Pink Floyd - The Shape Of Questions To Heaven (Upgrade) [SBD]

Pink Floyd - The Shape Of Questions To Heaven 

(2017 A Soniclovenoize Re-Imagining)

March 2017 Upgrade

Soundboard Recordings

Encoded: 320 Kbps MP3

 

Track List:

Side A:

1.  Vegetable Man

2.  Apples and Oranges

3.  Remember A Day

4.  a) Golden Hair

    b) Set The Controls For The Heart of The Sun

5.  In The Beechwoods

Side B:

6.  John Latham

7.  Paintbox

8.  Scream Thy Last Scream

9.  Jugband Blues

How does The Shape of Questions To Heaven compare with A Saucerful?  Quite bluntly, we can hear Syd's mind being undone, but at least in a focused and more cohesive manner than on A Madcap Laughs.  What was only suggested on "Jugband Blues" is fully explored on "Vegetable Man" and "Scream Thy Last Scream", songs Barrett wrote directly about his madness.  As for "In The Beechwoods", we can only imagine what the vocal melody and lyric would have been, but here it’s just an instrumental that closes Side A. With an interesting yet meandering improvisational piece to occupy half of side B, it's interesting to note that the other band members were already contributing supplemental material with "Paintbox", "Remember A Day" and "Set The Controls", as if they knew Syd was falling short.  Regardless, it is an enjoyable listen and an interesting alternative to A Saucerful of Secrets, and succeeds in creating an album that demonstrates just what Pink Floyd could have done with their lunatic on the grass. (...More)