Shleep

Infobox Album |
Name = Shleep
Type = Album
Artist = Robert Wyatt


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Released = November 1997
Recorded = 1996-1997
Genre = Rock, Progressive rock
Length = 53:39
Label = Thirsty Ear
Producer = Alfreda Benge, Brian Eno, Robert Wyatt
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wzfexqqjldte~T1 link]
*MP3.com Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.mp3.com/albums/281142/reviews.html link]
*Pitchfork Media (7.1/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/23247-shleep link]
*Rolling Stone Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/198505/shleep link]
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Chronology =
Last album = "A Short Break"
(1996)
This album = "Shleep"
(1997)
Next album = "Dondestan (Revisited)"
(1998)
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"Shleep" is the eighth album released, in 1997, by Canterbury Scene survivor and progressive rock legend Robert Wyatt.

Track listing

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

#"Heap of Sheeps" – 4:56
#"The Duchess" (Wyatt) – 4:18
#"Mariyan" (Wyatt, Philip Catherine) – 6:11
#"Was a Friend" (Wyatt, Hugh Hopper) – 6:09
#"Free Will and Testament" (Wyatt, Mark Kramer) – 4:13
#"September the Ninth" – 6:41
#"Alien" – 6:47
#"Out of Season" – 2:32
#"A Sunday in Madrid" – 4:41
#"Blues in Bob Minor" (Wyatt) – 5:46
#"The Whole Point of No Return" (Paul Weller) – 1:25
#"September in the Rain" (Bonus rerelease track) – 2:31

Personnel

*Gary Azukx - djembe
*Alfreda Benge - voice of the apparition, chorus
*Philip Catherine - guitar
*Brian Eno - synthesiser, synthesiser bass, vocal chorus
*Jamie Johnson - guitar, chorus
*Phil Manzanera - guitar
*Chucho Merchan - bass guitar, double bass, bass drum, percussion
*Evan Parker - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
*Charles Rees - chorus
*Chikako Sato - violin
*Paul Weller - guitars, harmony vocals
*Annie Whitehead - trombone
*Robert Wyatt - voice, keyboards, bass guitar, polish fiddle, trumpet, percussion, chorus

External links

* [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:5qf1zfaoehpk~T0 All Music Guide album main page]
* [http://www.mp3.com/albums/281142/summary.html?q=Shleep MP3.com album main page]