Volume Two (Soft Machine album)

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Volume Two
Studio album by The Soft Machine
Released April 1969
Recorded Olympic Sound, London, February-March 1969
Genre Rock, Canterbury Scene
Length 33:36
Label Probe SPB 1002
Producer The Soft Machine, executive: Mike Jeffrey
Professional reviews
The Soft Machine chronology
The Soft Machine
(1968)		 Volume Two
(1969)		 Third
(1970)

Volume Two is an LP by The Soft Machine, first released in 1969. Its music introduces a jazz influence to the sort of humour and psychedelia present on "volume one": The Soft Machine (1968).

Contents

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[edit] Side one

Rivmic Melodies

  1. "Pataphysical Introduction - part I" (Robert Wyatt) - 1:01
  2. "A Concise British Alphabet - part I" (Hugh Hopper, arr. Wyatt) - 0:10
  3. "Hibou Anemone and Bear" (Mike Ratledge, Wyatt) - 5:59
  4. "A Concise British Alphabet - part II" (Hopper, arr. Wyatt) - 0:12
  5. "Hullo Der" (Hopper, arr. Wyatt) - 0:54
  6. "Dada Was Here" (Hopper, arr. Wyatt) - 3:26
  7. "Thank You Pierrot Lunaire" (Hopper, arr. Wyatt) - 0:49
  8. "Have You Ever Bean Green?" (Hopper, arr. Wyatt) - 1:19
  9. "Pataphysical Introduction - part II" (Wyatt) - 0:51
  10. "Out of Tunes" (Ratledge, Hopper, Wyatt) - 2:34

[edit] Side two

  1. "As Long as He Lies Perfectly Still" (Ratledge, Wyatt) - 2:35
  2. "Dedicated to You But You Weren't Listening" (Hopper) - 2:32

Esther's Nose Job

  1. "Fire Engine Passing with Bells Clanging" (Ratledge) - 1:51
  2. "Pig" (Ratledge, Wyatt) - 2:09
  3. "Orange Skin Food" (Ratledge) - 1:47
  4. "A Door Opens and Closes" (Ratledge) - 1:10
  5. "10:30 Returns to the Bedroom" (Ratledge, Hopper, Wyatt) - 4:13

[edit] Personnel

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[edit] References

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)
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