Soft Machine - The Soft Machine ( 1968 )

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Hope for Happiness"	Kevin Ayers, Mike Ratledge, Brian Hopper	4:21
2.	"Joy of a Toy"	Ayers, Ratledge	2:49
3.	"Hope for Happiness (Reprise)"	Ayers, Ratledge, B. Hopper	1:38
4.	"Why Am I So Short?"	Ratledge, Ayers, Hugh Hopper	1:39
5.	"So Boot If At All"	Ayers, Ratledge, Robert Wyatt	7:25
6.	"A Certain Kind"	H. Hopper	4:11

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"Save Yourself"	Wyatt	2:26
8.	"Priscilla"	Ayers, Ratledge, Wyatt	1:03
9.	"Lullabye Letter"	Ayers	4:32
10.	"We Did It Again"	Ayers	3:46
11.	"Plus Belle qu'une Poubelle"	Ayers	1:03
12.	"Why Are We Sleeping?"	Ayers, Ratledge, Wyatt	5:30
13.	"Box 25/4 Lid"	Ratledge, H. Hopper	0:49

Live performances of "We Did It Again" were sometimes as long as 45 minutes.

Personnel

• Robert Wyatt – drums, lead vocals
• Mike Ratledge – Lowrey Holiday De Luxe organ, piano (on 13)
• Kevin Ayers – bass, lead vocals (on 10 and 12), backing vocals (on 7 and 9), piano (on 5)

Additional personnel

• Hugh Hopper – bass (on 13)
• The Cake – backing vocals (on 12)