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| Released | December 5, 1973 |
| Recorded | February 21, 1967 - May 3, 1968 |
| Studio | EMI • De Lane Lea |
| Label | Harvest/Capitol(US) • Harvest/Tower(UK) |
| Length | 80:19 |
| Genres | Psychedelic rock • space rock • experimental |
| Producers | Norman Smith |
Track Listing[]
- Astronomy Domine – 8:12
- Lucifer Sam – 3:07
- Matilda Mother – 3:08
- Flaming – 2:46
- Pow R. Toc H. – 4:26
- Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk – 3:05
- Interstellar Overdrive – 9:41
- The Gnome – 2:13
- Chapter 24 – 3:42
- The Scarecrow – 2:11
- Bike – 3:21
- Let There Be More Light – 5:38
- Remember A Day – 4:33
- Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun – 5:28
- Corporal Clegg – 4:13
- A Saucerful of Secrets – 11:52
- See-Saw – 4:36
- Jugband Blues – 3:00
Credits[]
- Syd Barrett: Guitars, vocals.
- David Gilmour: Guitars, vocals.
- Roger Waters: Bass guitar, vocals.
- Richard Wright: Keyboards, piano, metrollon, vibraphone, vocals.
- Nick Mason: Drums, percussion, vocals.
- Norman Smith: Drums, vocals.
- Members of the Salvation Army:
- Ray Bowes: Cornet.
- Terry Camsey: Cornet.
- Mac Carter: Trombone.
- Les Condon: Eb Bass.
- Maurice Cooper: Euphonium
- Ian Hankey: Trombone
- George Whittingham: Bb Bass.
Info[]
- The album reached #36 in the US and was certified Gold by the R.I.A.A. in March of 1994
- The album's cover depicts an uncensored (in many territories) picture of a woman's breasts, while The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking had another woman's buttocks censored, in the United States, after a large amount of controversy.
- For no apparent reason, on the American issue, the Ummagumma recording of "Astronomy Domine" replaces the original recording on the UK edition.
- Each of the images on the cover depicts a well-known phrase or saying in the form of a visual pun; for instance, the centre right-hand panel on the front depicts "a fork in the road", while the bottom right represents "a pretty kettle of fish", and so on. Initial copies had a picture of Dr. Phang's dental office on the cover and then was edited to feature a gargling monk. The US covers had a purple and white Pink Floyd A Nice Pair sticker covering the pictures of naked women.