Tracks:
1. Let There Be More Light: 8/10 it's fairly typical Pink Floyd (The intro sounds suspiciously like Another Brick in the Wall) but that's certainly not a bad thing. It may be completely bonkers, but impressively the lack of any kind of sense never matters and it always connects.
2. Remember a Day: 9/10 Pink Floyd's music comes down from outer-space for this one, and the result is lyrically mesmerising and unexpectedly effective.
3. Set the Controls For the Heart of the Son: 6/10 as unpredictable and different as ever, but a bit too quiet and uninteresting.
4. Corporal Clegg: 7/10 a slightly 'meh' song although it features great use of a kazoo and it's quite interesting.
5. A Saucerful of Secrets: 9/10 a wonderful musical kaleidoscope where the brilliant and unique sounds speak louder than words. An experiment, but a very good one.
6. See Saw: 8/10 another very nice one although it's not as memorable as many of Pink Floyd's songs.
7. Jugband Blues: 8/10 Syd Barret's final song for Pink Floyd. What does this song even mean? Who knows, who cares? It's awesome.
Best song: A Saucerful of Secrets
Worst song: Set the Controls For the Heart of the Sun
Summary: Another excellent Pink Floyd album. Not definitive, but as well played and mad as ever. It's fairly straightforward Pink Floyd fare: psychedelic, brilliant, insane, strange and wonderful. Pretty darn entertaining, although I don't know if any of the songs here are examples of Pink Floyd at their absolute best.
Final rating: 8/10
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