Comicopera
Comicopera is an album by Robert Wyatt released on 8 October 2007, 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.
The Wire named Comicopera the record of the year in its annual critics' poll.Track listing
Act One: Lost in Noise
- "Stay Tuned" – 3:49
- "Just as You Are" – 4:21
- "You You" – 4:22
- "A.W.O.L." – 2:56
- "Anachronist" – 3:28
Act Two: The Here and the Now
- "A Beautiful Peace" – 2:27
- "Be Serious" – 2:56
- "On the Town Square" – 5:26
- "Mob Rule" – 2:16
- "A Beautiful War" – 2:40
- "Out of the Blue" – 3:41
Act Three: Away With the Fairies
- "Del Mondo" – 3:29
- "Cancion de Julieta" – 7:32
- "Pastafari" – 4:37
- "Fragment" – 1:38
- "Hasta Siempre Comandante" – 4:37
Personnel
- Robert Wyatt – voice, piano, percussion, keyboards, trumpet, cornet, pocket trumpet, guitar, old metronome, karenotron, enotron, monicatron
- Brian Eno – keyboards, effects
- Seaming To – voice, clarinet
- Annie Whitehead – trombone, baritone horn
- Yaron Stavi – bass violin
- Monica Vasconcelos – voice
- Paul Weller – guitar
- Gilad Atzmon – saxophones, tenor saxophone, clarinet
- Jamie Johnson – bass guitar
- Dave Sinclair – piano
- Phil Manzanera – guitar
- Del Bartle – guitar
- Orphy Robinson – steelpan, vibraphone
- Chucho Merchan – bass violin
- Maurizio Camardi – saxophones
- Alfonso Santimone – piano, keyboards
- Alessandro Fedrigo – bass guitar
- Paolo Vidaich – percussion
- Gianni Bertoncini – drums
