critically derided Self Portrait<\/a>. Regardless of the motivation behind it, New Morning represented a tentative step back into the singer-songwriter spotlight after several years of different genre exercises. The pleasures here are simpler and less challenging than the mid-60s triumphs. But Dylan sounds more at peace on songs like the title track and \u201cThe Man In Me\u201d than at any time in his career. And \u201cSign On The Window\u201d delivers a glimpse of the tortured heartbreak songs that became his go-to in the middle of the decade.<\/p>\n\u2018Atom Heart Mother\u2019 by Pink Floyd<\/p>\n
Floyd was definitely still finding their way in the post-Syd Barrett era. Their attempt to marry classical textures to their trippy jamming doesn\u2019t really connect on the title track, which takes up the entire first side of the record. And \u201cAlan\u2019s Psychedelic Breakfast\u201d, which gobbles up 13 minutes of Side Two, is a slog. But the three normal-sized songs, one each from David Gilmour, Roger Waters, and Rick Wright, all hint at future triumphs. As a matter of fact, Wright\u2019s surging \u201cSummer \u201868\u201d stands as one of the best unheralded tracks in their catalog.<\/p>\n
\u2018Share The Land\u2019 by The Guess Who<\/p>\n
Randy Bachman took a heaping helping of songwriting savvy and electric guitar heft when he left this band because of their hard-partying ways. But they didn\u2019t suffer at all commercially for it on the first album without him. Burton Cummings\u2019 wailing vocals were still in place, and he also wrote the smash single \u201cShare The Land\u201d. Meanwhile, new guitarist Kurt Winter made his presence felt as both a player and a writer, penning the enduring \u201cHand Me Down World\u201d. Several album tracks are winners as well, including the Beatlesque \u201cBus Rider\u201d and soulful ballad \u201cDo You Miss Me Darling?\u201d<\/p>\n
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