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
Crazy Diamond
(1993)		 The Best of Syd Barrett: Wouldn't You Miss Me?
(2001)		 Syd Barrett: The Radio One Sessions
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."Octopus"   The Madcap Laughs3:48
2."Late Night"   The Madcap Laughs3:14
3."Terrapin"   The Madcap Laughs5:03
4."Swan Lee (Silas Lang)"   Opel3:14
5."Wolfpack"   Barrett3:45
6."Golden Hair"  Barrett, James JoyceThe Madcap Laughs1:59
7."Here I Go"   The Madcap Laughs3:11
8."Long Gone"   The Madcap Laughs2:49
9."No Good Trying"   The Madcap Laughs3:25
10."Opel"   Opel6:26
11."Baby Lemonade"   Barrett4:10
12."Gigolo Aunt"   Barrett5:45
13."Dominoes"   Barrett4:06
14."Wouldn't You Miss Me (Dark Globe)"   Opel3:00
15."Wined and Dined"   Barrett2:56
16."Effervescing Elephant"   Barrett1:53
17."Waving My Arms in the Air"   Barrett2:07
18."I Never Lied to You"   Barrett1:49
19."Love Song"   Barrett3:02
20."Two of a Kind"  †The Peel Session2:35
21."Bob Dylan Blues"   Previously unreleased3:14
22."Golden Hair" (Instrumental) Opel1:50
Total length:73:21
^† — Possibly written by Richard Wright (according to David Gilmour), though Barrett insisted it was his own composition.[6]

Production

References

  1. 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.
  2. ↑ "Syd Barrett: Wouldn't You Miss Me: The Best of... | Album Reviews". Pitchfork. 12 November 2002.
  3. ↑ Oldham, James (10 April 2001). "NME Album Reviews – Syd Barrett : Wouldn't You Miss Me? (The Best Of...)". NME. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
  4. 1 2 Jones, Malcolm (2003). "The Making of The Madcap Laughs" (21st Anniversary ed.). Brain Damage. pp. 13–14.
  5. ↑ Barrett (booklet). Syd Barrett. EMI. Harvest. p. 2. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ↑ Watkinson, Mike; Pete Anderson. Crazy Diamond: Syd Barrett & the Dawn of Pink Floyd. p. 92.
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