Rock Bottom (album)

Rock Bottom
Studio album by
Released26 July 1974 (1974-07-26)
RecordedFebruary 1974 (basic tracks)
April–May 1974 (overdubs)[citation needed]
StudioDelfina's Farm, Little Bedwyn, Wiltshire (basic tracks)
The Manor Studio, Oxfordshire
CBS, London (overdubs)
Genre
Length39:31
LabelVirgin
ProducerNick Mason
Robert Wyatt chronology
The End of an Ear
(1970)
Rock Bottom
(1974)
Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard
(1975)
Alternative cover
Cover of the 1998 re-issue

Rock Bottom is the second solo album by former Soft Machine drummer Robert Wyatt. It was released on 26 July 1974 by Virgin Records. The album was produced by Pink Floyd's drummer Nick Mason, and was recorded following a 1973 accident which left Wyatt a paraplegic. He enlisted musicians including Ivor Cutler, Hugh Hopper, Richard Sinclair, Laurie Allan, Mike Oldfield and Fred Frith in the recording.

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