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The piper at the gates of dawn, is just amazing

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Both great albums indeed, but IMHO "Saucerful" has the edge. Though Syd Barrett's songs are lovely and entertaining, I have a definite preference for stuff like the title-track or "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun".

Piper was a good first effort but saucerful is almost a perfect album. See-Saw is the only track that is not brilliant.

Let there be more light has just about the best intro ever which leads into a magnificernt bit of space-prog

Remember a day is a beautiful and under-rated bit of psych by Wright

Set the Controls is a prog-rock icon

Corporal Clegg is another lovely bit of psych with some beautiful melodies and vocal harmony

The title track is absolutely classic and challenging prog from the start to the spine-tingling finish.

Jugband Blues is Syd Barretts swansong with Floyd and a fittingly fine song with prophetic lrics.

To me its a toss-up between this and Dark Side for the best Floyd album.

Astronomy Domine tips it in favour of Piper... for me

Some swear they see me weeping in the poppy fields of France

A Saucerful of Secrets.

Mainly because of the title track. Piper is OK.

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Can SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS be considered as a BARRETT era album???

He wrote ONE short song ..the last one that don't flow with the rest of the album and if my memory is right, he even doesn't play on SAUCERFUL at all.

I think PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN has gotten overinflated praise through the ages; yes, it was an important album historically with some great songs on it.....

.....but frankly. who can listen to it in its entirety in 2007 and found the whole thing great..

....some very childish songs and a few ''experimental '' tracks, just noise for me...

So i go with SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS

febus wrote:

Can SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS be considered as a BARRETT era album???

He wrote ONE short song ..the last one that don't flow with the rest of the album and if my memory is right, he even doesn't play on SAUCERFUL at all.

I think PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN has gotten overinflated praise through the ages; yes, it was an important album historically with some great songs on it.....

.....but frankly. who can listen to it in its entirety in 2007 and found the whole thing great..

....some very childish songs and a few ''experimental '' tracks, just noise for me...

So i go with SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS

I also go with Saucer

I believe Syd played on 3 tracks, including Set The Controls and it is considered a Barrett era album because it is essentially still Barrett's Floyd - their style hadn't changed that much from Piper and Gilmour was still not a full member at the time the recording started.

The title track is almost a lost Floyd epic and is their first non space rock epic, giving glimpses of what they would later produce on AHM.

Jugband is a fitting swansong for Barrett with Floyd and ends the album perfectly (I don't care if the sun don't shine ... come on you stranger, you legend, you martyr, and shine)

What?

I'll go with A saucerful, I find Piper terrible.

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Piper is an incredible piece of psychedelic superultra-gold.

My vote goes for "Piper." No album shows the genius of Syd Barrett's psychedelic songwriting style--in terms of lyrics, instrumental arrangement, vocal style--like "Piper" does. While "Saucerful" has many great moments, "Piper" is amazing from start to finish. The album is a masterpiece of psychedelic rock.

Edited by bluetailfly - September 13 2007 at 12:16

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Poll Question: Best album of Syd Barett era...
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
The piper at the gates of dawn	35	[43.75%]
A saucerful of secrets	45	[56.25%]
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