Syd Barrett discography

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

Syd Barrett discography
Studio albums2
Live albums2
Compilation albums6
Singles1

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

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
32

Live

List of live albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
The Peel Session 87
The Radio One Sessions
  • Released: 29 March 2004
  • Label: Strange Fruit
92

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
72 143
Octopus: The Best of Syd Barrett
Crazy Diamond
  • Released: 26 April 1993
  • Label: Harvest/EMI
54 96
The Best of Syd Barrett: Wouldn't You Miss Me?
  • Released: 16 April 2001
  • Label: Harvest/EMI
63 162
An Introduction to Syd Barrett
  • Released: 19 October 2010
  • Label: Harvest/EMI
104 106
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
[4]
"Octopus" 1969 11 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.
Biblobiography
  • Povey, Glenn (2007). Echoes. Mind Head Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9554624-0-5. Retrieved 15 June 2012{{inconsistent citations}}CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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