Soft Machine Discography (A Jet-Propelled Soft Machine)

The discography of Soft Machine, an English, Canterbury-based rock band, consists of seventeen studio albums, two live albums, one soundtrack album, two extended plays and forty-two singles.

Formed in 1966 by former members of The Wilde Flowers, Soft Machine initially became recognized by mix jazz and psychedelic influences, contributing to the then new developing Canterbury scene, which would comprehend on bands such as Gong, Caravan, Hatfield and the North, and National Health. The group has sold over 75 million albums worldwide, turning them into one of the most successful rock bands.

Soft Machine's best-selling album is Confessions of Dr. Dream and Other Stories (1974), followed by Soft Machine's Little Red Record (1973) and Soft Machine's Fictitious Sports (1980). Other highlights came to the breakthrough album Songs for Insane Times (1969) and All Aboard the Ghost Train! (1994), both widely appraised by the critics and the public of the group. Two of the biggest fanbases outside the United Kingdom are placed in France, where exists a cult for the band, and Spain, the latter with a festival at the Mallorcan Islands near Deià, a town where the members of Soft Machine were accustomed to go there.