すばらしい、の一言。ロバート・ワイアットのベスト盤を聴けるなんて夢にも思いませんでした。 個人的には、"Nothing can stop us"収録のChicの名曲"at last I am free"が入っていて感激! このロバート・ワイアット版の"at last I am free"はテレビドラマのエンディング・テーマにしたら ヒットしそうだと思いませんか? 聴くべし!
Hay algunos sonidos provenientes del master que podrían incomodar a los más puristas. A mi la verdad no. Las canciones que más quería suenan muy bien. En general el prensado es de buena calidad y volvería a comprar esta edición para regalar.
Magnifique album, biographie musicale d'un musicien à part. le disque reprend des morceaux de Rock bottom à Comic opera. Les albums de Wyatt sont souvent de grande qualité, et c'est une fois de plus le cas ici. Dondestan, Shleep, Old Rottenhat sont des albums que je réécoute souvent. Si vous ne connaissez pas cet album est une bonne introduction à l'univers du musicien.
I know I'm cheating and should go out fo my way to buy all his albums, but the idea of "The Very Best Of Robert Wyatt" seemed too weird to resist.
I've already heard most of Rock Bottom from the perfect "Going Back A Bit" compilation (which is probably out of print now :( ) I read up a bit and it turns out the "consensus", even from Robert, is that "End Of An Ear" was juvenile. I'm still interested in hearing it, but from the tracklisting on Greatest Misses I'd explore his following albums:
Old Rottenhat, Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard, Nothing Can Stop Us, Cuckooland and Dondestan in order of hearing next. I already own Shleep. I've just realised I haven't left room to put in End Of An Ear and Rock Bottom... I think the only Robert Wyatt discography that isn't Wiki is this Italian one, half translated, that really lays in Cuckooland.
I think His Greatest Misses would have been better served if I'm A Believer was at the start of the disc. As it would mirror the generic Greatest Hits albums of more chart successful acts. And get the album off to a faster start.