Land of Cockayne (album)
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| Studio album by Soft Machine | ||||
| Released | 1981 | |||
| Recorded | June & July 1980 | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock, Jazz Fusion | |||
| Length | 43:51 | |||
| Label | EMI EMC 3348 | |||
| Producer | Mike Thorne | |||
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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.
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.[2] 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
- Karl Jenkins – keyboards, synths, orchestration
- John Marshall – drums, percussion
- Additional personnel
- Jack Bruce – bass
- Allan Holdsworth – lead guitar
- John Taylor – electric piano
- Ray Warleigh – alto saxophone, bass flute
- Dick Morrissey – tenor saxophone
- Alan Parker – rhythm guitar
- Stu Calver – vocals, backing vocals
- John G. Perry – vocals, backing vocals
- Tony Rivers – vocals, backing vocals
References
- ↑ "The Land of Cockayne - Soft Machine | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
- ↑ Bennett, Graham Soft Machine: Out-Bloody-Rageous SAF Publishing Ltd, 2005 ISBN 0-946719-84-5, ISBN 978-0-946719-84-6 at Google Books
External links
- Soft Machine: Land of Cockayne at Discogs (list of releases)
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