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Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard
Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard is the third solo album by Robert Wyatt.
Background.
The follow-up to "Rock Bottom", for which Wyatt had written all of the music and lyrics, "Ruth..." consisted of Wyatt's adaptations and arrangements of other people's music (either friends – Phil Manzanera, Fred Frith, Mongezi Feza, former Wilde Flowers bandmate Brian Hopper – or influences – Charlie Haden) with Wyatt adding his own lyrics in much the same way as
, "The Red Flag", and Spanish-language numbers (including a version of "Caimanera/Guantanamera"). There is a rendition of Chic's "At Last I Am Free". The two songs not issued as singles are "Born Again Cretin" (taken from an NME compilation cassette) and "The Red Flag" (which was previously unreleased.) This was the only full-length LP released by Wyatt in the ten years between 1975's "Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard" and his