A Saucerful of Secrets - Definition and Overview

A Saucerful of Secrets
LP by Pink Floyd
Released	July 27 1968
Recorded	1968
Genre	Rock
Length	39:25
Record label	Columbia/EMI (UK) Capitol Records (US)
Producer	Norman Smith
Professional reviews
RollingStone review	Unfavourable	link (http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/cd/review.asp?aid=18908)
ARTISTdirect review	3/5	link (http://www.artistdirect.com/store/artist/album/0,,146644,00.html)
Pink Floyd Chronology
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967)	A Saucerful of Secrets (1968)	Music From the Film More (1969)

A Saucerful of Secrets is the second rock album by Pink Floyd. It was recorded at EMI Studios, Abbey Road Studios, from January to April 1968. The album was released later that year in the US on July 27 and two days later on July 29 in the UK. Due to Syd Barrett's declining mental state, this would be the last Pink Floyd album that he would work on.

Track listing

1. "Let There Be More Light" (Waters) - 5:38
2. "Remember A Day" (Wright) - 4:33
3. "Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun" (Waters) - 5:28
4. "Corporal Clegg" (Waters) - 4:13
5. "A Saucerful of Secrets" (Waters/Wright/Mason/Gilmour) - 11:57
6. "See-Saw" (Wright) - 4:36
7. "Jugband Blues" (Barrett) - 3:00

Quotes

• "Was Corporal Clegg on Saucerful Of Secrets a deliberate Hendrix-style sound that you were going for?"
  • "No, not really. I didn't know what the hell I was trying to play at the time to be quite honest. I'd really no idea. What I was used to playing, the style I had, didn't fit Pink Floyd at the time, and I didn't really know quite what to do." - David Gilmour - Sounds "Guitar Heroes" Magazine, May 1983

Personnel

• Syd Barrett - lead guitar and vocals
• Roger Waters - bass guitar and vocals
• David Gilmour - lead guitar and vocals
• Richard Wright - organ, piano, vocals
• Nick Mason - drums, percussion, vocal on Corporal Clegg

External link

• Album info and trivia (http://www.pinkfloyd-co.net/disco/saucer/saucer_album.html)