Robert Wyatt records his sixth album : ‘Dondestan’ for Rough Trade (1991)
Robert Wyatt‘s ‘Dondestan’ is the sixth studio album recorded in February 1991 and released in 1991 By Rough Trade.
Track Listing : 1.Cp Jeebies (Robert Wyatt) – 04:04 . 2.N.I.O. (New Information Order) (Robert Wyatt) – 06:37 . 3.Dondestan (Robert Wyatt) – 05:01 . 4.Sight Of The Wind (Alfreda Benge, Robert Wyatt) – 04:57 . 5.Shrinkrap (Alfreda Benge, Robert Wyatt) – 03:51 . 6.Catholic Architecture (Alfreda Benge, Robert Wyatt) – 05:02 . 7.Worship (Alfreda Benge, Robert Wyatt) – 05:52 . 8.Costa (Memories Of Under-Development) (Alfreda Benge, Robert Wyatt) – 04:09 . 9.Left On Man (Robert Wyatt) – 03:31 . 10.Lisp Service (Hugh Hopper, Robert Wyatt) – 02:13
Musicians : Robert Wyatt – Vocals, Instuments
Package : Alfreda Benge – Artwork, Paintings, Photography
Recorded In February 1991 At Chapel Studios, South Thoresby (Lincolnshire).
Released In 1991 By Rough Trade.
(Source Robert Wyatt – Dondestan | The (almost) Authorised Robert Wyatt Website)
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PopMatters
If his collaborations with his wife fail as often as they hit the mark, the album works as a whole as a strange political statement somehow melded with a bewitching musical background. […]
Warthur @ RateYourMusic
Like Old Rottenhat, it’s a multi-instrumentalist effort with strongly politicised lyrics and more than a touch of free jazz influence here and thereand I certainly wouldn’t recommend it to anyone new to Wyatt’s discography (especially when the gorgeous Rock Bottom is such a brilliant starting point). […]
The Quietus
Nonetheless it feels a little thin and compositionally adrift in places – perhaps that’s why it’s the origin of the term ‘Wyatting’, the custom of playing obscure records on pub jukeboxes to annoy punters. […]
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