fourth studio album english progressive rock band double album released october internationally disc live album contains normal set list time second contains solo compositions member band recorded fourth studio album artwork designed regular floyd collaborators features number pictures band combined effect album received time release hit album charts looked band expressed negative opinions interviews album reissued times rest catalogue title album title supposedly comes cambridge slang sex commonly friend occasional moore going house according moore term background sleeve notes live material recorded june live album recorded live birmingham april following week year man journey tour band recorded live version gates dawn intended placement live album embryo recorded studio decided band members come material studio album came result wanting real music group members order wright half create solo work involvement wright contribution named character greek mythology usually spelled contained combination keyboards including piano initially enthusiastic making solo contribution wright later described waters species small animals gathered cave contained variety vocal percussion effects treated speeds forwards backwards influenced later collaborate waters waters contribution pastoral acoustic offering usually played opening concerts stated creating solo work admits went studio started bits pieces narrow way performed baby blue shuffle major bbc radio session december said piece asked waters write lyrics compositions refused mason grand garden party featured wife playing flute mason playing seven minute drum solo actually piece packaging album album band released harvest label cover artwork shows effect featuring group picture hanging wall showing scene band members switched positions cover original varies british american canadian australian releases british version album leaning wall immediately pink floyd letters talk given borders cambridge november city wakes project explained album introduced red herring provoke debate intended meaning copies american canadian editions cover plain white sleeve apparently copyright concerns earliest american copies cover restored american remastered edition australian edition cover completely leaving white square house location cover album located near cambridge rear cover appears psychedelic breakfast shown band equipment laid hill airport concept proposed mason intention exploded drawings military aircraft popular time song titles laid slightly differently british north american editions important difference inclusion subtitles sections secrets subtitles appeared american canadian editions album british edition appear original secrets inner art shows separate black white photos band members seen standing oak original vinyl editions showed waters wife picture editions original photo accordingly changed picture restored album inclusion box set way release history released october november respectively reached number albums chart number marking time band reached album certified gold february platinum march american versions cassette retained astronomy live set omitted tracks album released set digitally remastered version issued mark 40th anniversary album release sold limited number cover release campaign pink floyd presented fourteen albums newly remastered studio disc remastered live disc previous version live studio album issue june pink floyd records label reception release received favourable reviews particularly positive live album reviewer describing probably best live recordings heard included live half album list greatest live albums positive album saying live half document early floyd atmospheric energetic like studio half fractured construction album length statement band dismissive critical work recalling album later years waters said disaster described album horrible interview mason said thought good interesting little exercise business bit feel good example sum greater parts later described failed experiment adding significant thing didn paste reviewing release described album rock excess worst kind writer praised live version careful axe eugene robert_christgau suggested album hypnotic melodies admirable record fall asleep species december scientists named new found genus album pink floyd track listing double edition record live album record studio album cassette edition cassette edition edition personnel charts certifications
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