West 3 Studios, Acton, London; Acre Lane Studios, Brixton, London
Genre
Canterbury scene, art rock
Length
43:49
Label
Rough Trade
Robert Wyatt chronology
The Animals Film (1982)
Old Rottenhat (1985)
Dondestan (1991)
Old Rottenhat is the fourth studio album by Robert Wyatt. It was released in November 1985, and in 1993 it was reissued in its entirety as part of the CD Mid-Eighties. The album was produced and performed solo by Wyatt, and is dedicated to Michael Bettaney, a UK MI5 intelligence officer who in 1984 was convicted for acting as an agent-in-place for the Soviet Union.[1]
^"Interviews & articles - English as a foreign language - New Musical Express 14th December, 1985 - A Robert Wyatt discography". disco-robertwyatt.com.
OldRottenhat is the fourth studio album by Robert Wyatt. It was released in November 1985, and in 1993 it was reissued in its entirety as part of the...
their debut album released the following year. In 1985 Wyatt released OldRottenhat, his first album of original songs since Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard...
versions), Ruth... would be Wyatt's last solo studio album until 1985's OldRottenhat. Reissues from 1998 onward have the track order reversed, with "Side...
albums The End of an Ear Rock Bottom Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard OldRottenhat Dondestan Shleep Cuckooland Comicopera Live albums Theatre Royal Drury...
1980 song by City Boy "Speechless", a 1985 song by Robert Wyatt from OldRottenhat "Speechless", a 1986 song by Status Quo from In the Army Now "Speechless"...
song by British avant-garde musician Robert Wyatt, which appears on OldRottenhat (Rough Trade, 1985) and can also be heard on the tribute LP Soupsongs...
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