The Soft Machine (Soft Machine album)

The Soft Machine (also titled Volume One as a reissue) is the debut album by the British psychedelic rock band Soft Machine, released in 1968. It is the groups only album to feature Kevin Ayers as a member.

The Soft Machine
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 1968
RecordedApril 1968 at Record Plant Studios, New York City
Genre
Length41:30
LabelUSA: ABC Probe CPLP 4500
France: Barclay
ProducerChas Chandler, Tom Wilson
The Soft Machine chronology
The Soft Machine
(1968)
Volume Two
(1969)
Singles from The Soft Machine
  1. "Joy of a Toy" b/w "Why Are We Sleeping?"
    Released: November 1968
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [2]

Overview

Founded in 1966, Soft Machine (one of the central bands in the Canterbury scene) recorded and released this studio album during their 1968 tour of the USA. It was produced by Chas Chandler and Tom Wilson.

The work on this album was one of the essential roots in progressive rock and jazz-fusion.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hope for Happiness"4:21
2."Joy of a Toy"
  • Ayers
  • Ratledge
2:49
3."Hope for Happiness (Reprise)"
  • Ayers
  • Ratledge
  • B. Hopper
1:38
4."Why Am I So Short?"
1:39
5."So Boot If At All"
7:25
6."A Certain Kind"H. Hopper4:11
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."Save Yourself"Wyatt2:26
8."Priscilla"
  • Ayers
  • Ratledge
  • Wyatt
1:03
9."Lullabye Letter"Ayers4:32
10."We Did It Again"Ayers3:46
11."Plus Belle qu'une Poubelle"Ayers1:03
12."Why Are We Sleeping?"
  • Ayers
  • Ratledge
  • Wyatt
5:30
13."Box 25/4 Lid"
  • Ratledge
  • H. Hopper
0:49


The 2009 Remastered Edition includes "Love Makes Sweet Music" and "Feelin' Reelin' Squeelin'" (bonus tracks), which were-respectively-Side A and Side B of their first single, issued in 1967.

Personnel

Soft Machine
Future Soft Machine personnel
Additional personnel

Sales chart performance

Year Chart Position
1969 Billboard 200 160 [3]

References

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