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A Saucerful of Secrets

The second album, with Barrett's song Jugband Blues closing it.
Pink Floyd, 1968

Released
28 June 1968
Studio
EMI Studios and De Lane Lea Studios, London
Label
EMI Columbia
Producer
Norman Smith
Length
39:25

Released by EMI Columbia in Britain and Tower in the United States, it reached number 9 in the UK and went Gold there. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun is the only track with all five members. Barrett closes the record with Jugband Blues, while his songs Vegetable Man and Scream Thy Last Scream were shelved until the 2016 box set The Early Years. Rolling Stone said in 1968 that it was not as interesting as their first. Mason named it his favorite of the band's albums in 2014.

Track listing

  1. Let There Be More Light5:38
  2. Remember a Day4:33
  3. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun5:28
  4. Corporal Clegg4:12
  5. A Saucerful of Secrets11:57
  6. See-Saw4:36
  7. Jugband Blues3:00

More from Pink Floyd

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967), Atom Heart Mother (1970), Meddle (1971), The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), Wish You Were Here (1975), Animals (1977), The Wall (1979), The Final Cut (1983)

Sources

  1. A Saucerful of Secrets, Wikipedia