Reviews (page 2 of 9)
I guess I'm more of a "David-Gilmore-Pink-Floyd" fan, as opposed to a "Syd-Barret-Pink-Floyd" fan, just like the rest of planet Earth.
Psychedelic madness from Syd Barrett, would have benefited from the inclusion of the "Arnold Layne" and "See Emily Play" singles.
Was gonna be a 2 but then got real weird at the end.
Certainly didn’t change my outlook on Pink Floyd
love other Pink Floyd more
Objectively good, caught me while grumpy
Def not my favorite pink floyd album. Some cool ideas here and there but probably won’t listen to it again.
Awesome!
I'm just glad they kept going instead of deciding they weren't very good at this whole rock and roll thing. 2/5.
I really do not care for Pink Floyd. This was weird and grating for a majority of it. Strange vocalizations/screeching/mostly discordant noise throughout. Incoherent sounds with some music, I don’t get it. I do appreciate how they utilize stereo sound and how it has a unique sound. This album more than the others has the 60’s sound to it. Thank goodness this is the last Pink Floyd album I have to listen to. (2)
76/100. Pink Floyd’s debut record was a success. While the album is a bit inconsistent, some songs lack quality, while others are very impressive, it highlights the immense potential the band would later achieve. A solid debut.
3.3/5 - First time listening to a Pink Floyd album in full. Cultural significance aside, this album was definitely interesting, but fell a bit below my expectations. In sole regards to my enjoyment of the album (as someone who knows jack about psychedelic rock and/or musical history) this album did not impress. I have nothing bad to say regarding the vocals and mood, although some tracks were quite unpleasant to listen to (e.g. "Flaming" and "Pow R. Toc H"). The bizarre mood created by the sometimes jarring and discordant sounds was uniquely interesting, although this failed to lift the album up from more than a three out of five for me. A worthwhile listen? Yes, but not an album I would come back to simply to "appreciate the experimental artistry" - I think once will be enough.
5/10 My first Pink Floyd album and, satisfyingly, it's their debut album, and for me it was very 50/50. I get a kick out of the almost psychedelic/rock vibe I'm getting from a lot of the tracks but some of them (Falming/Pow R. Toc. H) start going way off the rails and start getting borderline annoying. I'm excited to see what they go on to do.
4.5
Noticeably more British twang than the other Pink Floyd albums we've heard so far, and kind of more run-of-the-mill in that way. Not that this album wasn't very experimental with extended instrumental/jam sections with some chaotic soundscapes. It just lacks some of the cohesion that im impressed by in their later stuff. The creativity on this makes you think they're going places, but where this particular album stands it's an average 3 for me.
This is the one I mentioned, when we had the Syd Barrett album, not too long ago: the first Pink Floyd album, when Barrett was still the leader and main songwriter. As I predicted, I like this better than other (subsequent, Barrett-less) Pink Floyd. This came out in 1967 -- early days of psychedelic rock -- and is full of psychedelic British whimsy (Wind in the Willows album title; songs about a gnome, and a scarecrow; etc., etc.). All of which, more or less, appeals to me - although, now that I know more about Barrett's biography, there's a bit of discomfort at the thought that all this innocent-seeming whimsical psychedelia may have come at a high cost to his well-being. Eh, that's probably bs - what do I really know? So, then, to focus on just the music: I like it pretty well, and (like a lot of recent albums, it seems) it's between a 3 and a 4. (But then, as I think I've said before, this is probably to be expected, in this particular exercise of ranking -- on a 1 to 5 scale -- 1000 albums that are allegedly really good.) And I think I'll go with a very low 4, and end with the thought that later Pink Floyd would have benefitted from some of Barrett's trippy whimsy, which might have helped to make their pompous and ponderous later albums a bit more palatable (to me, anyway).
I'm not high enough. Yeah I can dig the playful, boundless mess, but I prefer the more composed, subsequent PF albums
First album by Pink Floyd. We can already see the hints of greatness that is to come. Favorite track: Interstellar Overdrive other picks: Astronomy Domine, Lucifer Sam, Bike
Increíble
I don’t want to rate this on some linear 1-5 scale. I want a special scale for Syd Barrett Floyd albums with Renaissance sensibilities that are awesome despite references to the summer solstice. The more I listen to this album the more I just… love it. It’s weird. It’s experimental in the best way. It.. isn’t a 5. But on some other scale it’s an 11. 4 Boolean: True
This is a psychedelic classic. Any Spinal Tap fan will love it.
Pink Floyd's debut contains a mix of psychedelic experiments and psychedelic pop songs, and both give mixed results. Most of the more traditional songs are pleasant, though they don't sound too different than what other similar bands were doing at the time. But some of them don't work, like the clumsy "Stethoscope," and others, like "Bike," try to pass off weird stories with painfully obvious rhymes as trippy. The more experimental tracks can be a bit aimless, like "Pow R. Toc H," while others, like "Interstellar Overdrive," are pretty interesting and foreshadow the band's better material to come. Overall this album attempts a surreal feel but either doesn't have the evocative lyrics or depth of sound to pull it off.
DEATH GRIPS MENDTIONED!!! I don't know what to make of this album. Some songs are really good, while others are the worst psychadelia bullshit I've ever heard.
Much prefer the later albums
i was in a syd barrett cover band in high school
3.5
3.5
This in my view is the second greatest Pink Floyd album. It stands on its own island because this is Syd Barrett’s one and only album with him as the leader. As far as Psychedelic rock goes it doesn’t get much better than this. The songs can go into more space rock and progressive territory on tracks like “Astronomy Domine” , “Pow R. Toc H.” & “Interstellar Overdrive” Those tracks are really good but what makes this album special are the more nursery rhyme character songs. “Lucifer Sam” bridges both worlds the best. However there’s an even more innocent quality to the last 4 Tracks. “The Gnome”, “Chapter 24”, “The Scarecrow, and the masterpiece in songwriting that is “BIKE” (First Pink Floyd song I ever heard thanks to my 7th grade teacher) These 4 tracks is in my view make this album from really good to something else entirely. This section shows Syd Barrett the songwriter. Which in many ways is unconventional. You will be hard pressed to find anything else that sounds like “The Piper At The Gates Of Down”. Is the record perfect, by no means There’s a handful of songs on there on that I just Find decent but they work in context of this style of record. Each song does something interesting even if the track itself isn't top notch. Even though i can nit pick something’s thats all they are. 5/5 and historically 6/5 for the genre. There’s a good reason you see this album on Top 10 albums of Psychedelic Rock. American had its sounds and this showed how even more left field the British were.
4/5 I know a mouse, and he hasn't got a house. I don't know why I call him Gerald.
some good some bad .... very raw compared to later syd Barret stuff
There were some high points but thank god the sixties ended
Craaaazy but great. Loved Bike.
Don't really care for Syd Barretts music, one of the worst Pink Floyd albums for sure
Not great. Very British and a bit dated, psychedelic music. Not nearly as interesting as prime Pink Floyd.
Love The Wall. Same Dark Side. Not this.
Not was I was expecting from Pink Floyd after hearing the wall album on this list previously. Its okay rock from the 60s. It has probably influenced all the later artist that I listen to in some way but the vibe and the old mixing just makes me want to skip songs on this album to see if the next one is better. None of them were.
Essential for Pink Floyd? Yes, but I don't think it's too amazing besides for being pivotal to a 'space rock' sound and being their starting point. Syd's songs on their second album have a lot more depth than here I think, even though there's far less.
not my stuff
No standouts
5 sterne
i respect it but it kinda makes me feel like syd barrett himself 7/10 best song - lucifer sam
Very psychedelic and musically interesting, but overstays its welcome at times.
Experimental psychedelic before the DSOM
I love this weird little album it feels like there’s a bunch of gnomes and elves and gremlins in my headphones in a little factory fuckin making toys or something
This is so fucking tedious. Insufferable. Self-indulgent. Utter nonsense. I can’t even be bothered to write a proper review. I will say this though – I’ve discovered that probably my most hated niche sub-genre is the one in which artists sing earnestly about nature in a twee-like manner. Singing about scarecrows and mice and fucking dandelions while layering over a bunch of stupid sound effects. Rubbish. Absolutely fucking rubbish.
So different than their later output. And kind of amazing it had chart success in the UK because it is weird. But definitely holds up.
Not my favorite Pink Floyd album.
sure bro
the best band oat. their most underrated album and one of their best
not my thing
Some tracks were ok…not my fave. 2.5 rounded down.
This is not a good album. The long instrumentals aren’t interesting and the shorter “pop” songs are generally lousy songs. Things didn’t gel for them until Syd Barrett was out and David Gilmour joined.
This was fine but seemed a little unserious and disjointed.
Pink Floyd between 1973-80 was probably the best band in the world. Before that is a real mixed bag though. Unfortunately Syd Barrett's stuff never really caught on with me and this album is no different. Waters has some decent riffs on here but overall there are very few traces of the band that would make Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, and The Wall.
I dunno man.
Weird and creative. I like it
Was neat to listen to for historical reasons. Foreshadowing of great future albums
Not for me. So overstimulating. Fuck me.
I love this era of Pink Floyd - they're totally unaccountable, doing what they love because they're good at it and because they want to. Bizarre music for bizarre music's sake
Such a good album as a debut, although it is really complicated and everything is sort of all over the place as if Pink Floyd lost the strategy while making it. This album defines psychedelic well and it’s an amazing journey that everyone should experience at least once.
2.5 rounded up for the first two tracks
Not my favorite Pink Floyd....has its moments but overall is a little too psychedelic and avant garde for me. Seems to have paved the way for a lot of noisy, out there, unmusical rock music in the decades to come. Also has some goofy, whimsical British vibes. I'll round up because it feels wrong to give Pink Floyd a 2, but I didn't love it.
kind of crazy that this came out like 2 months after sgt. pepper's - and that it was their first album. i felt like this sounded similar to sgt. pepper's but this is a good thing.
I just listened to this album 1 day before it was generated for me. Syd Barrett's best feat is having wish you were here written about him. 4
Never heard a song from this album in particular (but of course I'm not new to Floyd, I haven't slept under a rock), I enjoy the spacey sound and intricate production and the craft overall, this is exactly my cup of tea!
Based debut. Long live Syd
grimble grumble
based debut. hell yea gnomes 4
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘪𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘢𝘸𝘯 is at its best when Pink Floyd leave conventional song structures behind and disappear completely into space. 𝗔𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆 𝗗𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻é and 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲 are the obvious highlights, combining psychedelic atmosphere, strange sounds, and a genuine sense of exploration. These are the moments when the album still feels exciting rather than merely historically interesting. The more whimsical songs are less convincing to me. Syd Barrett’s childlike imagery and playful storytelling certainly give the record its unique personality, but his lyrics can also feel rather naive. What is charming in small doses gradually becomes a little tiresome over the course of the album. There is no shortage of imagination here, and it is fascinating to hear how different this version of Pink Floyd sounds from the band they would later become. Still, I prefer the cosmic experimentation to the nursery-rhyme eccentricity, leaving me with an album I respect more consistently than I enjoy.
No es el mejor disco de pink floyd, pero aqui ya empieza a haber algo. No está mal.
First Listen Favorites: Pow R. Toc H. Matilda Mother Interstellar Overdrive Honorable Mentions: Astronomy Domine
meh
To normal people, I'd say "My name's The Piper at the Gates of Dawn." But to all my friends and family, I like to go by the man, the myth, the legend, P-A-T-G-O-D, PATGOD baby!
Syd era, whimsical psychedelic tunes. Pretty interesting stuff, but I can't dig into it too much. Really cool sounds for the time, if nothing else. Not a bad record.
Album #157: Pink Floyd – The Piper at the Gates of Dawn ⭐⭐⭐⭐ My first Pink Floyd album on the list. Their debut, and a major outlier in their discography. There's a very thin line between whimsy and terror on this album. This is such a mad record. It's strange, unsettling, and unlike anything else they ever made. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn doesn't really feel like a song-oriented record. It's more like songs dissolving into soundscapes. Songs can meander without form at times. You can hear the long instrumental jams they were already known for, but they're mixed with all these novel studio techniques: hard panning, cavernous reverb, and tape manipulation. Everything is pushed to the limit, and the result is a really dissonant album that's genuinely quite scary at times. It's downright creepy. This is Syd Barrett's only album with Pink Floyd, and it really makes you wonder what else he might have gone on to create. It's a shame he didn't get to make more music. He was clearly onto something very interesting here, and I can't help thinking he would have made even stranger and more fascinating music as he got older. I'm a huge Velvet Underground fan, and listening to this, I couldn't help thinking about European Son. I'd never really noticed before that Syd Barrett's guitar playing is remarkably similar to Lou Reed's on that track. It's that same scratchy, aggressive attack on the strings I'd never made that comparison before, but it really stood out to me. It’s a classic album, but it’s not necessarily one that I enjoy though. I've said before that I like music that scares me, and this genuinely does in places. But it's also a very difficult listen. The production techniques are pushed so far that they become exhausting. I've never been a huge fan of hard panning, and this feels like the peak of that late-1960s obsession with it. I know it was a novel studio trick at the time, but having the drums entirely in one ear, miles away from everything else, often robs the music of its power. Also, take Interstellar Overdrive. When that main riff comes back in after that long improvised jam, it should be the heaviest, most intense thing in the world. But, it's diluted by this stupid stereo phasing effect. It's like the band is just trying to show off their new toys, but it takes away from the music. At the same time, and unlike other heavy stereo'd albums of the era. I don't think I'd want to hear this in mono either, because those studio effects are an essential part of the experience. It's also an incredibly shrill album. There are piercing whistles, screeching sounds, and harsh high frequencies throughout. It can be genuinely uncomfortable on the ears, which only adds to the unsettling atmosphere. But it's also fascinating. There are loads of brilliant vocal arrangements, strange harmonies, bizarre sound effects, and ideas that still feel adventurous today. It's just a shame Syd Barrett never really got the chance to develop them further before LSD completely fried his brain. A very strange record, and one that's absolutely deserving of its place on this list. Pink Floyd undoubtedly went on to greater things, but this remains one of the most unusual and distinctive albums of its era.
This ain't for me. It was quite a struggle to get through, to be honest. The most interesting thing about this is they kept the band name after losing the guy who wrote all the songs and played lead guitar and was one of the vocalists. Guess they really liked the name. 1.7
Ok
The absolute beginning of a musical legend.
Ok but better PF albums.
The only Floyd album with zero input from David Gilmour and you can really tell. It’s a different band really, with Syd’s more zany songwriting on full display here. Outside of Take Up The Stethoscope (which has a real Set Your Controls… vibe to it) there doesn’t feel like a lot of Waters here either. It’s a real mixed bag with some incredible instrumental pieces mixed in with clip-clop toadstool songs like Gnome. I like this album, but am also relieved Gilmour came in when he did.
Terrible album
Piper at gates of dawn- Psychedelic rock. Kind of challenging. Some of the experimental improvisation stuff was cool but I’m not a fan of syd Barrett’s song writing. Some of the songs sound like the stuff that Zappa was making fun of on Were Only In It for the Money. I guess it was probably pretty trippy at the time. They really improved a lot of the next few years!
Man i love pink floyd but the early stuff is not for me. Going into this blind i would lump this in with all he other 60s british garbage, maybe slightly better. Painse to rank this so low but trying to be objective
Okay I fucking hated this
One of my favourite period pieces, a phenomenal collection of arty psych pop. The aural mystery and excitement captured in the interplay of the band on Astronomy and Interstellar remain a fascinating listen 60 years after the fact. And Barrett’s way with a pop song and lyrical turn of phrase is top notch. Lucifer Sam, Chapter 24, The Gnome are parodic English masterpieces. It’s a great record.
Start of a legendary band. No matter what, there is always something interesting and new on this album. Especially on the production and use of panning
Syd Barrett Pink Floyd. Not my usual, been awhile. When I was a teen, this phase was considered the only “true” Pink Floyd by people I hung out with. Still, if they were playing Pink Floyd, it was Dark Side of the Moon, whatever they said. Have to say, this is an amazing ride of an album. We DID listen to this. We named one of our lab mice “Gerald” because of Bike in my 8th grade biology class. What a crazy evolution this band went through! Interstellar Overdrive is still a favorite, actually. 4 Boolean: True
This is a somewhat strange debut album. Mainly written by Syd Barrett, the lyrics were quite trippy, as he seemed to be the only one using drugs like LSD. He could barely manage to finish this album and quit the band shortly after. The band then struggled to find their own way and it took them several albums to finally settle for one. Their ninth studio album, Wish ou Were Here, is a tribute to Syd, nearly 9 years later. The piper is not their best work, but the willing to experiment and to use new techniques paved the way to their future success.
- Yeesh. This gave me a whole new appreciation for groups like Jefferson Airplane, because this brand of psychedelic actively irritates me. Never been a Pink Floyd fan and this pushed my distaste to new levels. - The middle third of this album, from "Pow R. Toc H." through "Interstellar Overdrive" is rooooouuuuugh. Granted, I am not currently on LSD, but this makes me think trying it would make me into the type of twat that likes this. - Did not mind the hook of "Lucifer Sam" and I see the appeal of "The Scarecrow." But I was so incredibly turned off from the rest that I am not even willing to go to a 2.
This is an odd one. Both as a Pink Floyd album, but as an album at all. Very psychedelic - quite a bit too much most of the times. Often sounds like a modern version of some renaissance piece. While it certainly has something, I 100% prefer the Pink Floyd that came after Syd Barret was kicked out. That's why it's so interesting to hear in interviews how the band members valued him so extremely highly, when I think in the rest of the worlds eyes their best work came after. About the actual album. There are few songs I'd consider "good" here, as most are whimsical and/or corny in some sense. Definitely different, if that's what you're after. Top song is 'Lucifer Sam' hands down with its cool guitar riff. Otherwise it's too experimental for me. There are songs in there, but there's always some weird turn at some point which brings it down. 'Bike' is strange, but ends with some weird reverse duck-like sound. 'The Gnome' is completely out of place. 'Pow R. Toc. H' is a cool instrumental piece, but then they had to add weird vocal chants and noises to it. 'Interstellar Overdrive' is a window into what Pink Floyd will later become, but is too long and noisy, and ends with them panning the whole track around which makes you feel dizzy. But why!? In the end, this is fun as a historical piece, and something interesting to discuss, but not really listen to other than piece-wise. Feels wrong in a way, but I'll settle on a 2 for this.
I thought this was pretty unremarkable. I’m a big fan of later Pink Floyd like “Meddle” and forwards. This was quite different however. Very phycadelic but I thought it lacked some ear-worms. Maybe I just need to listen to it some more. I wasn’t a big fan of some of the experimental takes, when it devolves to noise or when they wobble which speaker the sound comes out from. Favourite song was “Lucifer Sam”, mainy because the riff was good and reminded me of Daytripper. Strong 2.
The drugs are very evident in this one. Syd got caught up on the fact that he could make his guitar sound like a chicken that he forgot to think about if he should. I can also see where don’t hug me I’m scared got inspiration from for some of their songs. Some songs aren’t bad but they’re very dated and don’t hold up. I’m glad it got the traction that it got, however, because it paved the way for what followed from them. And knowing the other albums very well makes me rate it lower since the others are so so high.
I've always thought one day I'll get into Pink Floyd. Thank you 1001 albums for clearing that thought from my brain. This ain't for me
Super fucking weird and trippy and started such an amazing run for a band. Not my fav Floyd but it needs its props for being the start
Never really got the appeal of this album. I understand the importance of Syd in the history of Pink Floyd, but this one really feels like a product of its time and not as timeless as their future output.
if I did not know this was Pink Floyd I imagine it would change my rubric and my bias would inflate the score. Overall, this album sounds like a series of Monty Python sketches at the Renaissance Fair main stage.
Late Pink Floyd. Not even good pink Floyd
Please no more pink Floyd. Uneventful and kinda samey psychedelia.
Not a huge fan of Barrett era Floyd. In my opinion, he was not revolutionary. His story is just sad.
Un disco inusual para lo que llegó haría Floyd. Prefiero lo que sigue
What a strange, but fascinating chap Syd Barrett was! Too overtly psychedelic for me in places, but some good tracks too.
I'm a massive fan of Pink Floyd, but this ablum is not one of their best, very weird in places. This ablum is only slightly better than their worst album "The Final Cut". Nevertheless, I like the album as I've owned it so long and so it is very familiar and it's a trip down memory lane. My rating reflects the familiarity of the music, rather than a judgement of the quality of the album. The abum does contain 3 or 4 decent tracks, like Astronomy Domine, Interstellar Overdrive and Bike (🤫).
Day 338 First Pink Floyd album on the list for me and I really struggled with it tbh, I’ll give it a few more listens but don’t think it’s for me at all unfortunately. Highlights Chapter 24 Bike
I don’t get Pink Floyd. I try I just don’t see it
How innovative thus album was. Great sounds coming from the studio as the band members explore different techniques on reverb and recording methods. Sound playing from the band too.
Still working some stuff out. I’m not even a huge fan of final form Pink Floyd, so this was just ok for me.
That’s why I found it boring…
You either had to be there or stoned. The real Spinal Tap
trippant et pinkfloydesque
Too much piping, not enough dawning.
It opens with an evil version of Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, and goes straight to an evil spy soundtrack intro, love that. From there it goes into some fairly normal 60s psych stuff for a while. Pow R. Toc H. was a nice, unexpected, jazzy addition. Overall like a 3.5.
Отличный классный реально драйвовый и интересный альбом, который зашел мне на удивление гораздо больше чем зе волл. Живая, нормальная человеческая музыка, которая гораздо меньше напоминает срежиссированное представление и больше гаражные посиделки с гитарами от нескольких крутых челов. Это классно.
worst pink floyd album
Hell yea. Solid album.
Horse clomps are percussion too
Very good psychedelic rock
The strangest classic rock album that I've ever heard. I don't even know how to rate that one.
8/10 Buen album, me gusto. Algunos temas bastante pj, pero otros muy buenos
Too much psychedelia for me. Didn’t enjoy it. 1/5
It is difficult to see how this turned into The Wall, Wish You Were Here, Dark Side Of The Moon. It’s awful. Runs the gamut from frilly ascot Brit-pop to mindless chanting.
Not close to their best work. Some interesting sounds for the time and how early they were, but definitely the kid learning to use all of the knobs on his synth
I like Pink Floyd. Not this one, though.
They weren't taking enough drugs yet when they made this
Just awful. So many ‘nails on a chalkboard’ moments.
I got a bike
This is the kind of Pysch I abhor. I’m sure it was massively influential, and I imagine I’ll enjoy later Pink Floyd output significantly more, but I loathed this. It’s giving an unironic version of Spinal Tap on stage with the shitty undersized Stonehenge.
whatever the hell that was
This is proof that people used to do too much drug in the 60s.
P floyd innan de hitta sin prime, mer experimentellt
A character from "The Wind In The Willows".
Album #205 Pink Floyd: Piper at the Gates of Dawn I’ve never been too big on early Floyd; no disrespect to Syd Barrett, but I can’t help but think that the band got a whole lot better after his departure; whether that is correlation or causation, I’m not sure. Piper at the Gates of Dawn always felt a bit too weird and quirky for me, and despite having some undeniably great space rock/psychedelic epics on it, I felt as though it was held back by Barrett’s ramblings about gingerbread men and scarecrows. I was expecting to come in and give this one a two-star rating, but honestly, I don’t know why, but this just seemed to click more for me this time. The disparity between a prog epic like Interstellar Overdrive and an eccentric ditty like The Gnome no longer felt jarring, but rather refreshing. I still think there are some misses on this, but most of it held up a lot more than I remember. Who knows, maybe in a few more years I’ll prefer this to Animals. Best Songs: Interstellar Overdrive, Astronomy Domine, Bike Worst Song: Pow R. Toc H. Score out of 10: 6.5
1 - 6.5/10 2 - 7/10 (james bond, és tu?) 3 - 7/10 4 - 6/10 5 - 6.5/10 6 - 6/10 7 - 7.5/10 8 - 7/10 9 - 7/10 10 - 6.5/10 11 - 6.5/10, oq crl é q este fim? 3.5/5
I’d always heard Pink Floyd was really good but hasn’t listened to much of their work other than the really famous stuff… I didn’t check the reviews before listening to the album so you can imagine my surprise upon actually listening to the album. I had to go in and check to make sure this wasn’t some other band that was also named Pink Floyd. I try to maintain discretion and realize that even if I don’t like some music it still holds value as art, but some of this is just too hard to justify defending…
I'm not sure why this is here. I remember listening to this when I was in my Pink Floyd phase in high school and...just going to the rest of their catalog. I think I listened to this a handful of times. There's Pink Floyd albums that deserve to be on here...Dark Side of The Moon, Wish You Were Here, The Wall...I'm assuming they're all here. Meddle is an amazing, underrated album of theirs and I much prefer it to this. From what I can tell, this just has the distinction of being their first album...but doesn't belong with the rest of their work that's considered great. I'm also certain that if you were a teenager in 1967 and listening to this for the first time, your mind would be completely blown...I'm not discounting the historical importance here. I was ready to give this a 3, but then I realized I'm leaning into the fact that I'm biased because...well, it's Pink Floyd. And I like Pink Floyd. But that doesn't mean I have to like this album. Had this been some random band on here, I wouldn't give it more than a 2. I doubt that when someone wants to listen to Pink Floyd that this is the album they reach for. Maybe some hardcore Pink Floyd fans do, but they're an outlier.
This is SO much different from the Pink Floyd you know and love as to really make it a different band entirely. It's more of an art experiment than anything else. Rick Wright and Syd Barret create an otherworldly sound that upends your normal cognitive order, no drugs needed. Their long, extended whirling and chaotic jams are quite unlike anything else, echoing and reverberating in disharmonious miasma. Engilfed by the sound, you suddenly find that you don't know where yopu came from and you have no idea where you're going. Then Barretts' voice and little childlike vocals come in, creating a grounding, a safer place, like coming home to loved ones. This whole thing is like walking around in a funhouse, you don't know wether the next thing is scary, hilarious, or just plain weird. But as a prototype Pink FLoyd album, it is a religious artifact. Roger Waters actually plays along, and his bass lines are QUITE good! Nick Mason brings some free playing to the bizarreness of this orchestration with Waters holding down the time. The music succeeds because of the grounding elements. Waters keeping time inside the chaos. Barrett's sing-song melodies and kindly, folksy vocal style while he sinks more and more into madness. Shades of the blues-rock roots all 60s British bands share, forming the basis for the often difficult improvisational sections. Without going off about the Pan symbolism, Pink Floyd later tames their wilder/improvisation instincts without leaving behind the more creative aspects of composition, in no small part thanks to the addition of GIlmour and Syd Barrett's dismissal. It's interesting that the band survived this period. Like they say, from the ashes...
Excellent artwork utilising the image created by fashion photographer Vic Singh. It is reported that he was sent an advance copy of the music and after listening to it, wanted to do something in keeping with the bands alien sound so asked the band to bring bright clothes then shot on his Hassleblad using a prism lens that George Harrison had given him. All this in 1967 before the emerhence of computers or heinous Ai. Somewhere theres a piece of film with this shot on and polaroids, capturing the moment in analogue perfection. Music is great too.
Sorry Pink Floyd but this one is a flop
Is it a wonder that a bad album sounds like a bad trip? 2/5
Unpopular opinion but other than a few songs, I do not enjoy pink Floyd. This was a lot of noise, some ok but mostly just nof enjoyable to listen to.
4 out of 5. I liked this album more than I thought I would, what a trip.
I feel like I would really like this one in the alternative reality where I'm an 80's Tibetan monk who's really passionate about electric guitars and recreational drugs
I wanna give it a 4 just cause it's PF but it's too early and rough around the edges
Weird
I had a bike you could ride it if you like it has baskets and bells and rings and things that make it look good
Might be my favourite psychedelic rock album. Outlandish and uncompromising, not even trying to write a hit. Also love the “Relics” compilation of contemporary singles and other stuff. Unpopular opinion: Later Pink Floyd sounds over-considered, polished and dull compared to this.
Another one the kids and Yanks won't get, because its too much for their tiny little brains. The Yanks even deleted tracks to protect their little angels. Sacrilege. Anyway what we have here is a mixture of brilliant Barrett whimsy and the birth of space rock. The first steps on the road to becoming the greatest band ever (well at least since the Beatles).
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn - Pink Floyd (1967) The Piper at the Gates of Dawn holds up remarkably well for a debut album, serving as a powerful introduction that clearly showcases the early psychedelic sound Pink Floyd would go on to revolutionize. It stands all around as a great, highly engaging listen—one that serves as a fascinating entry point for anyone wanting to venture off and discover exactly what made Pink Floyd the legendary band they became. However, it is not without its flaws; a few tracks tend to vent off and don't deliver quite as much substance as you would ask for, occasionally feeling a bit too overly focused on studio production and the sheer novelty of that experimental sound rather than tight songwriting. "Astronomy Dominé" immediately emerged as the absolute favorite track on the record. Based on the listening history, the definitive highlights that anchor this groundbreaking debut include "Astronomy Dominé," "Matilda Mother," "Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk," "Interstellar Overdrive," and "The Gnome." 4/5
I love some of Pink Floyd's stuff, but I genuinely hated this album. I think I would rather throw up than have to listen to this album again. Genuinely just such a violent experience on the ears with the stereo. I had no favorite track, that's how much this album hurt me.
Beatles-era Pink Floyd is kind of not my thing.
A couple classics
What the whack was this noise. That is NOT what I think of when I think of Pink Floyd. I didn’t get it.
Weird shit, had to listen to some other Pink Floyd songs to cleanse my palate after
Maybe some good moments but they would be interrupted by weird stuff lol. Wanted to give it a 3 but I think that’s just bc it’s Pink Floyd.
Some good parts and some really bad ones. The stereo mix was painful at times, but I still have a soft spot for psychedelia
I'm the weirdo who enjoys The Gnome and Bike. Interstellar Overdrive and Astronomy Domine also being highlights. There sure is a lot of fodder on this thing, though, despite being one of the better psychedelic records of it's day.
This is very much of it's time. Early psychedelia with the juxtaposition of the staid with the weird and wacky.
Liked parts of it. Standout songs: Matilda Mother Interstellar Overdrive
Good album but not their best
PF is back with another drug fueled adventure. Trippy, exciting and a bit strange.
I didn't really love this Pink Floyd album. Spacey and weird but in a way that felt dated and British.
Really classic Pink Floyd, but not outstanding Pink Floyd, you know?
way better than I thought but it felt like austin powers music or the bono scene in across the universe
I never thought I would ever give them a 1 star.
Everyone knows Pink Floyd, but most people don’t know this Floyd. This is their most English album, which is fair considering they are English, and part of the later-phase British Invasion. I wouldn’t have picked this Floyd album but I get why it’s here: heavy psychedelic rock foundation; early pioneership in the genre; pretty listenable; and no David Gilmore…yet. Listening to this makes me realize how much I appreciate Gilmore’s contribution. Syd Barrett was a genius in his own right but PF would have never become the monolith it became with him alone. It’s still an interesting album. Interstellar Overdrive on headphones was a trip! And Lucifer Sam felt like surf rock gone stoner. My key track was the opener, Astronomy Domine as it set the tone for their career and album. Good listen but I don’t need this on vinyl.
Random thoughts: * Would this be considered a classic if it wasn’t Pink Floyd’s first album? * Seems this would be a possibly liked but maybe forgotten album if it wasn’t for the subsequent classics that are thankfully on this list. * I like that it features Syd on this one but overall it doesn’t have the timelessness of their later classics. * this is most definitely a 60s album and specifically late 60s in the sound and production. * I listened through a few times but I won’t be purchasing this one on vinyl.
No fav song
The Floyd at their goofiest. I respect it but I’ve never loved it.
Three thoughts. 1. This is weird, even by today's standards. 2. There's a reason nobody cites this as one of the greatest albums of all times, let alone of all Pink Floyd albums. 3. "I'm playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order!"
Q: What if the Beatles had been a little less talented but quite a bit more trippy? A: Now I know. Shouldn’t Pink Floyd have continued in this direction?
I am definitely a fan of Pink Floyd but, I haven’t ever heard this album so I am pretty excited! Yeah, not really a fan of this. It kinda seems like a gone wrong Magical Mystery Tour. I’d recommend Lucifer Sam, Take up the stethoscope and walk and The gnome.
Wow, Pink Floyd 2 days in a row and while I am much bigger fan of 70s proggy albums, this is great psychedelia, super influentials and probably 4 stars from me.
Ok
wasn’t expecting this from Pink Floyd bc it’s not what I’m used to. pretty chill.
Syd's two solo records have a firmer place in my heart but this is still pretty great for its sense of adventure and invention. It's a shame they went so po-faced after Syd.
It feels very of it's time, and the very beginnings of the band, how they sing, and how was the prog of its time. It was good.
Cheesy psychedelic lyrics that sound like they were made up on the spot. Meandering tunes. I like Pink Floyd but this is the worst album in my opinion.
Good amount of influence that Barrett used to have in the band. It's an okay psych rock album, but there are better, thankfully Floyd went on to better things. 2.5/5 Might listen again
Had too much of a “70s” sound. Yes, I know that was when it was recorded, but it just feels like it didn’t age well.
Great for the time and very experimental, but pales in comparison to later Floyd releases. 4.0/5.0: Great
not the best pink floyd album by a long shot but its good
I don't pay enough attention to the Sid Barret-era Floyd records. I haven't listened to Pink Floyd in years, and even when I did, it was typically something from Dark Side onward. 60's Pink Floyd is more daring, more psychedelic, and more whimsical.
All the better for David Gilmore not being on it
There’s some ok stuff in the first half then it tanks pretty hard.
So trippy, and way back in 1967!
Good psych tunes
Love pink floyd
3/5. I personally just vastly prefer prog Pink Floyd to psych Pink Floyd. that being said, Piper is still a fascinating album sound wise. A lot of 60’s psych is super bland but Syd Barrett as a frontman feels like he was built for this style and he gives it the flavor and texture that it often lacks. However in terms of the swings the album takes, it does have a few misses, I’m not the biggest fan of tracks like “gnome” or “Pow R. Toc H.” But when it works, it is very engrossing.
That was definitely an album made in 1967
Those psychedelics were really something
i can tell this was the start of the career, nothing bad, but not the pink floyd i think of after
Folky, hippy shit. Nah
This is some messed up psychodelic drivel. Living proof that drugs are bad.
Bit too all over the place for me
It’s a bit over the top but I like the weirdness of it. Never going to listen to it again but just about gets a 3
boring
This is a seminal album. It absolutely deserves to be on this list. Yet it is not an album I can score particularly high because it just isn’t one I reach for with any regularity. It’s so tempting to award it an extra point purely because it’s the gateway to all that came next.
Pink Floyd’s body of work might be the most obvious example of musical evolution. This is such a raw form of the band that we all know. Still psychedelic to its core, but so much less focused. I can’t say there’s many songs on here that caught my ear, but it’s a good listen for sure.
i wanted to turn this shit off when the gnome garbage came on 2/5 but only because i know they learn
Okay, if Pink Floyd were to be covered across a few records in the 1001 Albums books, it makes sense to include one from the Syd Barrett era of the band. For those not aware, Pink Floyd was more psychedelic rock than progressive rock in the beginning and was fronted by established singer-songwriter Syd Barrett. Of course, the other notable aspect of the band's early days was that Syd partook in a lot of LSD, and that drug is very much reflected in the writing for The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. This is a very trippy record, with a lot of twisting compositions, dissonant keyboard playing from Richard Wright, and heavy use of echo and reverb. It's weird because I can hear remnants of the sound that the band would transition to through the likes of the space rock voyage of "Astronomy Domine", the storytelling in the yearning for childhood on "Matilda Mother," and the sprawling, nine-minute instrumental improvisation of "Interstellar Overdrive." Yet at the same time, there's also some bizarre novelty tracks with very simple, whimsical topics like Syd talking about one of his Siamese cats, "Lucifer Sam", or the plodding tall tales about gnomes and scarecrows that have this ear-grating click-clacking percussion, or even Syd's admittedly cringeworthy attempts to pick up a girl on "Bike". I can't even say that Syd owned all the weird shit in the lyrical writing, as Roger Waters proved to be just as kooky on the rambling "Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk". It does seem that the band went for broke with all their experimenting, which is why there is such a wide range of tone throughout this album. That said, not every experiment landed well for me personally. I also can't help but feel that I've heard better, not just with respect to Pink Floyd's catalog, but even for psychedelic and experimental rock in 1967. The Velvet Underground & Nico's debut, The Doors' debut, The Electric Prunes' debut, Disraeli Gears from Cream, Safe as Milk from Captain Beefheart, and both Are You Experienced and Axis: Bold as Love from the Jimi Hendrix Experience were all structurally better than this. Hell, this album was recorded at Abbey Road Studios at the same time as the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's, and while both albums can be considered influential in psychedelic music, I would argue Sgt. Pepper's made the bigger splash, with more consistent quality track by track. At the end of the day, this may not be close to what I consider the best that Pink Floyd had to offer. But I can recognize and appreciate the importance The Piper at the Gates of Dawn had on psychedelic rock music, and just how unique Syd Barrett was as a songwriter. At the very least, there are some good tracks found in this LSD trip of a record that I can cherry-pick from.
Absolutely shoite and annoying. Fuck off back to your drugs
Spaced out early experimentation of Pink Floyd. This is back when Crazy Diamond Syd Barrett was the lead singer. There are some cool sides to this, and you can see how the band was starting to coalesce into what it would eventually become. But Floyd is still very rough around the edges here. The unified drug mind hadn't quite solidified. There are some good tracks, but the album isn't a perfect flow like they hit eventually with Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, The Wall.
THE COVER - not my favorite but is unique for me. also not a fan of psychodelia ____________________________________________________________________________ ASTRONOMY DOMINE - pink floyd starting as pink floyd. as an experience. i like that little dissonant chord there. sure its cool until now. Its different what i use to listen now. LUCIFER SAM - nothing special lol. just a compressed guitar riff MATILDA MOTHER - strings are cool. those wispers are kinda... not that good. really harmonical. Sus chords are on top. FLAMING - unicorn. calming POW R. TOC H. - i am feeling im the sacrifice of a tribe. that is a cool pianos. the end its just confusing INTERESTELLAR OVERDRIVE - yeah its kinda cool. distortion is good. Dissonant part, not that good. just avante garde. but i got the feel that it is supposed to be bizarre GNOME - cozy for me. like the guitars and the sweet instrument. (vibraphone) CHAPTER 24 - oooo tubular bells. feels like im rising man. THE SCARECROW - percussion is good. its just chill BIKE - burst on!!!!! good song to swing your head side to side. great intro and great outro. Great job! ______________________________________________________________________________ OVERALL NOTE - 6/10 I understand why it is important, but it is not made for me (majorly). Maybe if i dive in psychodelic music or in progressive i would rate it higher ______________________________________________________________________________ Parameters: • (5,6) - middle • (7,8) - good • (9 - 10) - gem alert • * - honorable mention
If you listen to this expecting to get some good pink floyd, this is not your album. I dont like it that much, from the old pink floyd i think their best job its still umma gumma or atom heart mother
I liked the majority of this debut, but it admittedly lacks both the consistency and the highlights of their later albums. For what it's worth, there are some phenomenal tracks like Astronomy Dominé that really sound ahead of their time. Syd Barrett definitely led the band in some interesting directions while he was around. Favourite track: Interstellar Overdrive
No matter what anyone says, this was the only true "Psychedelic Rock" album ever made. The rest are just sketches of it, based on genres like blues and classical music. Pink Floyd is probably my favorite band (at least in the top 3), but obviously there are two different bands there: a band with Syd, and a band with Gilmour. The Gilmour/Waters phase in the 70s is what makes Floyd one of my favorite bands, and one of the most famous and popular of all time. But I always wonder what it would have been like if Syd had continued. Piper Gates was just the beginning, and what a beginning. I keep imagining what the creative rivalry between Syd and Waters would have been like, with the fantastic creative contributions of the other three. As I've mentioned in other Pink Floyd reviews before, all the band members had a fantastic and uncopyable influence on the songs, and I dare say that if Syd hadn't left, they would have been as influential as the Beatles were in the previous decade. But that's just my imagination. I'm biased, considering how big of a fan I am of the band. But it's disheartening that we only have the first two albums to imagine what things would have been like... anyway, 5 stars.
I’ve always enjoyed this album a blast of whimsical British psychedelia a relic in someways for it didn’t point away they were to develop into stadium behemoths. It was syd.
Somehow glum and whimsical at the same time. As British as beans on toast, and only slightly more glamourous. Definitely my favorite Pink Floyd album I've listened to... it's almost exciting. They should have kept Syd on, come what may.
Мда, наркотики зло. С 3D звуков в наушниках в одной песне просто выпала. Но 4 за самого красивого мужчину на этой обложке. Его выгнали из страны (из группы) за его красоту.
Украли все у Death Grips, но Сид Барретт - краш, плюс тут их лучшая песня - The Gnome
Забавные звуки
любимый альбома пинк флойда - сразу 5, послушал ли я еще раз в рамках 1001 альбома? конечно!
Good
2026.06.19-21.
I thought this was better than expected.
This album is on the list because of its introduction/influence on early psychedelia, the future influence and success of Pink Floyd, and the legend of Syd Barrett. If you're not a historical psychedelia fanatic, then there isn't anything notable on this album. Pitchfork: 9.4 [40th Anniversary expanded edition] Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #253
Soooo many drugs. Sort of like Blur. Nothing like the actual latter day Pink Floyd.
Early Pink Floyd passed me by until I saw the film The Body in 1970 and was captivated by the track Embryo which was part of the Roger Waters soundtrack. Shortly afterward Aton Heart Mother was released and I saw Floyd live at Doncaster Mecca. So began a lifelong obsession right up to this date. It was therefore a given that I would delve back into their back catalogue so I know this album well. The best and saddest thing about this album is the contribution of Syd Barrett. His madcap fingerprints are all over and could only come from his troubled mind. Makes you wonder how Floyd would have turned out with Syd at the helm and no David Gilmour. Album that spawned Astronomy Domain has got to be a classic and to mind it is. 5/5 2/6/26
This is #day662 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… everything has to start somewhere, and this is where it all begins for the Floyd. It's fun to imagine this is the same band that, in just over 5 years, would release that crazy run of records: The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, and The Wall. As for the debut, though, this is, without a doubt, a psychedelic rock album, psychedelic to an almost acidic degree. "Astronomy Domine" and especially "Interstellar Overdrive" are essential Floyd numbers. This is a 4 out of 5. Looking forward to #day663.
Psychedelic and really well put together
I never went back to listen to the Syd Barrett Pink Floyd. Perhaps I need to give this a few listens before passing judgement, but it was mixed for me.
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn is definitely one of the trippiest albums i have ever heard. This is the only Pink Floyd album that Syd Barrett and after listening to his solo album, it shows. Nearly every song here had at least one weird aspect to them. If you look past all the weirdness though, you can definitely see the building blocks that made Pink Floyd into what they are today but with this album, you can still tell that this is their first effort and they still were trying to figure out what kind of band they wanted to be so they just ended up throwing whatever they could at the wall and seeing what would stick. Its not a bad album but Pink Floyd would go on to do much better. Best Song: Lucifer Sam Worst Song: Interstellar Overdrive Side note: All Pink Floyd albums are done, you know what that means: 1. The Dark Side Of The Moon 2. Wish You Were Here 3. The Wall 4. The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
Amo a Pink Floyd, intenso
Pretentious stuff, no, I do like some Pink Floyd at times, but this album just isn't my vibe.
Syd Barret is a crazy motherfucker. "I know a mouse, and he hasn't got a house. I don't know why. I call him Gerald. He's getting rather old, but he's a good mouse." Ok bro This album is so much fun. Its so weird and silly, I love it.
I do like getting weird with it, and this is getting quite weird with it. Is this serious or silly? Perhaps both. It reminds me in places, and I apologise to the heads for this, of the bits of the white album I like the least. Somewhat relentless. Enjoyed the piano. What’s the drug that makes you see little elves and had it been invented by 1967 and were they taking it? Am I being mocked? Started rolling my eyes about halfway through Interstellar Overdrive, which I think demonstrates remarkable restraint. If you announce you are doing a story about a Gnome then you should actually tell one, boys. 0 plot. And why are they rolling their Rs so much?
Hard to imagine this band would go on to write masterpieces like Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall. You can definitely tell Syd Barrett was pretty nuts listening to this.
lindo álbum, linda psicodelia... te amo pink floyd. só vou dar 4 (na verdade 4,5) porque não acho que eles esteja no mesmo nível dos outros 3 albuns da lista, mas certamente é um album FODA
3,6/5
No sir, I do not like this. Should have known based on the title alone. Ugh.
There's some weird stuff at the back of this, but that's typical of late-60s Britain - even (especially) the Beatles had some garbage in the back catalog. But I thoroughly enjoyed the start of the album...it never threw me too 'off'...totally get why it and Pink Floyd broke through.
Yes sirrrrr. Listened to this song in the car with Gavin and holy shit it HIT. Maybe my fav Floyd album rn. The melody writing and sound design is so psychedelic and fun. I’m a massive fan.
This shit rocked! Low key forgot I used to adore Pink Floyd #darkside and this was rly great reminder
It's weirder and less accessible than everything that came after. But it's unique and full of amazing sounds.
Clásico
Pink Floyd's debut. Very late 60s psychedelic sound. Their later albums are very much an improvement.
It’s super chaotic, psychedelic and weird - which I like. I have to giggle at the laughably British prog rock moments (the gnome and his Scarlett tunic).
Pink Floyd debut album! 1967! I love hearing where it all started, the beginnings of where it evolved--they were so far ahead of the rest--cutting edge-- already, in 1967! Syd Barrett was only 21. 5 stars❤️
Liked the later half a decent bit but over all didn't love it
Take away the fact that this is the opening act from one of the 3 to 5 most legendary and monolithic bands of all time, take away the solid examples of pop craft, the audacity of some of the sonic experiments and the impressive sense of cohesion here, and you have to admit - this is pretty bloody silly, isn't it?
Unlistenable
Very British. Didn't hate it but I just really don't care about early Pink Floyd.
spectacularly failed to grab me. i dont really know how anybody was like "yes more of this fuck yeah". i liked Lucifer Sam
Rating: 4/10 If I could say something positive about Syd Barrett's songwriting in old school Pink Floyd, is that it's certainly unique. But that uniqueness does not result in making many songs that I find even remotely enjoyable. It actually feels like nightmare fuel for the most part, with this element that sounds like taking a psychedelic trip in a fun house, except you're getting chased by killer clowns. This actually seems to check out, because in doing some research, there was apparently a hyper-specific British genre called 'toytown' which featured whimsical, childlike elements with dark and ominous undertones...anyway. It's weird and experimental for sure. I do like the space and fantasy vibe it occasionally gives. But not the quirky creepy nursery rhyme shit. The first two tracks are better and Interstellar Overdrive is quite a journey
In a vacuum, it's occasionally interesting but mostly boring. However for a band's debut album in the 60s, it's pretty cool - I especially like how you can pick out some of the parts/sounds/techniques that PF carries with them into future albums. It was fun listening to this not recognizing a single song, and almost forgetting it's PF half the time. Overall pretty tame but the potential it shows (in hindsight) is neat 4.4/10
Weird vibe
Just self indulgent prog
3.5
Everyone starts somewhere. While I can hear some of the creativity that would eventually make them such a cornerstone of the 70’s, I didn’t really feel this album.
Makes complete sense that this was being recorded in the room next door at the same time as Sgt. Pepper’s. But…I just didn’t really enjoy this. Definite seeds were being laid for what would be the dominant Floyd of the 70s, and I can appreciate the weird eclectic stuff happening here. But overall…I’ll pass.
Glad these guys evolved to something much more original and interesting. This just sounded like run of the mill 60s psychedelic rock. 2.25
I mean... I know I'm probably supposed to like this, but I don't. Some ok stuff but generally not enjoyable to my ear holes. 2/5
Isn't fey in here. It screams 60s. Enjoyable enough if your in the mood. Would imagine would get annoying on a lot of listens. Further in now it's annoying on the first listen. This has not aged well and between long rambling song and twee fairy tales it dosent really hang together Right lads how do we make this a big finish. Wind chimes, clanging and incomprehensible shouting
Really great and weird Pink Floyd album it’s pretty cool
Peter Piper picked a peck...
For decades, Pink Floyd to me were the four albums from DARK SIDE OF THE MOON (1973) to THE WALL (1979). When THE FINAL CUT came out and left me thoroughly unimpressed, I was pretty much done with anything new. Then, ten years ago, I picked up PINK FLOYD CRE/ATION: THE EARLY YEARS 1967-72 (2016), a 2-CD anthology that was, itself, highlights from a larger 27-CD box set. If you’re not familiar with early Pink Floyd, this 2-CD set is highly recommended! It really opened my ears to what I’ve been missing. I’v since fallen in love with both MEDDLE and their first LP. And, now that I’ve heard all this early Pink Floyd, I’ve filled in all the referential gaps in my knowledge of the works The Dukes of Stratosphear (XTC’s psychedelic pseudonym) were lovingly paying homage to on 25 O’CLOCK and PSONIC PSUNSPOT. Piper: 4.5 stars
Really fun album — super weird in a good way — and you can totally hear why critics call it a big psychedelic classic even if you’re just listening for the vibes. Love me some early Pink Floyd.
For me this is not very interesting. I am glad they figured things out later. 3 stars or C.
I consider myself a legitimate, if not obsessive, Pink Floyd fan (Meddle, WYWH, and DSOTM are 3 of my favorite albums). But I tried probably 10 times to get through this, and pretty much every time I would hit Interstellar Overdrive and have to tap out. I understand it was a different time and they were experimenting and trying new things, but in the year of our Lord 2026, I have neither the time nor the energy to put up with this much wankering. 3/5 Highlights: - Lucifer Sam - Flaming - Chapter 24
This was definitely an experience! Much more memorable than a lot of my last few albums. At least the version of the album I listened to was in stereo, so if you listen with just one earbud or side of the headphones like I usually do, listen with both! I really enjoyed The Gnome. The rest of these won’t be going into the heavy rotation, to put it lightly; this album isn’t really easy listening. That doesn’t mean it’s not good of course! 4/5.
Reminiscent of the beatles Sgt peppers and magical mystery tour, which came out the same year. While this album is a fun psychedelic trip, it doesn't reach the iconic quality of those. An interesting view at the roots of pink floyd
I’m not sure I understand the whole pink Floyd stuff first time I’ve ever properly listened to it, just shows music has evolved perhaps for the better
I'm WAY too sober for this, yikes.
I’ve never listened to a Pink Floyd album start to finish. I don’t own Dark Side Of The Moon. Yet I’ve seen them twice. This album might be a bit too trippy for my taste. It was fine. I’m sure it was groundbreaking, but hard to say since it was 1967.
I have never listened to this album by Pink Floyd, but it was very much like the others. It was a great time to sit and listen to the psychedelic rock and find more music by them that I enjoy.
The long instrumental numbers are interesting and mostly presage where PF would go after much experimentation and the addition of David Gilmour, whereas the shorter songs live completely in the goofy fairy-boy aesthetic of Syd Barrett, having no real relationship to their future, mature sound. The Barrett songs aren't necessarily bad, they just feel dated- like a willfully bizarre and tripped out version of typical 60's flower power (which also basically describes the cover art). Ultimately, the record sounds great but feels a shallow- exploration without emotion.
I was completely unaware of this album and that a band that I like so much began with this. I tried twice and found nothing about this appealing.
Did not tickle me in the right place, but i'm also sick and not siiiiick so unsure of this
Disco esencial, único y genial. Un tipo como Syd, un loco degenerado, liderando una banda que jamás volverá a hacer nada semejante a este coloso musical. Uno de los puntales del mejor año de la música. Uno de los mejores debuts de la historia (y eso que ese mismo año debutaban los Doors, la Velvet y Jimi Hendrix...). Ya habían estrenado dos temazos como Arnold Layne y See Emily Play pero aquí dieron el pazo definitivo. Un disco que llevó 3 meses, algo exepcional para la urgencias habituales de la época. Una banda que asombraba al mundo con sus pioneras presentaciones en directo con juegos de luces, experimentación con LSD y letras psicodélicas.
This is what haters think the beatles sound like
Refreshing to listen to Pink Floyds other material besides The Wall and DOTM. More psychedelic, creative, but perhaps misses out on those banger tunes.
The music is like the piper heralding a spacey, quirky age.
I’m sure it’s very clever and influential
Not a huge pink Floyd fan only really knows their big hitters so I enjoyed a deeper dive. Helps me appreciate why they're admired so much.
Ils ont vraiment des albums chéper les flamants roses quand même
Pas le mieux…
Typiquement le genre de pink floyd où j'ai du mal malheureusement
not bad but not for me- I got more excited with led zep started autoplaying after lol
4/10
una pijita, me cuesta creer que alguien lo disfrute
no dsotm or wish you were here but still good
Pink Floyd, especially the earlier Barrett stuff, is a bit of a blind spot for me, so other than Astronomy Domine (which I know the Voivod version of better), most of this was new. Also, I've done some acid in my day, so it resonated pretty well.
pretty out there. cool to hear their origins but much prefer their later albums
Aggressively not my thing. I almost had to turn this off.
I enjoyed the first two thirds of this album much more than The Wall, which I had a few weeks ago. However, the last four songs, from The Gnome onwards are close to a parody of psychedelia and spoil things somewhat. As a result, I can only give this a three.
It's ok ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Surreal and other worldly music
wollts jetz schon 5x aufmerksam hören und schaffs iwie nie. i weiß, is pink floyd und man muss es gut finden i guess aber idk. also warn paar gute dabei aber oft check is auch einf nit oder es passiert mir zu viel - wie zb dass es einf klingt als würdn alle instrumente irgendwas machen so mäßig es klingt einf falsch, also es is keine „musik“ mehr sondern nur noch overstimulating geräusche. all in all weiß ich nicht. wrsl 2/5 wenn i ehrlich bin. aber ein zwei songs waren gut und i habs ja auch mehrmals ghört und so. i geb ihm 3/5 weil.. weiß auch nicht atp
I think Pink Floyd can regard themselves as very fortunate that their record company didn't drop them after this first effort, or we might never have heard of them. Even by the standards of other "psychedelic" albums of the period this is absolute shite.
I mean it's a really excellent 1967 psych rock album, and I find it's better to not compare it to any of the albums that came after. They became a different band. Not all the songs are top-notch, but several are, and they are classics. This is a must-listen, number 339.
(98/100🚲)
This was the first time I’d explored this far back in the Pink Floyd catalog. And while you can definitely hear the elements of what would become one of the biggest bands in the world this one is SUPER trippy. Very late 60’s/early 70’s psychedelic.
This album showed what Pink Floyd could do. I prefer the Pink Floyd that showed what they should do, with less chaos and dissonance.
claro el leadership de Barrett en este disco, yo soy una big roger waters fan, por lo que este album se me hace un poco raro en comparación a los que vinieron luego. se siente super sesentero y beatlesco. no es de mis favoritas de la banda, y es totalmente diferente a lo que escuchamos luego,syd marca el camino, pero lo que viene después lo supera enormemente se siente aún muy desordenado como para ser enjoyable
Thank goodness Pink Floyd moved more towards progressive rock during their peak, because this did not at all capture my attention like their later records. There are pieces of what they'd become throughout, but I don't go for the more trippy/whimsical aesthetic from the Syd Barrett albums. A couple solid songs, but not much I'd care to revisit. Top tracks: Lucifer Sam, Interstellar Overdrive
Heirarchy of Floyd, from worst to best goes: Gilmour Floyd Barrett / Waters Floyd Waters / Gilmour Floyd At least this isn’t A Momentary Lapse Of Reason.
Lowkey mad this made the list and Animals didnt. Not bad at all just nothing compared to what they released later on.
It felt like they were just trying to find their sound which is fine but it just sounds like a worse version of the beetles in this album.
When some one says 'Pink Floyd' I would imagine that there are very few, if any, people who first think of this record. It's so different to what the band became when Syd Barrett left. And they got so much better after this record. I know that this is the first Pink Floyd album and the first album is rarely the best or even representative of what a longstanding band becomes, but this one is really different. It has some interesting things going on but it isn't really anything the write home about. There were a lot of psychedelia records that sounded like this. Once Syd Barrett left, Pink Floyd really developed into a better and much more unique band. This album is interesting to listen to mostly because of how the band changed so much afterwards. 2.75/7
Some liberal quality control here could have made this into something really great 3.5*
Interstellar overdrive me mareó. Yo entiendo que Pink Floyd es uno de los grupos más importantes de la historia y su influencia en la música, pero definitivamente no es para mi, y no es malo, pero es algo que puedo poner de fondo y ya sin disfrutarlo de más. Seguramente alguien drogado lo disfrutará más