Volume Two (The Soft Machine album)

Volume Two
International cover
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1969[1]
RecordedFebruary–March 1969 at Olympic Studios, London
GenreCanterbury scene,[2] Progressive rock,[2] jazz rock[2]
Length33:20
LabelProbe SPB 1002 (UK); CPLP-4505 (US)
ProducerThe Soft Machine
The Soft Machine chronology
The Soft Machine
(1968)
Volume Two
(1969)
Third
(1970)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music [3]

Volume Two is the second album by The Soft Machine (although it was their debut in home country of the UK), released in 1969. The album combined humour, dada, psychedelia and jazz. In 2000 it was voted number 715 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums.[4]

  1. ^ "[Review] The Soft Machine: Volume Two (1969)". Progrogrophy. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d Kurtz, Peter. "The Soft Machine - Volume Two (1969) album review, credits & releases | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0857125958.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2000). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 229. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6.