Ummagumma

by Pink Floyd

Ummagumma cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 7 November 1969
  • Label: Harvest
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:26:27
  • Community rating: 3.33/5 from 21 ratings

Artists on this release: Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Syd Barrett, Richard Wright, Nick Mason

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Consisting of both a live disc and a studio disc of individual solo experiments, 'Ummagumma' stands as one of the band's most abstract and ambitious early works. The studio material pushes into avant-garde and experimental rock territory, utilizing tape loops and unconventional sound structures. While divisive, it remains a crucial landmark that highlights the group's willingness to eschew traditional song formats in favor of pure sonic exploration.

Genres

Descriptors: ambitious, unconventional, progressive, live, experimental, avant-garde, long-form, atmospheric, electronic

Tracklist

  1. Astronomy Domine (Live) (08:30)
  2. Careful With That Axe Eugene (Live) (08:50)
  3. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun (Live) (09:26)
  4. A Saucerful Of Secrets (Live) (12:49)
  5. Sysyphus (Pt. 1) (01:07)
  6. Sysyphus (Pt. 2) (03:30)
  7. Sysyphus (Pt. 3) (01:49)
  8. Sysyphus (Pt. 4) (06:59)
  9. Grantchester Meadows (07:27)
  10. Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict (04:58)
  11. The Narrow Way (Pt. 1) (03:28)
  12. The Narrow Way (Pt. 2) (02:53)
  13. The Narrow Way (Pt. 3) (05:57)
  14. The Grand Vizier's Garden Party (Entrance) (00:59)
  15. The Grand Vizier's Garden Party (Entertainment) (07:05)
  16. The Grand Vizier's Garden Party (Exit) (00:40)

Credits

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