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| 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 | ||||
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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.
Track listing
LP Side one
- "All white" (Ratledge) – 6:06
- "Drop" (Ratledge) – 7:42
- "M.C." (Hopper) – 4:57
LP Side two
- "As if" (Ratledge) – 8:02
- "L B O" (Marshall) – 1:54
- "Pigling bland" (Ratledge) – 4:24
- "Bone" (Dean) – 3:29
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)
- Roy Babbington - double bass (4)
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| 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 |
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| Regular albums | ABC Probe: The Soft Machine (1968) • Volume Two (1969) • Columbia: Third (1970) • Fourth (1971) • Five (1972) • Six (1973) • Seven (1973) • Harvest: Bundles (1975) • Softs (1976) • Alive & Well: Recorded in Paris (1978) • EMI: Land of Cockayne (1981) |
| Singles | "Love Makes Sweet Music" (1967) • "Joy of a Toy" (1968) • "Soft Space" (1978) |
| Radio recordings | 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 |
