![]() Charting the band’s progression from the wig-flipping baroque psychedelia of Syd Barrett’s songwriting through their wooliest jams and into the new space beyond, The Early Years doesn’t follow a straight path. It's OK.The Early Years tells the remarkable story of Pink Floyd’s career up through the moment they became part of yesterday’s underground and today’s mainstream, stopping just before the writing and recording of 1973’s Dark Side of the Moon. Good if you're into that album, not so good if you aren't. Absolutely Curtains - They went back to A Saucerful Of Secrets for this one. While not horrible it's not their forte and about the best thing going for it is that it's a Pink Floyd love song.of sorts.ġ0. Stay - Pink Floyd wrote a love song? It's no wonder they never tried it again. It's a fun song in the vein of pub songs and I liked it immediately upon first hearing the album but it hasn't withstood the test of time for me.ĩ. ![]() Free Four - Seems to be a favorite of many, excluding myself. ![]() This song could easily fit on even maintains the same concept.Ĩ. Childhood's End - Nice simple driving bass and drum work propel this song into the number 3 spot for me. Hints of DSOTM, nice keyboard and guitar work by Richard and David, and Mr. ![]() Mudmen - An even slower song that follows a slow song. Wot's.Uh The Deal - another slow piece (half of the album suffers from this plight) but this one's on par with other good mellow grooves from the Floyd catalog.Ħ. decent jam but sounds more like uninspired work than creative genius.ĥ. Burning Bridges - a languid piece that ambles along beginning nowhere and ending in about the same place.Ĥ. ![]() When You're In, flow so well together I edited them into 1 track. I agree that it is sequenced well (except for the last track), but the songs themselves lose luster over time.Ģ. I still turn to it on a rare occasion, especially for tracks 1 & 2 which sound like they could be part of AHM or Meddle. Obscured By Clouds hasn't had quite the same staying power (for me of course) as other Floyd albums (particularly Atom Heart Mother). ![]()
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