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	?
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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 - Lowrey Holiday De Luxe organ, Fender Rhodes electric piano, AKS synthesizer
• Karl Jenkins - oboe, baritone sax, soprano sax, recorder, Fender Rhodes & Hohner electric piano
• Roy Babbington - bass, double bass
• John Marshall - drums, percussion

v • d • e Soft Machine Kevin Ayers • Elton Dean • Hugh Hopper • Mike Ratledge • Robert Wyatt Daevid Allen • 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 Studio Albums The Soft Machine (1968) • Volume Two (1969) • Third (1970) • Fourth (1971) • Five (1972) • Six (1973) • Seven (1973) • Bundles (1975) • Softs (1976) • Land of Cockayne (1981) Singles "Love Makes Sweet Music" (1967) • "Joy of a Toy" (1968) Live Albums Alive & Well: Recorded in Paris (1978) • Live at the Proms 1970 (1988) • BBC Radio 1967-1971 (2003) • BBC Radio 1971-1974 (2003) • Soft Machine and Heavy Friends (2005) • Softstage (2005) Cuneiform albums Spaced (1996) • Virtually (1998) • Noisette (2000) • Backwards (2002) • Live in Paris (2004) • Grides (2006) • Middle Earth Masters (2006) Related articles Canterbury sound • Jazz fusion • The Wilde Flowers