Syd Barrett
Compilation album by
Syd Barrett
Released14 November 1974
RecordedAbbey Road, May 1968 – July 1970
GenreRock
Length76:30
LabelHarvest/EMI
ProducerSyd Barrett, Peter Jenner, Malcolm Jones, Roger Waters, David Gilmour and Richard Wright.
Syd Barrett chronology
Barrett
(1970)		 Syd Barrett
(1974)		 Syd Barrett:
The Peel Sessions
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB[2]
Tom HullC[3]

Syd Barrett is a 1974 double-album pairing of Syd Barrett's two solo albums, The Madcap Laughs and Barrett, both originally released in the UK in 1970.

Cover

During the summer of 1965, Barrett had his first acid trip in the garden of his friend Dave Gale,[4][5] with Ian Moore and Storm Thorgerson.[4] While on the influence of the substance, Barrett had placed an orange, plum and a matchbox into a corner, while staring at the fruit, which he claimed symbolized "Venus and Jupiter".[4][5] Thorgerson used this imagery when he added these items to the cover of Syd Barrett.[4]

Release

After the unexpectedly massive success of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon, EMI re-issued the Barrett-era albums The Piper at the Gates of Dawn and A Saucerful of Secrets as A Nice Pair in the hope that fans would be interested in the band's earlier work with Barrett. Once that was a success, primarily in the US where neither album had been issued initially, Syd Barrett was compiled to meet demand.[1]

As a result, The Madcap Laughs/Barrett (as it was titled in the US) made number 163,[1] giving Barrett his only US chart album. Village Voice critic Robert Christgau wrote of the album: "Admittedly, a lot of what results is worthy of the wimp-turned-acid-casualty Barrett is. But a lot of it is funny, charming, catchy--whimsy at its best... I know damn well it gives me more pleasure than The Dark Side of the Moon."[2]

Track listing

All songs by Syd Barrett, except where noted.

Disc 1 – The Madcap Laughs

Side one
  1. "Terrapin" – 5:04
  2. "No Good Trying" – 3:26
  3. "Love You" – 2:30
  4. "No Man's Land" – 3:03
  5. "Dark Globe" – 2:02
  6. "Here I Go" – 3:11
Side two
  1. "Octopus" – 3:47
  2. "Golden Hair" (Syd Barrett/James Joyce) – 1:59
  3. "Long Gone" – 2:50
  4. "She Took a Long Cold Look" – 1:55
  5. "Feel" – 2:17
  6. "If it's in You" – 2:26
  7. "Late Night" – 3:11

Disc 2 – Barrett

Side one
  1. "Baby Lemonade" – 4:11
  2. "Love Song" – 3:05
  3. "Dominoes" – 4:09
  4. "It is Obvious" – 3:00
  5. "Rats" – 3:02
  6. "Maisie" – 2:51
Side two
  1. "Gigolo Aunt" – 5:47
  2. "Waving My Arms in the Air" – 2:07
  3. "I Never Lied to You" – 1:52
  4. "Wined and Dined" – 2:59
  5. "Wolfpack" – 3:41
  6. "Effervescing Elephant" – 1:54

Charts

Album - Billboard

Year Chart Position
1974 Pop Albums 163[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Thompson, Dave. "The Madcap Laughs/Barrett - Syd Barrett : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  2. 1 2 Christgau, Robert (1981). "Syd Barrett: The Madcap Laughs/Barrett". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 0-89919-025-1 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ↑ Hull, Tom (April 1975). "The Rekord Report: Second Card". Overdose. Retrieved 26 June 2020 – via tomhull.com.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Manning, Toby (2006). The Rough Guide to Pink Floyd (1st ed.). London: Rough Guides. p. 17. ISBN 1-84353-575-0.
  5. 1 2 Chapman, Rob (2010). Syd Barrett: A Very Irregular Head (Paperback ed.). London: Faber. pp. 76–77. ISBN 978-0-571-23855-2.
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