5 (Soft Machine album)

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5
Studio album by Soft Machine
Released	1972
Recorded	Nov/Dec 1971 and Jan/Feb 1972 at Advision Studios, London
Genre	Jazz
Length	36:34
Label	Columbia
Producer(s)	Soft Machine
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Soft Machine chronology
Fourth (1971)	5 (Fifth) (1972)	Six (1973)

5, also known as Fifth, released 1972, has been the fifth regular album by the Canterbury band The Soft Machine, whose music had at the time developed more and more from their original psychedelic/progressive rock towards jazz.

In 1999, Soft Machine albums Fourth and "Fifth" were re-released together on one CD.

[edit] Track listing

LP Side one

1. "All white" (Ratledge) – 6:06
2. "Drop" (Ratledge) – 7:42
3. "M.C." (Hopper) – 4:57

LP Side two

1. "As if" (Ratledge) – 8:02
2. "L B O" (Marshall) – 1:54
3. "Pigling bland" (Ratledge) – 4:24
4. "Bone" (Dean) – 3:29

[edit] Personnel

• Elton Dean - alto saxophone, saxello, electric piano
• Hugh Hopper - bass guitar
• Mike Ratledge - organ, electric piano
• Phil Howard - drums (1-3)
• John Marshall - drums (4-6)
• Roy Babbington - double bass (4-6)

Soft Machine

Daevid Allen | Kevin Ayers | Elton Dean | Hugh Hopper | Mike Ratledge | Robert Wyatt

Roy Babbington | John Etheridge | Karl Jenkins | John Marshall

Steve Cook | Marc Charig | Lyn Dobson | Nick Evans | Jimmy Hastings | Allan Holdsworth | Brian Hopper | Ric Sanders | Alan Skidmore | Rab Spall | Andy Summers | Alan Wakeman

Discography

Regular albums:

The Soft Machine (1968) | Volume Two (1969) | Third (1970) | Fourth (1971)

Five (1972) | Six (1973) | Seven (1973) | Bundles (1975) | Softs (1976) | Alive & Well: Recorded in Paris (1978)

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