The Soft Machine (Ozark Henry album)

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The Soft Machine
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Studio album by
Released19 September 2006
Genre Pop
Length44:18
Label Sony BMG
Producer Ozark Henry
Ozark Henry chronology
The Sailor not the Sea
(2004)
The Soft Machine
(2006)
Hvelreki
(2010)
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The Soft Machine is the fifth studio album of Ozark Henry, the first of his albums to top the charts. [2]

Contents

The track "These Days" was released as a single and reached the top 50 of the Ultratop charts, the first of his track releases to do so.

Track list

All songs written by Piet Goddaer

  1. "These Days" – 3:32
  2. "Christine" – 3:38
  3. "We Were Never Alone" – 3:46
  4. "Splinter" – 4:18
  5. "Play Politics" – 3:28
  6. "Weekenders" – 4:03
  7. "Echo as Metaphor" – 2:50
  8. "Cincinnati" – 3:54
  9. "Morpheus" – 3:46
  10. "Sun Dance" – 3:37
  11. "Le Temps Qui Reste" – 3:37
  12. "Jailbird" – 3:56

Charts

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