Volume Two (Soft Machine album)  

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Volume Two is an LP by The Soft Machine, first released in 1969. Its music introduces a jazz influence to the sort of humour and psychedelia present on "volume one": The Soft Machine (1968).

Track listing

Side one

1. "Rivmic Melodies"
   1. "Pataphysical Introduction – part I" (Robert Wyatt) – 1:00
   2. "A Concise British Alphabet – part I" (Hugh Hopper, arr. Wyatt) – 0:10
   3. "Hibou, Anemone and Bear" (Mike Ratledge / Wyatt) – 5:58
   4. "A Concise British Alphabet – part II" (H. Hopper, arr. Wyatt) – 0:12
   5. "Hulloder" (H. Hopper, arr. Wyatt) – 0:52
   6. "Dada Was Here" (H. Hopper, arr. Wyatt) – 3:25
   7. "Thank You Pierrot Lunaire" (H. Hopper, arr. Wyatt) – 0:47
   8. "Have You Ever Bean Green?" (H. Hopper, arr. Wyatt) – 1:23
   9. "Pataphysical Introduction – part II" (Wyatt) – 0:50
   10. "Out of Tunes" (Ratledge / H. Hopper / Wyatt) – 2:30

Side two

1. "As Long as He Lies Perfectly Still" (Ratledge / Wyatt) – 2:30
2. "Dedicated to You But You Weren't Listening" (H. Hopper) – 2:30
3. "Esther's Nose Job"
   1. "Fire Engine Passing with Bells Clanging" (Ratledge) – 1:50
   2. "Pig" (Ratledge / Wyatt) – 2:08
   3. "Orange Skin Food" (Ratledge) – 1:52
   4. "A Door Opens and Closes" (Ratledge) – 1:09
   5. "10:30 Returns to the Bedroom" (Ratledge / H. Hopper / Wyatt) – 4:14

Personnel

• Robert Wyatt – drums, lead and backing vocals
• Mike Ratledge – piano, Lowrey Holiday De Luxe organ, Hammond organ, flute
• Hugh Hopper – bass guitar, acoustic guitar, alto saxophone

with

• Brian Hopper – soprano and tenor saxophone