View basket “Return To The Centre Of The Earth” has been added to your basket. 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 Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info 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. Artist Soft Machine Genre Progressive Label Sundazed Buying Options 180g 1LP Gatefold Sleeve Format 180g , 1LP , Gatefold Sleeve Condition New Country United States of America 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. 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