Ok. Perhaps not my favorite album (1968) by The Floyd either, but in my opinion very underrated. Pink Floyd's second, Syd Barrett's last and David Gilmour's first. The former's involvement is noticeably less here than on the debut (1967), which almost seemed more like The Syd Barrett Experience than anything else.
The album's opening bass sequence has reached more ears than the song itself has. In all sorts of contexts such as samples and commercial music. The band's, in my opinion, most underrated singer, Richard Wright (ordinary the organist in the band), contributes with the album's best vocal track and even Roger Waters' voice is this time by a good margin approved. At least in the spacey Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun which is the album's absolute highlight.
As a conclusion, we get to take part in Syd Barrett's ironic thanks and farewell to Pink Floyd. The band had already had problems with Syd's commitment for some time and without anyone really daring to lay their cards on the table, the problem himself realized that it was time to pull out. Although he never actively participated in Pink Floyd's work after this, his presence was still noticeable during the rest of the band's career. At the same time, he managed to release a couple of solo albums on which, among others, David Gilmour and Richard Wright contributed to the production.
Genre: Psychedelic rock
Rating: 4.2 / 7