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Possibly the weirdest album ever (the closest thing to this one is Cream's "Wheels On Fire" and even that one is an ordinary thing compared to this). CD 1 is live and it's really good! I don't like "A Saucerful Of Secrets"'s studio's version, but live it's way better. The other songs are also pretty good, dark and well played. "Careful..." has a very creepy scream too, and it's a good song. The atmosphere of this CD is amazing. CD 2 is a bunch of experiments: each member got about half vynil side to put whatever they came up with. Rick gives us the sometimes scary "Sysyphus" and Roger puts in the "normal" folk song "Grantchester Meadows", but he follows it with "longest song title ever or something like that" which has a bunch of animals' sounds , which is entertaining. Dave's "The Narrow Way" sounds a bit more "normal, especially the last part which is the closest to the well known side of the band. And Nick's contribution sounds like a lot of noises but it creates some atmosphere, surrounded by some nices flutes. If you are into dark and trippy albums, you will probably enjoy it. But do NOT start with Pink Floyd here. CD 1: 4 stars, CD 2: 3 stars, but it's not good enough to get more than 3 overall.

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