Wyatt, Robert

Despite a few improvisational provocations and, for its day, an innovative flirtation with jazz-salted minimalism, »Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard« is one of Wyatt's more accessible solo outings, but it stays in the long shadow of its cult…

Wyatt's 'second birth', both musically and personally, began with »Rock Bottom«, which still ranks among the best achievements of the so-called Canterbury scene and at the very top of Robert's rich solo career.

Even in the adventurous world of progressive rock, there aren't many records that can match the complexity and avant-garde spirit of albums like Wyatt's free jazz debut »The End of an Ear«.