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
ReleasedMarch 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 the time of Bundles, 4/5 of Soft Machine's members had all previously been part of the jazz-rock band Nucleus, the exception being keyboardist Mike Ratledge, who at this point was the only remaining original member of Soft Machine. Guitarist Allan Holdsworth's prominent contributions set the album apart from previous Soft Machine recordings,[1] as the band had not had a member whose primary instrument was guitar since Andy Summers was in the band briefly in 1968, and the instrument had been ignored completely by them since 1969's Volume Two, on which then-bassist Hugh Hopper had played some guitar parts.

Bundles is the band's last full studio album recorded with Ratledge.[1] Only two compositions by him are included, one of which is less than two minutes long. He left the band during the early sessions for the next album Softs, leaving the band with no original members.

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
Additional musician
  • 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 25 April 2014.
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