Volume Two
by Soft Machine
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Soft Machine bestography
Volume Two is ranked 3rd best out of 41 albums by Soft Machine on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Soft Machine is Third which is ranked number 1183 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,472.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Volume Two track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Volume Two rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | amirmishali | Top 97 Music Albums of 1969 | 61/97 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1969 | 38/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1969 | 80/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1969 | 36/91 | - |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1969 | 79/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  arthurbittencourt | Top 65 Music Albums of the 1960s | 41/65 | 8 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 80/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  TheDarkOrb | Top 33 Music Albums of the 1960s | 28/33 | 4 |
| 2026 |  flamingyesdept | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 87/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | AAL2014 | Soft Machine: So Far.. | 2/3 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 106 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 249 | |||
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Volume Two ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/25/2026 00:02 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,585 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/28/2026 12:29 | classicjoe | 507 | 78/100 |
| ! | 04/18/2026 17:16 | davidleewrong | 2,357 | 81/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.6/100, a mean average of 75.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.6.
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Forum mentions
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Perhaps even stranger than their first release... it's hard to decide. Another amazing album. I especially love Kevin Ayers song (As long as he lies perfectly still) and "Dedicated to you but you weren't listening". This music just kind of flies around all over the place and does so in a very intriguing way.
Another bonkers LP from Soft Machine. It's enjoyable and completely all over the place, but would you want it any other way. Great fun.
Progressive and psychedelic this is an interesting record. Not as stunning as the their debut you can see where they are going to get to Third.
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