Released 1981 Length 43:51 Release date 1981 Label EMI | Recorded June & July 1980 Artist Soft Machine Producer Mike Thorne Genre Jazz fusion | |
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Land of Cockayne is the tenth and final studio album by the Canterbury associated band Soft Machine, released in 1981. By this point, the band contained none of its original members. The title refers to the medieval land of plenty.
Contents
Overview
The album came about as the result of a project in which Karl Jenkins and John Marshall had been involved featuring top session musicians. The ad hoc band, Rollercoaster, had recently recorded the Stevie Wonder tribute album Wonderin' and decided to record another album together. Many of the musicians included on the Cockayne album would make up Soft Machine's final live line-up which played a six-night residency at Ronnie Scott's in 1984. This is the only Soft Machine album to feature a string section.
Track listing
All compositions by Karl Jenkins.
Side one
- "Over 'n' Above" – 7:24
- "Lotus Groves" – 4:57
- "Isle of the Blessed" – 1:56
- "Panoramania" – 7:07
- "Behind the Crystal Curtain" – 0:53
Side two
- "Palace of Glass" – 3:22
- "Hot-Biscuit Slim" – 7:27
- "(Black) Velvet Mountain" – 5:10
- "Sly Monkey" – 5:00
- "A Lot of What You Fancy..." – 0:35
Personnel
Songs
1Over 'n' Above7:25
2Lotus Groves4:57
3Isle of the Blessed1:57