The Soft Machine (album)

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The Soft Machine
The Soft Machine cover
Studio album by The Soft Machine
Released Dec 1968
Recorded Record Plant Studios, New York City, April 1968
Genre Psychedelic rock, jazz fusion
Length 41.30
Label USA: ABC Probe CPLP 4500
France: Barclay
Producer Chas Chandler, Tom Wilson
Professional reviews
The Soft Machine chronology
The Soft Machine
(1968)		 Volume Two
(1969)
Singles from The Soft Machine
  1. "Joy of a Toy" b/w "Why Are We Sleeping?"
    Released: November 1968

The Soft Machine, as reissue also titled "Volume One", is the debut album by the British psychedelic rock band Soft Machine, one of the central bands in the Canterbury scene. The band, founded in 1966, recorded and released this studio album during their 1968 tour of the USA. It was produced by Chas Chandler and Tom Wilson.

Contents

  1. "Hope for Happiness" (Kevin Ayers, Brian Hopper, Michael Ratledge) – 4:21
  2. "Joy of a Toy" (Ayers, Ratledge) – 2:49
  3. "Hope for Happiness (reprise)" (Ayers, B. Hopper, Ratledge) – 1:38
  4. "Why Am I So Short?" (Ayers, Hugh Hopper, Ratledge) – 1:39
  5. "So Boot if At All" (Ayers, Ratlege, Robert Wyatt) – 7:25
  6. "A Certain Kind" (H. Hopper) – 4:11

  1. "Save Yourself" (Wyatt) – 2:26
  2. "Priscilla" (Ayers, Ratledge, Wyatt) – 1:03
  3. "Lullabye Letter" (Ayers) – 4:32
  4. "We Did It Again" (Ayers) – 3:46
  5. "Plus Belle Qu'une Poubelle" (Ayers) – 1:03
  6. "Why Are We Sleeping?" (Ayers, Ratledge, Wyatt) – 5:30
  7. "Box 25/4 Lid" (Ratledge, H. Hopper) – 0:49

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 v • d • e Soft Machine
Daevid Allen | Kevin Ayers | Elton Dean | Hugh Hopper | Mike Ratledge | Robert Wyatt
Roy Babbington | John Etheridge | Karl Jenkins | John Marshall
Steve Cook | Marc Charig | Lyn Dobson | Nick Evans | Jimmy Hastings | Allan Holdsworth
Brian Hopper | Ric Sanders | Alan Skidmore | Rab Spall | Andy Summers | Alan Wakeman
Discography
Regular albums:
ABC Probe: The Soft Machine (1968) | Volume Two (1969)
Columbia: Third (1970) | Fourth (1971) | Five (1972) | Six (1973) | Seven (1973)
Harvest: Bundles (1975) | Softs (1976) | Alive & Well: Recorded in Paris (1978) | EMI: Land of Cockayne (1981)
Related articles
Canterbury sound - Jazz fusion - The Wilde Flowers
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