I find Floyd to be an intriguing band. They changed so entirely throughout their career and obviously the loss of Syd Barrett as lead singer and songwriter was going to influence that, but even after he left they changed their sound.
Given the control that Waters exerted over the band in later albums it is odd to think of him taking a back-seat, and contributing only one composition here, but then I guess he was still finding his feet at the time.
This is a great mix of baroque pop, bawdy ranting, twee Englishness and LASHINGS of psychedelic exploration. I would be surprised if the members of Blur (among others) hadn't listened to this album while writing their first one or two albums.
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