Land of Cockayne

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Land of Cockayne
Land of Cockayne cover
Studio album by Soft Machine
Released 1981
Recorded June & July 1980
Genre jazz-rock fusion
Length 43:51
Label EMI EMC 3348
Producer Soft Machine
Professional reviews
Soft Machine chronology
Alive & Well: Recorded in Paris
(1978)		 Land of Cockayne
(1981)

Land of Cockayne is the final album by the 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 (see "Cockayne").

[edit] Track listing

  1. Over 'n' above (7:24)
  2. Lotus groves (4:57)
  3. Isle of the blessed (1:56)
  4. Panoramania (7:07)
  5. Behind the crystal curtain (0:53)
  6. Palace of glass (3:22)
  7. Hot-biscuit Slim (7:27)
  8. (Black) velvet mountain (5:10)
  9. Sly monkey (5:00)
  10. A lot of what you fancy... (0:35)

[edit] Personnel

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[edit] References


v • d • e
Soft Machine
Kevin Ayers • Elton Dean • Hugh Hopper • Mike Ratledge • Robert Wyatt
Daevid Allen • Roy Babbington • John Etheridge • Karl Jenkins • John Marshall
Steve Cook • Marc Charig • Lyn Dobson • Nick Evans • Jimmy Hastings • Allan Holdsworth
Brian Hopper • Ric Sanders • Alan Skidmore • Rab Spall • Andy Summers • Alan Wakeman
Studio Albums
The Soft Machine (1968) • Volume Two (1969) • Third (1970) • Fourth (1971) • Five (1972) • Six (1973) • Seven (1973) • Bundles (1975) • Softs (1976) • Land of Cockayne (1981)
Singles
"Love Makes Sweet Music" (1967) • "Joy of a Toy" (1968)
Live Albums
Alive & Well: Recorded in Paris (1978) • Live at the Proms 1970 (1988) • BBC Radio 1967-1971 (2003) • BBC Radio 1971-1974 (2003) • Soft Machine and Heavy Friends (2005) • Softstage (2005)
Cuneiform albums
Spaced (1996) • Virtually (1998) • Noisette (2000) • Backwards (2002) • Live in Paris (2004) • Grides (2006) • Middle Earth Masters (2006)
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