Well, SGT Pepper was made at the same time as Piper and it is quite listenable. I do not thing you can say that the production was a problem. You cannot polish a turd, and I am sorry to say, Piper was just that. Terrible album in my opinion. Especially considering the great work they did after Syd was booted.... Darkside, Wish You Were Here, Obscured, Meddle, Animals, The Wall, The Final Cut, AMLOR, TDB, More... ect ect... They are all so much more meaningful to me.

I am not flaming the pro-Syd crowd... I just happen to really dislike that first album....

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