History Music / ASaucerfulOfSecrets

''A Saucerful of Secrets'' is the second studio album by Music/PinkFloyd, released in 1968. It marks a turning point in Floyd's history, as it's their last studio album to feature the ailing Music/SydBarrett and their first studio album to feature David Gilmour. Barrett would only appear on 3 songs off the album, one of which he wrote ("Jugband Blues"), and another ("Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun") which is the only song to ever feature the 5-man line-up of Pink Floyd.

* LongTitle: "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun".

!! Tracklist:

[[AC: Side One]]

# “Let There Be More Light” (5:38)
# “Remember a Day” (4:33)
# “Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun” (5:27)
# “Corporal Clegg” (4:12)

[[AC: Side Two]]

# “A Saucerful of Secrets” (11:59)
## “Something Else” (0:00 – 3:57)
## “Syncopated Pandemonium” (3:57 – 7:04)
## “Storm Signal” (7:04 – 8:38)
## “Celestial Voices” (8:38 – 11:52)
# “See-Saw” (4:36)
# “Jugband Blues” (3:00)

!! Principal Members:

!! Let There Be More Tropes:

* ArtificialLimbs: "Corporal Clegg"
--> ''Corporal Clegg had a wooden leg''
--> ''He won it in the war, in 1944''

* {{Lampshading}}: "Jugband Blues"
--> ''And I'm wondering who could be writing this song?''

--> ''For there revealed in glowing robes''
--> ''Was Lucy in the sky''

[[caption-width-right:350:''“One inch of love is one inch of shadow/Love is the shadow that ripens the wine/Set the controls for the heart of the sun...”'']]

->''"And the sea isn’t green\\

* AlienInvasion: One interpretation of the track "A Saucerful of Secrets" (due to the 'Saucer' in the title). Another is simply any general war/invasion scene. There's the lead-up and feeling of dread/the invader(s) appearing (''Something Else'')....then the invasion/battle (''Syncopated Pandemonium'')....then surveying the damaged wasteland/Aftermath (''Storm Signal'')....then the mourning of the dead (''Celestial Voices''). Whenever from Extraterrestrials or an Earthly military, the song is a definitely depiction of an invasion scene.

* [[AbsenteeActor Absentee Musician]]: Sadly, Syd Barrett on the majority of the album.

TheOneWith both David Gilmour and Syd Barrett.

* DesignStudentsOrgasm: The album cover, designed by Creator/{{Hipgnosis}}.

## “Something Else” (0:00-3:57)
## “Syncopated Pandemonium” (3:57-7:04)
## “Storm Signal” (7:04-8:38)
## “Celestial Voices” (8:38-11:52)

!!Principal Members:

* Music/SydBarrett - guitar, lead vocals

[[caption-width-right:350:''"One inch of love is one inch of shadow/Love is the shadow that ripens the wine/Set the controls for the heart of the sun..."'']]

# "Let There Be More Light" (5:38)
# "Remember a Day" (4:33)
# "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" (5:27)
# "Corporal Clegg" (4:12)

# "A Saucerful of Secrets" (11:59)
## "Something Else" (0:00-3:57)
## "Syncopated Pandemonium" (3:57-7:04)
## "Storm Signal" (7:04-8:38)
## "Celestial Voices" (8:38-11:52)
# "See-Saw" (4:36)
# "Jugband Blues" (3:00)

* {{Foreshadowing}}: "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" actually name-drops ''Music/TheWall'', and parts of the song's lyrics come surprisingly close to what would come later on the album[[note]]"Witness the man who raves at the wall" anyone?[[/note]]. Also SelfPlagiarism when Rogers Waters recycled the basic riff of "Set the Controls" for the three parts of "Another Brick in the Wall".