Shleep

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Shleep
Studio album by Robert Wyatt
Released	November 1997
Recorded	1996-1997
Genre	Rock, Progressive rock
Length	53:39
Label	Thirsty Ear
Producer	Alfreda Benge, Brian Eno, Robert Wyatt
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link MP3.com link Pitchfork Media (7.1/10) link Rolling Stone link
Robert Wyatt chronology
A Short Break (1996) Shleep (1997) Dondestan (Revisited) (1998)

Shleep is the eighth album released, in 1997, by Canterbury Scene survivor and progressive rock legend Robert Wyatt.

[edit] Track listing

All tracks composed by Robert Wyatt and Alfreda Benge; except where indicated

1. "Heap of Sheeps" – 4:56
2. "The Duchess" (Wyatt) – 4:18
3. "Mariyan" (Wyatt, Philip Catherine) – 6:11
4. "Was a Friend" (Wyatt, Hugh Hopper) – 6:09
5. "Free Will and Testament" (Wyatt) – 4:13
6. "September the Ninth" – 6:41
7. "Alien" – 6:47
8. "Out of Season" – 2:32
9. "A Sunday in Madrid" – 4:41
10. "Blues in Bob Minor" (Wyatt) – 5:46
11. "The Whole Point of No Return" – 1:25
12. "September in the Rain" (Bonus rerelease track) – 2:31

[edit] Personnel

• Gary Azukx - djembe
• Alfreda Benge - voice of the apparition, chorus
• Philip Catherine - guitar
• Brian Eno - synthesiser, synthesiser bass, vocal chorus
• Jamie Johnson - guitar, chorus
• Phil Manzanera - guitar
• Chucho Merchan - bass guitar, double bass, bass drum, percussion
• Evan Parker - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
• Charles Rees - chorus
• Chikako Sato - violin
• Paul Weller - guitars, harmony vocals
• Annie Whitehead - trombone
• Robert Wyatt - voice, keyboards, bass guitar, polish fiddle, trumpet, percussion, chorus

[edit] External links

• All Music Guide album main page
• MP3.com album main page