Cuckooland
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Cuckooland | ||
Studio album by Robert Wyatt | ||
Released | 2003 | |
Genre | Rock, Jazz | |
Length | 62:34 | |
Label | Hannibal/Rykodisc | |
Producer(s) | Robert Wyatt, Jamie Johnson | |
Professional reviews | ||
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Robert Wyatt chronology | ||
Solar Flares Burn for You (2003) |
Cuckooland (2003) |
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Cuckooland ranks alongside Shleep and Rock Bottom as one of Robert Wyatt's most successful works. Full of the usual whimsy and experimentation. Wyatt has one of the most unclassifiable bodies of work in modern music.
[edit] Track listing
- "Just a Bit" – 5:09
- "Old Europe" – 4:15
- "Tom Hay's Fox" – 3:33
- "Forest" – 7:55
- "Beware" – 5:09
- "Cuckoo Madame" – 5:20
- "Raining in My Heart" – 2:42
- "Lullaby for Hamza/Silence" – 5:00
- "Trickle Down" – 6:47
- "Insensatez" – 4:24
- "Mister E" – 4:20
- "Lullaloop" – 2:59
- "Life Is Sheep" – 4:14
- "Foreign Accents" – 3:48
- "Brian the Fox" – 5:31
- "La Ahada Yalam (No-One Knows)" – 4:16
[edit] Personnel
- Phil Manzanera - Vocals
- Robert Wyatt - Percussion, Piano, Trumpet, Cornet, Cymbals, Drums, Keyboards, Vocals
- Karen Mantler - Harmonica, Piano, Keyboards, Vocals
- Alfreda Benge - Vocals
- Brian Eno - Vocals
- David Gilmour - Guitar
- Annie Whitehead - Trombone
- Gilad Atzmon - Alto, Soprano, and Tenor Saxophones, Clarinet, Flute
- Jamie Johnson - Bass Guitar, Vocals
- Yaron Stavi - Bass
- Jennifer Maidman - Acoustic guitar, Accordion