FIFTH [AKA: 5]

After it parts from Softs so that Wyatt may pursue a further creation, the band will face the major break further. The style reduces the superfluous flesh further and gives the dropped impression in "Fourth" with men's who transfered the register to CBS showing the glimpse of the style of mid-term Softs obviously by "Third". Softs which Wyatt came off abolishes the section of the wind instrument related to the recording till then and types out the direction as Soloist of Dean. Softs in addition to the member of the current main invites a new drum player. It is said that neither Hopper nor Ratledge were suitable for the style of Howard because the performance that valued an original score was requested though Phil Howard active as the semi-professional is called in Softs and Dean was received. And, the drum player who changed into Howard and had participated was John Marshall. He was a drummer of Nucleus that was already active with Jazz Rock Scene of Britain. Drum Solo of Marshall is collected in this album. It might be evidence that such an approach began also to walk in the route besides the revolution and Wyatt for Softs. And, it can be discovered that the specific gravity of the tune that Ratledge composed is large in this album. And, it participates in this album as Roy Babbington to participate in the recording by "Fourth" continues, too. Some anacatesthesia overflows in the overall impression and the flow has the impression that extends from "Fourth" to the outside. The band's having the oneness or more though Wyatt came off and the band was revolutionizing it might have understood the point that the member of the main had to propose to the period at that time to some degree. Mid-term Softs contains a fluid little by little element on the boundary of this album. However, the music that they had to propose was always being offered to the listener through the album.