Robert Wyatt discography

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Robert Wyatt discography
Studio albums8
EPs9
Compilation albums10
Singles15
Archival albums3
Remix albums1
Collaborative albums3
Box sets2

The discography of Robert Wyatt, a retired English musician, comprises eight solo studio albums, six archival/collaboration albums, ten compilation albums, two boxed sets, nine EPs, and 15 singles. Additionally, Wyatt has appeared as a guest musician on numerous albums by other artists.

Contents

Between 1966 and 1971, Wyatt served as the drummer and vocalist for the Canterbury scene band Soft Machine, performing on the band's first four albums: The Soft Machine (1968), Volume Two (1969), Third (1970) and Fourth (1971).

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
UK
[1] [2]
UK Indie
[3]
BEL
(FL)

[4]
FRA
[5]
IT
[6]
SWE
[7]
The End of an Ear
  • Released: 4 December 1970
  • Label: CBS
  • Formats: LP
Rock Bottom
Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard
  • Released: 30 May 1975
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
Old Rottenhat 4
Dondestan
  • Released: August 1991
  • Label: Rough Trade, Gramavision
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
Shleep 13635 [8]
Cuckooland
  • Released: 25 September 2003
  • Label: Hannibal
  • Formats: CD
17320 [9] 5949
Comicopera 858 [10] 63414852
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Archival albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart
positions
IT
[6]
Theatre Royal Drury Lane 8th September 1974
  • Released: 10 October 2005
  • Label: Hannibal
  • Formats: CD
  • As Robert Wyatt & Friends
73
Radio Experiment Rome, February 1981
  • Released: 7 August 2009
  • Label: Rai Trade
  • Formats: CD, LP
  • Italy-only release
'68
  • Released: 8 October 2013
  • Label: Cuneiform
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Remix albums

TitleAlbum details
Dondestan (Revisited)
  • Released: 21 October 1998
  • Label: Hannibal, Thirsty Ear
  • Formats: CD

Collaborative albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
UK
[2]
UK Indie
[11]
FRA
[5]
US Jazz
[12]
Musik: Rearranging the 20th Century
...For the Ghosts Within
  • Released: 11 October 2010
  • Label: Domino
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
  • With Gilad Atzmon and Ros Stephen
1501812024
KiTsuNe / Brian the Fox
  • Released: 6 March 2019
  • Label: Flau
  • Formats: 2xCD, 2xLP, digital download
  • Japan-only release
  • With the Future Eve
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
UK
Indie

[3] [13]
BEL
(FL)

[4]
Nothing Can Stop Us
  • Released: March 1982
  • Label: Rough Trade, Gramavision
  • Formats: LP
  • Germany-only release
4
1982–1984
  • Released: November 1984
  • Label: Rough Trade
  • Formats: LP
Late '70's – Early '80's
  • Released: 25 May 1985
  • Label: Japan
  • Formats: CD
  • Japan-only release
Compilation
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Gramavision
  • Formats: CD, MC
Mid-Eighties
  • Released: 25 September 1993
  • Label: Rough Trade, Gramavision
  • Formats: CD
Going Back a Bit: A Little History of Robert Wyatt
  • Released: June 1994
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 2xCD
Flotsam Jetsam
  • Released: 15 August 1994
  • Label: Rough Trade
  • Formats: CD
Solar Flares Burn for You
  • Released: 16 September 2003
  • Label: Cuneiform
  • Formats: CD
  • US-only release
His Greatest Misses
  • Released: 29 September 2004
  • Label: Hannibal
  • Formats: CD
  • Japan-only release
Different Every Time
  • Released: 14 November 2014
  • Label: Domino
  • Formats: 2xCD, digital download
  • Also released in 2 2xLP volumes
26191
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Box sets

TitleAlbum details
EPs
  • Released: 9 February 1999
  • Label: Hannibal, Thirsty Ear
  • Formats: 5xCD [14]
Robert Wyatt Box Set
  • Released: 3 August 2009
  • Label: Domino
  • Formats: 14xCD [15]

EPs

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
UK
Indie

[3]
Summer Into Winter
The Animals Film
  • Released: April 1982
  • Label: Mute
  • Formats: LP
  • Mini-album
18
Work in Progress
  • Released: August 1984
  • Label: Rough Trade
  • Formats: 12"
2
4 Track EP
  • Released: 1984
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: 12"
The Last Nightingale
  • Released: December 1984
  • Label: Rē
  • Formats: 12"
10
The Peel Sessions36
A Short Break
The Garden of Love
Hot Chip with Robert Wyatt and Geese
  • Released: 22 December 2008
  • Label: EMI/DFA
  • Formats: CD
  • With Hot Chip and Geese
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positions
UK
[1]
UK
Indie

[3]
NZ
[16]
"I'm a Believer"197429
"Yesterday Man"1977
"Arauco"198010
"At Last I Am Free"18
"Stalin Wasn't Stallin' "198126
"Grass"14
"Shipbuilding"198235127
"The Wind of Change" (with the Swapo Singers)1984863
"Chairman Mao" (Italy-only release)1987
"Free Will and Testament"1997
"This Summer Night" (with Bertrand Burgalat)2007
"What a Wonderful World" (with Gilad Atzmon and Ros Stephen; promo-only release)2010
"Stella Maris" (with Boris Grebenshchikov; Russia-only release)2015
"Ibrahim" (The Great Divide featuring Robert Wyatt)2016
"Tutti Shrutti" (Future Pilot A.K.A. featuring Robert Wyatt)2019
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Tributes

YearAlbumArtist
1998The Different You - Robert Wyatt e Noi(various)
2000Soupsongs Live: The Music of Robert Wyatt(various, featuring Julie Tippetts, Ian Maidman, Annie Whitehead, Didier Malherbe, George Khan, Harry Beckett, Phil Manzanera, Janette Mason, Steve Lamb & Liam Genockey)
2001MW pour Robert Wyatt(various)
2009Around Robert Wyatt Orchestre National de Jazz
2011The Songs of Robert Wyatt and Antony & the Johnsons The Unthanks
2018What Light There Is Tells Us Nothing Janek Schaefer
2019Folly Bololey North Sea Radio Orchestra

Appearances

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