Soundtrack from the Film More
Soundtrack from the Film More (US original title: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack from the film More)[3] is the first full-length soundtrack album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 27 July 1969. The film More was made in Luxembourg in 1969 and was directed by Barbet Schroeder. In it, two songs can be heard that were not included on the album: "Seabirds", and "Hollywood".
Since 1995, the new edition changed the title to just Music from the Film More (US title: Music from the Motion Picture More).[3] This was the last of three Pink Floyd albums to be released in the United States by the Tower Records division of Capitol Records. The 1973 US re-issue was released on Harvest Records. Although the CD edition restores the original United Kingdom title in all countries, it is represented differently on the spine (Music from the Film More) and label More.
More contains some acoustic folk ballads, a genre that appeared sparsely on later works. It also contains some of the band's "heaviest" recordings such as "The Nile Song" and "Ibiza Bar",[4][5] as well as several instrumental tracks, featuring their experimental and avant-garde approach.
This is Pink Floyd's first full album without founding member Syd Barrett, who was ousted from the group in early 1968 during the recording of their previous album, A Saucerful of Secrets. It is the only Pink Floyd album to feature David Gilmour as the sole lead vocalist, except for 1987's A Momentary Lapse of Reason and it is also the first album to be produced by Pink Floyd without assistance from Norman Smith. It was recorded at Pye Studios, Marble Arch, London and engineered by Brian Humphries.[6] More reached #9 in the UK and—upon re-release in 1973—#153 in the US. In 1987, the album was re-released on CD. A digitally remastered CD was released in 1995 in the UK and 1996 in the US.
Track listing
All lead vocals performed by David Gilmour.
| Writer(s) |
| 1. |
"Main Theme" (instrumental) |
Waters, Wright, Gilmour, Mason |
5:27 |
| 2. |
"Ibiza Bar" |
Waters, Wright, Gilmour, Mason |
3:19 |
| 3. |
"More Blues" (instrumental) |
Waters, Wright, Gilmour, Mason |
2:12 |
| 4. |
"Quicksilver" (instrumental) |
Waters, Wright, Gilmour, Mason |
7:13 |
| 5. |
"A Spanish Piece" |
Gilmour |
1:05 |
| 6. |
"Dramatic Theme" (instrumental) |
Waters, Wright, Gilmour, Mason |
2:15 |
Singles
Personnel
- Roger Waters – bass guitar, guitar, tape and birdsong effects, bongos, gong, backing vocals
- Nick Mason – percussion, drums, bongos
- Richard Wright – Hammond and Farfisa organs, piano, vibraphone, bongos
- David Gilmour – acoustic, electric, slide, and Flamenco guitars, tape effects, bongos, vocals
- Additional personnel
Sales chart performance
Notes
- ^ Unterberger, Richie. Album review at Allmusic. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
- ^ "Pink Floyd album guide". Rolling Stone. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/pink-floyd/albumguide. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
- ^ a b "The title list in all markets", Discogs.com, http://www.discogs.com/Pink-Floyd-Soundtrack-From-The-Film-More/master/20679, retrieved 2011-12-17
- ^ Relics, Pink Floyd: Review, Allmusic.
- ^ J. DeRogatis, Turn On Your Mind: Four Decades of Great Psychedelic Rock (Milwaukee, Michigan: Hal Leonard, 2003), ISBN 0634055488, p.132.
- ^ Nick Mason, Inside Out, first edition p129
- ^ "Chart Stats - Pink Floyd - More". www.chartstats.com. http://www.chartstats.com/albuminfo.php?id=2445. Retrieved 2009-07-02.
- ^ Billboard chart peak position at Allmusic. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
References
- Blake, Mark (2008). Comfortably Numb — The Inside Story of Pink Floyd (1st US paperback ed.). Da Capo Press. ISBN 0-306-81752-7, 978-0-306-81752-6. http://books.google.com/books?id=2I0eaxtu6HEC&pg=PA264&dq=nick+mason&cd=8#v=onepage&q=nick%20mason&f=false.
- Mason, Nick (2005). Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd (1st US paperback ed.). Chronicle Books. ISBN 0-8118-4824-8, 978-0811848244. http://books.google.com/books?id=idOGghPNM6UC&printsec=frontcover&dq=nick+mason&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false.
- Povey, Glen (2008). Echoes: the complete history of Pink Floyd (2nd UK paperback ed.). 3C Publishing Ltd.. ISBN 0955462401, 978-0-9554624-1-2. http://books.google.com/books?id=qnnl3FnO-B4C&dq=glenn+povey+echoes&printsec=frontcover&source=bn&hl=en&ei=zyKXS9_BBoaisgOZ7oHCAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CBEQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=&f=false.
- Povey, Glen; Russell, Ian (1997). Pink Floyd: in the flesh, the complete performance history (1st US paperback ed.). St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-19175-8, 978-0-9554624-0-5. http://books.google.com/books?id=Yqqic3DZhVUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=pink+floyd+in+the+flesh&cd=1#v=onepage&q=pink%20floyd%20in%20the%20flesh&f=false.
- Schaffner, Nicholas (1991). Saucerful of Secrets: the Pink Floyd odyssey (1st US paperback ed.). Dell Publishing. ISBN 0-385-30684-9, 978-0-385-30684-3. http://books.google.com/books?id=lOpy2HO-w4IC&q=a+saucerful+of+secrets&dq=a+saucerful+of+secrets&cd=1.
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