Nothing Can Stop Us

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Nothing Can Stop Us
Nothing Can Stop Us cover
Compilation album by Robert Wyatt
Released 1982
Genre Progressive rock, pop
Length 39:51
Label Rough Trade
Producer various
Professional reviews
Robert Wyatt chronology
Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard
(1975)		 Nothing Can Stop Us
(1982)		 Old Rottenhat
(1985)

Nothing Can Stop Us is a compilation album by Robert Wyatt released in 1982.

Consisting of tracks released as singles and B-sides during the late 1970s and early 80s, it is often considered as part of the run of Wyatt solo albums, although it only contains one Wyatt composition (the downbeat, pop-flavoured opening track "Born Again Cretin"). The rest of the songs are cover versions, a selection of musically and thematically disparate songs by a very varied collection of original artists, including Ivor Cutler, 1940s protest songs, Billie Holiday, "The Red Flag", and Spanish-language numbers (including a version of "Caimanera/Guantanamera"). The most notable inclusion is a rendition of Chic's "At Last I Am Free", slowed down and featuring sparse instrumentation and echoing production. This was the only full-length LP released by Wyatt in the ten years between 1975's Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard and his fourth solo studio album Old Rottenhat.

In America, Nothing Can Stop Us was released on CD paired with Old Rottenhat under the title Compilation.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Born Again Cretin" (Robert Wyatt) – 3:10
  2. "At Last I Am Free" (Nile Rodgers, Bernard Edwards) – 4:17
  3. "Caimanera" (Carlos Puebla, José Fernãndez) - 5:18
  4. "Grass" (Ivor Cutler) – 2:39
  5. "Stalin Wasn't Stallin'" (Willie Johnson) – 3:22
  6. "Red Flag" (traditional) – 3:09
  7. "Strange Fruit" (Lewis Allan)– 3:37
  8. "Arauco" (Violetta Parra) – 4:35
  9. "Trade Union" (Abdus Salique) – 3:44
  10. "Stalingrad" (Peter Blackman) – 5:46

[edit] Personnel

  • Mogotsi Mothle: double bass on "At Last I Am Free" & "Strange Fruit"
  • Frank Roberts: keyboards on "At Last I Am Free" & "Strange Fruit"
  • Bill MacCormick: bass on "Caimanera" & "Arauco"
  • Harry Beckett: flugelhorn on "Caimanera"
  • Kadir Durvesh: shehnai on "Grass" & "Trade Union"
  • Esmail Shek: tabla on "Grass" & "Trade Union"


[edit] Album Cover

The distinctive sleeve drawing was by Wyatt's wife Alfreda Benge.

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