Pink Floyd, 1973.
You will notice I haven't reviewed Wish You Were Here yet...
The nearly 40 year old "auntie" of "The Wall" (That's DSotM)has just been re-auditioned.
Atmosphere - this whole album/band is about creating a sound world/ambience/audio landscape.
And they poured their creative energies into this album unlike anything they did before (or since?).
The band here is working as a band - Waters has not yet gained upper hand controlling strategies, and Mason and Wright are making powerful harmonic and rhythmic contributions which continue to resonate on today's pop soundstage.
Gilmour is well established as guitar/voice/contributor (that guitar!!).
There are still the "noodly" elements of Barrett's Pink Floyd, but these have been sharply disciplined - the outstanding experiment in discipline v noodle is, possibly The Great Gig in the Sky (can anyone imagine a world without this song??)...
The first major reflection on Barrett's illness, finely honed to taught bass lines, clever harmonic turns and non-self-indulgent, detached lyrical statements blends rock glory, experimentation and scariness to create a work for which the cover is a genuine graphic icon - infinite colours within the blackest of black holes.
Deserves its place in the r'n'r "pantheon" (if you go in for pantheons - maybe just add it to your collection, if that's easier!).
10/10.
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