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This is an early soundtrack album by "The Pink Floyd", as they were then better known. It was the first of two films by director Barbet Schroeder they would provide music for. While their reimbursement for their efforts may seem meagre even by 1969 standards (£600), they had the good sense to retain full ownership of the rights to the music. The film was not exactly a blockbuster, and even fell foul of the censors in the UK where the sex scenes had to be cleaned up prior to gaining an 18 certificate. The album is significant in the Pink Floyd time line, as it was the first of the post Barrett releases.

The first two tracks will be familiar to most fans, as they were included in the "Relics" collection. We open with "Cirrus minor", a lovely soft song, with Waters favoured descending melody. Suddenly as the track fades, we are blown away by Pink Floyd's heaviest and loudest song ever. "The Nile song" is a superb cacophony of wailing guitars, screams and rough vocals set to a backdrop of a wall of sound.

In truth, these two songs represent the best of what of on offer here, the remaining tracks generally sounding like they were written specifically for a soundtrack. That said, this is a very diverse album, and as such does not really feel like a Pink Floyd release. There are some pretty tunes and nice sounds, but they are generally dull and uninspiring.

The song writing credits show that all but one of the seven tracks on side one are Roger Waters compositions (one, "Up the Khyber", with Nick Mason). The final track on side one "Party sequence" and all but one on the second side are band compositions, the sole exception being David Gilmour's (or Gilmore as he was credited in the film titles) "A Spanish piece". Roughly half of the tracks are instrumentals, some of which are jazzy link pieces of little substance. "Main theme" is interesting for the keyboard sounds Rick adds, as they sound very synthesiser like, but predate the commercial availability of that instrument.

In all, not a Pink Floyd album to get excited about. If you have "Relics", you have the best of what's on offer here anyway.

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