a great floyd album, but its lacking what floyd needed the most at that time, Syd Barrett

an album that all too often goes unappreciated

an uneven album that could glibly be called Pink Floyd's sophomore jinx, though it's a bit more complicated than that

a lengthy instrumental suite (not a jam by all means) which, according to Gilmour, represents a battle and its consequences

a twelve-minute instrumental of frantic banging and clashing of china and cymbals

a lot better than I'd expected