Bundles (album)

Bundles is the eighth studio album by the jazz rock band Soft Machine, released in 1975.[1]

For the 2010 album by the band of the same name, see The Bundles (album).
Bundles
Studio album by
Soft Machine
Released22 March 1975
RecordedJuly 1974 at CBS Whitfield St Studios, London
GenreJazz rock[1]
Length41:55
LabelHarvest
ProducerSoft Machine
Soft Machine chronology
Seven
(1973)		 Bundles
(1975)		 Softs
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]

Overview

By Bundles, only keyboardist and founding member Mike Ratledge was left from the early Soft Machine line-ups; the other members had all previously been in the jazz-rock band Nucleus. Guitarist Allan Holdsworth's prominent contributions set the album apart from previous Soft Machine recordings,[1] as guitar was an instrument ignored by Soft Machine since 1969's Volume Two.

This is the last studio album featuring Ratledge listed as a full band member.[1] Only two compositions by him are featured, one of which is less than two minutes long.

Track listing

All compositions by Karl Jenkins except where indicated.

Side one
  1. "Hazard Profile Part One" – 9:18
  2. "Hazard Profile Part Two (Toccatina)" – 2:21
  3. "Hazard Profile Part Three" – 0:33
  4. "Hazard Profile Part Four" – 1:25
  5. "Hazard Profile Part Five" – 5:29
  6. "Gone Sailing" (Allan Holdsworth) – 0:59

Side two
  1. "Bundles" – 3:14
  2. "Land of the Bag Snake" (Holdsworth) – 3:35
  3. "The Man Who Waved at Trains" (Mike Ratledge) – 1:50
  4. "Peff" (Ratledge) – 3:37
  5. "Four Gongs Two Drums" (John Marshall) – 2:31
  6. "The Floating World" – 7:07

Personnel
Soft Machine
Future Soft Machine personnel
  • Ray Warleigh – alto flute and bass flute on "The Floating World"

References
  1. Lynch, Dave. "Soft Machine - Bundles (1975) album review, credits & releases". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
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