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 albums	2
Live albums	2
Compilation albums	6
Singles	1

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	Released: 3 January 1970 Label: Harvest/EMI	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	Released: 25 January 1987 Label: Strange Fruit	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	Released: 14 November 1974 Label: Harvest/EMI	—	163
Opel	Released: 17 October 1988 Label: Harvest/EMI	72	143
Octopus: The Best of Syd Barrett	Released: 29 May 1992 Label: Cleopatra Records	—	—
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

• Joy of a Toy by Kevin Ayers (November 1969) Plays guitar on "Religious Experience" ("Singing a Song in the Morning") – bonus track on remastered 2003 CD.[5][6]

See also

• Pink Floyd discography
• List of songs recorded by Syd Barrett

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)