Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard

There was no way that Wyatt's follow-up to Rock Bottom could be as personal and searching, but this album that came barely a year later instead collects some earlier material to be revamped for this release. "Soup Song," for instance, is a rewrite of "Slow Walkin' Talk," written before the forming of Soft Machine. "Team Spirit," written with Phil Manzanera and Bill MacCormick of Quiet Sun, would turn up the same year as "Frontera" on Manzanera's Diamond Head.  As usual, the assembled band, including the underrated Gary Windo on sax and Mongezi Feza on trumpet, never disapoint.

Side Richard
1 Muddy Mouse (A) 0:50
2 Solar Flares 5:35
3 Muddy Mouse (B) 0:50
4 5 Black Notes And 1 White Note 4:58
5 Muddy Mouse (C) / Muddy Mouth 6:11
Side Ruth
6 Soup Song 5:00
7 Sonia 4:12
8 Team Spirit 8:26
9 Song For Che 3:36