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The best album credited to Soft Machine is Third which is ranked number 1,060 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 1,679.

Soft Machine is ranked number 562 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 3,250.

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Soft Machine best albums

The following albums by Soft Machine are ranked highest in the greatest album charts:

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1970
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1968
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877
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1969
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302
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1971
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113
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1975
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65
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1980
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24
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1973
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23
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1973
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2018
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18
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1976
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Total albums: 38. Page 1 of 4

This may not be a complete discography for Soft Machine.This listing only shows those albums by this artist that appear in at least one chart on this site. If an album is 'missing' that you think deserves to be here, you can include it in your own chart from the My Charts page!

Soft Machine bestography composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 0 0%
1940s 0 0%
1950s 0 0%
1960s 2 0%
1970s 9 0%
1980s 4 0%
1990s 7 0%
2000s 10 0%
2010s 3 0%
2020s 3 0%
Compilation? Albums %
No 33 87%
Yes 5 13%
Live? Albums %
No 23 61%
Yes 15 39%

Soft Machine best tracks

Include tracks from compilations & live albums | Exclude tracks from compilations & live albums The same track can appear on multiple albums, so excluding tracks from compilations and live albums helps to remove duplicates from this list.

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1.
Rating: 85 (74 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Third)
2.
Rating: 84 (71 votes)Comments: 1
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(from the album Third)
3.
Rating: 84 (10 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Bundles)
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Rating: 84 (66 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Third)
5.
Rating: 84 (37 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album The Soft Machine)
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Rating: 83 (35 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album The Soft Machine)
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Rating: 83 (34 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album The Soft Machine)
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Rating: 83 (36 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album The Soft Machine)
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Rating: 82 (65 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Third)
10.
Rating: 81 (33 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album The Soft Machine)
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Rating: 80 (17 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Volume Two)
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Rating: 80 (32 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album The Soft Machine)
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Rating: 80 (17 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Volume Two)
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Rating: 80 (32 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album The Soft Machine)
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Rating: 79 (19 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Volume Two)
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Rating: 79 (15 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Volume Two)
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Rating: 79 (4 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Seven)
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Rating: 79 (32 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album The Soft Machine)
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Rating: 79 (3 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Seven)
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Soft Machine ratings

Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 32 votes)
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This artist is rated in the top 3% of all artists on BestEverAlbums.com. This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 79.7/100, a mean average of 81.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.1/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 11.5.

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From 02/09/2019 19:48
Fantastic musicians who were several years ahead of their time as jazz-rock vanguards. They started out as a highlight of the psychedelic scene, carried by their fantastic chops. Their prog rock phase was fairly short and they ventured into fusion before most.
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From 03/24/2016 20:12
Great band in all their incarnations. Still gigging and going to see them this weekend . . . . .
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they died out but in the beginning were very strong
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From 05/08/2014 19:04
Great band! Would give them 100 points but for the dodgy later jazz-fusion stuff, and having no original members in the later line-up's, for me that wasn't really Soft Machine.
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