Fourth is a Jazz album by Soft Machine, originally released in 1971. On Gatefold: 48 pressings tracked, owned by 6 collectors.
Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Jazz Fusion
- dense
- cerebral
- spacey
About
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 impeccable — so perfect that it at .
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Teeth9:12
- A2Kings And Queens5:00
- A3Fletcher's Blemish4:34
Side B
- B1Virtually Part 15:17
- B2Virtually Part 27:06
- B3Virtually Part 34:31
- B4Virtually Part 43:20
Credits
Performers
- Jimmy HastingsALTO FLUTE BASS CLARINET CLARINET
- Elton DeanALTO SAXOPHONE
- Hugh HopperBASS BASS GUITAR
- Roy BabbingtonDOUBLE BASS
- Robert WyattDRUMS
- Mike RatledgeORGAN PIANO
- Alan SkidmoreTENOR SAXOPHONE
- Nick EvansTROMBONE
6 collectors on Gatefold own this · 48 pressings tracked on Gatefold