- jazz, rock
- 44 min
- 10 tracks
- EMI
Land of Cockayne is the tenth album by the jazz rock band Soft Machine, released in 1981. The title refers to Cockaigne, the medieval land of plenty. It would be the last album released under the Soft Machine moniker until Hidden Details in 2018.
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Character-led, cool, open-ended and grave.
- character-ledplot-driven
- cooloverwhelming
- resolvedopen-ended
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
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Tracks
- A1Over ’n’ Above7:25
- A2Lotus Groves4:57
- A3Isle of the Blessed1:57
- A4Panoramania7:08
- A5Behind the Crystal Curtain0:54
- B1Palace of Glass3:22
- B2Hot‐Biscuit Slim7:27
- B3(Black) Velvet Mountain5:10
- B4Sly Monkey5:00
- B5‘A Lot of What You Fancy…’0:35
10 tracks, 44 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Soft Machine
- Label
- EMI
- Released
- 1981-03
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- GB
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