Wild Opera

Wild Opera is No-Man's third studio album which displays art rock, trip hop and dub influences that were developed from improvisatory writing sessions.

Wild Opera
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 1996
31 May 2010
RecordedAugust 1994
GenreTrip hop, art rock
Length55:09
Label3rd. Stone Ltd., Kscope
ProducerTim Bowness, Steven Wilson
No-Man chronology
Flowermouth
(1994)
Wild Opera
(1996)
Returning Jesus
(2001)
Singles from Wild Opera
  1. "Housewives Hooked on Heroin"
    Released: May 1996[1]
2010 Edition
Cover of the remastered edition
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Hot Press(11/12)[3]
Melody Maker(favourable)[4]
Music Week[5]

History

In 1996, No-Man announced their return on a new label, 3rd Stone Ltd., home of Spacemen 3 and Bark Psychosis. This was led by the Housewives Hooked on Heroin single (a Hot Press "Single of the Fortnight"), a taster for the Wild Opera album which followed that autumn.

Most of the album had emerged from a series of semi-spontaneous improvisations recorded over a few hours, rather than planned-out attempts at songwriting. The raw results of three such sessions appeared on the album.

The title track itself is unlisted and appears as a 'hidden' bonus track.

Dry Cleaning Ray

One of the Wild Opera tracks -"Dry Cleaning Ray"- was released as a single in 1997. It also spawned the Dry Cleaning Ray mini-album. Dry Cleaning Ray presented reworked Wild Opera material, Gainsbourg covers, remixes (such as "Punished For Being Born", Muslimgauze's version of "Housewives Hooked on Heroin"), and instrumental moments. It also offered new songs such as "Sicknote."

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Radiant City"3:31
2."Pretty Genius"3:51
3."Infant Phenomenon"3:21
4."Sinister Jazz"4:48
5."Housewives Hooked on Heroin"4:39
6."Libertine Libretto"3:20
7."Taste My Dream"6:09
8."Dry Cleaning Ray"3:26
9."Sheeploop"4:01
10."My Rival Trevor"4:20
11."Time Travel in Texas"4:24
12."My Revenge on Seattle"4:42
13.Untitled (Silence)2:00
14."Wild Opera" (Hidden Track)3:06

Sample credits

CD1 – Wild Opera

Same as original release.

CD2 – Dry Cleaning Ray with bonus tracks

No.TitleLength
1."Dry cleaning ray" (remix edit)7.24
2."Sweetside silver night"4.02
3."Jack the Sax"4.17
4."Diet mothers"4.56
5."Urban Disco"3.17
6."Punished for Being Born" (Muslimgauze mix of Housewives Hooked on Heroin)2.18
7."Kightlinger"2.44
8."Evelyn (The Song of Slurs)"4.04
9."Sicknote"8.57
10."Hit the Ceiling"3.05
11."Where I'm Calling From" ([bonus track])3.48
12."Housewives Hooked on Heroin" (alternate version [bonus track])3.44
13."My Rival Trevor" (alternate version [bonus track])4.37
14."Time Travel in Texas" (radio session [bonus track])4.02
15."Pretty genius" (radio session [bonus track])3.48

Personnel

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References

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