BARRETT

But actually this wasn´t his first solo effort, so many bands or artists have given the title of themselves as a band to their first record, so the name of "Barret" could sound as the name of his introduction as a solo artist, but this wasn´t the case, and after all that doesn´t matter. In 1970 after the release of The Madcap Laughs, Mr. Barrett created his second album in the same year, well actually he had made some of his compositions before left Pink Floyd, so his repertoire was easily filled.

We all know that Syd Barrett gave his own style and touch to Pink Floyd, he was actually the risponsible of the name of the band, the first leader and the man whose psychedelic and minimalist tendencies marked an era in the early PF, who the hell don´t remember Interestellar Overdrive or that Barrettesques songs like Arnold Layne or Candy and a Currant Bun...These kind of songs were continued by him when he left PF, and in his solo releases we can notice that.

"Barrett" is a pretty nice albums full of his personal touch, which shows us yet his weird lyrics, his psychedelic acid based guitar playing, and his unique voice which sometimes seems to be tired or drugged, but it´s nothing but Syd Barrett!, so we cannot change it, we have to accept it and determinate if we like it or not. I personally like this album and general Barrett music, but after all being a prog lover i think his solo music is definitely not the best...(i know i know, he is under prog related) but anyway some of the psychedelic and weird songs could be prog.

This album with 37 minutes approx, contains 12 songs, none of them passes the 5 minutes but "Gigolo Aunt" which is one of the best songs here, so you wont find any epic or so difficult song, them all are catchy songs, but with that werid Barrett touch. The songs that i enjoy the most are: "Baby Lemonade" what a classic, actually i love this song, a better opener song couldn´t have been than this, "Dominoes" and "Waving my Arms in the Air" this last one is pretty simple, but i like it.

So after all this is not a true prog album, but anyway it´s enjoyable to any prog fan, nonetheless it isn´t essential, 3 stars tthis time.

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