Bundles (album)
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Bundles is the eighth studio album by the Canterbury associated band Soft Machine, released in 1975.[2]
Overview
On Bundles, only keyboardist and founding member Mike Ratledge is left of the early Soft Machine line-ups. Guitarist Allan Holdsworth's prominent contributions set the album apart from previous Soft Machine recordings,[2] which had not featured a guitarist for seven years, since their debut single.[3]
This is the last studio album featuring Ratledge listed as a full band member.[2] Only two compositions by him are featured, both less than two minutes long.
Track listing
All compositions by Karl Jenkins except where indicated.
Side one
- "Hazard Profile Part One" – 9:18
- "Hazard Profile Part Two (Toccatina)" – 2:21
- "Hazard Profile Part Three" – 1:05
- "Hazard Profile Part Four" – 0:46
- "Hazard Profile Part Five" – 5:29
- "Gone Sailing" (Holdsworth) – 0:59
Side two
- "Bundles" – 3:14
- "Land of the Bag Snake" (Holdsworth) – 3:35
- "The Man Who Waved at Trains" (Mike Ratledge) – 1:50
- "Peff" (Ratledge) – 1:57
- "Four Gongs Two Drums" (John Marshall) – 4:09
- "The Floating World" – 7:12
Personnel
- Roy Babbington – bass guitar
- Allan Holdsworth – electric, acoustic, and 12-string guitars
- Karl Jenkins - oboe, piano, electric piano, soprano saxophone
- John Marshall – drums, percussion
- Mike Ratledge – (Lowrey Holiday Deluxe) organ, (Fender Rhodes) electric piano, (AKS) synthesizer[2]
- Additional personnel
- Ray Warleigh – alto flute and bass flute on "The Floating World"
References
- ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/bundles-mw0000608687
- ^ a b c d e Dave Lynch. "Bundles - Soft Machine | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
- ^ "Soft Machine-Works". Calyx.club.fr. Retrieved 2014-04-25.