Fourth/Fifth

by Soft Machine

Fourth/Fifth cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1999-01-01
  • Label: Unknown
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:15:36
  • Community rating: 3.63/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: Elton Dean, Nick Evans, Mark Charig, John Marshall, Robert Wyatt, Jimmy Hastings, Roy Babbington, Alan Skidmore, Mike Ratledge, Phil Howard, Hugh Hopper

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A pairing of Soft Machine's albums 'Fourth' (1971) and 'Fifth' (1972), the Canterbury band's turn toward jazz-rock. These recordings document the transition between the Robert Wyatt era and the band's later fusion line-ups, with Elton Dean's saxello prominent throughout.

Genres

Descriptors: progressive, uncommon-time-signatures, improvisation, complex, technical, fusion

Tracklist

  1. Teeth (9:12)
  2. Kings And Queens (5:02)
  3. Fletcher's Blemish (4:35)
  4. Virtually Part 1 (5:17)
  5. Virtually Part 2 (7:06)
  6. Virtually Part 3 (4:31)
  7. Virtually Part 4 (3:20)
  8. All White (6:07)
  9. Drop (7:42)
  10. M.C. (4:57)
  11. As If (8:02)
  12. L B O (1:54)
  13. Pigling Bland (4:24)
  14. Bone (3:27)

Credits

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