5 (Soft Machine album)

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Fifth
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	Soft Machine
Professional reviews
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Soft Machine chronology
Fourth (1971) 5 (Fifth) (1972) Six (1973)
1999 re-release of combined Fourth and Fifth

5, also known as Fifth, is a 1972 studio album by the Canterbury band Soft Machine. 5 was the first Soft Machine album recorded after the departure of founding member Robert Wyatt and continued the band's trend from their original blend of psychedelic and progressive rock towards jazz fusion. The odd track on the album is "Pigling Bland" which was originally composed in 1969 for inclusion in a revised arrangement of the "Esther's Nose Job" suite.

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, Fender Rhodes electric piano (2)
• Hugh Hopper - bass guitar
• Mike Ratledge - Lowrey organ & Fender Rhodes electric piano
• Phil Howard - drums (1-3)
• John Marshall - drums (4-6)

guest

• Roy Babbington - double bass (4)

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