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Posted: March 06 2014 at 06:22 |
Fifth has a current rating here of 3.31 Seven is currently at 3.59 Which do you like more? I'd go with Seven.
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presdoug
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Posted: March 06 2014 at 06:54 |
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Seven, my favorite Soft Machine album.
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Posted: March 06 2014 at 07:06 |
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Posted: March 06 2014 at 07:18 |
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wow, almost too close to call. 5 is more of a chill out album, and 7 is more of a driving album. I think I'll go with 5.
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Posted: March 06 2014 at 09:53 |
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Has to be Seven for me. Love it.
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Posted: March 06 2014 at 10:57 |
Easily Seven but not really a fan of either. Both are good but nothing amazing 
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: March 06 2014 at 12:16 |
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Good poll !! Love both, but 'Fifth' has a dark atmosphere I can't get enough of.
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Posted: March 06 2014 at 12:22 |
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Quite like both, but It'll be 7.
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Posted: March 06 2014 at 13:03 |
You know what, I haven't actually listened to either for a looooooong time. Odd seeing as I just last summer bought 5 on vinyl  I will have to get back to you on this, 7 I don't even remember  Then again, I've been juiced up by Vol 1 and 2 the last couple of years - to the point of being obsessive about it. Haven't seen any reason to go beyond that, which means that I'm only now starting to dip my toes in some of the other Softs records I've got. 3 and 'Softs' are currently in rotation back at the den - I'll have to see if I've remembered to transfer both albums over to my transportable harddisk, which is all I have at the moment (yep chillin with the ol folks - far away from my collection).
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Posted: March 06 2014 at 14:43 |
Haven't heard neither of them. I've only heard vol. 1, vol. 2, Third and Bundles. So there's some great Softs music after Wyatt and before Holdsworth?
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Posted: March 06 2014 at 18:25 |
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Voted for Seven but I like Six better than both.
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Posted: March 06 2014 at 18:55 |
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Fifth ... there is even more boring material on Seven.
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Mellotron Storm
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Posted: March 06 2014 at 19:13 |
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I'm a big fan of Seven
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Posted: March 06 2014 at 22:17 |
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5...but I like 6 better than either.
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: March 06 2014 at 23:32 |
 dr wu23 wrote:
5...but I like 6 better than either. |
This is so strange........I bought SM 6 in the late-80's, and, to this day, it's my least spun album from them. Apart from a small portion of the live material, 'Chloe And The Pirates', and Hopper's '1983', it is just a bit 'plain' for my liking......
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Posted: March 06 2014 at 23:34 |
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fifth but I could go for both
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Posted: March 07 2014 at 13:01 |
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Seven today.
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Posted: March 20 2014 at 13:52 |
Good albums, both, IMO. Seven gets the nod, but it's not much between them for me.
Moogtron III wrote:
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Yes, but Six is where it's really at. 
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Posted: March 20 2014 at 17:41 |
So I listened to both and have come to the conclusion that I definitely need to branch out in my Soft Machine collection  I really dig both actually and have no clue of which to vote for. Seven is perhaps the "easiest to get into", and I say that fairly tongue-in-cheek, whereas Fifth s'got a certain wildness and cacophonous spilonking about it. No vote yet 
......but thanks for reminding me of these, much appreciated!
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Posted: March 24 2014 at 14:28 |
presdoug wrote:
Seven, my favorite Soft Machine album.
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Soft Machine - Fifth vs. Seven
