Syd Barrett discography
Syd Barrett discography | |
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Studio albums | 2 |
Live albums | 2 |
Compilation albums | 6 |
Singles | 1 |
Syd Barrett was Pink Floyd's original frontman and primary songwriter. With the band he recorded and wrote the majority of songs for their first album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, and was credited for one song ("Jugband Blues") on their second album A Saucerful of Secrets. To this day, his Pink Floyd songs are used frequently on the band's various compilations.
After he left Pink Floyd, he recorded two solo albums, The Madcap Laughs and Barrett. Both albums, released in 1970, were re-released as a double album, after the unexpected success of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon. On 24 February 1970, he recorded five songs (one from The Madcap Laughs, three from Barrett, and a one-off, "Two of a Kind") for the BBC Radio show Top Gear. These songs were released as a mini-album, in 1987, as Syd Barrett: The Peel Session. In 2004, the five songs from Top Gear, and three songs from a then-newly discovered tape of Bob Harris show, were released as The Radio One Sessions.
Solo career
Albums
Studio
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1970 | The Madcap Laughs | 40 | ||||||
Barrett
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"—" denotes a release that did not chart. |
Live
Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||
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1987 | The Peel Session
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2004 | The Radio One Sessions
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"—" denotes a release that did not chart. |
Compilations
Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||
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1974 | Syd Barrett | — | 163 | |||||
1988 | Opel
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1992 | Octopus: The Best of Syd Barrett
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1993 | Crazy Diamond
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2001 | The Best of Syd Barrett: Wouldn't You Miss Me?
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2010 | An Introduction to Syd Barrett
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104 | — | |||||
"—" denotes a release that did not chart. |
Singles
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||
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1969 | "Octopus" | — | The Madcap Laughs | |||||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or weren't released in that country. |
Appearances
- Joy of a Toy by Kevin Ayers (November 1969) Plays guitar on "Religious Experience" ("Singing a Song in the Morning") – bonus track on remastered 2003 CD.[4][5]
See also
References
- ↑ "ChartArchive - Syd Barrett". Chartstats.com. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
- ↑ "Chart Log UK: Darren B - David Byrne". Zobbel.de. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
- ↑ Povey 2007, pp. 342–367
- ↑ Manning, Toby (2006). The Rough Guide to Pink Floyd (1st ed.). London: Rough Guides. p. 27. ISBN 1-84353-575-0.
- ↑ Palacios, Julian (2010). Syd Barrett & Pink Floyd: Dark Globe (Rev. ed.). London: Plexus. p. 362. ISBN 0-85965-431-1.
- Biblobiography