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Fourth
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Length
7 tracks, 46:37
Release Date
1 February 1971
The Soft Machine's collective skill is hyper-complex and refined, as they are extremely literate in all fields of musical study. Fourth is the band's free purging of all of that knowledge, woven into noisy, smoky structures of sound. Their arcane rhythms have a stop-and-go mentality of their own that sounds incredibly fresh even though it is sonically steeped in soft and warm tones. Obviously there is a lot of skillful playing going on, as the mix of free jazz, straight-ahead jazz, and Gong-like psychedelia coalesces into a skronky plateau. Robert Wyatt's drumming is … read more
The Soft Machine's collective skill is hyper-complex and refined, as they are extremely literate in all fields of musical study. Fourth is the b… read more
The Soft Machine's collective skill is hyper-complex and refined, as they are extremely literate in all fields of musical study. Fourth is the band's free purging of all of tha… read more

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Track number Play Loved Track name Artist name Buy Options Duration Listeners
1 Play track Teeth
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 9:12 13,604 listeners
2 Play track Kings And Queens
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 5:00 13,006 listeners
3 Play track Fletcher's Blemish
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 12:11 10,333 listeners
4 Play track Virtually Part 1
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 5:17 9,013 listeners
5 Play track Virtually Part 2
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 7:06 7,675 listeners
6 Play track Virtually Part 3
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 4:31 7,174 listeners
7 Play track Virtually Part 4
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 3:20 6,960 listeners

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Soft Machine was a pioneering psychedelic, progressive rock and jazz band from Canterbury, United Kingdom, named after the book The Soft Machine by William S. Burroughs. They were one of the central bands in the Canterbury Scene. The band originally consisted of Robert Wyatt, Kevin Ayers, Daevid Allen and Mike Ratledge, most of whom were former members of The Wilde Flowers in 1966. Later members have included Hugh Hopper, Roy Babbington, Elton Dean, John Etheridge, Karl Jenkins, John Marshall, and Allan Holdsworth. Soft Machine continued on in name, even after all the original foun… read more
Soft Machine was a pioneering psychedelic, progressive rock and jazz band from Canterbury, United Kingdom, named after the book The Soft Machine by William S. Burroughs. They were one of th… read more
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