Down In the Beechwoods (Pink Floyd Album) (A Jet-Propelled Soft Machine)

Down In the Beechwoods is the second studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 29 June 1968 by EMI Columbia in the United Kingdom and released on 27 July 1968 in the United States by Tower Records. The album was recorded before Syd Barrett's departure from the group.

As a result, Down In the Beechwoods is the only work including the five members of the band. The title track is the only track with the appearance of David Gilmour and Syd Barrett together in the album (one of two tracks in general). Gilmour does not appears on every Barrett track and in Richard Wright's Remember a Day (tracks with Barrett as the lead guitarist).

Down In the Beechwoods was received with good acceptance by their fans. The press criticized that their music sounded more Beatlesque, although it was classified as reasonably good. The album reached number 9 in UK Album Charts while reached number 87 in Billboard 200. The band released four singles. The singles written by Richard Wright, Remember a Day and It Would Be So Nice, were received better than the others.

The album acquired a uncommon characteristic as the time passed by, since any of the songs passed of six minutes length, fact that doesn't happen in any other album, and it is considered as their most commercial album by Roger Waters. Down In the Beechwoods is Pink Floyd's favourite album of drummer Nick Mason. Kevin Ayers also considers as their high peak.