Reviews (page 6 of 7)
Boring?
A challenging listen. A lot of it strikes me as an attempt to squeeze an album out of a person who wasn’t completely ready or able. Dark Globe is haunting as hell.
Painful 2 stars but it just didn't do much for me. Bummer. Maybe it'll click someday.
Very similar Pink Floyd vibes, but not the music of Floyd’s that I enjoy. Interesting to see Syd Barrett’s musical voicing, but won’t listen again. 2/5
Bad 70s
I looked up the lyrics to some of the songs and it just seemed like nonsense. I'm having some difficulty understanding or relating to the material. Is he speaking in James Joyce or something? “Let us leave theories there and return to here's hear.” ― James Joyce, Finnegans Wake Songwriting is okayish. A little odd, but not necessarily in a good way. His singing is not really very good. Recording quality and instrumentation is not very great. This is just not my cup of English tea. Sorry Syd.
A glimpse into an acid casualty's mind that has been romanticised by numerous music critics. The lyrics could be called whimsical if one was being generous - nonsense if one wasn't. I'm sure teenagers with white dreads probably love this album. It's fine - but fucking hell this list loves these 60's psychedelic albums. Give it a rest. If anyone ever tells you this is their favourite album - don't bother listening to anything they have to say as they are a try hard. Best Tracks: Terrapin; No Good Trying; Octopus
A lot of droning.
I did not like this album. However, I don’t know how much blame I can attribute to Barrett himself. It’s clear he can write songs and sing but the album sounds rushed and a lot of the production is awful. The studio was probably the last place he needed to be at the time.
Nothing very remarkable or of interest to me.
this was fine. Unrefined, haphazard. But I didn't hate it. I regret rating Imagine 2 stars because this is better than Imagine but not worth 3 stars.
Alright. Bit mopey
Don't know anything about this artist, but he sounds British. So weird.
2.5. This was fine, I guess. Lmao!
Not very remarkable.
A lot of the reviews have pointed to the background to this album quite rightly. It's whimsical, wayward and offbeat. Not very coherent as you'd expect and basically a continuation of the psychedelic vibe in Piper. There are a few good moments but it's such a mishmash. Sad but true.
I like my fair share of early Pink Floyd material so I was intrigued to hear a solo album of Syd Barrett’s. Nothing stood out from this project. If Syd Barrett’s name was attached to this album, would it warrant inclusion on this list?
Pretty unmemorable. While yesterday’s album wa terrible to me, at least it was memorable. I can’t say the same for Syd Barrett. Occasionally I would hear a touch of Pink Floyd in it, but it was just kind of boring. Not a fave of mine.
not great. Kind of annoying.
I’m not won over by the Pink Floyd legacy because I don’t really like the 60s psychedelic rock, so I’m not giving any allowance to Syd Barrett’s drivel just in the same way John Lennon’s rubbish albums get my low votes. This is a very weak album. It is musical, but just rubbish, so it doesn’t get the utter low of a one star vote.
Right what was this. Seemed barely finished! Durgy dreary meandering waffle. No thank you! Delighted this was a 37 min jobby
I agree that the history of Syd Barrett is a tragic one, but I never understood his phenomena. After listening to his album, I have even more question marks - what's so great about that? I didn't find early Pink Floyd albums interesting in the same way as I don't like "The Madcap Laughs". It wasn't in any way terrible, but certainly boring and just simplistic, from the lack of better word. Misunderstood, probably by a lot. But I'm not interested in trying to "get it".
Didn’t get it at all
Minne om dei Pink Floyd-sangane som aldri traff meg heilt
I'm not sure if I've ever heard of this artist. I like how chill track 1 is...it just drags a bit. I'm on track 4 and I have to admit...I'm bored. This psychedelic rock type of music doesn't usually resonate with me. The further I get into this album, the less I like it. Track 12 is kind of grating on my nerves. 2/5 This type of music is typically loved by critics...but I'm not a critic.
I was not personally a fan. It, for some reason, reminded me of the Beatles Sgt. Pepper album.
This album is super interesting, because it really helps to delineate what was Pink Floyd and what was Syd Barrett on the Piper at the Gates of Dawn. It's really hard to get around the elephant in the room here: if they hadn't exiled (this version of) Barrett from the band, I really doubt Pink Floyd would have reached anything close to their heights. He was clearly talented and a musical mastermind at one point, but he really is starting to succumb to his addiction here. Especially compared to the band.
Syd Barrett might have been the driving force behind the early Pink Floyd, but this collection of songs is nothing to write home about. And I didn't like the early Pink Floyd anyway, really. This is psychedelic pop/rock without any business of being on this list. 1.5/5
Who let him get away with that
Yet another album that's a lot more interesting to read or talk about than listen to.
60’s vibe, didn’t know it existed, an interesting listen but nothing profound. 2/5.
I’ll leave this to the real connoisseurs of crazy British sad boys.
interesting but not something i will go back to.
Not much groove, very lyric focused, bit pretentious.
Some albums are obvious inclusions, even if I don't really prefer the genre. Some are hard scratchers, and this is one of those. I know who Syd Barrett was, but had never heard any music from his post Pink Floyd days.... I didn't even know there was any. After listening to this, I'm still not sure why it is on this list. It's not necessarily "bad", but it's surely not good. Parts of it sound like a guy playing to a handheld tape recorder, The best moments are generic hippy trippy late turn of the decade stuff, kind of a poor man's version of Strawberry Alarm Clock (the deep cuts, not the hit). Or Strawberry Alarm Clock meets Velvet Underground, all get high and record the resulting jam. The album was recorded over 16 months, starting shortly after he was dismissed from Pink Floyd for his "increasingly erratic and unpredictable" behavior. And it features 5 different producers, over 13 songs filling 37 minutes... Again, it's not bad, but neither good. It's rather disjunct, unfocused. The sound quality varies from cut to cut, and occasional songs seem to just stop (as opposed to a fade out or finish). And often feels sloppy, as if these were 3 years' of demos slapped onto a record. Frankly, it is a mess. Still I'll give it 2 stars, for the effort, and small props for being different.
Didn’t really find this particularly exciting. Not likely to listen again.
Musically, it sounds like a Kinks rip-off. Other than sounding very much like a lot of other music of the time, there's not a lite of substance to any of this. I'm giving this an extra star because I know what he was going through in his life at this time. It breaks my heart to think of the effort that it must have been for him.
Big ol' pile of meh
возможно я слишком больна чтобы насладиться таким, но очень тяжело
Weird like his stuff with Pink Floyd, but much worse musically
Not sure what to make of this. I can see this album being important to tell the Pink Floyd story but it’s definitely not my thing
Just like Pipers, this just isn’t my thing. 2.5
Meh nothing special
Æ þetta finnst mér ekki sérstaklega skemmtileg plata. Allt of mikið bull eitthvað, eins og eins manns band sé að reyna að gera C-hliðina á Sgt. Pepper. Svo fannst mér raddbeitingarnar hans og kassagítaraglamrið bara orðið pirrandi í lokin og sá þá að þetta er bara tæplega 40 mínútna plata. Leiðinleg en áhugaverð saga samt sem áður sagan hans Syd.
Vaikka en voisi enempää hyljeksiä varhaista Pink Floydia, tämä on omalla tavallaan vetovoimaista. OK, levy on osittain täysi kaaos, ja vain puoliksi itsetietoisesti sitä, mutta viimeistelemättömyys ja tietty löysyys tekevät artistille hyvää. Plussaa erikoisesta, mukaansatempaavasta alusta.
Folk. Rock. Un poco inclasificable.
Oh my lord!!! There’s a lot to be said for English whimsy but this is just overkill. Do you remember those parties you went to in your late teens when there would be some guy strumming guitar very badly in the corner and girls would fawn over him? I felt like I was at one of those awful parties where my ideal would be to drink in the kitchen and then go home early and not have to listen to all that talentless pretentiousness. There’s only so much of the same songs played over and over and with tuneless vocals that I can bear. I know his pedigree but this is a man gone nuts and it ain’t pretty!
Good for a pub
Oh man. This was a tough one. At its musical best (songs like "octopus") are fairly decent psychadelic rock tunes. At other times, Barrett sounds like he's auditioning for a okay beetles cover band. At its worst ("if it's in you") it's hard to not feel bad for an artists who clearly had talent but got lost along the way duento mental illness and probably overuse go psychadelic drugs. It feels as if the album could have been decent had it happened earlier in his carrer, but alas.
I would lose interest in rock music, too, if my friends produced my album to sound like this.
Joa nicht so meins
Not a gel for me. I really don't remember anything about it and I listened yesterday. Probably means I should give it another go but nothing compelled me to. All felt pretty bare and basic for mine. Fave track: Late Night
I suppose influential to a pretty phenomenal degree, but I can't help but feel that Syd Barrett is a pretty overrated figure. This album feels a little too thrown together and incohesive to leave me convinced that it's all part of its charm. There were moments I did enjoy here, but really they were few and far between. Two and a half. Fave track: Octopus
Dross
Putting aside Barrett's contributions and influence, this simply doesn't come together as a body of work. The most obvious shortcoming is that of energy, not strictly necessary and partially compensated by the thread of desperation. Madcap does have peers in that, though, peers which are simply better: More layered, more affective, less (or more!) disorganized).
Meh
Trying not to think about the Pink Floyd tie which would likely increase the stars I give. With that, I’m not impressed with this album. Nothing really grabbed my attention.
A couple of these sound like late Beatles outtakes. But mostly it sounds like “semi-polished ideas for a record” from a very talented guy. Who’s also kind of out there.
This is music for people who think doing drugs makes them more interesting, and that is why they do them. No one would care about this adequate but unmemorable album if this guy hadn’t been in Pink Floyd. You shouldn’t have to know the whole tortured artist acid casualty story to provide context for why this album merits revisiting 50 years after its release. Has a bit of the feel of being obliged to attend your friend’s band’s house show, Like this is fine or whatever I guess but I will never voluntarily listen to it again.
"The Madcap Laughs" by Syd Barrett is an album marked by its eccentricity and tumultuous recording process. Released in 1970, it was Barrett's debut solo effort following his departure from Pink Floyd. The album's tracks, like "Octopus" and "Terrapin," reflect Barrett's unique songwriting and whimsical lyricism. It's a far cry from his earlier work with Pink Floyd, characterized by a lo-fi and somewhat dissonant production style. However, the album's notoriety often stems from its haphazard production, with multiple takes and a generally unfinished quality. This can make "The Madcap Laughs" a challenging and uneven listen, even for fans of Barrett's idiosyncratic style. While the album has a cult following and is viewed as a window into Barrett's creative psyche, its haphazard nature and the challenging listening experience might not appeal to all. A 2/5 rating reflects its divisive nature and the difficulties some listeners may encounter while trying to connect with it.
idk who picked these albums but they had awful music taste
Definitely could live without hearing this
Pour le gars qui a fondé Pink Floyd, c’est assez moyen
Es un disco raro, a lo Barrett, de la onda del primero de Pink Floyd. No es lo que más me gusta, sin embargo rescato cosas.
I did not need to hear this before I died, sorry
a hard listen but it has some brightish moments.
2-
if you asked me if i thought the writer of this album had lost his mind by hammering LSD straight in to his third eye then my answer would be yes because no one who listens to this thinks its anything other than the ramblings of the weirdo at the back of the real ale pub that you desperately try to ignore.
Q. What does SHACK eat for breakfast? A. Lamb chops
Really weird, messy, incoherent. I found this a hard listen but I am conflicted about the scoring. There's some stuff in it to like - Here I Go is easily the most "finished" song on the album. I enjoyed the songwriting. However Jesus Christ what a mess tracks like If It's in You are.
Meh... I think that pretty much sums it up... Not even a glimpse of a Pink Floyd-ian music here.
A bit better than I was expecting, some typically whimsical offerings and can hear how this may have influenced some Britpop. But overall cannot hear anything on a par with Arnold Layne for example
Not a great album
Strange: coming from an ex-Floyd member I was expecting a lot more. From the weird almost creepy album cover to the music itself feeing slow and uninspired it wasn’t smth to really love listening to. Was it god awful? No but I wasn’t having fun listening to it. Meh.
A little out there for me. I might revisit someday.
I was never a fan of Pink Floyd's debut, so didn't have high expectations going into this. Was still left feeling pretty disappointed. I'll always struggle to see why Syd has been held up in such high regard in history, when all his musical contributions that I can see were pretty mediocre. Maybe it's the whole 'tortured artist' narrative. Does nothing for me though.
Nothing egregiously bad, but it's just basically more of the same Brit folk I've already heard without anything memorable or pushing the genre in any meaningful way
- first song was by far the worst, had me scared for the full thing - A couple songs were fun, but overall this wasn't my favorite
- I dislike this album - weird vocal style and poor lyrics - 1.5
psychedelic rock. Ex-componente de Pink Floyd. Sin pena ni gloria.
Genres: Psychedelic folk, folk rock, psychedelic rock Formed: 1968 Run time: 13 songs, 37 min, 47 sec The debut solo album by the English singer-songwriter Syd Barrett, after he left Pink Floyd. He was a founding member of Pink Floyd. Spotify: Least popular song: >723k Most popular song: >9.4M plays. His style is whimsical and playful with surreal elements laced with psychedelic imagery. The general theme is love; looking for it, finding it and losing it. No one song stood out above the rest. The album just had nothing to hook me in. Listen Again?: No My Rating: **
Really a tragic story for Syd but this album is still pretty dull. 4/10
It’s sad to listen to this album knowing Syd’s fate. That being said, not really a great album. Kinda all over the place
This is like being confronted with something very awkward and then trying your very best to not look at it. Look, I get it, co-founder of Pink Floyd and a figurehead of its psychedelic beginnings but this sounds downright uncomfortable and in hindsight shows his deteriorating grip on reality.
Portrait of an artist well on his way to insanity. Critics got this wrong. This would have rightly gotten zero attention without his tenure in Floyd. I am giving the extra star myself for this reason.
The first half had some pretty decent songs in it. I really liked the opener Terrapin, but after Octopus it went downhill really quickly with If It's in You being the worst offender.
Not for me.
this was…. messy. i think it’s clear what the rest of floyd did, without them it just doesnt sound good
Was a hard listen. Cautiously optimistic heading into it based on knowledge of the individual and genre, but mostly found it hard going. Some clear sparks of genius in there, but largely lost in the madness
Musician from famous band strikes out on his own and records a solo album that you must listen to before you die! Even though nothing about that album is particularly interesting
Not a huge fan of this one.
Nope, nuh-uh, didn't like this. "Love You" and "If It's In You" actively pissed me off. 😾 The best thing that ever happened to Pink Floyd was having this particular vein of twee foolishness excised. Fave track - "No Good Trying", let's say, but I'd cheerfully never listen to any of this again.
I knew that I recognised the name Syd Barrett, but couldn’t place where from until resorting to trusty Google. He is one of the founders of Pink Floyd - one of the most respected rock bands ever. This should be god then, right? Let’s listen! Songs I already knew: none Favourites: Love You, Octopus There are album by Pink Floyd that I’ve loved, and albums where I didn’t see the fuss. This falls somewhat into the latter category. The songs range from decent to terrible, with a fairly strong start at the front of the album, then abysmal at the end. The vocals feel very lazy a lot of the time, as if he’s reading turn for the first time and doesn’t care much about being there. Overall, I could recommend some songs on here to people who already like Pink Floyd, but beyond that I’d say not to waste your time with this one.
The instrumentals are experimental and psychedelic as expected but the vocals are the worst part. The overall production is also lackluster. Knowing the history of Syd Barrett I guess he wasn't quite alright when this was made which is a bit sad. I rather go back and listen to Pink Floyd.
All a bit too half arsed, hard work without the right drugs
I feel thoroughly depressed now. Not technically accomplished or particularly sophisticated, but brutal in his honesty about the mental health struggles he had, which ultimately consumed him.
This is more of a novelty/curiosity than actually something that i would consider "good". Uneven vocals and pretty casual song structure... I do get the similar vibe to Piper and Saucerful, but those definitely have more attempts at pop/psychedelic songs.
Not a great album but interesting to see a number of the tracks produced by Dave Gilmour. You can hear early PF but this has regressed rather than progressed. But nonetheless part of rock history.
I respect syd’s creativity, but it’s not for me
Bleak (but sometimes whimsical) psychedelic folk rock. Reading the background of how this album came to exist is quite sad, and it’s easier to understand the album in that context of mental health issues. Some good melodies in here and the lyrics are almost humorous if not depressing. The vocals are very hit or miss for me - I It’s In You was notable in how much I disliked the vocals.
Kinda nothing here which is wild since he’s a Pink Floyd guy
Listened a couple times now and another album I have no idea how to score. First time through, I expected Pink Floyd sound and style, which this album is not. Really kinda folkish sounding to me with nothing really standing out. Dark Globe was the closest sounding Pink song, but I had to tell myself to get off the trying to make this guy into Pink and listen. Wasn't for me. Nothing I wanted to download. Nothing like I was expecting. Dark Globe and Here I Go were OK. My side Syd Barrett story. I was a 15 year old kid, living in Ann Arbor, working for Hardee's for $2.85 an hour. There's was an older guy who worked there, mid-20's who was obsessed with Syd. Would constantly tell me how great this guy was, he made Pink Floyd. The dude was a strange one an I would listen to his stories, but I never became a fan of Syd or this dude, but I let him ramble on. He wasn't there very long, but whenever I hear the name Syd Barret, I think of the strange guy working at Hardees who loved to talk stories of Syd. My rating is a 2. Not outright terrible. Just not my thing and happy I listened once, well twice, but you get the idea 2
Went from a Beatles rip off to a Donovan rip off. Barely even well executed. 2
Tää ei kyl oikein lähe! Jotenki tällänen ihme hyssyttelypaska. 2/5
Ei tää ihan toimi, vaikka Syd herättääkin paljon sympatiaa ja arvostusta.
Not to be cruel but was he shagging some music executive that had to blow budget money on crap they could write off? Otherwise there was no point to this drivel
The thing is, I've always been a huge fan of the Barrett-era Floyd. I adore the whimsical, childlike, and colorful nature of it. It's weird, but not weird for the sake of being weird. It's sad that Barrett is only seen as "that guy who went mad". While it does add a drama to the story, I think it tends to ignore the "genius" in his Pink Floyd works. This album did not help. Entitled "The Madcap Laughs", it capitalizes on Barrett's situation. It does not have the colors and the soul of his works in Pink Floyd. While it has interesting instrumental parts, it's overall a mess of noise. Did Barrett really devolved into that? A tragic story, I guess, but for some reason it made me angry.
It was something...not really for me. Not a fan of his voice, sounds whiny
“Pink Floyd guitarist auditions to be part of the more irritating songs in the Beatles catalogue.”
Surprisingly not my cup of tea. I just felt like the loose feel created a vibe of being at a drug dealers house, smoking joint and then having to suffer through him playing you his songs.
Heard it before?: No Enjoy it?: No, very dreary and monotonous Favourite song: Track 6 - Here I go
Syd est un extrêmement mauvais artiste. Ce petit con se permet même de faire le malin en chantant faux sur la fin de l'album. Les 37 minutes promises m'ont semblées interminables, va te faire foutre Syd.
weird album filled with weird, mostly bad songs. love you is a banger though, wish it had a vacuum solo.
Вроде неплохой альбом, но меня не зацепил :(
Really liked the first half, but it felt weird listening to all the extra takes at the end
A aquest disc se li té més afecte per la història que l'envolta que per la seva qualitat en si mateix. Tothom sentim pena per la vida malograda de Barrett i certament un cert misticisme envolta els temes del disc, però el material no té gaires nanses per on agafar-lo
The Octopus
Song 1 (Terrapin) Miking the plectrum to replace percussion is always a terrible idea - see also Cat Stevens wild world.
Cute to hear once.
Is het een iconisch album? Ja. Is het daarom goede muziek? Nee.
I can see where Pink Floyd started out from this album but it didn’t appeal I’m afraid. 2*
A bit disappointed to be honest. A bit dull....
Boring
singing kinda sucked but the end carried at least for me
It's just boring. Just makes we want to listen to proper Pink Floyd
Best Song: Octopus. At least it has a sort of raw, silly quality that is kind of endearing. Worst Song: Terrapin. Good god if this wasn't the sleepiest introduction I've heard in a while. Overall: I hope it was influential because good god there is little of value here to a modern listener. It never exceeds what feels like the author's first attempt at each song given.
Favourite track(s): Long Gone A bit like a Prog Rock Album without the cool instrumentals. The strumming of the acoustic and squeeking of the electric guitar alone just don't do it for me. Having started this album several times, I have never felt the urge to finish it. Even if it is only a little longer than half an hour. The vocals, in part off rhythm, also don't do it for me. Some interesting parts, especially in Long Gone and If It's In You is kind of funny in the beginning. But that is about it. Not for me.
A worse version of the Beatles
The day would have to be particularly lazy for this album to feel an apropos listening choice. Thing is, there are few, if any, days lazy enough. This album wants to be something more than it is, and Syd Barrett seems to be trying to try so that he could try but somewhere along this line the man forgot his heart at the expense of this album's soul. The album is not suffering a deficit of music or talent, but it is very deficient of soul. The album is the shell of something else, perhaps someone else.
Crap
Boring, greatly dislike this style of music. The fact that it's pretty short is the only thing stopping it from being a 1.
I would like to like this, because of the sadness of the story and the lost genius turning mad is an interesting concept. The album consists of half finished songs with some good ideas and mediocre performance. Only "Golden Hair" (not on the original release) is a great song.
This sounded like someone trying to be the Beatles
Big "meh" from me. It was OK but nothing struck me as interesting
Een soort van lekke opblaasboot, deze plaat! In het begin drijft ie nog wel en ben je nog vol goede moed dat je de overkant haalt, maar uiteindelijk zwem je in je natte box toch maar terug.
Hebben we net eerder deze week Pink Floyd gehad, moet uiteraard het solo-geneuzel van elk voormalig bandlid ook nog in de 1001 albums lijst voorbij komen. 'Onbegrepen genie' noemen ze Syd Barrett dan. Voor mij blijft het hangen bij 'onbegrepen'.
Best een zeikplaat eigenlijk.
Meh. Feels a bit thrown-together and sloppy. I can see the influence, from groups like Belle & Sebastian to something like Coconut Records.
Basic.
Slow psychedelic folk rock
About as meandering as I expected.
I was excited to hear this one, as it went on and on, that excitement faded. I liked the Octopus song though.
2/5 nope
Wan and whimsical and extremely wearing. A disappointing, unfocused record.
I can see how there were bands that maybe branched off of the Syd Barrett tree (possibly Pavement as an example, don’t laugh at me). A few songs I quite liked, and yet some of this just sounds like some guy with a tape recorder and a guitar singing nonsense.
Didn't really connect with it. Wasn't a Pink Floyd person.
Kind of reminds me of a B-rate Beatles or Neutral Milk Hotel with lower sound quality. Don't really even want to finish it, but that may be because it's not great stuff for thesis work more than anything. Did not enjoy.
Didn’t care much for this album. Felt that this had little similarities to Pink Floyd. This was a few years before they got bigger but we’re still around. This album felt more like a recording session than an album. Some may like that but it wasn’t for me. 4.4/10
I'm going to come back to this one. It's a case study.
Sounds like a drunk Englishman performing karaoke... A massive lack of any melody in pretty much every song. Only redeeming quality might be that the silliness makes some of the songs kind of silly and memorable. 3/10
Ah Poor old Syd, a little too much acid and a fried brain of a genius. You just have to listen to early Floyd to here his songwriting prowess. Whilst nothing on The Madcap Laughs compares with say
Può essere che io non sia il più adatto a parlarne, ma mi pare che questo disco abbia più fama per la sua storia che per altro. Mi paiono tutte canzoni scollegate e che hanno molto più senso per il cantante che per noi. 'Octopus' perché dovrebbe distinguersi?
Bueno a secas
Too depressing...
Overall pretty boring.
Not really my preference. Kind of mopey and weird. Didn't enjoy the melodies much.
BAF
Melko tylsä tämäkin levy. Ei herättänyt juuri mitään tunteita
The best of this album IMO: - No Man's Land - Here I Go Really not a fan of the voice (especially in If It's In You). Music is minimalist, calm, nothing big and feel-good. Not really my thing though? 2.4/5
Not much substance
i was expecting more of a pink floyd sound
Discordant ramblings of a drug-addled brain. Maybe I’m being too closed minded but I think I’d need some serious chemical assistance to expand my mind far enough to see the appeal of this one.
I’m not a fan of psychedelic folk, something I hadn't realized pre-1001, and this batch seems late to the game in 1970. It’s interesting historically based on who Syd was and the fact that his fellow Floyds “helped him out” on side 2, but it's not my cup of tea.
This was too raw and unfinished for my taste, he sounded like he slapped together these songs while high, or performed them stoned, or all of the above.
In which outsider folk makes a terrifying anti-drug PSA.
I would give this 1.5 stars if I could, but I'll round up. It's weird, but not actively offensive.
For some reason I thought this was Syd Barrett and was expecting something very different
Didn't really get on with this, dunno why, just found it a bit annoying, sorry I guess
Yeah, I don’t know. Bowie loved it, eh? Yeah, I don’t know.
Not really in to this.
The only thing I knew about syd barret was this lyrics "Thou shalt not take the names of Johnny Cash, Joe Strummer, Johnny Hartman, Desmond Dekker, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix or Syd Barrett in vain" so was somewhat excited to hear his solo stuff but wasn't too impressed by it. Bit all over the place for me. 2, not for me but not bad, possibly could listen again but not worth a 3 for me.
This is reminds me very much of The Kinks album. In that it reminds me very much of The Beatles but not as good. It has some silly nonsensical lyrics and a couple of tracks that I like. I like the lyrics in Love You for instance. It's not too bad but I do prefer that album to this though overall.
Meh. Nothing really stands out, every songs sounds like the precedent.
Love Pink Floyd, but didn’t manage to get into the Syd stuff so far…
Did not enjoy
Харизматичный наркоман открывает дорогу юношам с томным взглядом в следующую сотню лет. А гитару все же следует настраивать.
Like eating plain rice or cornflakes without milk. Bland in the extreme.
Didn’t dislike this but got the impression it was pulled together with some scraps and ideas - his story is a sad one and far more interesting than his music
Pink Floyd is my favorite band, yet I never really liked Barrett's music.
There's a reason Pink Floyd's albums become more enjoyable after Syd's departure. That said, I was pleasantly surprised with this album. There are a few bangers, though the rest is somewhat hokey, silly, forgettable.
A mixed bag of oddities. Love Syd’s voice with Terrapin, Octopus and Gold Hair being the most enjoyable tracks. The others I can take or leave. Mostly likely to leave.
I listened to some of this, and it was below average early Pink Floyd. This may be an unfair rating as I didn’t hear the whole album, but I just couldn’t fight my way through it.
Starts off alright then gets a little unfocused.
Mostly whimsical. On in the background and didn't grab my attention.
Not my cup of tea
psychedelic rock. Ex-componente de Pink Floyd. Sin pena ni gloria.
Sounds like an audition tape for a Beatles Act in Vegas. I am starting to think I have terrible taste in music. All of these "100 most influential albums" are like... nails on a chalkboard to my ears. The live recorded, and intimate vibe is cool and different. nasal flat vocals out of 5
The only value in this one is the historic documentation of Syd’s degradation. Some of the songs I know mostly from covers that Fishman would do before he played the vacuum. I’ll round a 1.5 up to 2 just being generous.
Modern Leonard Cohen. Weak production
I liked some of the songs, but there were some total turds on here. I prefer Donovan when feeling these vibes.
@@. Really weird album, especially the singing.
-Very psychedelic. -Not the greatest vocals
ehhh
Didn't care for Syd's nassaly vocals, songs were whimsical, but almost unpleasantly so. guitar work was very basic.
Pure shite
Painful
Gear: SIMGOT SuperMix 4 Artwork: 🥀🦶📷 Production: 📏🥾😑 Music: 😳🤨😖 Rating: 🤡(🤡)/5
The sound of early 60s London except awful.
This is really f*&%*$g bad!
At best it reminded me of Neutral Milk Hotel but worse in almost every single capacity or late era Beatles but worse in almost every single capacity, and at worst, I just desperately wanted the song to finish without me having to hear more outtakes and wails or w/e else. Felt like a waste of 40 minutes honestly.
Not great.
In a vacuum, it kinda sucks. You really need the rock history context to understand the meaning and purported importance of this album. More than half a century on, this sounds as obscure and irrelevant as you probably think it is. Because the album requires backstory, it doesn't stand on its own merit (what merit?) and thus shouldn't appear here.
A brain ruined by acid and other psychedelics, post ego death and post shame. I want to call it self-indulgent, but the music doesn’t sound like Barrett was able to indulge in much at all anymore. Listening to this just bummed out in a way that feels masochistic rather than cathartic
I was begging for mercy after listening to a couple of songs. It does have that 70's vibe, but only the cheesy one!
loquis
The Beatles had many imitators, and this is one of them. The only real laugh (madcap or otherwise) is that there doesn't seem to be anything interesting or comprehensible here.
The best I can say about this album is that at least it’s not Britpop. The song Feel reminds me of trying to learn the guitar, jumping from one discordant chord to another. Then came the song If it’s In You where he abandons any attempt to hit a note. My feeling is if the name Pink Floyd were not attached to this album it would not have seen the light of day.
I don’t know Syd Barrett, and I don’t really care to get to know much of his work after this. It just felt messy and not sure of itself. I also felt many of the songs could have been left out, especially at the end. Not every album needs to be an hour for the sake of it.
Just don't think this is actually any good. Half formed ideas that don't sit right together, an album that just peters out to the end and it's barely 35 minutes long at that. Trading on past glories.
Bored 🥱
Kanskje det svakeste albumet hittil.
ugh, so annoying. it's like listening to a hippie egomaniac in his band room and there's no way to escape
Boring. Unmelodic
Ich wäre gerne so reich dass ich die master tapes hiervon kaufen könnte, um zu verhindern dass sich jemand das jemals wieder anhören muss. Was soll das? Das ist schlecht produzierter Müll von nem Typen der zu viel LSD für Pink Floyd (!) genommen hat. Schlimm.
I don’t like his style anyway, Piper At The Gates of Dawn got ⭐️ and this is terrible and made me feel uncomfortable. I imagine a mentally well Syd would be mortified at this being out there but I guess how can I know that? Anyway, this doesn’t need to exist let alone be one to hear before I die
Not for me.
What a freaking mess. But that’s even in the lyrics: This is a story 'bout a girl that I knew She didn't like my songs And that made me feel blue She said: "A big band is far better than you" You know, she was goddamn right.
Meh? I think this might be my least favorite debut album I’ve listened to on this website. It just felt disjointed, boring, and odd to me. Overall, this album was a slog to listen to and I don’t see myself returning to this anytime soon.
Mediocre
This put me in a bad mood
Was one of the first albums I was going to rate early at a 2 but then the last 3 tracks of godawful demo tracks that sound like Spinal Tap outtakes put the nail in the coffin.
More like the madcap cries, because it’s what I wanted to do after hearing two tracks of this terrible album.
He had mental health issues. This is not his fault.
Fucking woeful, not a single redeeming song 1 star
What a boring pretentious album Jesus this is horrible
Barrett’s is a very sad story. Gives context to this rough, inconsistent, and unfinished collection of solo tracks. He was a great writer, but that wasn’t enough to overcome the struggles that seemed to rob him of his awareness and potential for success. I hope his later years away from the spotlight and music industry served him better. But, at the end of the day this album is of the lowest quality and unfortunately, feels quite pathetic.
Sad. Really sad. Not sure why an album recorded in these circumstances and so obviously the product of someone deeply unwell (and therefore not very good at all) made it onto this list.
Bit boring to me
I don’t even know how to rate this. This sucked. Singer is awful and no music to back up the terrible vocals.
no
Syd Barrett was the north star for all those great Pink Floyd records but his own music is barely tolerable. Not much going on here sorry! A lot of it feels unfinished and even decent tracks like "Octopus" sound at best like Beatles solo outtakes. No reason for this to be on here.
Sad one here. It feels very exploitative. Syd was clearly on the downward spiral here.
This was not good. Not finished, poor vocals, just sketches from a genre i dont enjoy anyway. Its only here due to his story and mythology. If he'd not made his previous albums, released this and then gone on to live a happy life as an accountant no one would have ever heard this.
So what did Syd do after Pink Floyd? Oh. Well, it’s still more accessible than anything he did with Pink Floyd.
Genuinely horrific songwriting AND his voice is awful. If you put all that aside, everything else is also bad.
The guy sounded like he didn't want to sing any of these songs.
I don’t consider myself a music buff. But I really got the sense that you could listen to the Beatles or David Byrne and you’d miss none of the experience that this is going for. Also Syd Barrett’s voice is not that great. If It’s In You was kind of hard to listen to at a couple of points.
Trashhhh
Answers the age old question: "what if instead of making the best pop music in history while suffering a mental collapse, Brian Wilson had instead caterwauled tunelessly until my teeth hurt?"
Didn't listen to all of this. Psychedelic rock is not my thing.
Ehh. En pidä. Oli siellä yks hauska biisi missä tyttökaveri ei tykänny tän musasta.
Madcap definitely. Can tell he was a founding member of Pink Floyd
Ridiculous. Low effort low production but not in a way that’s impressive or fun to listen to, just in the way where it reminds me how little male artists can do/ how mediocre they can be to be deemed amazing. This sucked.
I'm a big Pink Floyd fan, though not as familiar with Barrett's era (I have heard the early albums just not as much). I like Floyd's psychedelic stuff, but this album was a disappointment. I guess I don't really know what I expected as I've never heard Syd's solo work before, but I just found this hard to listen to. Felt like rambling and almost not trying in a way. I understand he had serious mental issues, so who knows what the intention was or what he was thinking. Perhaps you either get it or you don't - and sadly I don't.
I had high expectations for this record. I mean, it’s Syd Barrett! I did enjoy some of his work with early Pink Floyd. He was always a weird and interesting person. Lyrically, and stylistically. But this record just wasn’t good. It feels like live recordings from a small room. The acoustic guitar isn’t played that nice and his vocal delivery is boring and uninspiring. Not a single song on here was good. Which is a shame given the legendary status of Syd Barrett. Perhaps when I was getting into Pink Floyd, and I listened to this record in that time frame, I’d appreciate it a bit more? But that ship has definitely sailed.
This is weird. Not even good weird. just weird. Its a kind of freedom in a way- to go so hard against expected norms. But I just hated listening to this Lyrics are actually decent tho smh How does an album get progessively worse? Idk but this did. 0.5/5
Según la Wikipedia, este disco no solo aparece en esta lista sino también en otras listas de “mejores discos” en Rolling Stones o Guardian. Lo siento pero es una paja de crítico gafa pasta. No hay por dónde cogerlo. Si no fuera “Syd Barrett”, este disco no habría siquiera salido adelante. En definitiva, faltando en esta lista tantas mujeres o música del mundo, es un insulto que esto esté aquí.
Nope!
Warmed over Beatles, or a parody of itself. Generator, you can do better.
This one is in the running for most boring album on the list. Syd Barrett was extremely talented, but I suspect he was one of those whose talent shone most while surrounded by other very talented individuals. Favorite track: probably "Octopus"
I've never been a Pink Floyd fan, so I didn't have that as a jumping off point for this album. I also wasn't aware of the mental health stuff surrounding the creation of the album until after I was done listening, and maybe the context makes these songs more interesting in a way, but I could not wait for it to be over. This just came off as a bunch of tossed off screwing around to me and I kind of hated most of it.
Näe det här borde aldrig givits ut, och än mindre tagit en plats på den här listan. Elakt mot alla inblandade även om det är lite intressant med en inblick i en stackars sates hjärna.
nichts, was man nicht schon von anderen 60er-acts gehört hat. nichts was bleibt.
I feel uncomfortable listening to this. It feels like staring at someone in the street because they are behaving oddly. This does sound like someone who is struggling with their mental health strumming a guitar and making weird lyrics up as they go along. It does not - to me - sound like the work of a genius. I love the first Pink Floyd album, and not really anything else they did. So maybe Syd being there was the spark they needed, but this shows none of that. Rambling, incoherent and no more engaging than a busker on the street (admittedly one that is slightly off-kilter) with the added twist that I don't recognise any of the songs here. My overall feeling was that I was peering too deeply into someone's torment, and the fact it was recorded, lauded and shared so widely made this quite discomfiting.
If I thought I was sick of regular Pink Floyd....
Syd was always the worst songwriter in Pink Floyd by my money, and I don't really understand people who pine for his era of the band. His solo stuff is even worse.
Yeah, sorry, I disliked this a lot. There were like 2 songs that I somewhat enjoyed, but the rest of the album made me want to turn it off. I appreciate trying shit out, but most of this was kinda grating on my ears.
Singer/ songwriter. Not the best songs.
Hate this! Hate the sound, hate the lyrics
not my fave
Definitely not for me.
this was insanely hard to listen to, i only got to the fourth song and gave up. it was whiny and just coulodnt listen anymore howerver i do wanna give pink floyd a try in the future
Pink Floyd is one of my favorite bands of all time, but I had no idea Syd Barrett yad a solo career; I wish I still hadn't. Favorite Track: "Love You".
psychedelic rock yok yaaa
1/5. Seems like an earnest attempt at making something unique, and I can see it being a decent listen for some people who like this era of music. There are some fun and interesting pieces on here. There are a lot more really rough and unlistenable tracks though. The latter really outweigh the former, and make this an album I wouldn't recommend to anyone, even fans of Pink Floyd.
- I don’t know how to review this. It’s a sad story that he was dealing with the onset of schizophrenia without getting the help that he needed. If the album was supposed to be about someone who was trying to express their feelings about going through that, that would be one thing, but this just felt like experiencing someone lose their grip on reality who didn’t know they were unravelling. - Sadly, while there are good musical ideas in there, it is all very unfinished, chaotic, and ends up feeling like a chore. - I don’t know how to phrase this, so this is with utmost respect for Syd, the human being, but I felt like I shouldn’t be listening to this and that it’s exploitative to have released it. It just made me sad that he didn’t have people advocating for/helping him; instead, people who let this album get made and released it while he was in that state. It felt voyeuristic in a very non-consensual way - like a snuff film. I usually listen to the albums at least twice, but this time, even once felt like too much.
Ass
So much garbage music in this low-effort album that just dragged forever. Not a monday morning kind of album. A lot of albums here get added based on the artist's resume and not an individual album's merit, which leads to a lot of crap.
Not for me. 1/5
at least the songs are short
I've never listened to this album (74). Overrated. All the worst aspects of early Pink Floyd (which is the worst era of PF anyways).
151/1089 if the first track is anything to go by… this will be a struggle for me i fear. This was a hard listen, just really not a fan of this style of production, vocal or lyricism Golden Hair *almost* made it not a complete bust for me but it still was missing something. Love You and If It’s In You are particularly bad standouts imo 15/100
Just a bunch of hot trash.
This was a tough listen. Especially knowing Syd's history. Favorites: None Would I listen to it again: No
Woof. This was a rough one to make it through.
Almost got through it, it was like nails on a chalkboard.
2.38
This one ain’t it
The moments of mediocrity were the highlights
Unlistenable garbage. I couldn't make it all the way through a single song. ⭐
I just can't.
Incoherent rambling
Mega chujnia, pierwszy kawalek tylko ujdzie ale tak to dramat xdd
Man that was terrible
Tails off very hard and was just waiting for it to end.
I'm sorry Syd, but what the hell was that shit. slowly losing his marbles diddling around on a guitar with no direction. Any moment a reasonable track starts to turn up it's way too self aware ("I remembered this song/kinda catchy"). Sorry many, I'm gonna stuck with mid era Floyd. 1.4/5 - 1/5
this is really not for me. if i had to pick my top 2 songs it'd have to be terrapin and feel.
Meh
Yeah, no. Syd is referenced in so many Pink Floyd songs and whole albums. I don't have much use for this album except it inspired me to check the first PF album when Syd was in charge, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn - way more interesting!
Never again
Not my vibe 😅 but interesting lore.
Unlistenable. 1/5
I really don't like 'wannabe psychadelic' music. Not everyone needs an experimental sound. This is crap. 1/10
Boring. A very bad Beatles impersonation.
Proof that the sum of the parts is greater than the loose parts.
Nicht mein Stil diese alte rockige Musik
Ugh. I'm not a huge fan of Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd, and this is just even worse, multiplied by crazy. 1.25 stars because it's better than Krautrock.
This didn't grab me
I love Pink Floyd more than the next chap, but good god this album sucks. 2/10
This could have been the worst thing ive ever heard. How can you do this to me?