Seven (Soft Machine album)

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Seven
Studio album by Soft Machine
Released	1973
Genre	Progressive Rock / Jazz Fusion
Length	43:15
Label	Columbia
Producer(s)	?
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Soft Machine chronology
Six (1973)	Seven (1973)	Bundles (1975)

Seven is a 1973 album by the British progressive rock and jazz/fusion band Soft Machine who were one of the central bands in the Canterbury scene. Bassist Roy Babbington, who had already contributed to Fourth and Fifth on double bass, has replaced Hugh Hopper.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Nettle bed" (Karl Jenkins) – 4:47
2. "Carol Ann" (Karl Jenkins) – 3:48
3. "Day's eye" (Mike Ratledge) – 5:05
4. "Bone fire" (Mike Ratledge) – 0:32
5. "Tarabos" (Mike Ratledge) – 4:32
6. "D.I.S." (John Marshall) – 3:02
7. "Snodland" (Karl Jenkins) – 1:50
8. "Penny hitch" (Karl Jenkins) – 6:40
9. "Block" (Karl Jenkins) – 4:17
10. "Down the road" (Karl Jenkins) – 5:48
11. "The German lesson" (Mike Ratledge) – 1:53
12. "The French lesson" (Mike Ratledge) – 1:01

[edit] Personnel

• Mike Ratledge - organ, electric piano, synthesizer
• Karl Jenkins - oboe, baritone sax, soprano sax, recorder, electric piano
• Roy Babbington - bass, double bass
• John Marshall - drums, percussion

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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