Nothing Can Stop Us (Reissue)

VINYL FORMAT. Limited to 2000 copies; comes with a CD version of the album! It's far too easy to abuse the phrase "living legend," but when used to describe Robert Wyatt, you're in no danger of hyperbole: gifted songwriter; political activist; drummer in the Canterbury jazz/prog pioneers Soft Machine and contemporaries of the original lineup of Pink Floyd. Domino are incredibly honored to be releasing a near-complete re-issue series of Robert's solo recorded works in the form of these limited edition LP+CD versions!

'This compilation of early-'80s singles includes some of Wyatt's finest work. Aside from "Born Again Cretin" (whose vocals recall the Beach Boys at their most experimental), all of it's non-original material that Wyatt makes his own with his sad, haunting vocals. You could hardly ask for a more diverse assortment of covers: Chic's "At Last I Am Free" (given an eerie treatment with especially mysterious, spacy keyboards), the a cappella gospel of "Stalin Wasn't Stallin'," political commentary with "Trade Union," the Billie Holiday standard "Strange Fruit," Ivor Cutler's "Grass," and a couple of songs in Spanish.' - Richie Unterberger / All Music Guide