The discography of Robert Wyatt, a retired English musician, comprises eight solo studio albums, six archival/collaboration albums, ten compilation albums, two boxed sets, nine EPs, and 15 singles. Additionally, Wyatt has appeared as a guest musician on numerous albums by other artists.
Between 1966 and 1971, Wyatt served as the drummer and vocalist for the Canterbury scene band Soft Machine, performing on the band's first four albums: The Soft Machine (1968), Volume Two (1969), Third (1970) and Fourth (1971).
Additionally, he led his own group Matching Mole for two initial studio albums in 1972, plus several archival/live releases over the decades since.
Albums Studio albums Title Album detailsPeak chart positions UK UK Indie BEL(FL) FRA IT SWE The End of an Ear Released: 4 December 1970 Label: CBS Formats: LP—————— Rock Bottom Released: 26 July 1974 Label: Virgin Formats: LP, MC, 8-track——————Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard Released: 30 May 1975 Label: Virgin Formats: LP, MC, 8-track—————— Old Rottenhat Released: November 1985 Label: Rough Trade, Gramavision Formats: CD, LP, MC—4———— Dondestan Released: August 1991 Label: Rough Trade, Gramavision Formats: CD, LP, MC—————— Shleep Released: 24 September 1997 Label: Hannibal, Thirsty Ear Formats: CD, LP, MC13635———— Cuckooland Released: 25 September 2003 Label: Hannibal Formats: CD17320—5949— Comicopera Released: 5 October 2007 Label: Domino Formats: CD, LP, digital download85863414852"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
Archival albums Title Album detailsPeak chartpositionsIT Theatre Royal Drury Lane 8th September 1974 Released: 10 October 2005 Label: Hannibal Formats: CD As Robert Wyatt & Friends73 Radio Experiment Rome, February 1981 Released: 7 August 2009 Label: Rai Trade Formats: CD, LP Italy-only release— '68 Released: 8 October 2013 Label: Cuneiform Formats: CD, LP, digital download—"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
Remix albums Title Album details Dondestan (Revisited) Released: 21 October 1998 Label: Hannibal, Thirsty Ear Formats: CD
Collaborative albums Title Album detailsPeak chart positions UK UK Indie FRA US Jazz Musik: Rearranging the 20th Century Released: 20 September 2004 Label: Enja Formats: CD Germany-only release With Gilad Atzmon & the Orient House and Guillermo Rozenthuler———— ...For the Ghosts Within Released: 11 October 2010 Label: Domino Formats: CD, LP, digital download With Gilad Atzmon and Ros Stephen1501812024KiTsuNe / Brian the Fox Released: 6 March 2019 Label: Flau Formats: 2xCD, 2xLP, digital download Japan-only release With the Future Eve————"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
Compilation albums Title Album detailsPeak chart positions UKIndie BEL(FL) Nothing Can Stop Us Released: March 1982 Label: Rough Trade, Gramavision Formats: LP Germany-only release4— 1982–1984 Released: November 1984 Label: Rough Trade Formats: LP——Late '70's – Early '80's Released: 25 May 1985 Label: Japan Formats: CD Japan-only release—— Compilation Released: 1990 Label: Gramavision Formats: CD, MC—— Mid-Eighties Released: 25 September 1993 Label: Rough Trade, Gramavision Formats: CD—— Going Back a Bit: A Little History of Robert Wyatt Released: June 1994 Label: Virgin Formats: 2xCD—— Flotsam Jetsam Released: 15 August 1994 Label: Rough Trade Formats: CD—— Solar Flares Burn for You Released: 16 September 2003 Label: Cuneiform Formats: CD US-only release—— His Greatest Misses Released: 29 September 2004 Label: Hannibal Formats: CD Japan-only release—— Different Every Time Released: 14 November 2014 Label: Domino Formats: 2xCD, digital download Also released in 2 2xLP volumes26191"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Box sets Title Album details EPs Released: 9 February 1999 Label: Hannibal, Thirsty Ear Formats: 5xCD Robert Wyatt Box Set Released: 3 August 2009 Label: Domino Formats: 14xCD
EPs Title Album detailsPeak chart positions UKIndie Summer Into Winter Released: 2 April 1982 Label: Cherry Red Formats: 12" With Ben Watt— The Animals Film Released: April 1982 Label: Mute Formats: LP Mini-album18 Work in Progress Released: August 1984 Label: Rough Trade Formats: 12"2 4 Track EP Released: 1984 Label: Virgin Formats: 12"— The Last Nightingale Released: December 1984 Label: Rē Formats: 12"10 The Peel Sessions Released: 1987 Label: Strange Fruit Formats: 12"36 A Short Break Released: 9 November 1992 Label: Voiceprint Formats: CD— The Garden of Love Released: 1997 Label: Voiceprint Formats: CD With Kevin Ayers, Mike Oldfield, David Bedford, Lol Coxhill and Six Beautiful Girls— Hot Chip with Robert Wyatt and Geese Released: 22 December 2008 Label: EMI/DFA Formats: CD With Hot Chip and Geese—"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
Singles Title YearPeak chart positions UK UKIndie NZ "I'm a Believer"197429—— "Yesterday Man"1977——— "Arauco"1980—10— "At Last I Am Free"—18— "Stalin Wasn't Stallin'1981—26— "Grass"—14— "Shipbuilding"198235127 "The Wind of Change" (with the Swapo Singers)1984863— "Chairman Mao" (Italy-only release)1987——— "Free Will and Testament"1997——— "This Summer Night" (with Bertrand Burgalat)2007——— "What a Wonderful World" (with Gilad Atzmon and Ros Stephen; promo-only release)2010——— "Stella Maris" (with Boris Grebenshchikov; Russia-only release)2015——— "Ibrahim" (The Great Divide featuring Robert Wyatt)2016——— "Tutti Shrutti" (Future Pilot A.K.A. featuring Robert Wyatt)2019———"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
Tributes Year Album Artist 1998 The Different You - Robert Wyatt e Noi (various) 2000 Soupsongs Live: The Music of Robert Wyatt (various, featuring Julie Tippetts, Ian Maidman, Annie Whitehead, Didier Malherbe, George Khan, Harry Beckett, Phil Manzanera, Janette Mason, Steve Lamb & Liam Genockey) 2001 MW pour Robert Wyatt (various) 2009 Around Robert Wyatt Orchestre National de Jazz 2011 The Songs of Robert Wyatt and Antony & the Johnsons The Unthanks 2018 What Light There Is Tells Us Nothing Janek Schaefer 2019 Folly Bololey North Sea Radio Orchestra
Appearances
Backing vocals on The Animals' Love Is (1968) Drums on most of Kevin Ayers Joy of a Toy (1969) Drums on two tracks of Syd Barrett The Madcap Laughs (1970) Harmony vocals on "Whatevershebringswesing" on Kevin Ayers's Whatevershebringswesing (1971) Drums and vocals on Daevid Allen Banana Moon (1971) Drums on The Keith Tippett Group Dedicated To You, But You Weren't Listening (1971) Drums on Keith Tippett's Centipede Septober Energy (1971) Drums on Don "Sugarcane" Harris Sugar Cane's Got the Blues (1971) Drums on Don "Sugarcane" Harris New Violin Summit (1972) Harmony vocals on "Hymn" on Kevin Ayers Bananamour (1973) Percussion on Kevin Ayers June 1, 1974 (1974) Percussion and backing vocals on Brian Eno Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974) 2nd lead vocals on "Calyx" on Hatfield and the North Hatfield and the North (1975) Vocals and percussion on Phil Manzanera Diamond Head (1975) Vocals on Michael Mantler The Hapless Child (1975/76) Vocals on John Cage "Experiences No. 2" and The Wonderful Widow Of Eighteen Springs on Jan Steele/John Cage's Voices and Instruments (1976) Vocals on Michael Mantler Silence (1976) Vocals on "Bad Alchemy" and "Little Red Riding Hood Hits the Road" on Henry Cow Concerts (1976) Piano on "1/1" and "1/2" on Brian Eno Ambient 1: Music for Airports (1978) Recorded a one-minute piano/vocal version of "Strangers In The Night" for the compilation album Miniatures - a sequence of fifty-one tiny masterpieces produced by Morgan Fisher (1980) Drums on Kevin Coyne Sanity Stomp (1980) Vocals on Nick Mason Fictitious Sports (1981) Drums on one track of The Raincoats Odyshape album (1981) Keyboards on Scritti Politti Songs to Remember (1982) Wyatt released Summer Into Winter in collaboration with Ben Watt (1982), an EP of extra tracks for Watt's 1987 album North Marine Drive Vocals on two tracks on The Last Nightingale (1984) Vocals on four tracks on News from Babel Letters Home (1986) Vocals on three tracks on Michael Mantler Many Have No Speech (1987) Vocals on Ultramarine United Kingdoms (1993) Vocals on one track on Michael Mantler The School of Understanding (1996) Vocals on three tracks on John Greaves Songs (1996) Vocals, trumpet, vocal percussions, whistle and backing vocals on one song on Cristina Donà Nido (1999) Vocals on Michael Mantler Hide and Seek (2000) Vocals on Pascal Comelade September Song EP (2000) Vocals on one track on Anja Garbarek Smiling & Waving (2001) Vocals on two tracks on Bruno Coulais motion picture soundtrack Travelling Birds (2001) Cover version of "Love" on Uncut Presents: Instant Karma 2002; a Tribute to John Lennon (2002) Vocals on "Submarine" on Björk's Medúlla (2004) Spoken word and trumpet on "Re-arranging the 20th Century" on Gilad Atzmon's Musik (2004) Vocals on six tracks on Michael Mantler Review (compilation – 2006) Readings on some tracks on Max Richter Songs from Before (2006) Cornet on the song "Then I Close My Eyes" on David Gilmour On an Island (2006) Vocals on the song "Flies" with Brian Eno on Plague Songs (compilation – 2006) Guest cornet on Clear Frame (Lol Coxhill, Charles Hayward, Hugh Hopper, Orphy Robinson) (2007) Cornet on the song "Then I Close My Eyes" on David Gilmour Remember That Night (2007) Wyattron on "Cold Shoulder" on Kevin Ayers The Unfairground (2007) Vocals on "This Summer Night" on Bertrand Burgalat Chéri B.B (2007) – released in 2008 as a limited edition 12" vinyl single (500 copies only) Vocals and shared song-writing credits on two tracks for Monica Vasconcelos' album Hih (2008) Backing vocals on "I Keep Faith" on Billy Bragg Mr Love & Justice (2008) Hand Drums on two songs on Everything That Happens Will Happen Today by David Byrne and Brian Eno (2008) "Camouflage" in collaboration with Barbara Morgenstern on her album BM (2008) Trumpet and piano on "A Song for Alice" on Paul Weller 22 Dreams album (2008) Vocals on Hot Chip (featuring Geese) EP (not the LP of the same name) Made in the Dark (2009) Vocals (partly lead, partly backing) and trumpet on some tracks on Jeanette Lindström Attitude and Orbit Control (2009) Vocals on "Sad Eyes" on Dave Sinclair album Stream (2011) Lead vocals and horn on "When U Love Somebody" and backing vocals on "No Water" on Ian James Stewart's album Junk DNA (2013). Vocals, cornet and horn on "Stella Maris" by Robert Wyatt and Boris Grebenshchikov (2015) Cornet on the song "The Girl in the Yellow Dress" on David Gilmour Rattle That Lock (2015) Vocals, Tenor Horn on the song "Ibrahim" on The Great Divide's Ibrahim EP (2016) Trumpet on the song "She Moves With The Fayre" on Paul Weller A Kind Revolution (2017) Vocals & Source Sounds on "What Light There Is Tells Us Nothing" on Janek Schaefer What Light There Is Tells Us Nothing LP (2018) Vocals on three tracks on Mary Halvorson's Code Girl Artlessly Falling (2020)
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