Name: Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard
Brand: Robert Wyatt

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

rewiglp41

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Rough Trade Exclusive

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Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2016-11-25

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

PIAS

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

5034202204114

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Robert Wyatt

Genre GB

Prog Rock

Label GB

Domino

A reissue of the 1975 Robert Wyatt album. Highlighting Wyatt's interests in township arrangements and ensemble playing, made explicit by calling a track Team Spirit, Ruth is Stranger Than Richard inverts the inward meditations of Rock Bottom outwards. The result is a set that startles with its rhythmic instinct and shape shifting composition. Drawing on both Wyatt's breezy way with a time signature, and his ability to use his voice as a truly resonant instrument, the record contains not so much songs as abstract chamber pieces that bathe and unfurl in a warmth and stillness of their own. As on Rock Bottom something in Wyatt's character clearly inspires his contemporaries to play to their unknown strengths when collaborating with him, the result is an album of linear life-affirming pop experimentation.

Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard

Music GB