Soft Machine 1&2 (Architects of Space Time)
by Soft Machine
- Type: Compilation
- Released: 1975
- Label: C么te D'Azur
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 1:14:28
- Community rating: 4.18/5 from 4 ratings
Artists on this release: Chas Chandler, Mike Jeffery, Tom Wilson, Brian Hopper
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Packaging the influential British ensemble's first two studio albums into a single volume, this release chronicles the formative days of the Canterbury Scene. The compilation charts their rapid evolution from whimsical, dadaist psychedelic pop into complex, jazz-rock improvisation and avant-garde exploration.
Genres
Descriptors: avant-garde, progressive, experimental, fusion, british
Tracklist
- Hope For Happiness (4:20)
- Joy Of A Toy (2:49)
- Hope For Happiness (Reprise) (1:37)
- Why Am I So Short? (1:38)
- So Boot If At All (7:22)
- A Certain Kind (4:10)
- Save Yourself (2:25)
- Priscilla (1:05)
- Lullabye Letter (4:37)
- We Did It Again (3:46)
- Plus Belle Qu'une Poubelle (1:01)
- Why Are We Sleeping? (5:31)
- Box 25/4 Lid (0:47)
- Pataphysical Introduction - Part 1 (1:00)
- A Concise British Alphabet - Part 1 (0:10)
- Hibou Anemone And Bear (5:58)
- A Concise British Alphabet - Part 2 (0:12)
- Hullo Der (0:52)
- Dada Was Here (3:25)
- Thank You Pierrot Lunaire (0:47)
- Have You Ever Bean Grean? (1:23)
- Pataphysical Introduction - Part 2 (0:50)
- Out Of Tunes (2:30)
- As Long As He Lies Perfectly Still (2:30)
- Dedicated To You But You Weren't Listening (2:30)
- Fire Engine Passing With Bells Clanging (1:50)
- Pig (2:08)
- Orange Skin Food (1:52)
- A Door Opens And Closes (1:09)
- 10.30 Returns To The Bedroom (4:14)
Credits
- Kevin Ayers - performer [volume one], written-by
- Mike Ratledge - performer [volume one], written-by
- Robert Wyatt - performer [volume one], written-by, arranged by
- Brian Hopper - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, written-by
- Hugh Hopper - written-by