Soft Machine, Third - 1h 15m 22s

Tracks & Durations

1. Facelift	18:45
2. Slightly All the Time	18:12
3. Moon in June	19:08
4. Out-Bloody-Rageous	19:13

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Review

Soft Machine was the jazziest of England's progressive rock bands of the late-'60s, and this 1970 collection album was its expansive masterpiece. It was also one of the hippie era's ultimate jam records, with four songs on its two records. The Soft Machine that opened for Jimi Hendrix's 1968 tour was a trio, but Third brought in five more pieces, including horns and a violin. Keyboardist Mike Ratledge's nicely arranged "Slightly All the Time" featured strong horn lines and terrific percussion from drummer Robert Wyatt. Wyatt's wry way with a vocal and lyrics animate the more rock- like "Moon in June." (Wyatt, who later became paralyzed below the waist in an accident, still releases well-regarded singer-songwriter records.) One suspects that this music was cooked up under the spell of trumpeter Miles Davis' seminal 1969 albums, In a Silent Way and Bitches Brew. The vital result was a record that speaks of its time, but that's also aged remarkably well. --John Milward

Other Versions

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Third

Tracks: 4, Disk length: 1h 15m 19s (-1m 57s)

Third

Tracks: 4, Disk length: 1h 14m 57s (-1m 35s)

Third

Tracks: 4, Disk length: 1h 14m 50s (-1m 28s)

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