Comicopera is the ninth and final studio album by Robert Wyatt, released on 8 October 2007 and available on both CD and double vinyl formats. The vinyl's fourth side contains no music and has a poem etched into its surface. It is Wyatt's first release on the Domino Records label. It features many other musicians, including Brian Eno, Paul Weller, Gilad Atzmon and Phil Manzanera, and was recorded in Wyatt's house and Manzanera's recording studio. The song "Del Mondo" is a cover from Ko de mondo, the second album of Italian post-punk band Consorzio Suonatori Indipendenti.Chris Jones, A national treasure makes another peerless album, BBC, 5 October 2007.
The Wire named Comicopera the record of the year in its annual critics' poll.
Track listing Act One: Lost in Noise "Stay Tuned" (Anja Garbarek) – 3:49 "Just as You Are" (Alfreda Benge, Wyatt) – 4:21 "You You" (Alfreda Benge, Wyatt) – 4:22 "A.W.O.L." (Alfreda Benge, Wyatt) – 2:56 "Anachronist" (Wyatt) – 3:28 Act Two: The Here and the Now "A Beautiful Peace" (Wyatt, Brian Eno) – 2:27 "Be Serious" (Wyatt) – 2:56 "On the Town Square" (Wyatt) – 5:26 "Mob Rule" (Wyatt) – 2:16 "A Beautiful War" (Wyatt, Brian Eno) – 2:40 "Out of the Blue" (Alfreda Benge, Wyatt) – 3:41 Act Three: Away With the Fairies "Del Mondo" (Giovanni Lindo Ferretti, Massimo Zamboni, Gianni Maroccolo, Francesco Magnelli, Giorgio Canali) – 3:29 "Cancion de Julieta" (Federico García Lorca, Wyatt) – 7:32 "Pastafari" (Orphy Robinson) – 4:37 "Fragment" (Alfreda Benge, Wyatt) – 1:38 "Hasta Siempre Comandante" (Carlos Puebla) – 4:37
Personnel Robert Wyatt – voice, piano, percussion, keyboards, trumpet, cornet, pocket trumpet, guitar, old metronome, (voice of Karen Mantler), (voice of Brian Eno), (voice of Monica Vasconcelos) Brian Eno – keyboards, effects Seaming To – voice, clarinet Annie Whitehead – trombone, baritone horn Yaron Stavi – bass violin Monica Vasconcelos – voice Paul Weller – guitar Gilad Atzmon – saxophones, tenor saxophone, clarinet Jamie Johnson – bass guitar Dave Sinclair – piano Phil Manzanera – guitar Del Bartle – guitar Orphy Robinson – steelpan, vibraphone Chucho Merchan – bass violin Maurizio Camardi – saxophones Alfonso Santimone – piano, keyboards Alessandro Fedrigo – bass guitar Paolo Vidaich – percussion Gianni Bertoncini – drums
References
External links Robert Wyatt, "Comicopera" Brainwashed Robert Wyatt on Domino Records info