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Rock Bottom
Rock · 1974 · 6 tracks

Rock Bottom

Robert Wyatt

A liquid masterpiece of convalescent art rock. Submerged synthesizers and fragile, high-tenor vocals create a world that feels entirely underwater and deeply private.

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It's like listening to a beautiful, fragile dream while you're floating at the bottom of a very warm pool.

A fragile, submerged sense of peace that finds immense beauty in stillness and vulnerability.

Tracklist · 6 Tracks
01
Sea Song
02
Last Straw
03
Little Red Riding Hood Hit the Road
04
Alifib
05
Alife
06
Little Red Robin Hood Hit the Road
Moments Worth Waiting For
The transition from the fluid piano of Sea Song into the submerged vocal layers that sound like they are bubbling up from a deep pool.
The jarring, rhythmic mouth-percussion and breath-sounds that anchor the middle of Alifib.
Mike Oldfield's soaring, distorted guitar solo that cuts through the murky atmosphere of the closing track.
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