Track Listing
1. Muddy Mouse (A)
2. Solar Flares
3. Muddy Mouse (B)
4. 5 Black Notes and 1 White Note
5. Muddy Mouse (C) / Muddy Mouth
6. Soup Song
7. Sonia
8. Team Spirit
9. Song For Che
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Brian Eno, Fred Frith, Gary Windo | | Producer: | Nick Mason, Robert Wyatt | | Distributor: | Ryko Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel: Robert Wyatt (vocals, piano, electric piano, keyboards, drums); Brian Eno (guitar, synthesizer); Gary Windo (bass clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Nisar Ahmad "George" Khan (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Mongezi Feza (trumpet); Fred Frith (piano); John Greaves, Bill MacCormick (bass instrument); Laurie Allan (drums).
Following as it did a year after ROCK BOTTOM, this 1975 release cemented Robert Wyatt's reputation as the creator of some of the most evocative and personal music created in the twentieth century. The poetry of the lyrics is perfectly mirrored in a music that draws on jazz, European folk idioms and a magical ingredient that is purely Wyatt. Wyatt, like Brian Eno, Gary Windo, Fred Frith and Mongezi Feza, is one of the rare artists who can effectively create a musical universe that seems a perfect articulation of his own vision. The entire work plays itself out like one long song cycle, complete with recurring themes and motifs. This album and its predecessor became the standards by which the rest of Wyatt's output has been compared, as well as serving as a source of inspiration to others who inhabit similar musical lands.
Editorial Reviews
4 stars out of 5 - ...Original, highlighting Wyatt's background in jazz...
Q
...STRANGER is...clear-headed and wide-ranging, moving from oddball parlor blues to playful South African jazz. Wyatt's influence among offbeat rockers is extensive; [this] unclassifiable bloom explains why. - Rating: A
Entertainment Weekly (07/24/1998)
8 (out of 10) - ...RUTH IS STRANGER THAN RICHARD....[is] magic--in fragments.
Spin (11/01/1998)
4 stars out of 5 -- [With] Wyatt revealing a more playful side as he delights in the freedom granted by ensemble playing.
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