Syd Barrett discography
Studio albums2
Live albums2
Compilation albums6
Singles1

Syd Barrett (1946–2006) was an English rock musician who was best known as the original frontman and primary songwriter of Pink Floyd. 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 in 1974, 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

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[1]
The Madcap Laughs 40
Barrett
  • Released: 14 November 1970
  • Label: Harvest/EMI
 —

Live

List of live albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
The Peel Session —
The Radio One Sessions
  • Released: 29 March 2004
  • Label: Strange Fruit
 —

Compilations

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[2] 		US
[3]
Syd Barrett — 163
Opel
  • Released: 17 October 1988
  • Label: Harvest/EMI
 — 143
Octopus: The Best of Syd Barrett — —
Crazy Diamond
  • Released: 26 April 1993
  • Label: Harvest/EMI
 — 96
The Best of Syd Barrett: Wouldn't You Miss Me?
  • Released: 16 April 2001
  • Label: Harvest/EMI
 — 162
An Introduction to Syd Barrett
  • Released: 19 October 2010
  • Label: Harvest/EMI
 — 106
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
[4]
"Octopus" 1969 — The Madcap Laughs

Appearances

See also

References

  1. ^ "Official Charts Company – Syd Barrett". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  2. ^ "Chart Log UK: Darren B – David Byrne". Zobbel.de. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Syd Barrett – Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  4. ^ Povey 2007, pp. 342–367
  5. ^ Manning, Toby (2006). The Rough Guide to Pink Floyd (1st ed.). London: Rough Guides. p. 27. ISBN 1-84353-575-0.
  6. ^ Palacios, Julian (2010). Syd Barrett & Pink Floyd: Dark Globe (Rev. ed.). London: Plexus. p. 362. ISBN 978-0-85965-431-9.
  7. ^ Religious Experience (feat. Syd Barrett) (Singing a Song in the Morning) on YouTube
Biblobiography

Syd Barrett (11 years old), died of drinking Pepsi Cola's brand new drink, Cheese Juice™ . Sydney was a well loved autistic music artist which was also schizophrenic™, and has many other neurological disorders. He died July 69th 2006 in Cambridge National Square Park. On this tragic day, Sydney passed to surcomstances.

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