Volume 2

Soft Machine

SKU: SUNDAZEDLP5342

Barcode: 090771534217

28.00 £28.00
  • Genre: Progressive
  • Label: Sundazed
  • Released Date: 23rd June 2010
  • Buying Format:
    180g 1LP Gatefold Sleeve

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The aptly titled Volume Two introduced a retooled Soft Machine lineup, with Wyatt and Ratledge joined by bassist Hugh Hopper, an old Canterbury friend who had guested on the first album. The sophomore disc finds the threesome moving towards a more explicitly jazz-influenced sound, with an increased emphasis on instrumental material. The album is bookended by a pair of extended compositions, “Rivmic Melodies” and “Esther’s Nose Job,” which are broken up into shorter individual tracks bearing whimsically arbitrary titles. That approach was suggested to the band by Frank Zappa, whose Mothers of Invention album Absolutely Free was reportedly an influence on Volume Two.

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Track Listings

1. Pataphysical Introduction – Part I
2. A Concise British Alphabet – Part I
3. Hibou, Anemone and Bear
4. A Concise British Alphabet – Part II
5. Hulloder
6. Dada Was Here
7. Thank You Pierrot Lunaire
8. Have You Ever Bean Green?
9. Pataphysical Introduction – Part II
10. Out of Tunes
11. As Long as He Lies Perfectly Still
12. Dedicated to You But You Weren't Listening
13. Fire Engine Passing with Bells Clanging
14. Pig
15. Orange Skin Food
16. A Door Opens and Closes
17. 10.30 Returns to the Bedroom

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