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Wikipedia / Shleep

Shleep is the seventh studio album by English musician Robert Wyatt, released on 26 September 1997.

The album brought together a diverse range of musicians from a range of genres. After Wyatt's largely one-man recordings of the 1980s, Shleep marked a return to featuring other artists as on his 1970s albums; the balance of his discography would follow suit. The Wire named Shleep its record of the year in its annual critics' poll.

Reception

Trouser Press said, "Brian Eno, Phil Manzanera and Paul Weller are only the best known of the contributors to Shleep, a more personal (i.e., less political) and intermittently more ambitious undertaking than Dondestan. The flighty horns on half the tracks lend more of a jazzy tone than is needed to the proceedings. Given its creative circumstances, Shleep is something of a missed opportunity, but it’s still one of Wyatt's most entertaining and involving efforts."

Track listing

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

  1. "Heaps of Sheeps" – 4:56

  2. "The Duchess" (Wyatt) – 4:18

  3. "Maryan" (Wyatt, Philip Catherine) – 6:11

  4. "Was a Friend" (Wyatt, Hugh Hopper) – 6:09

  5. "Free Will and Testament" (Wyatt, Mark Kramer) – 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" (Paul Weller) – 1:25

  12. "September in the Rain" (bonus re-release track) – 2:31

Personnel

References