The Madcap Laughs
by Syd Barrett
Oct 01 2025
Two tracks in, already prefer it to Piper At The Gates Of Dawn. Here I Go is good. Lots of unfinished tracks, especially on side two. Some pompous people try and demonstrate how smart they are by never finishing anything. "Please hold on to the steel rail." Late Night is charming. I'm at the end, some of the tracks work but a lot of them don't and are just irritating. I'm still not hearing a genius here, though I did listen to Joni Mitchell's Blue before this so maybe that's skewing my ears here.