Man in a Deaf Corner
by Soft Machine
- Type: Album
- Released: 2001-01-01
- Label: Cuneiform Records
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 2:07:10
- Community rating: 3.35/5 from 1 rating
Artists on this release: Jakko M. Jakszyk, Clive Brooks, Daevid Allen, Elton Dean, Brian Hopper, Kevin Ayers, Dave Stewart, Gary Barnacle, Lyn Dobson, Hugh Hopper, Mike Ratledge, Robert Wyatt
Album Notes & Community Reviews
An archival Canterbury scene document, the Softs' late-seventies line-up stretching jazz-rock forms in concert, issued from contemporary tapes.
Genres
Descriptors: live, fusion, improvisation, archival, complex, avant-garde
Tracklist
- Belsize Parked (9:17)
- Dear Olde Benny Green Is A Turning In His Grave (9:51)
- Frenetica (4:23)
- Orientasian (4:00)
- Da-Da-Dee / Bolivar Blues (11:49)
- Man In A Deaf Corner (5:02)
- We Know What You Mean (2:54)
- I Should've Known (7:40)
- Hope For Happiness (13:41)
- Hulloder (0:25)
- Dada Was Here (8:21)
- Thank You Pierrot Lunaire (0:45)
- Have You Ever Bean Green (0:57)
- Pataphysical Introduction Part 2 (1:00)
- Hibou, Anemone And Bear (4:18)
- Pig (4:21)
- Orange Skin Food (0:15)
- A Door Opens And Closes (1:17)
- 10.30 Returns To The Bedroom (10:05)
- Facelift (5:03)
- Moon In June (5:57)
- Mousetrap (6:54)
- Noisette (0:18)
- Backwards (3:23)
- Mousetrap (Reprise) (0:16)
- As Long As He Lies Perfectly Still (4:58)
Credits
- Hugh Hopper - cello, written-by, bass
- Robert Wyatt - drums, cornet, voice, written-by, guitar, written-by [da-da-dee], drums, vocals
- Daevid Allen - guitar, written-by
- Mike Ratledge - piano, written-by, written-by [da-da-dee], organ, keyboards
- Thelonious Monk - written-by [bolivar blues]
- Kevin Ayers - bass, vocals, written-by
- Elton Dean - alto saxophone, saxello
- Gary Barnacle - flute, saxophone