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Schaffner, Nicholas (2005). Saucerful of Secrets: The Pink Floyd Odyssey (Newed.). London: Helter Skelter. pp.91–92. ISBN 1-905139-09-8. not scripted. All these little quirky things add up for a very fun and enjoyable album. Some of the although not all will fall in love with it. For people who fancy themselves fans of something a bitIn fact, the reason that it's so hard to choose a best number off the album isn't that they're all so good; a b c d e f g h i Jones, Malcolm (2003). The Making of The Madcap Laughs (21st Anniversaryed.). Brain Damage. p.13. David Gilmour: Record Collector, May 2003 – All Pink Floyd Fan Network". Pinkfloydfan.net. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012 . Retrieved 1 August 2012. The Madcap Laughs is the debut solo album by the English singer-songwriter Syd Barrett. It was recorded after Barrett had left Pink Floyd in April 1968. The album had a lengthy recording history, with work beginning in May 1968, but the bulk of the sessions taking place between April and July 1969, for which five different producers were credited − including Barrett, Peter Jenner (1968 sessions), Malcolm Jones (early-to-mid-1969 sessions), and fellow Pink Floyd members David Gilmour and Roger Waters (mid-1969 sessions). Among the guest musicians are Willie Wilson from Gilmour's old band Jokers Wild and several members of Soft Machine. SYD BARRETT | Artist". Official Charts. Archived from the original on 28 June 2012 . Retrieved 30 July 2012.

Many of the songs from the album have been widely covered since its release. [87] Cover artwork [ edit ] consists of apparently thoughtless guitar strumming and hazy unfocussed vocals but the effect is so Near the end of "She Took A Long Cold Look" Barrett mumbles: "That's short". The studio engineer then says "Take One". Halfway through "If It's In You" he suddenly interrupts and says he wants to start over again. After some responses from the studio he starts over, but sings even more out of tune than before.

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From The Velvet Underground to Syd Barrett: David Bowie listed his top 25 favourite albums of all time". Far Out. 16 February 2020 . Retrieved 14 April 2020. The Madcap Laughs is the debut studio album by Syd Barrett, released on Harvest Records in 1970. Recording commenced immediately after Barrett's departure from Pink Floyd in 1968, lasting for well over a year. Apart from Barrett, the album went through four different producers: Peter Jenner (Barrett's manager) for the 1968 sessions, Harvest label head Malcolm Jones for the early-to-mid 1969 sessions and former band-mates Roger Waters and David Gilmour for the mid-1969 sessions. Gilmour also played bass, guitar and (on "Octopus") drums.

When the album was released things had changed. The end of the year turned darker, much darker, and all too well showed that the 1960s were over. For the hippie generation, two serious blows were dealt when in December the link between the Manson family and their atrocities was fully uncovered and the tragic Altamont festival played out.Love You" is the first spark of real genius; a bizarre piano pop song with frantic keyboards in the

The Madcap Laughs starts promising with the song Terrapin (the only one over 3 minutes), another more varied acoustic song about two fish in love. Catchy little numbers like the static coated No Good Trying, the honky-tonk Love You and the peppy but bland Here I Go prove Barrett can still construct great melodies. Octopus is one the best songs here, capturing the poppy, frenzied sound of early Floyd. The Madcap Laughs starts to go downhill in the second half, generally with boring, tuneless, acoustic songs. The album ends on a so-so note, with Late Night. While it could be viewed as another dull acoustic song, it has some pleasant slide guitars adding a psychedelic touch. After being effectively forced out of Pink Floyd by April 1968, his on-stage behaviour and increasingly strange compositions having worn out his bandmates, Syd Barrett was initially to be kept on as a non-touring member of the group, writing but not appearing on stage, in much the same way that Brian Wilson had briefly functioned for The Beach Boys after his nervous breakdown post- Pet Sounds. This was unworkable in practice, and the group’s former manager Peter Jenner encouraged Barrett to get into the studio and write material for a solo album. While sessions were semi-successful in the summer of 1968, the singer suffered a serious mental collapse and wound up in psychiatric care in his home city of Cambridge. a b c Jones, Malcolm (2003). The Making of The Madcap Laughs (21st Anniversaryed.). Brain Damage. pp.15–16. funny vaudeville melody and the self-depreciating, yet hopeful, lyrics. Too bad it fades out as the solo

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sensibly expressive or weirdly complex. From 13 pieces, Madcap's beautiful, rupturing and succumbed qualities are part in another world, another dimension of musical and real life. Anyway who is 'Madcap' he mentioned in this album. I do not consider it way, that's the true genius behind it, only Syd really knew what he was trying to do. The seemingly