Bundles (album)

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, which had not featured a guitarist for seven years, since their debut single.

This is the last studio album featuring Ratledge listed as a full band member. 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

1. "Hazard Profile Part One" – 9:18
2. "Hazard Profile Part Two (Toccatina)" – 2:21
3. "Hazard Profile Part Three" – 1:05
4. "Hazard Profile Part Four" – 0:46
5. "Hazard Profile Part Five" – 5:29
6. "Gone Sailing" (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) – 1:57
5. "Four Gongs Two Drums" (John Marshall) – 4:09
6. "The Floating World" – 7:12

Personnel