Barrett (CD)

As the visionary singer/songwriter/guitarist behind the original, groundbreaking incarnation of Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett changed the face of pop music. He was one of the true pioneers of psychedelia, his being a particularly British blend of whimsy, hallucinogenic drugs, and freak-friendly, extraterrestrial pop-rock. Due to acid damage and emotional problems, he barely made it to the second Floyd album, but after getting himself dropped from the band, he embarked on a brief, fascinating solo career in the early 1970s before becoming a recluse at his mother's house in Cambridge. Although rumors of home recordings and even a full-blown comeback circulated for years, Barrett died in 2006 from diabetes-related complications at the age of 60.

• Category:  Music  »  Rock & Pop  »  Psychedelic
• Format: CD   Learn more about the CD format using Tower WIKI.
• Release Date: July 23, 1996
• Label: Capitol/EMI Records
• UPC: 077774660624
• WAPI (Tower ID): 106714809
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #32575 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
• #11015 in Rock & Pop (See Top 100 Rock & Pop Bestsellers)
• #138 in Psychedelic (See Top 100 Psychedelic Bestsellers)

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Personnel: Syd Barrett (vocals, guitar); Vic Saywell (tuba); Richard Wright (piano, harmonium, organ); David Gilmour (bass instrument); Jerry Shirley (drums).

If THE MADCAP LAUGHS showed Syd Barrett's paring down his songs into their basic components to reveal their inner workings, then BARRETT is the fruition of that process. While BARRETT is not a tremendous departure from what Barrett had been working on earlier, it seems to have benefited from Rick Wright taking Roger Waters's place alongside David Gilmour in the producer's chair. (If Waters had trouble "getting" Barrett in the context of Floyd, then there was little chance of a sympathetic ear during the solo sessions.)

Wright and Gilmour also accompany Barrett on much of the material. Their tasteful blend of murmured bass, harmonium, and piano nicely complements Barrett's acoustic strumming and the album's slower pace and slightly darker mood, providing a counterpoint to Barrett's dislike of conventional song structure. From the seemingly paranoid free-association of "Rats" to the dirge "Maisie," Barrett seems to be channeling his wounded psyche directly to the vinyl. But just when you think you've heard it all, Barrett surprises with the beautiful (and almost conventional) "Gigolo Aunt." The importance of the contributions that Syd Barrett--a man simultaneously years ahead and years behind the times--made to music are undeniable.

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