The Best of Syd Barrett: Wouldn't You Miss Me?
| The Best of Syd Barrett: Wouldn't You Miss Me? | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Greatest hits album by Syd Barrett | ||||
| Released |
16 April 2001 (UK) 11 September 2001 (US) | |||
| Recorded |
Abbey Road May 1968 – July 1970 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 73:21 | |||
| Label |
Harvest (UK) Capitol (US) | |||
| Producer | Syd Barrett, Peter Jenner, Malcolm Jones, Roger Waters and David Gilmour | |||
| Syd Barrett chronology | ||||
| ||||
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Pitchfork Media | (8.5/10)[2] |
| NME | [3] |
The Best of Syd Barrett: Wouldn't You Miss Me? is a compilation album by Syd Barrett released in 2001 that spans Barrett's entire solo career.
Content
Comprising highlights from Syd Barrett's two 1970 albums The Madcap Laughs (seven songs),[1] Barrett (nine songs),[1] and the 1988 out-takes collection Opel (four songs),[1] the album was issued to service casual Barrett fans who presumably would only require one disc of his music.
As a bonus to dedicated Barrett followers, The Best of Syd Barrett: Wouldn't You Miss Me? includes "Two of a Kind", from Barrett's John Peel radio show performance in February 1970,[1] and, courtesy of David Gilmour's personal collection,[4] Barrett's previously-unreleased "Bob Dylan Blues",[1] an original recorded a few days after "Two of a Kind",[4][5] that before this release was a very rare and sought-after song.
Track listing
All songs by Syd Barrett, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Octopus" | The Madcap Laughs | 3:48 | |
| 2. | "Late Night" | The Madcap Laughs | 3:14 | |
| 3. | "Terrapin" | The Madcap Laughs | 5:03 | |
| 4. | "Swan Lee (Silas Lang)" | Opel | 3:14 | |
| 5. | "Wolfpack" | Barrett | 3:45 | |
| 6. | "Golden Hair" | Barrett, James Joyce | The Madcap Laughs | 1:59 |
| 7. | "Here I Go" | The Madcap Laughs | 3:11 | |
| 8. | "Long Gone" | The Madcap Laughs | 2:49 | |
| 9. | "No Good Trying" | The Madcap Laughs | 3:25 | |
| 10. | "Opel" | Opel | 6:26 | |
| 11. | "Baby Lemonade" | Barrett | 4:10 | |
| 12. | "Gigolo Aunt" | Barrett | 5:45 | |
| 13. | "Dominoes" | Barrett | 4:06 | |
| 14. | "Wouldn't You Miss Me (Dark Globe)" | Opel | 3:00 | |
| 15. | "Wined and Dined" | Barrett | 2:56 | |
| 16. | "Effervescing Elephant" | Barrett | 1:53 | |
| 17. | "Waving My Arms in the Air" | Barrett | 2:07 | |
| 18. | "I Never Lied to You" | Barrett | 1:49 | |
| 19. | "Love Song" | Barrett | 3:02 | |
| 20. | "Two of a Kind" | † | The Peel Session | 2:35 |
| 21. | "Bob Dylan Blues" | Previously unreleased | 3:14 | |
| 22. | "Golden Hair" (Instrumental) | Opel | 1:50 | |
Total length: |
73:21 | |||
- ^† — Possibly written by Richard Wright (according to David Gilmour), though Barrett insisted it was his own composition.[6]
Production
- Syd Barrett – Producer
- Tim Chacksfield – Project Coordinator
- David Gilmour – Producer
- Peter Jenner – Producer
- Malcolm Jones – Producer, Overdub Producer
- Peter Mew – Transfers, Remastering
- Mark Paytress – Liner Notes
- Nigel Reeve – Project Coordinator
- Phil Smee – Package Design
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Kellman, Andy. "Wouldn't You Miss Me?: The Best of Syd Barrett – Syd Barrett : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
- ↑ "Syd Barrett: Wouldn't You Miss Me: The Best of... | Album Reviews". Pitchfork. 12 November 2002.
- ↑ Oldham, James (10 April 2001). "NME Album Reviews – Syd Barrett : Wouldn't You Miss Me? (The Best Of...)". NME. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
- 1 2 Jones, Malcolm (2003). "The Making of The Madcap Laughs" (21st Anniversary ed.). Brain Damage. pp. 13–14.
- ↑ Barrett (booklet). Syd Barrett. EMI. Harvest. p. 2. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ Watkinson, Mike; Pete Anderson. Crazy Diamond: Syd Barrett & the Dawn of Pink Floyd. p. 92.
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
