Summer '68

"Summer '68" is a song by Pink Floyd on their 1970 album Atom Heart Mother.[4][5]

For the song by Bryan Adams, see Summer of '69.
"Summer '68"
Song by Pink Floyd
from the album Atom Heart Mother
A-side
ReleasedOctober 1970
RecordedDecember 1968 - January 1969, 5 - 20 July 1970[2]
StudioAbbey Road Studios, London
Genre
Length5:28
LabelHarvest
Songwriter(s)Richard Wright
Producer(s)
Pink Floyd singles chronology
"One of These Days"
(1971)		 "Summer '68"
(1970)		 "Free Four"
(1972)

Recording

Written and sung by Richard Wright, "Summer '68" was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in July 1970. Its lyrics describe Wright's meeting with a groupie in 1968.

On 4 December 1968, an incomplete version of this song, titled "One Night Stand", was started at Abbey Road Studios. The band kept working on it until 16 December, and it was eventually scrapped by the band on 16 January 1969 after a session at Abbey Road.[6]

Reception

In a retrospective review for the Atom Heart Mother album, Irving Tan of Sputnik Music gave "Summer '68" a positive review, describing it as "the catchiest and most-accessible track on the album."[7] Tan really enjoyed Wright's vocals, the "bombastic trumpet solo breaks", and believed the track had "a groovy chorus".[7]

In another retrospective review for the Atom Heart Mother album, IGN described "Summer '68" as "a catchy, fast and happy pop tune written and sung by Richard Wright" that's "one of the few songs Wright has ever done for Pink Floyd and it's actually pretty fine."[8]

Personnel

with:

  • Abbey Road Session Pops Orchestra – brass

References
  1. "The Official Site". Pink Floyd.
  2. Guesdon, Jean-MIchel (2017). Pink Floyd All The Songs. Running Press. ISBN 9780316439237.
  3. "All 167 Pink Floyd Songs Ranked Worst to Best". 4 September 2018.
  4. Strong, Martin C. (2004). The Great Rock Discography (7th ed.). Edinburgh: Canongate Books. p. 1177. ISBN 1-84195-551-5.
  5. Mabbett, Andy (1995). The Complete Guide to the Music of Pink Floyd. London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-4301-X.
  6. Guesdon, Jean-Michel (2017). Pink Floyd All The Songs. Running Press. ISBN 9780316439237.
  7. Tan, Irving (18 September 2010). "Review: Pink Floyd – Atom Heart Mother | Sputnikmusic". www.sputnikmusic.com. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  8. "Reader Review: Atom Heart Mother". IGN. 11 December 2003. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
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