Syd Barrett is a 1974 double-album pairing of Syd Barrett

Syd Barrett

Syd Barrett , born Roger Keith Barrett, was an English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and painter, best remembered as a founding member of the band Pink Floyd. He was the lead vocalist, guitarist and primary songwriter during the band's psychedelic years, providing major musical and stylistic...

's two solo albums, The Madcap Laughs

The Madcap Laughs

The Madcap Laughs is an album by British singer/songwriter Syd Barrett, released on 3 January 1970. It was his first solo album after being replaced in the band Pink Floyd by his old school friend David Gilmour.- History :...

and Barrett

Barrett (album)

Barrett was the second and final studio album of new material released by former Pink Floyd member Syd Barrett. In February 1970, shortly after releasing his first album, The Madcap Laughs, Barrett appeared on John Peel's Top Gear radio show where he presented only one song from the newly released...

, both originally released in the UK in 1970.

After the unexpectedly massive success of Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd

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's The Dark Side of the Moon

The Dark Side of the Moon

The Dark Side of the Moon is the eighth studio album by English progressive rock band Pink Floyd, released in March 1973. It built on ideas explored in the band's earlier recordings and live shows, but lacks the extended instrumental excursions that characterised their work following the departure...

, EMI

EMI

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 re-issued the Barrett-era albums, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is the debut album by the English rock group Pink Floyd, and the only one made under founding member Syd Barrett's leadership. The album contains whimsical lyrics about space, scarecrows, gnomes, bicycles and fairy tales, along with psychedelic instrumental songs...

and A Saucerful of Secrets

A Saucerful of Secrets

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as A Nice Pair

A Nice Pair

A Nice Pair is a compilation album by Pink Floyd, re-issuing their first two albums—The Piper at the Gates of Dawn and A Saucerful of Secrets—in a new gatefold sleeve. The album was released in December 1973 by Harvest and Capitol in the United States and the following month in the United Kingdom...

in the hopes that the fans may be interested in the band's earlier work with Barrett. Once that was a success, primarily in the U.S.

United States

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 where both albums had initially flopped, Syd Barrett was compiled to meet demand.

As a result, The Madcap Laughs/Barrett (as it was titled in the U.S.) made #163, giving Barrett his only US chart album.

Disc 1 (The Madcap Laughs)

1. "Terrapin"
2. "No Good Trying"
3. "Love You"
4. "No Man's Land"
5. "Dark Globe"
6. "Here I Go"
7. "Octopus"
8. "Golden Hair" (Syd Barrett/James Joyce
   James Joyce
   James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was an Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century...
   
   )
9. "Long Gone"
10. "She Took a Long Cold Look"
11. "Feel"
12. "If it's In You"
13. "Late Night"

Disc 2 (Barrett)

1. "Baby Lemonade"
2. "Love Song"
3. "Dominoes
4. "It is Obvious"
5. "Rats"
6. "Maisie"
7. "Gigolo Aunt"
8. "Waving My Arms in the Air"
9. "I Never Lied to You"
10. "Wined and Dined"
11. "Wolfpack"
12. "Effervescing Elephant"

Charts

Album - Billboard

Year	Chart	Position
1974	Pop Albums	163