The End Of An Ear
by Robert Wyatt
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Robert Wyatt bestography
The End Of An Ear is ranked 8th best out of 23 albums by Robert Wyatt on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Robert Wyatt is Rock Bottom which is ranked number 462 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,644.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The End Of An Ear track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 72 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/06/2026 01:45 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,327 | 70/100 |
| ! | 09/02/2022 09:40 |  DommeDamian | 7,564 | 49/100 |
| ! | 08/04/2022 05:28 | mityam | 1,250 | 74/100 |
| ! | 12/07/2021 03:40 |  Jameth | 3,453 | 68/100 |
| ! | 05/15/2021 07:17 |  Arthurknight | 9,590 | 72/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.3/100, a mean average of 72.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.4.
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With a sound that is impossible to categorize, Wyatt had in 1970 invented a new musical language that incorporates the traditions of soul, folk, jazz, minimilism and electronics. At the same time, 'The End Of An Ear' is a deeply personal work that expresses the public persona of its protagonist. This is an original form of avantgarde psychedelic music conveyed as a tense expressionistic and psychological drama. These are not compositions but metaphysical 'decompositions' that essentuate a kind of anarchic madness. Although to the untrained ear this album could be perceived as 'difficult', the improvisational and experimental audaciousness that Wyatt brings to the work, ultimately results in a highly rewarding experience. The music world has a long way to go before it catches up with Robert Wyatt.
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