| Comicopera | ||||
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| Released | 2007 | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock, experimental rock, jazz-rock, Canterbury sound, worldbeat | |||
| Length | 1:00:15 | |||
| Label | Domino Recording Company | |||
| Producer | Robert Wyatt | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| musicOMH.com | [2] |
| NME | (8/10)[3] |
| Pitchfork | (7.5/10)[4] |
| Rockfeedback | [5] |
| Twisted Ear | [6] |
Comicopera is the final album by Robert Wyatt, released on 8 October 2007 and available on both CD and double vinyl formats. The vinyl's fourth side contains no music and has a poem etched into its surface. It is Wyatt's first release on the Domino Records label. It features many other musicians, including Brian Eno, Paul Weller, Gilad Atzmon and Phil Manzanera, and was recorded in Wyatt's house and Manzanera's recording studio. The song "Del Mondo" is a cover from Ko de mondo, the second album of Italian post-punk band Consorzio Suonatori Indipendenti.[7]
The Wire named Comicopera the record of the year in its annual critics' poll.[8]
- ^ Jurek, Thom. Comicopera at AllMusic
- ^ musicOHM review
- ^ NME (10/06/2007, p.45)
- ^ Pitchfork Media review
- ^ Rockfeedback review
- ^ Twisted Ear review
- ^ Chris Jones, A national treasure makes another peerless album, BBC, 5 October 2007.
- ^ "2007 Rewind: Records of the Year Top Ten". The Wire. No. 287. London. January 2008. p. 36 – via Exact Editions.