The Madcap Laughs / Barrett

by Syd Barrett

The Madcap Laughs / Barrett cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: July 1974
  • Label: Harvest
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 37:47
  • Community rating: 4.1/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Repackaging the Pink Floyd founder's two incredibly fragile, erratic solo albums into a single double-LP, this release capitalized on the massive contemporary success of his former band. The intimate, fractured acoustic recordings firmly established his enduring legacy as the ultimate, tragic genius of British psychedelia.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, minimalistic, drugs, lo-fi, fragile

Tracklist

  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)
  7. Octopus (3:47)
  8. Golden Hair (1:59)
  9. Long Gone (2:50)
  10. She Took a Long Cold Look (1:55)
  11. Feel (2:17)
  12. If It's in You (2:26)
  13. Late Night (3:11)

Credits

  • Syd Barrett - primary artist, vocals, guitar [guitars], written-by
  • Richard Evans - artwork
  • Jerry Shirley - drums
  • James Joyce - lyrics by

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