Reviews (page 8 of 8)
He's a fucking terrible singer. The rest was ok
I like PF but not a fan of this.
This is a 1 I don’t give lightly. I love Floyd, and the legend of Barrett is fascinating. But even by his own admission, this is not a representative artistic statement from him.
So you know how sometimes, band members get booted for having creative differences, and the person getting kicked out says "screw you guys, imma write the music I like and it's gonna be awesome!" And then they produce absolute swill? This feels exactly like that. They say Pink Floyd was never the same once he left, I can only assume that's true because they got better.
If you like a droning monotone singer you'll like this. I don't.
Trash.
This is... Appalling. It's Beatles-esque late 60s psychadellic pop way past the pinnacle of Beatles-esque late 60s psychadellic pop. Syd sounds almost exactly like Neil from the Young Ones. From a musical history perspective, this may be an album to include. From an objective point of view, this album is terrible. It shouldn't have been made at all. It definitely shouldn't have been included in this list on the basis of any merit inherent in the work. Dear gods. "If it's in you" is atrocious in a way that actually, legitimately gives me a headache. This is a car-crash of an album and it feels ghoulish to be even listening to it.
It's not the worst thing I've ever heard. It's not good at all, either. I honestly couldn't wait til it was over so I think it has to be a 1. On a wider note I'm not sure I get this one's inclusion. I guess it's a historical interest thing to know what Syd Barrett was doing after he left Pink Floyd, but like, who is this for? This album feels more like a set of demos or 30 mins of noodling around in the studio than an album. Best song: Octopus? maybe?
Nope.
This sounds like a Ringo Starr album if Ringo didn't have the benefit of John, Paul, and George helping him write and perform any of it.
Jesus wept, this was hard work!
I think this might be what I sound like when I'm in the shower, singing, after having had a few too many. It isn't a very appealing thing to listen to. Most of this is incoherent. I wouldn't know that this was in any way someone attached to the formation of Pink Floyd. This was just not very good.
I know Syd Barrett's name from Pink Floyd, but I've never listened to any of his music before (not even Piper at the Gates of Dawn). I know the man was going through some pretty heavy stuff when he made this album, and I feel a tad guilty being critical of it, but woof, this was not my cup of tea. All of the songs just kind of blended together. Nothing really stood out to me, and there was nothing about this album that even separates it from other psychedelic music of the era. It honestly sounds like someone was making a movie about England in the late sixties, and just as they were wrapping production, they realized they forgot to have a soundtrack, but they only had $400 left in the budget to put towards the music, and this was the result. I listened to about 30 minutes of this on my drive to work, and when I got out of the car, I went to check how many more songs were left, and when I saw that I was only about halfway done with the album, I fell to my knees and cried out to God, demanding to know why he would make me suffer more than Job. I'm going to listen to Spoon's Hot Thoughts to cleanse my palette.
Sounded slowed down. Appreciate someone getting critically acclaimed and having my shower voice though.
this album was a mess. I feel like there was some flashes of brilliance but it was mostly just rambling and jangly noise
A wandering tirade of musical randomness. Very disappointing.
I find it totally fine and 100% acceptable for artists to complete vanity albums. There is nothing wrong with that and there are times when they come out great. I say that to make it clear that I don't have a problem with this record existing. But despite it's historical context, it has no business on this list. It doesn't show the listener anything special about Syd and the songs themselves are not good. So I'm afraid this one is a dud.
Fuck off, Pink Floyd wanker.
This just feels like the exploitation of mental illness. There are fragments of good songs on here (No Good Trying, Late Night), but the majority of it has the feeling of watching something you’re not supposed to be privy to. If It’s In You is a horrifying listen.
So sloppy I kinda hoped this was a mental asylum recording like skip Henderson
Mostly random strumming. Some songs sounded like a dog giving birth. Just feels like someone real high threw shit at the wall to see what stuck.
This reminds me of going to your friend's cute older brother's performance at an open mic night or something. You know, the instance when your crush abruptly ends bc you realize his art kind of sucks ? :/
Sounds exactly like something a guy who dropped too much acid during his life would make. Would not listen again.
Nope.
Not for me. I’m sure there are people who absolutely love this and can break down every chord and lyric but I just couldn’t get into it at all.
Some absolute shite on this album. Golden Hair was one of the ponyest
Well that was an exercise in trying to fit a square peg into a round hole, wasn't it? Maybe this is the curse of such high art: when it's almost kinda sorta borderline music, that's the only way our mere human minds can process it. In any case, my puny brain gives it a 1/5.
Seems that Syd was as bored singing this album as I was listening to it.
p220. 1970. 1 star. Drug addled half baked outtakes from an acidhead casualty do not make for interesting listening. WTF is this doing on this list? "I tattooed my brain all the way/Won't you miss me? Wouldn't you miss me at all?" Actually Syd, no we won't.
Yeah, there's a reason he wasn't in Pink Floyd anymore
Meandering and dull. He sounds like he's making up the tune as he goes along.
Foei, wat langdradig
Sorry not it, mailed two books today though
Heard before: no Hard to get through, to be honest. To some extent that's personal preference - it just feels like whimsical 60s psychedelic pop, without enough edge on the psychedelia to get me through it. Is it on this list because it's interesting that Syd Barrett was a founding member of Pink Floyd, despite not being there for the band's actually good albums?
Oof
Another awful album
Dreary, meandering and dull.
Kids. Don't do drugs.
If this guy hadn't previously been a part of Pink Floyd, there is no way this album would have been made. I can appreciate a touched mind's deranged performances (RIP Wesley Willis), but this is just nonsense.
Nope
The album is garbage. I realize Syd was in Pink Floyd but that doesn't make his music good. The album is best described a psychedelic folk music. It takes two separate genres that aren't good to create another genre that is worse. Maybe that is the noteworthy part of the album.
weird - aber nicht das gute weird (meistens). Golden hair und long gone sind hörbar, der rest eigentlich nicht.
Not for me
fuck this tedious and boring POS.
Oof, this one was tough. Very all over the place and the songs seemingly kept repeating?? Or else the album was just making me crazy, which is entirely possible. I'm seeing in the other reviews that this album basically documents Syd's degradation and, yep, that tracks.
Did not like it.
This sounds like something I could have made when high
Pretty bad. 1 Def. Some pretty good lyrics, but nothing to redeem it...
Shite
Straight up junk drug music. Hard no for me, dawg.
The vocals ruin this album for me. It sounds like a drunk at karaoke complete with the shitty echo of a school gym. This effect could be used pointedly in a single song, but instead it's throughout the whole album.
didn't enjoy at all
1 Star - Don't know why it's on this list. It doesn't seem remotely psychadelic, which is what I thought his appeal to most people is.
Still not over the Bert Jansch fiasco to get into more folk so this album needed to throw a few upbeat tracks my way. Recognised the name and obviously as he’s a founding member of Pink Flloyd. Reading he was kicked out for “perceived mental illness” and “excessive use of psychodelic drugs”. I’m getting massive Beatles vibes off this record in part. Particularly Ringo-ish. The lyrics are simple and juvenile. And the upstroke guitar style playing in infuriating. I am also sensing a disconnect between the audio quality and style between tracks and further reading shows it was recorded over a number of years and the album has various production credits. I’m feeling quite laboured getting thru these albums as of late so I’m needing something I already know and I’d already rate as a 5 star album. 17 albums in and only one song added to my various Spotify playlists is not a good sign.
It goes against the spirit of the whole album-a-day thing but I stopped listening to this after "golden hair". I can see why some people might like it. Some kinks / small faces / Beatles vibes but overall depressing and folky. Not for me.
Just bad
Hogwash
Not terribly good.
Did not enjoy
never cared much for barrett-era floyd. it all kinda sounds the same. psychedelia on psychedelia. i think i'd have appreciated this more if it was something i had explored in my formative years. hearing it now for the first time its just sad and boring
Highlights: Terrapin Lowlights: Dark Globe, If It's In You A hybrid of folk and psychadelic, nice guitar playing...Improvisational? I don't know, most of the album sounds sloppy and unrehearsed. Contains some of my least favorite tropes in music: The random conversation before/after a track is played because the artist felt it relevant to include it. I did not like this album.
yo, mis gorgoritos y mi guitarra
good lord, what was that. he can't sing.