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The album starts with One of these days, starting the album in Floyd's customary way of slowly leading in the album, both in speed and dynamics. After some wind sound affects to build tension, the main bass riff comes in. Kind of repetetive, but still good none the less. There is also their usual synth effects. After a while the guitar comes in with some nice distortion that really adds to the song. Then it goes into a really cool effect on the bass line which just leaves me going, YES! Pretty awesome. A demonic voice comes in saying, One of these days, I will cut you into little pieces. Rather dark. We have some more of the same, and then the song ends, leading into the next track, A Pillow of Winds.

A Pillow of a wind is one of Floyd's only really quite love songs. A drastic change from a demonic voice telling me that it's going to cut me into tiny pieces. It's quite, sad, and relaxing. Very soothing instrument and vocal effects. Over all, a good piece. This leads us into one of their finest moments as a group, the song Fearless.

Fearless is my favorite song on side one. The beginning starts with the main riff. A strong choir of male voices can softly be heard in the background. The main vocals come in. We go through the song enjoying it immensley. It's very easy to get this song stuck in your head. I often find myself singing it. It's great both as background music, or something you can really just sit down and listen to intently. Very soothing. As we near the end, the music starts fading, and we hear the same choir singing that sang in the beginning. A strange ending, but somehow fitting. The next song on the album is San Tropez.

It begins with a peppy guitar riff. Shortly after, the vocals come in with a catch first line, As I reach for a peach. I kind of lose track of the lyrics after that. Sounds pretty happy though. There's an accousitc piano playing in the back. Over all, just very happy and peppy. Catchy too. The song on the album I listen to the least though. Quite enjoyable. This brings us to the next song, Seamus.

I did some research, and I found that Seamus is actually the name of the dog that is heard baying and howling during the song. In fact he is listed on the vocals as Seamus the Dog. That made me laugh. This is a sort of mock blues. Not too bad, but the dog can get pretty annoying at times. It's all worth for Seamus the Dog though. Ha. Good for all of you blues fans, but probably my leasy favorite on the album.

After this we approach side two. This side consists of one epic. Echoes. My favorite of the album. Although this is too long to detail out in full, suffice to say that it is a master piece in my eyes. It fits the band's usual style of randomness and just overall psychadelicness. I love every second of it, and have a feeling of sadness when it ends, yet it leaves me fullfilled as it slowly fades out with just the perfect timing and everything else needed to end both an epic song, and album. A master piece.

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