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    Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs (1970)

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Apr 21, 2006

    Pros: Pink Floyd's Founder at the acoustic guitar.....

    Cons: Nothing really.....

    Pink Floyd's father Syd Barrett....on his own first solo LP...a pretty interesting listen but far removed from his work on Floyd's 'Piper at the gates of Dawn'...alot of acoustical work...but very interesting to hear for Syd and Floyd... fans alike. "Terrapin" kicks off the album and is a very focused song and tighter than alot of the songs on here...very nice track and very Syd..."It's No Good Tryin" gets a little more "rockish" with some actual band backing by some assorted 'Soft Machine' band members...another underlooked classic rock band of the 1970's...Syd's lyrics are so off the wall and bizarre...makes Nirvana's Kurt Cobains stuff pale about in comparison, "Love you" is kinda a silly happy go lucky feely song backed again by 'Soft'...funny cute lyrics...and once again...very Syd. "No Mans land" is up next and VERY weird....Syd mumbles off weirdly at the end of the song, very cool song though...but average. "Dark Globe" is really interesting and more reconizible Syd song...very bizarre lyrics for one...his 'pleaseee pleassse lift a hand....Im only a person....with eskimo chain, I tattoed my brain all the way'....LSD reference? I dont know. "Here I Go" is kinda be- bopish...lol, kinda beats along in a weird kinda sluggish trance, once again, funny but weird lyrics. "Octopus" is kinda the solo Syd 'hit' here...catchy and cool...nice song, "Golden Hair" is a James Joyce poem set to music, and very effective and works. Awesome to hear...."Long Gone" is kinda average...not bad, but...average. "She took a long cold Look" is part of a 3 song studio outtake here, pretty cool song...all acoustic 100%, produced by Roger Waters and David Gilmour - the entire album (Pink Floyd)...in some parts you can hear Syd reading the music..turning the pages while playing the notes...kinda cool, but very raw. Then he comments "Thats short..."...and Waters says "Feel take 1!" on the studio speakers...onto "Feel", another average track, and BIZARRE lyrics...cant hardly understand them, but cool. "If it's in You" starts out with more Syd banter while hes trying to hit the beginning notes singing and goes off key (and gets pissed) then Gilmour tells him to tune his guitar down which Syd gets kinda pissy but agrees...not a bad song...some mess ups, but works. "Late night" closes it off...nothing special on it though. Summing it up....Cool listen, I mean come on...Syd Barrett...Floyd's founder, but way different than his Floyds work...get the one with the bonus tracks...he never played the same song twice and the outtakes are funny and cool! RR Read more Less

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    Syd Barrett back from the blue

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Mar 15, 2004

    Pros: A selection of good songs

    Cons: Syd lost some of his songwriting abilities

    In 1967, Syd Barrett's band Pink Floyd released "Piper At the Gates of Dawn". Throughout the months that followed that brilliant release, Barrett would indulge himself in daily doses of LSD. By the following year, Syd began to suffer fr...om some severe mental illnesses due to the drug. That same year, Pink Floyd fired Barrett, and Roger Waters took the role as the bands new frontman. Syd's next effort in his music carreer was to begin recording solo. Throught 1969, Barrett recorded his first solo effort "The Madcap Laughs", with Pink Floyd's new guitarist David Gilmour, and Pink Floyd's frontman Roger Waters. Released in 1970, three years after "Piper", the album recieved a few good reviews, but it didn't get the same attention that "Piper" did. The reason why this came about was the fact that Syd Barrett's mental state was interfering with his music. Sure this record has some excellent cuts in it, such as "Dark Globe", or "Terrapin". This is a very good record, but it's not as innovative as "Piper". On "Piper", we saw Barrett use multiple sounds and themes that made that record so bizarre. Here, Barrett doesn't use that same formula. The songs are still pretty creative, because afterall, Barrett was a genius. Still though, if you really did love "Piper", then I do reccomend this. This is a record that will please any harcore Barrett fan, but it won't please those who want to collect the highlight albums of classic rock. Read more Less

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    Crazy masterwork

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Apr 12, 2001

    What can I say about an album like this?. Just hear it.

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    Genius

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Nov 18, 2000

    Personally, I prefer this to any of Pink Floyd's albums, pre- or post-Syd. By it and be amazed at the song-writing prowess of one of the most fasinating minds of the 20th century.

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    3 1/2 stars.

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Oct 9, 2000

    Rather uneven, especially on the second half of the album, where it seems that Barrett has reached the point of no return. Worth the purchase, however, for the glimpses of cracked genius...

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    Not bad production!

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Aug 9, 2000

    Contrary to what seems to be accepted lore here, the production of this album is quite good. Was Syd in shape to record an album? No, performances are dicy in spots and for those borne and bred on slick performances, overdubs and multiple takes, the...se songs lack "polish." But the production -- the studio quality, engineering, etc -- are not bad at all. Read more Less

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    syd is the essance of psychodelic

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  May 30, 2000

    obviously this album is poorly recorded and engeenered, terribly raw and erratic, and probably one of the best albums i've ever heard :)... Just the lyrics themselves are astonishing. if you love pink floyd, then you have to get this album...

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    Syd's best post-Floyd

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Jan 3, 2000

    Although the songs lack production, Barrett's voice is in good form, and the songs are well executed, though still little more than blueprints. Syd's quirky twists on standard pop tunes should be a lesson for today's MTV-bred bands. It's amazing how... catchy some of the songs are, coming from someone totally ambivalent to industry trends and unit sales. This is the one Barrett release that feels like a true album, and not some posthumus, requiem- to-a-lost-genius cash cow. Read more Less

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    A Must Have for and "Floyd" Fan

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Nov 22, 1999

    This album would have to be rated as my favorite solo project by a Floyd member (including the recognition of Waters' masterpiece, Amused To Death. Great songs, great lyrics, great album. Syd really shines on this one (no pun intended) and we genuin...ely recognize his greatness/genius. Read more Less

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