Album: Shleep by Robert Wyatt (1997)
Genre: Progressive Rock | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Gritty
Format: Album

Description: Robert Wyatt continues to follow his singular musical path with the lovely Shleep, delivering another album of considerable quirky charm and understated beauty; a less melancholy affair than much of his recent work, the record is informed by a hazy, dreamlike quality perfectly in keeping with the elements of subconsciousness implicit in the title.

Artist Background: Robert Wyatt, born Robert Ellidge, in Bristol on 28 January 1945, is an English musician, and a former member of the influential Canterbury scene band Soft Machine. As a teenager, he lived with his parents in a fourteen-room Georgian guest-house, Wellington House, in Lydden near Canterbury. Here he was taught the drums by visiting American jazz drummer George Niedorf. In 1962, Wyatt and Niedorf moved to Majorca where they stayed with the poet Robert Graves. The following year, Wyatt returned ... Part of the Bristol, England, UK music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Progressive Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Bristol, England, UK music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Progressive Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Progressive Rock, Rock/Pop, Gritty, 1990s, Album

Additional Context: Rating score: 8. Based on 2 votes. Available on Discogs marketplace


Robert Wyatt continues to follow his singular musical path with the lovely Shleep, delivering another album of considerable quirky charm and understated beauty; a less melancholy affair than much of his recent work, the record is informed by a hazy, dreamlike quality perfectly in keeping with the elements of subconsciousness implicit in the title.

Shleep

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