 Upon the album 's release in January 1970 , Malcolm Jones was shocked by the substandard musicianship on the Gilmour and Waters @-@ produced songs : " I felt angry . It 's like dirty linen in public and very unnecessary and unkind " . Gilmour said : " Perhaps we were trying to show what Syd was really like . But perhaps we were trying to punish him " . Waters was more positive : " Syd is a genius " . 
