Soft Machine 4: Classic, Dud, or ?

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Of course, I'm expecting lots of duds ("endless noodling", etc.), but here's why personally, I have to say classic: 1) A logical continuation of Third. 2) "Teeth" is a fucking great opener. 3) In retrospect, the conceit of albums with Wyatt only playing the drums all the way through sans vocals are cool. :) 4) But most of all, this has got to be one of the greatest album covers of all time. Whoever had the sadistic brilliance to put Mike Ratledge's 'Modster meets Beelzebub' King look front and center with the totally 70s Brady Bunch wallpaper coloring, was either several millenia ahead of his time or completely insane.

― Joe, Thursday, 16 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Pretty specific question eh? I've only heard the first three. So Wyatt doesn't sing at all?

― Josh, Thursday, 16 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Classic and I'm even more partial to Wyatt's solo career so tread lightly...

― jason, Thursday, 16 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Hmmm, I had this record, Iike "Third" and do think it is a logical continuation of it, but it really is a lot of endless noodling, and I ended up giving it to my brother.

― Sean, Thursday, 16 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

a better question would be "anything by soft machine except I, II, spaced and half of third - worth buying?"

― your null fame, Friday, 17 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

(I once knew someone whose ONLY RECORD OF ANY KIND was Soft Machine VII. Tho actually I think it is called something else, so this isn't QUITE so weird.)

― mark s, Friday, 17 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I think it's simply called "7". I would say definitely 4 and 6, and probably 5 (by interpolation; haven't actually heard it yet) are worth getting.

― Joe, Friday, 17 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

(Oh, right — memory better than looking-up book after all: which sed "Bundles" which I was sure wuz wrong. Weird = not a judgment on what's on the record, as on owning just one record, called Soft Machine 7...)

― mark s, Saturday, 18 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

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