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All rights reserved.Piper at the Gates of Dawn - Pink Floyd (CD 1990)
| Track Listing 1. Astronomy Domine 2. Lucifer Sam 3. Matilda Mother 4. Flaming 5. Pow R. Toc H. 6. Take up Thy Stethoscope and Walk 7. Interstellar Overdrive 8. Gnome, The 9. Chapter 24 10. Scarecrow 11. Bike
Album Notes Pink Floyd: Syd Barrett (vocals, guitar); Roger Waters (vocals, bass); Rick Wright (piano, organ); Nick Mason (drums). Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London, England. Pink Floyd's debut was its only recording based on the vision of founding singer/guitarist Syd Barrett, an art student whose world revolved around music, mysticism, and liberal doses of hallucinogens. The band's moniker was taken from the first names of Georgia bluesmen Pink Anderson and Floyd Council (an album of theirs was a favorite of Barrett's), and the album's title came from a chapter of Kenneth Grahame's children's classic, THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS (also a staple of Barrett's library). Recorded at Abbey Road at the same time The Beatles were cutting SGT. PEPPER, PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN is an avant-garde pastiche of trippy improvisation and snappy pop snippets--a blurring of musical borders that went far beyond what the Fab Four were doing a couple of rooms away. (Producer Norman Smith had been The Beatles' chief engineer for much of the early '60s.) Instrumental space-jams like "Pow R. Toc H." and "Interstellar Overdrive" smashed the conventionality of the pop mainstream by opening up traditional song structures, as bits of Rick Wright's reverb-soaked Farfisa organ and Barrett's scratchy guitar float in and out of the mix. The other side of Barrett's musical expression was an ability to write shorter "pop" songs that were similar to traditional fare only in length--acid-fueled observations of a Siamese cat on "Lucifer Sam," and child-like tales on "The Gnome" and "Bike." Editorial Reviews Q (06/01/2000) Rolling Stone (12/09/1999) Q (08/01/1999) Q (01/01/1995) Mojo | Find errors in the product description? Submit a catalog update request now. | ||||||||||||||
Top Reviews  greatReview created: 06/08/06 by:  0 of 5 people found this review helpful. I bought it as a gift for a friend who said they'd like to have it. I didn't listen to it myself, but it came in great condition. Review ID: 10000000001148951 Was this review helpful? Report this review Reviews Dawn of the FloydThis is what PinkFloyd was supposed to be, the album that started it all. now understand that if anything PF did keep its signature... they are one of the MOST, if not the THEE MOST "ORIGINAL" rock band to date. they went from psychedelic to "space rock" to progressive to heavy to jazz to w/e if you ever tried drugs you'd know exactly why this album was such a MASSIVE hit during its day and should still be today Review ID: 10000000007898261 Was this review helpful? Report this review Great Pink Floyd!Review created: 05/13/08 by: I bought this CD after watching the VH1 Classic on Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd. This CD definitely has that 60's psychedelic feel and sound, but the music and lyrics are really quite masterful. Although Syd leaving the band led to the emergence of Roger Waters as a songwriter, it would be interesting to see where Pink Floyd would be or would have gone had the original band stayed together for more than this one album. Great stuff, a must have for any classic rock and roller. Review ID: 10000000007158805 Was this review helpful? Report this review A ClassicI first bought a copy of this album in the early 1970s in the U.K. It serves as probably the greatest example of psychedelic rock, and the greatest sampling of songs by the late Syd Barrett. It makes one wonder what a second album with Barrett would have been like. He's pictured with the band on A Saucerful of Secrets, but only contributed one song. As David Gilmour put it, Barrett was out of control, so they made a deal. Gilmour would tour and record, Barrett would sit at home and write the songs. Of course, it didn't work out that way. I can't name just one strong song on Piper; they're all strong. This album is a must, not only for Pink Floyd fans, but everyone interested in the psychedelic era of music. Review ID: 10000000006548553 Was this review helpful? Report this review I HOPE IT HELP YOU.1 of 1 people found this review helpful. I HOPE THE SENTENCE HELP YOU. -PINK FLOYD IS MORE THAN JUST MUSIC- THINK ABOUT YOURSELF AND WHAT IS AROUND YOU, MY FRIEND. Review ID: 10000000004948503 Was this review helpful? Report this review |
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