Wild Opera

by No-Man

Wild Opera cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: September 1996
  • Label: 3rd Stone
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:57:00
  • Community rating: 3.72/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Natalie Box, Tim Bowness, Steven Wilson

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The collaborative duo of Steven Wilson and Tim Bowness moves away from their earlier dream pop roots toward heavily sample-driven, rhythmic experimentation. 'Wild Opera' embraces trip-hop and big beat aesthetics, utilizing dark grooves and surreal loops to underscore Bowness's melancholic vocal deliveries.

Genres

Descriptors: sampling, rhythmic, electronic, experimental, spoken-word

Tracklist

  1. Radiant City - Wild Opera (3:31)
  2. Pretty Genius - Wild Opera (3:50)
  3. Infant Phenomenon - Wild Opera (3:21)
  4. Sinister Jazz - Wild Opera (4:48)
  5. Housewives Hooked On Heroin - Wild Opera (4:38)
  6. Libertine Libretto - Wild Opera (3:19)
  7. Taste My Dream - Wild Opera (6:10)
  8. Dry Cleaning Ray - Wild Opera (3:26)
  9. Sheeploop - Wild Opera (4:02)
  10. My Rival Trevor - Wild Opera (4:21)
  11. Time Travel In Texas - Wild Opera (4:24)
  12. My Revenge On Seattle - Wild Opera (4:47)
  13. - - Wild Opera (2:00)
  14. Wild Opera - Wild Opera (3:06)
  15. Time Travel in Texas - Radio Session Additional Material (4:02)
  16. Dry Cleaning Ray - Remix Edit Dry Cleaning Ray (2:56)
  17. Sweetside Silver Night - Dry Cleaning Ray (4:02)
  18. Jack the Sax - Dry Cleaning Ray (4:17)
  19. Diet Mothers - Dry Cleaning Ray (4:55)
  20. Urban Disco - Dry Cleaning Ray (3:17)
  21. Punished For Being Born - Muslimgauze Mix Dry Cleaning Ray (2:19)
  22. Kightlinger - Dry Cleaning Ray (2:44)
  23. Evelyn (The Song of Slurs) - Dry Cleaning Ray (4:04)
  24. Sicknote - Dry Cleaning Ray (9:26)
  25. Hit The Ceiling - Additional Material (3:05)
  26. Where I'm Calling From - Additional Material (3:48)
  27. Housewives Hooked On Heroin - Alternate Version Additional Material (3:44)
  28. My Rival Trevor - Alternate Version Additional Material (4:37)
  29. Pretty Genius - Radio Session Additional Material (3:48)

Credits

  • Mel Collins - featuring [sample material provided by], saxophone
  • Richard Barbieri - featuring [sample material provided by]
  • Robert Fripp - featuring [sample material provided by]
  • Steven Wilson - instruments, tape [tapes], backing vocals
  • Tim Bowness - vocals, tape [tapes], lyrics by
  • Natalie Box - violin

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