Comicopera (UK)

Uncut - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[E]ach song works brilliantly in isolation, making this a treasure trove of Wyatt's finest work ever." Magnet - "[T]here's perhaps nothing prettier than the steel drum-driven 'On The Town Square'....COMICOPERA is a masterpiece..." No Depression - "[W]ith haunting melodies, intelligent lyrics, arrangements that are both organic and atmospheric...and vocals that are among the most heartbreakingly plaintive this side of Chet Baker..." The Wire - "A superb album, in which Wyatt gathers all of his strengths...the personal and the political, the aesthetic and the ethical are brought together as only he can." Spin - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Structured like an opera in three hazy 'acts,' the CD is like spending a cloudy afternoon on Jupiter....Haunting..." The Wire - Ranked #1 in The Wire's "Top Ten Records of the Year 2007" -- "Even by Wyatt's standards of honest, self-examining songwriting, COMICOPERA was a proper gut-spiller." Down Beat - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Wyatt is an earnest vocalist who maintains the thread of improvisation and playful melody in his performances."

Soft Machine founder Robert Wyatt returns with 'Comicopera', his first release for Domino Records and his follow up to 2003's 'Cuckooland'. Produced by Wyatt himself and recorded with the help of Phil Manzarena, Paul Weller and Brian Eno, Wyatt delivers an album of jazz tinged psych-rock. It is split into three acts with the last being sung entirely in Italian and Spanish as a protest against the war in Iraq, symbolising an alienation from Anglo-American culture.|