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    Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard

    Robert Wyatt - Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard

    01/01/1975

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    All Music Guide Review

    There was no way that Wyatt's follow-up to Rock Bottom could be as personal and searching, but this album that came barely a year later instead collects some earlier material to be revamped for this release. "Soup Song," for instance, is a rewrite of "Slow Walkin' Talk," written before the forming of Soft Machine. "Team Spirit," written with Phil Manzanera and Bill MacCormick of Quiet Sun, would turn up the same year as "Frontera" on Manzanera's Diamond Head. While some of the songs tend to plod along, the dirge-like "Five Black Notes and One White Notes," a lethargic cover of Offenbach's "Baccarole," Charlie Haden's "Song for Che," and Fred Frith's piano team-up with Wyatt on "Muddy Mouth" are magical. As usual, the assembled band, including the underrated Gary Windo on sax and Mongezi Feza on trumpet, never dissapoint. ~ Ted Mills, All Music Guide

    Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • time
  • lyrics
  • 1
  • Muddy Mouse (A)
  • 0:49
  • Sound Clip for Muddy Mouse (A) from Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard


  • 2
  • Solar Flares
  • 5:36
  • Sound Clip for Solar Flares from Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard


  • 3
  • Muddy Mouse (B)
  • 0:50
  • Sound Clip for Muddy Mouse (B) from Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard


  • 4
  • 5 Black Notes and 1 White Note
  • 5:00
  • Sound Clip for 5 Black Notes and 1 White Note from Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard


  • 5
  • Muddy Mouse (C)/Muddy Mouth
  • 6:15
  • Sound Clip for Muddy Mouse (C)/Muddy Mouth from Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard


  • 6
  • Soup Song
  • 4:03
  • Sound Clip for Soup Song from Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard


  • 7
  • Sonia
  • 4:18
  • Sound Clip for Sonia from Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard


  • 8
  • Team Spirit
  • 8:33
  • Sound Clip for Team Spirit from Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard


  • 9
  • Song for Che
  • 3:42
  • Sound Clip for Song for Che from Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard


    • Credits of Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard

    • Phil Smee
    • Artwork, Typography, Layout Design
    • Brian Eno
    • Synthesizer, Multi Instruments, Keyboards, Guitar
    • Robert Wyatt
    • Drums, Keyboards, Piano (Electric), Vocals, Multi Instruments, Producer, Main Performer, Mouth Percussion
    • Gary Windo
    • Clarinet (Bass), Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor), Wind

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