THE SOFT MACHINE COLLECTION [ALSO RELEASED AS: VOLUMES ONE AND TWO]

The Soft Machine

Canterbury Scene

4.37 | 54 ratings

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toroddfuglesteg

Their first two albums for the price of one. That's a bargain.

Both albums is from their spaced out avant-garde pop era before they became a fully fledged jazz/avant-garde band. The first album is pretty mad with some avant-garde totally spaced out trippy pop. This recording was partly written by Daevid Allen, Kevin Ayers, Robert Wyatt and Hugh Hopper. Which makes this an album full of Gong and Kevin Ayers references. It is an interesting album though with several good songs.

The second album is more like spaced out naive pop coloured by improvisation jazz. It is a bridge between the first album and the onslaught presented on their third album and masterpiece called Third. Again, this is a good album.

The result is a good album which fans of the Canterbury Scene should regard as a definate purchase. I refer to the individual reviews of these two albums for more informations about this bargain of a CD. Recommended !

3.5 stars

toroddfuglesteg | 3/5 | 2009-9-28

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