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    Posted: January 02 2010 at 23:12

These 4 albums often are forgotten in the Soft Machine catalogue and usually get paired-up, but not in the way I paired them up.

Which pair do you prefer?

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I've only heard up to 5, so I'll not vote.
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4th and 7.
 
Though I like 6 more than the lot.
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4th and 7th for me.Not a big fan of 6th and love 7th.
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^that's strange. Well for me at least, since I've always found Seven to be in the same vein as the live side of Six.
 
Anyways, I'll go for 4th and 7th too. I don't like much of Fifth, while I like equally Six and Seven, both great albums.

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Originally posted by The Quiet One

^that's strange. Well for me at least, since I've always found Seven to be in the same vein as the live side of Six.
 
Anyways, I'll go for 4th and 7th too. I don't like much of Fifth, while I like equally Six and Seven, both great albums.
Maybe i shouldn't have said i'm not a big fan of 6 because i do like it ,just not as much as 4,5 and 7.
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Went for 5 and 6 because 6 is so good. 4 is better than 5 though, and 7, I've not heard much from it but it sounds cool. This vote isn't really that certain but damn, I like 6 a lot.
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5 and 6 for me.
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Pairing 5 & 6 is catastrophic for 6 (one of my fave), so I'd have to go for 4 & 7
 
 
 
more likely pairs would've been 4 & 5  and 6 & 7
 
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4 is better than 5 is better than 6 is better than 7.
 
6 is the last one I actually like, so I have to vote for 5 & 6 (although I prefer the combination of 4 & 5 which I handily have on one CD).
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Originally posted by A B Negative

4 is better than 5 is better than 6 is better than 7.
 
6 is the last one I actually like, so I have to vote for 5 & 6 (although I prefer the combination of 4 & 5 which I handily have on one CD).
 
Yeah I know there's a paired-up cd collection of 4 & 5 and 6 & 7, but that wasn't the point of the pollWink

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Of all four of these, just like the majority, six is my favorite of those four by far.  I like 4 slightly better than five, and seven also slightly better than five, so it goes 6, 7/ 4, 5, but six is far ahead of the other three, so it tips the scale in that direction.  6/5 for me. 
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6/5 for me - I've always felt 5th to be rather underrated and while the live half of 6th is basically a continuation of 5th the studio tracks see the Softs moving in yet another new direction. A very tough call though, and an interesting poll.
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Originally posted by The Quiet One

Originally posted by A B Negative

4 is better than 5 is better than 6 is better than 7.
 
6 is the last one I actually like, so I have to vote for 5 & 6 (although I prefer the combination of 4 & 5 which I handily have on one CD).
 
Yeah I know there's a paired-up cd collection of 4 & 5 and 6 & 7, but that wasn't the point of the pollWink
 
It makes it much harder than just asking, "which one of these is your favourite," and much more interesting!
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I like what you did for the poll options.Very clever.

4 & 7 I think.



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From the parts of these albums that I have luckily got the chance to hear, I'd say fourth and seven. I can't put my finger on it, but the stuff off those albums gave me chills down my spine. But I haven't heard anything yet by Soft Machine that I don't like either. 
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Originally posted by FusionKing

From the parts of these albums that I have luckily got the chance to hear, I'd say fourth and seven. I can't put my finger on it, but the stuff off those albums gave me chills down my spine. But I haven't heard anything yet by Soft Machine that I don't like either. 
 
Like I told you in another thread, if you're looking for some quality Jazz Rock check Six and Seven, and if you can Floating World Live or British Tour '75 which is the Bundles/Softs period.

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Originally posted by The Quiet One

Originally posted by FusionKing

From the parts of these albums that I have luckily got the chance to hear, I'd say fourth and seven. I can't put my finger on it, but the stuff off those albums gave me chills down my spine. But I haven't heard anything yet by Soft Machine that I don't like either. 
 
Like I told you in another thread, if you're looking for some quality Jazz Rock check Six and Seven, and if you can Floating World Live or British Tour '75 which is the Bundles/Softs period.
Seconded - British Tour 75 sees the Bundles/Softs era material played with a fire and passion that was somewhat lacking in the studio albums, although the 10 minute drum solo doesn't really stand up to repeated listening. If you like Alive & Well in Paris you should definitely these other live albums out.
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