Pink Floyd – Soundtrack From The Film "More" (1969)

I hadn't ever heard this album, although I knew of it. I wasn't aware of how close to the Syd Barrett era this was (the first album the band did with no input whatsoever from Barrett), and had thought it to be much later in the band's career (similar time to Obscured By Clouds). This was yet another Harborough Market bargain.

As I've said before, I'm not sure a soundtrack is meant to stand up on its own, rather than just enhance a film, and I'm equally unsure that this one does. The songs are mostly gentle and melodic, and in most cases forgettable, while the instrumentals only to set a scene.

There are some songs stronger than others -The Nile Song, louder and more forceful than most of the rest, and the charming Cymbaline, but not much more.

Of the instrumentals, Up The Khyber feels like it should accompany the hero of the film rushing frantically round the big city, but not much else is exciting or interesting.

This feels like a band doing a job, rather than pushing forward in their musical journey.

Link to full album

2* - Much more of a soundtrack than a Pink Floyd album. For completists