The End Of An Ear (studio album)
by Robert Wyatt

The End Of An Ear by Robert Wyatt
Year: 1970
Overall rank: 20,113th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
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72/100 (from 30 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1970 (236th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (2,508th)
Award Best albums of all time (20,113th)

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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 415 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,081.

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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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