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| Released | September 1969[1] | |||
| Recorded | February–March 1969 at Olympic Studios, London | |||
| Genre | Canterbury scene,[2] Progressive rock,[2] jazz rock[2] | |||
| Length | 33:20 | |||
| Label | Probe SPB 1002 (UK); CPLP-4505 (US) | |||
| Producer | The Soft Machine | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  [3] |
Volume Two is the second album by The Soft Machine (although it was their debut in home country of the UK), released in 1969. The album combined humour, dada, psychedelia and jazz. In 2000 it was voted number 715 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums.[4]
- ^ "Album Reviews" (PDF). Melody Maker. 25 October 1969. p. 29. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ a b c d Kurtz, Peter. "The Soft Machine - Volume Two (1969) album review, credits & releases | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0857125958.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2000). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 229. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6.