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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The Madcap Laughs is the debut studio album by Syd Barrett, released on Harvest Records in 1970. Recording commenced immediately after Barrett's departure from Pink Floyd in 1968, lasting for well over a year. Apart from Barrett, the album went through four different producers: Peter Jenner (Barrett's manager) for the 1968 sessions, Harvest label head Malcolm Jones for the early-to-mid 1969 sessions and former band-mates Roger Waters and David Gilmour for the mid-1969 sessions. Gilmour also played bass, guitar and (on "Octopus") drums.The Troubled Production behind the album was colourful enough that an entire book has been written about it: The Making Of The Madcap Laughs (2003) by Malcolm Jones. Barrett's mental problems were so bad that he had to be persuaded at times to work on his own album. His musicians would ask him questions to which he gave little to no helpful responses. As a result the recordings crept on for over a year. Barrett also didn't allow the musicians to rehearse or re-record their overdubs, which explains why a lot of tracks sound improvised, full of amateurish mistakes and moments where Barrett is out of tune. But there is an overall charm to the innocent fantasies he describes in his lyrics and the absence of too much Executive Meddling gives the music actually a genuine authenticity and spontaneity lacking in many other Psychedelic Rock recordings of the time.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Still, upon release, this album was a modest commercial success, enough for a second solo album (Barrett) to be recorded and released. Critically it was relatively well-received, and like Barrett has a strong cult following. It is seen as one of the earliest Outsider Music albums. | |
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Face on the Cover: Barrett seen sitting on the floor of his apartment. He is seen in the far distance, with his hair covering his eyes. | |
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Special Guest: Willie Wilson from David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)'s old band Jokers Wild and Robert Wyatt (Soft Machine) contribute to the album. | |
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Miniscule Rocking | |
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Miniscule Rocking: Most songs are only two to three minutes long, except for "Terrapin" (5:04) and "Octopus" (3:47). "She Took A Long Cold Look" is even Cut Short at the 1:55 mark. | |
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Outsider Music | |
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Outsider Music: Irwin Chusid calls this one of the earliest albums in the genre. And it's understandable why. Barrett's lyrics are bizarre and he is sometimes heard stumbling over his lines or playing. During songs like "Dark Globe" he even sings out of tune. In "She Took A Long Cold Look" we can him hear pausing for a brief moment to turn pages from his lyric sheets. | |
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Please, Don't Leave Me | |
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Please, Don't Leave Me: "Late Night": | |
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Incredibly Long Note | |
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Incredibly Long Note: "If It's In You": | |
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Non-Appearing Title: "Terrapin", although the title does fit the song's mood of underwater fantasy. | |
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Hidden Eyes | |
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Hidden Eyes: Barrett on the cover. | |
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Epic Rocking | |
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Epic Rocking: "Terrapin" is just over five minutes long. | |
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Studio Chatter | |
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Studio Chatter: Near the end of "She Took A Long Cold Look" Barrett mumbles: "That's short". The studio engineer then says "Take One". Halfway through "If It's In You" he suddenly interrupts and says he wants to start over again. After some responses from the studio he starts over, but sings even more out of tune than before. The producers speaking to Barrett are David Gilmour and Roger Waters, with the latter saying "Syd, what about tuning your guitar down?" It's not just "If It's In You". Nearly all the tracks produced by Waters and Gilmour features studio chatter, which they lazily left in. Malcolm Jones was horrified when he heard it. | |
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Spoken Word in Music | |
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Spoken Word in Music: Barrett starts mumbling during the performance of "No Man's Land". | |
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Silly Love Songs | |
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Silly Love Songs: "Terrapin", among others. | |
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Improv | |
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Improv: "Terrapin", "Dark Globe", "Long Gone" and "Feel" were recorded in one take. | |
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Ms. Fanservice | |
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Ms. Fanservice: The naked woman on the back cover was an acquaintance of Barrett, nicknamed "Iggy the Eskimo". | |
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Ur-Example: The album might be one of the earliest examples of "Lo-fi" in terms of production. | |
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Love Triangle | |
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Love Triangle: "Here I Go". The song tells the story in which the narrator's girlfriend leaves him because "a big band is far better" than himself. He attempts to win her back by writing her a song, but when he goes to her house to show it to her, he instead finds himself falling in love with her sister. | |
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Shout-Out | |
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Shout-Out: "Golden Hair" is based on a poem by James Joyce. "Octopus" quotes some lines from Henry Newbolt's poem "Rilloby-Rill". "Dark Globe" was covered by R.E.M. and appeared as a B-side to "Orange Crush". "Late Night" was covered by This Mortal Coil on their album Blood. | |
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Cover Version | |
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Cover Version: "Golden Hair", a poem by James Joyce. | |
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One-Word Title: "Terrapin", "Octopus" and "Feel". | |
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Album Title Drop: "Octopus" | |
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Word Salad Lyrics | |
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Word Salad Lyrics: Barrett's lyrics tend to be quite surreal. | |
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The Show Must Go Wrong | |
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The Show Must Go Wrong: The engineers and musicians had a tough time trying to make something out of what Barrett gave to them. In the end it was decided to keep everything according to his wishes, no matter what mistakes he made during recording. | |
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Design Student's Orgasm | |
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Design Student's Orgasm: The album cover was shot by famed rock photographer Mick Rock and designed by Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell (Hipgnosis). Barrett painted the floor of his bedroom in orange and purple, specifically for the album cover. The inside gatefold◊ is apparently a simulation of an LSD trip. | |
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