Third (album)
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| Third | ||
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| Studio album by Soft Machine | ||
| Released | 1970 | |
| Recorded | 1970 | |
| Genre | Progressive rock (Canterbury scene) | |
| Length | 75:15 | |
| Label | Columbia Records | |
| Producer(s) | Soft Machine | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Soft Machine chronology | ||
| Volume Two (1969) |
Third (1970) |
Fourth (1971) |
Third is a 1970 double LP by Soft Machine, with each side of the original vinyl consisting of a single long composition. Its music explores the emerging fusion jazz of the type present on Miles Davis' Bitches Brew, which was released in the same year. Third is considered by many to be the seminal recording to emerge from the Canterbury Scene, featuring incredible interplay between the band's members, led by keyboardist Mike Ratledge, Elton Dean on woodwinds, Robert Wyatt on drums and Hugh Hopper on bass. The song "Slighty All The Time" was used as the background for the syndicated "Realities" news program distributed by many 1970's-era "underground" radio stations. The album remained in print in the Columbia U.S. catalog throughout the 1970's and into the '80's despite its unusual format, based largely on word of mouth reviews.
[edit] Track listing
- "Facelift" (Hugh Hopper) – 18:45
- "Slightly All the Time" (Mike Ratledge) – 18:12
- "Moon in June" (Robert Wyatt) – 19:08
- "Out-Bloody-Rageous" (Mike Ratledge) – 19:10
[edit] Personnel
- Hugh Hopper - bass guitar
- Robert Wyatt - drums, vocals, additional instruments on "Moon in June" (not credited for this)
- Mike Ratledge - organ, piano
- Elton Dean - alto saxophone, saxello
- Rab Spall - violin
- Lyn Dobson - flute, soprano saxophone
- Nick Evans - trombone
- Jimmy Hastings - flute, bass clarinet
| 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) |
| Related articles |
| Canterbury sound - Jazz fusion - Wilde Flowers |
