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#ASPANISHPIECE Episode 27 covers the 1969 third studio album/first soundtrack album “More” by Pink Floyd. Released as the official soundtrack to the 1969 drama-romance film of the same name, Pink Floyd also considers this their third studio album, but was that such a good idea? Syd Barrett 100% out of the band at this point and no Norman Smith in the producer’s chair, can the remaining members handle a full studio album without them?
Subscribe, Rate, and Review:
Quick Reviews
Mark Optional listening, even for the die-hards.
Chris Experimental gives way to conventional.
Alex PF shouldn’t have considered this a studio album.
Kevin It’s a bit BORING.
Love It or Flush It
| M | C | A | K | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Cirrus Minor" | 5:18 | L | L | F | L | |
| 2 | "The Nile Song" | 3:26 | L | L | B | B | |
| 3 | "Crying Song" | 3:33 | L | L | L | F | |
| 4 | "Up the Khyber" | 2:12 | F | F | F | F | |
| 5 | "Green Is the Colour" | 2:58 | F | L | L | F | |
| 6 | "Cymbaline" | 4:50 | L | L | L | L | |
| 7 | "Party Sequence" | 1:07 | F | F | F | F | |
| 8 | "Main Theme" | 5:27 | F | F | F | F | |
| 9 | "Ibiza Bar" | 3:19 | B | B | L | L | |
| 10 | "More Blues" | 2:12 | F | F | F | F | |
| 11 | "Quicksilver" | 7:13 | F | F | F | T | |
| 12 | "A Spanish Piece" | 1:05 | T | T | T | T | |
| 13 | "Dramatic Theme" | 2:15 | F | F | F | F |
Love It or Flush It Legend
L = Love. As many as you like.
F = Flush. Must flush at least one track per album.
B = Buy. Purchased for the ultimate LTS “Best Of” playlist for each of us. One per album.
T = Terminate. Should have never even existed. One per album.
The Rules
Each of us must Love, Flush, Buy, and Terminate AT LEAST ONE track on an album, no matter how great or terrible the album is. Whoever wins the “7 for the Buy” section gets an extra Buy or Terminate to use on the album. Because Chris hosts this section and thus cannot win, he gets an extra Buy or Terminate every 4 albums.
Album Information
More is the third studio album and first soundtrack album by English rock band Pink Floyd. It was released on 13 June 1969 in the United Kingdom by EMI Columbia and on 9 August 1969 in the United States by Tower Records.[3] The soundtrack is for the film of the same name, which was primarily filmed on location on Ibiza and was the directorial debut of Barbet Schroeder. It was the band’s first album without former leader Syd Barrett.
The album was a top ten hit in the UK, but received mixed reviews. Several songs became live favourites over the following years. Like other Pink Floyd albums, it has been reissued on CD with additional material and outtakes.
Pink Floyd recorded several pieces of film music before this album. In December 1967, they featured on the BBC’s Tomorrow’s World, playing along to a light show, and the following year recorded some instrumental music for the film The Committee.[4]
The film More featured a young hitchhiker in Ibiza who had succumbed to heroin abuse with party scenes and drug taking. Director Barbet Schroeder was a fan of the group, and brought a rough cut of the film to London for them to work with.[4][5] Instead of typical background music, Schroeder wanted the songs to feature in the film, such as a record playing at a party. The group also speculated they could branch out into a career as film composers if their recording and touring career did not work out.[4] Drummer Nick Mason later said the film was “ideally suited to some of the rumblings, squeaks and sound textures we produced on a regular basis”.[5]
