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Rock Bottom is a stunning incorporation of Wyatt's influences up to this point and shows his unique songwriting technique (he always felt song lyrics should be written closer to natural speech) at its most characteristic. The opener, Sea Song, is still probably his most famous composition - a disturbing reflection on unlikely emotional compatibility fitted to an appropriately unsettling backing, all weird time signatures and spooky mellotron.
To call the music 'jazzy' would not be totally inaccurate, but wouldn't really do justice to the subversive mix of styles that we encounter here. Yes, you'll notice traces of the early Soft Machine sound (the first two albums, in particular) but this really is music without category - file under 'individual' would be the best description!
Tracklist
1 Sea Song 6:31
2 A Last Straw 5:46
3 Little Red Riding Hood Hit The Road 7:40
4 Alifib 6:55
5 Alife 6:31
6 Little Red Robin Hood Hit The Road 6:08