not really sure who the audience for this album is, but it was cool that he made this!

One of the more interesting discoveries on the list. Immersive and otherworldly but drags after the stellar Little Red Riding Hood Hit the Road.

Not going to lie, I *really* struggled with the first track. But I ended up digging quite a bit of it.

Huh. I imagine this is a close to classical as we'll get, besides the jazz albums. Compelling, in its way!

Kinda cool, reminds me of Viv

enjoyably annoying nonsense

Decent sound, nonsensical lyrics

Profoundly bizarre. I weirdly liked the last track with the repeating weird Scotsman

Albumi #129, 09.12.2024 Robert Wyattin toinen albumi. Albumin on tuottanut Pink Floyd rumpali Nick Mason. Albumi nauhoitettiin vaikeissa oloissa vuonna 1973 Wyattille sattuneen onnettomuuden jälkeen, jossa hän halvaantui pudottuaan neljännen kerroksen ikkunasta. Musiikillisesti albumi edustaa melko puhdaslinjaista taiderockia.

Track 1 feels like a fake David Bowie song but the album soon becomes a straight instrumental album. I loved the instrumental songs. The vocals would hold the album down especially when they were so grating. Like Alfie is an insufferable song for that reason and the vocals heavy ones are the ones I’d skip.

I think I need a better sound system to fully appreciate this album. But some really gorgeous stuff nonetheless.

Huh. That was... interesting. This is the first album in the bottom 20 of this website that I've gotten in a while. The last one I got was The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter by the (not so) Incredible String Band back in June. Because of the low rating, I was a bit worried for this album, but the album's also rated relatively high on Rate Your Music, so I went into Rock Bottom with an open mind. Fortunately, I think that paid off. This album isn't that bad! Don't get me wrong. I don't love the album, and I can see why people dislike it. This album isn't for everyone. However, for what it's worth, I think this is a decent album. The sound is odd, but not painful to listen to. I wouldn't even call it unpleasant. I'd just say that it's a bit unorthodox. The singing is also strange, but not the worst singing I've ever heard. I think one of the biggest reasons why I don't hate this album is that it's actually a good length with decent pacing. Too many albums just go on and on for way too long. This album is not one of them. It's a clean 39 minutes and it works. Overall, this isn't my favorite album ever, but I respect it and enjoyed it enough to call myself a defender of this album. It's okay in my eyes. It's not something I see myself going back to though. Low 3/5.

🎧Madman Robert Wyatt strikes again. I got a question for Dimery: Why does the book include so much of this guy’s weird shit but doesn’t make room for slightly less weird but much better shit like Stormcock by Roy Harper? Favorite track: Sea Song

Well that was interesting. Wasn't expecting art rock here. But it was enjoyable. Odd, but enjoyable.

It's deeply weird - strange droning music, backwards singing, imitations of trumpet noises, even at one point what sounds to me like some kind of Dracula impersonation - but feels less "fun" than other weird albums I've enjoyed. Still, by the second listen I began to warm up to it somewhat. Worthwhile if you like experimental stuff.

I think this album needs more than 1 listen through to get into it. I

I actually liked this well enough. It just doesn't seem "complete", almost like a lo-fi demo. That adds charm, but also means the whole thing kinda blends together.

I had a feeling that there was more here than I had the ears for

Somewhat endearingly odd and off-kilter, but just a bit too twee for me.

Cetait vraiment pas pire!

Solid 3. Nice instrumentals

Didn’t really get it, credit for risk taking

Nice sound first listen to Robert's stuff will look At some others

Not bad. "Shleep" was horrible for me because it felt like forced weirdness. This one feels much more genuine, and most importantly, the vocals don't make me want to rip my ears off. Pretty good, Robert Gyatt.

very obscure album. have to give it a second listen but I don’t hate it nor do I love it. just a very unique album.

Avant garde music, but weirdly compelling. Other Robert Wyatt albums are in the 'never the same twice' style, but this seems to have a small amount of structure. I was. at least, able to keep listening (had to stop listening to the last one, it was so awful). This is a big improvement - though still never coming close to mainztream music. On reflection, its similar in some respects to PIL's Metal Box - just much, much better and is actually listenable.

Really confused me this one!

Weirdly interesting or interestingly weird?

I don’t know. I think it’s really good at some parts, and a bit tedious in others. Strangely, there are two songs with the exact same name, but they’re completely different. For me, the first Little Red Riding Hood Hit The Road is the highlight of the album. Overall, I think the album starts a bit slowly, hit its stride on the third song, and finishes strongly. Solid three stars with the slight caveat that you absolutely have to be in the right mode to listen to it.

Art rock. canterbury scene. Al final un poco rollo, un poco sinsentido. Pero bueno.

the first half of this album is otherworldly but the second half is a little underwhelming and repetitive, if it wasn’t for that it would be a strong 9/10, but with the second half, I’ll give it a 7/10.

I dunno. Can’t tell if I find this annoying or interesting. Probably needs a couple more listens to see if it settles with me

I didn’t mind this album, but it definitely felt more ambient than attention grabbing. So much so that as I write this the follow day, I only really remember the vague vibe of the album. There are no hooks or melodies that have stayed with me. Again, I know it wasn’t bad by any means, and I quite enjoyed it while it was on, but the lack of staying power definitely says something about its impact, or lack thereof, on my personally. I doubt I’ll be returning to this, but it was a nice ambient breather.