The Soft Machine - Volume Two

Soft Machine

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 30, 2007)
• Original Release Date: April 1969
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Water
• ASIN: B000N69ORG
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #31,232 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Pataphysical Introduction, Pt. 1

2. Concise British Alphabet, Pt. 1

3. Hibou, Anemone and Bear

4. Concise British Alphabet, Pt. 2

5. Hulloder

6. Dada Was Here

7. Thank You Pierrot Lunaire

8. Have You Ever Bean Green?

9. Pataphysical Introduction, Pt. 2

10. Out of Tunes

11. As Long as He Lies Perfectly Still

12. Dedicated to You But You Weren't Listening

13. Fire Engine Passing with Bells Clanging

14. Pig

15. Orange Skin Food

16. Door Opens and Closes

17. 10: 30 Returns to the Bedroom

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Originally released in 1969 following the departure of Kevin Ayers, Soft Machine second album is a more experimental and ambitious work that its predecessor. With Robert Wyatt as the driving creative force and the addition of Hugh Hopper on bass, Volume Two (blending pysch, jazz, and pop with enough whimsy and humor) is progressive rock at its finest. A classic of the Canterbury Scene. Featuring new liner notes.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 6 srars out of 5, September 30, 2001

By	Arye Mirovski (Haifa Israel) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Volume Two (Audio CD)

How come, so many people don't know about Robert Wyatt, while the few who know his music are sure that the man is the best? A question with no answer. There's a time when every word is a word too far and every educated review seems to be empty and boring. So let me tell you this: the best album i have ever had; A perfect progresive rock creation that sounds so unique, so brilliant and so light even to those who don't like particulary the long-complicated items; If there is something like "perfect" in art, "Soft Machine 2" would probably get its recognition but in the far future. In the days of Hip-Hop, Shmip-Mop and Tip-top, such albums don't have any chance. ...

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Soft Machine's best., February 7, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Volume Two (Audio CD)

Third was their most popular (and most promoted), but Volume Two was their best.

Not suitable for Rate a Record on American Bandstand.

I'll never get tired of it.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wholly Subterrainian, January 14, 2006

By	vonXero "zuneTight" (Tanelorn) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Volume Two (Audio CD)

The Soft Machine was/remains so underground as to have been unearthed by only those most able to dig. I had never heard of them myself until I accidentally saw them in concert.

My best friend and I, together with his older brother who had a car, bought tickets to see the Jimi Hendrix Experience in 1968 - for $3.50! - and this band that none of us had ever heard of before came on stage first.

My tiny little mind was so blown that I was down at Stan's record shop the very next day looking for anything by the Soft Machine.

What I found was Volume Two.

Unlike anything I have ever heard before or since, this album remains one of my favorites nearly fourty years later. To say that the music is 'otherworldly' seems insufficient; an alternate reality hits closer to the mark.

Unlike the other reviewers whose critiques I have read on this page, I don't know the band's members or history or how to catagorize their style; I just know what I like and I like this album a LOT!