History Music / Ummagumma

* {{Feelies}}: The 1994 remastered CD release came in a green die-cut slipcase along with a fold-out poster of the album cover.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: David Gilmour is barefoot on the album cover.

''Ummagumma'' is the fourth studio album and debut live album by Music/PinkFloyd, released in 1969. Although the live half of the album remains popular to this day, the studio half of the album generates strong mixed feelings and is often viewed [[CreatorBacklash (even by the band itself)]] as a failed experiment. Whether it was or not, it remains an oddity in the Floyd catalogue, particularly because it's essentially four solo albums in one; each member got half an album side (about 10 minutes or so) to play with. Despite its eccentricities, the album remains a fan favorite and one of the best-selling pre-''[[Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon Dark Side]]'' releases, going platinum in the U.S. (sales of at least one million copies) in 1994, likely because the first disc was the only official live album from that era available until the release of the ''Early Years'' box set.

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* LongTitle: "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" and "Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict".

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!! Principal Members:

!! Careful with That Trope, Eugene:

* {{Scatting}}: "Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict"

* DrosteImage: Played with on the cover of this album. The pictures show each of the four band members switching positions and occupying the same place, save for the final one, which is the cover of ''Music/ASaucerfulOfSecrets''.

[[caption-width-right:350:''That was pretty avant-garde, wasn't it?'']]

* LimitedLyricsSong: "Careful with That Axe, Eugene" has exactly one verbal line, a TitleTrop, followed by Music/RogerWaters shrieking his lungs out.

** Creator/{{Gotlib}} once spoofed the album cover with the characters from his ''[[https://berichtenuithetverleden.wordpress.com/2012/12/12/gotlib-hamster-jovial-et-ses-louveteaux/ Hamster Jovial]] comic strip.

* {{Feelies}}: The 1994 remastered CD release came in a green die-cut slipcase along with a poster of the album cover.

* {{Feelies}}: The 1994 remastered CD release came in a slipcase along with a poster of the album cover.

** Creator/{{Gotlib}} once spoofed the album cover with the characters from his ''Hamster Jovial'' comic strip. [[https://berichtenuithetverleden.wordpress.com/2012/12/12/gotlib-hamster-jovial-et-ses-louveteaux/]]

[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/92356_original-1905_6052.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:250:''That was pretty avant-garde, wasn't it?'']]

* FaceOnTheCover: The group shown in a DrosteEffect.

''Ummagumma'' is the fourth studio album and debut live album by Music/PinkFloyd, released in 1969. Although the live half of the album remains popular to this day, the studio half of the album generates strong mixed feelings and is often viewed [[CreatorBacklash (even by the band itself)]] as a failed experiment. Whether it was or not, it remains an oddity in the Floyd catalogue, particularly because it's essentially four solo albums in one; each member got half an album side (about 10 minutes or so) to play with. Despite its eccentricities, the album remains a fan favorite and one of the best-selling pre-''[[Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon Dark Side]]'' releases, going platinum in the U.S. (sales of at least one million copies) in 1994, likely because the first disc wasthe only official live album from that era available until the release of the ''Early Years'' box set.

''Ummagumma'' is the fourth studio album and debut live album by Music/PinkFloyd, released in 1969. Although the live half of the album remains popular to this day, the studio half of the album generates strong mixed feelings and is often viewed [[CreatorBacklash (even by the band itself)]] as a failed experiment. Whether it was or not, it remains an oddity in the Floyd catalogue, particularly because it's essentially four solo albums in one; each member got half an album side (about 10 minutes or so) to play with. Despite its eccentricities, the album remains a fan favorite and one of the best-selling pre-''[[Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon Dark Side]]'' releases, going platinum in the U.S. (sales of at least one million copies) in 1994.

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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: ''Ummagumma'' is (supposedly) Cambridge slang for sex.

''Ummagumma'' is the fourth studio album and debut live album by Music/PinkFloyd, released in 1969. Although the live half of the album remains popular to this day, the studio half of the album generates strong mixed feelings and is often viewed (even by the band itself) as a failed experiment. Whether it was or not, it remains an oddity in the Floyd catalogue, particularly because it's essentially four solo albums in one; each member got half an album side (about 10 minutes or so) to play with. Despite its eccentricities, the album remains a fan favorite and one of the best-selling pre-''[[Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon Dark Side]]'' releases, going platinum in the U.S. (sales of at least one million copies) in 1994.

# "Astronomy Domine" (8:32) (live)
# "Careful with That Axe, Eugene" (8:49) (live)

# "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" (9:27) (live)
# "A Saucerful of Secrets" (12:48) (live)

# "Astronomy Domine" (8:32)
# "Careful with That Axe, Eugene" (8:49)

# "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" (9:27)
# "A Saucerful of Secrets" (12:48)

''Ummagumma'' is the fourth studio album and debut live album by Music/PinkFloyd, released in 1969. Although the live half of the album remains popular to this day and one of the best-selling pre-''[[Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon Dark Side]]'' releases, the studio half of the album generates strong mixed feelings and is often viewed (even by the band itself) as a failed experiment. Whether it was or not, it remains an oddity in the Floyd catalogue, particularly because it's essentially four solo albums in one; each member got half an album side (about 10 minutes or so) to play with. Despite its eccentricities, the album remains a fan favorite, going platinum in the U.S. (sales of at least one million copies) in 1994.

''Ummagumma'' is the fourth studio album and debut live album by Music/PinkFloyd, released in 1969. Although the live half of the album remains popular to this day and one of the best-selling pre-''[[Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon Dark Side]]'' releases, the studio half of the album generates strong mixed feelings and is often viewed (even by the band itself) as a failed experiment. Whether it was or not, it remains an oddity in the Floyd catalogue, particularly because it's essentially four solo albums in one; each member got half an album side (about 10 minutes or so) to play with.