Cuckooland

by Robert Wyatt

Cuckooland cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 7 October 2003
  • Label: Hannibal, Domino
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:15:11
  • Community rating: 3.92/5 from 8 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Cuckooland' is a mellow and deeply idiosyncratic work of art pop and jazz fusion. Robert Wyatt's fragile, plaintive vocals drift over sparse, atmospheric arrangements, exploring melancholic political themes and introspective poetry with an experimental, free-flowing structure.

Genres

Descriptors: political, experimental, idiosyncratic, gentle, reflective

Tracklist

  1. Just A Bit (05:09)
  2. Old Europe (04:15)
  3. Tom Hay's Fox (03:33)
  4. Forest (07:55)
  5. Beware (05:09)
  6. Cuckoo Madame (05:09)
  7. Raining In My Heart (02:42)
  8. Lullaby For Hamza (05:00)
  9. Trickle Down (06:47)
  10. Insensatez (04:24)
  11. Mister E (04:20)
  12. Lullaloop (02:59)
  13. Life Is Sheep (04:14)
  14. Foreign Accents (03:48)
  15. Brian The Fox (05:31)
  16. La Ahada Yalam (04:16)

Credits

  • Alfreda Benge - artwork
  • Robert Wyatt - artwork [pages of working notes], producer, recorded by [parts of tracks]
  • Jamie Johnson - engineer, producer
  • Phil Smee - layout [package layout]

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