The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

some psychedelic shit

Have only heard dark side of the moon from Pink Floyd up to this point. High hopes for this one because I loved that album. Looks like this is their debut album too which gives me even higher hopes. Very Pink Floyd opening with the beeps and the random talking. Very psychedelic song but I like it. Lucifer Sam has goofy lyrics but really good production. Matilda mother is more of the same. Pretty cool song but lyrically not much to it. Very trippy production. I like that. Even better in flaming. Really cool organ. Hate the beginning of pow r toc h. Piano part is cool though. I don’t usually enjoy songs without lyrics but they got it with this one. Keyboard on stethoscope is so sick. Guitars a little choppy but it works. Lyrics a lttle goofy here too but they aren’t over powering so it’s fine. The music shines through. Best guitar so far on interstellar overdrive. Just keeps on chugging along. What a song. Fun song writing on the gnome. This is a very nice change of pace. Chapter 24 is fine. The production is really good but not a fan of the vocals. Scarcrow is fine. I like the bag pipes? Not too long so I can live with it. Bike is fine. A little underwhelming to close things out. Really cool production again tho, and I like what they do for the last minute. This is more what I was expecting for the closing song. Overall it’s a good not great album. For an introductory album it’s pretty cool as there’s really not much like it from what I’ve heard. 3.4/5 stars

There are little glimmers of classic Floyd here, though I'd argue that the Barrett years have even more glimmers of Robyn Hitchcock. I guess that is important enough for this one. But the soft focus epics of latter day Floyd are traded for more conventional psychedelics. I'm definitely more for the later school, but I appreciate the absurdity of a lot of this. The lunatic is on the grass, indeed. 3*

we get it, you're on drugs

👁️🧠👁️

Yeah I can’t do this

Psycadelic loveliness

Hey. Third Pink Floyd release, and an album I listened to for the first time only a year ago. I wasn't all that into this album and its messy, disjointed sound, truth be told. Roger Waters is definitely the superior front man of the band, though I'm hoping my opinion of this album will have improved now that my appreciation of psychedelic music has grown. Guess there's only one way to find out. Here goes. I'm still left scratching my head, sadly. I consider myself to be an enthusiast of strange and unconventional things, but this album is just too fucking weird and primitive for me. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn alternates between quaint, Beatles-esque psychedelic tunes and frenetic, wacked-out, garbled avant-garde pieces with absolutely no in-between. Because of how disparate these influences are, there isn't a moment where this album merges its eccentricities into a cohesive whole. I'm not sure if it's because I'm listening to a stereo remaster or not, but most of these tracks also have the vocals and instruments coming from only one ear of my headphones, which decimates whatever chance these sounds had of working together and, more importantly, pisses me off. That isn't to say that this album is all-bad, however. Some of the songwriting is adept, and buried in this menagerie of sound are some occasionally adept chord progressions. Overall, I respect this album for being different, though I didn't think it was any good. I don't need to consult the book for this album. For better or worse this is an unorthodox release and I like the idea of a Syd Barrett Pink Floyd album being on the list, particularly because of how storied and tragic his tale is. I cosign this inclusion.

It was aright, I liked the weird ones most.

Pink Floyd's music is complete arse. There I said it 1 ⭐️

One of the greatest bands in history but this record didn’t quite hit the mark. Sonically great record, but lacks the polish and emotional weight from later projects. Some tracks feel like their idea is stronger than their execution.

Я не будууу слушать психоделлл

Piper At The Gates Of Dawn is really fascinating due to it's unique dual identity. Piper is (one of) the first manifestation(s) of Pink Floyd, with which you can enjoy a game of connect the dots that leads the concepts here to the more familiar Floyd of the '70s. But Piper is also the most complete and coherent artistic statement from Syd Barrett, who wrote 8 of these songs, and contributed to two more. You can most clearly hear the Pink Floyd of the '70s on Interstellar Overdrive, a spacey, expansive jam. But the fingerprints are all over the place hear. There are licks and backing vocals here and there where the connections certainly come together. And that ultimately makes this album really interesting when these early Floyd-isms butt up against Syd Barrett's songs and vocal stylings. His songwriting is bright, surreal, and *extremely* psychedelic. This is another inductee into the extremely short list of psych albums that I think genuinely make you feel like you're on something. But theses writing styles collide with the spacey-ness of the band and result in a pretty dark, bizarre example of psych pop. On The Gnome, Barrett's ultra-enunciated delivery almost makes him sound angry. Chapter 24 is the collision of psychedelic swirling and truly bewildering lyrics, where everything you're hearing seems to make sense as you hear it, but it doesn't feel like the song conveys any information. It's genuinely disorienting. Matilda Mother is fantastical and lushly blissed out. And Bike has these explosions between verses which then "slide" down, also *very* disorienting. Astronomy Domine is one of the most lasting moments from this album. And Lucifer Sam is also very enjoyable. It's also worth noting that Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk is Roger Waters' only songwriting contribution here, and it's actually very good. Honestly everything here is pretty enjoyable, even Pow R Toc H, which does, admittedly, kind of push it. This stands up both as an origin story for Pink Floyd, and a psychedelic artistic statement from the unique and deeply sad figure that Syd Barrett was. This is one of the most fascinating psych albums on the list, and while it isn't perfect, it is trippy, creative, and very fun to listen to.

Just calling it psychedelic doesn’t mean it can be directionless. Pink Floyd shines much brighter when they have a concept in mind (e.g. Darkside).

like its pink floyd. i cant complain

No es el Pink Floyd clasic que conozco. Is not bad, but not great.

Wierd and old but I like it

I really like what they are doing here with the psychedelic soundscapes and really unique instrumentation. It feels like they are just scratching the surface of how far they can push the envelope. I wonder if they are ever going to expand on that….

Feel 6/10: Beatles and then i on drugs?? Length 8/10: 40-ish mins. 11 songs. Not bad Musicality 9/10: Genuinely top musical bands Flow 710:songs flow well-ish. Not much space Understandability 2/10: What is happening? Overall 7/10: Left confused but good music!!!!

No surprise to learn that Pink Floyd were even churning out pretentious guff at the start of their career. I disliked this album. I dislike the band.

Psychedelisch

J’ai l’impression qu’on max trop les early pink floyd, c’est pas si bien. 2.5+/5

Interstellar Overdrive. That's it. That's the review. 4.5/5

I guess w/o the psychedelics, this is underwhelming

Pink Floyd’s first album, featuring Syd Barrett and a respectable album duration-to-song ratio (probably the only album of Pink Floyd’s that does) with 11 songs in 41 minutes. Astronomy Domine: 5.5/10 Instrumentation isn’t too bad at the start, but it the last few minutes just seem like a waste. Lucifer Sam: 6/10 This riff sounds like a bond song. Matilda Mother: 5/10 I don’t like the vocals on this track. Flaming: 5.5/10 Pow R. Toc H.: 4/10 That intro is stupid. The song is pointless. Take up thy stethoscope and walk: 5.5/10 That title is funny. Interstellar overdrive: 6/10 That guitar riff is fucking amazing. If only they could write lyrics to it and make it a snappy 3 minute rock tune instead of a 9 minute instrumental. The gnome: 5.5/10 Don’t mind it, a short song about gnomes. At least it’s direct. 👍 Chapter 24: 5/10 The scarecrow: 5/10 Bike: 6/10 Don’t mind it.

Psycahdellic and cool

Not the best Pink Floyd album. Interesting to hear the early stuff with Syd Barrett. Awful noodle-ly.

They got talent

honestly goofy album

Some good stuff in there, but it got too weird for me near the end

I used to listen to this album when I was 14 and thought it was weird and cool. Now I realize there isn’t an actual “song” I would put on again.

Everyone has to start somewhere.

very non-harmonic sound.

Pink Floyd without David Gilmour, playing beat music—that sounds nice enough, but not exactly amazing. “The Piper at the Gates of Dawn” basically lives up to that expectation. You have to imagine The Beatles during their drug-fueled phases, but with even more LSD—and, of course, more virtuosic instrumental skills. The first two songs, “Astronomy Domine” and “Lucifer Sam,” are still quite nice; the only single, “Flaming,” already sounds like a parody, and after that, the material becomes difficult to follow at times. As a glimpse into the British music scene in the late ’60s, this is highly interesting. As an album on its own, I’d classify it more as “nice to know” than “must have.”

I love this album so much, since I heard it for the first time when I was 12. Everyone who knows the Syd Barrett story and tragedy should be thankful for having this window to the mind of this genius. Time and time again I'm amazed by the originality and beauty of the songs. The instrumentation is lively and psychedelic. It's a 'weird' record, sure, but also one of the most fun ones you'll ever hear. It's a 5

I don't get pink floyd, kind of annoying at times. other times nice harmonies

Masterpiece. What could have Syd done afterwards if he took (slightly) less LSD?

I've heard some people claim that early Floyd clears the four-or-five album 70s era widely considered to be their pinnacle. Those people are wrong.

Pink Floyd does Beatles :/

There's something to it Will I listen to again: 50%

I adore this album, feels innocent and trippy at the same time. A Floyd before it goes dark

Not particularly engaging listen

Most I've enjoyed a PF album. Still not for me though.

I honestly probably preferred this over The Wall

Not for me,

I like this LP. I'm not a big Floyd fan, I couldn't tell even you which one is Pink, :P, but i do like a lotof their stuff.

Absolute dross, don't care if its Pink Floyd. Perfect example of an album that does not need to be on the list. They've got some exceptional albums and this is a stinker.

WTF even is this album? At least they got better over time.

Wow I consider myself a PF fan but I have not heard most of this album before, or if I did I forgot it. It was certainly interesting to me but I would say it's a 3 star album on it's own.

Well, that was a hot mess of an album. I don't think being stoned would have helped me enjoy this one.

Ok it can't be just me that thinks some of this is just nonsense.

I mean it's alright but nothing crazy as far as psychedelic goes. Bop to some strawberry alarm clocks instead

From Wikipedia: “ Part-way through the recording sessions, Barrett's growing use of the psychedelic drug LSD accompanied his increasingly debilitated mental state” Yeah that tracks.

long time since ive listened. a few high points, very experimental which hits or misses for me

I had this on CD back in the day when I was in full “classic rock is the only music that matters” mode as a young teenager. I don’t think I’ve listened to it since then. I think it's an important one to listen to and also that it's just alright. Psych rock was still in its infancy and I’d almost just call this “experimental rock” before psych if we’re choosing words. It’s more rough and tumble than what I’d associate with their later, definitely psychedelic work. It has a lot in common with its pop contemporaries and there are definitely hooks in here (“Lucifer Sam” is a good example). There’s still the use of noise and non-musical instruments, which I feel becomes more focused and purposeful as their career continues.

I have loved every floyd album id heard to this point. Lots of 5s. This one is a struggle. I dont really like anything about it. Its hard to listen to. Even the guitars etc arent particularly interesting to me

fav songs: astronomy domine flaming take up thy stethoscope and walk interstellar overdrive psychedelic, unhinged, colorful 70/100

Without this one, they wouldn't have become what they were

Eh, I zoned out

Sorry guys but if you're going to be experimental can you bother making it sound good?

escucho el lsd salir a través de los parlantes... un poco muy psicodélico para mi gusto aunque tampoco está mal

One of my favorite all time albums by anyone. It opened my mind to abstract music in general. I love the psychedelic whimsy, the screaming garage rock, the philosophical moments, the soundscapes, and the slight edge of menace to the whole proceedings. The rock idiom has been the locale of choice for many true originals; Syd Barrett was one of them. Sadly we'll never know what could have been had his own mind not been his own worst enemy. But the work he left is brilliant. This album more than any other really brought free jazz into.rock in a way that still has yet to be fully explored, though some have ventured. In my all time top ten.

This is quite different to the more well known Pink Floyd tracks, and with it comes a healthy dose of psychedelia. I'm not that fond of it, not because the often whimsical nature of the music is not to my taste, but because it doesn't really seem to have a hook at any point.

10

just pretty boring honestly, 2 stars, their later stuff is much more interesting but i guess you have to start somewhere!

3.5/5 - Huge psychodelic stuff here

Heard it before. I like Syd era Pink Floyd, you don't have to deal with Waters' bullshit here 3/5

Stand-out track: Lucifer Sam I knew that Pink Floyd was somewhat experimental, but never expected something to this degree. With this album you either get a Beatlesy sound or just straight up a bad trip. And what even was that ending...

Highlights: Lucifer Sam, Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk I don't know what to think of it. It was the last thing I expected to hear given what Pink Floyd is known for. As the record progresses towards its middle it sounds like a slower Magical Mystery Tour. But it wasn't all that fun nor did it grab my attention. The middle of the record is a giant shroom trip break, and then after that we go back to a retarded Mystery Tour. I do see some aspects of their future habits emerging doe. For instance Pow R. Toc H. does sound like some drawn out instrumental bit from Dark Side of the Moon. The lyrics are extreme gibberish and I didn't pay them any mind. Out of the heavily psychedelic tracks, Stethoscope stood out to me as a good one, and Interstellar Overdrive as a painfully drawn out one - it really requires you to be under the influence of something to find it enjoyable. Overall I found this to be a waste of time and too psychedelic for my taste. The twist with that trip in the middle was cool, but it was too abstract overall.

It's so dated. It's like listening to a soundtrack album of music from a really bad 60's movie that doesn't match what you're seeing on screen. I LOVE Pink Floyd, and I've listened to this before, but it's not good. Not enjoyable, wandering vocals, unmelodic guitars, spacy keys, weird yips, unnecessary percussion, etc. They're lucky they got a future record contract so they could mature and go on to make masterpieces just a few years later. There is NO reason this should make the T1001. It's #10 or #11 within their own catalog. Sure, it was the dawn of Pink Floyd, but that doesn't merit a spot on this list. No influence, no hits, no tracks that stand the test of time, no outstanding musicianship or vocals, it's just not worthy. 2 stars and that's generous.

En general un buen álbum, muy variado en cuanto sonido, se nota que estaban encontrando su identidad al ser su primer trabajo y también carece un poco de cohesión, pero no es malo en lo absoluto.

SOOOOO PEAKKKKKKKKKKKKK interstellar overdrive with headphones is quite interesting. Lucifer Sam is just AAAAAMAZINGGGGGGGGG

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Trae un par de buenos tracks, pero esta etapa de Pink Floyd me cuesta un poco, aunque la disfruto. Pero creo que estaban dentro de su momento más experimental y psicodélico, lo cual por supuesto tiene su onda. Eso sí, pondría algún otro de sus discos antes que este.

This album was not one I have heard before. It was very raw and full of energy. I really liked hearing flood in a new light.

As a pink floyd fan this album is not it, pretty disappointed with this one lowk. This sounds like if primus actually sucked. 3.9/10

ts pmo bruh

Pink Floyd's hippie-era debut is for sure one of a kind with its uniqueness. Their then-frontman Syd Barrett was a fairly big reason for its quirks, some examples of the said quirks are the songwriting, lullaby-like melodies and guitar playing. This was before he totally lost his mind and people turned his story into a myth. It has a good atmosphere to it, lots of space. Mix-wise and tone-wise. The dissonance is done really well and is contrasted by the whimsical melodies. Some examples of what I just mentioned that have elements of that are "Astronomy Domine", "Lucifer Sam" Pow R. Toc H." and "Interstellar Overdrive." Some of the refrains are really weird, like in "Flaming" it has "Yippee, you can't see me / but I can you." At first It just feels so wrong and off-putting but it is said in such a charming way that I feel compelled to like it. Another refrain I like is in "Lucifer Sam" - which sounds like a TV show intro by the way - "The cat is something I can't explain." My favourite refrain of the album is in "Bike" which has "You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world / I'll give you anything, everything if you want things." That song is just filled with the most original, best and quotable lyrics ever. The opening line in "The Gnome" "I want to tell you a story / about a little man If I can / a gnome named Grimble Crumble" is an un-matched line in the history of music, everything about it is amazing. The words themselves and how it's delivered - Syd's monotonous voice makes it more hilarious than it actually is. People who overly hate this album shouldn't be trusted, this is the most light-hearted music ever and doesn't take itself serious. There must be something wrong at play if you dislike this album. 5 Star album every time! Highlight Song/s "Lucifer Sam", "The Gnome" and "Bike"

Yeah if this were any other band I'm not sure it would be on this list, alongside a lot of the rest of the borderline offensive psych-adjacent late 60s British pop. Why am I listening to Pink Floyd sing about a gnome named Grimble Gromble? I do like Pink Floyd a LOT - I think that's why I'm being so harsh. One star.

I got this album on CD when I was about 16 but it was during a bit of a CD gold rush in my life, so I really only listened to the songs I thought I liked the best. This was a wonderful chance to revisit it and discover that actually all the songs are really really good! RIP SYD.

I’ve liked some Pink Floyd, but I don’t know what the hell they’re doing here. A few perfectly decent songs towards the end keep this from only getting one star.

Dark Side is one of my all time favorite albums, but man, this one is nearly unlistenable drugged out rambling. It's a miracle someone kept paying them to write more.

No comments needed.

A template for infinite genius! So many rich sections that you can hardly listen to with understanding

what the fuck pink floyd

This is arguably my least favorite Floyd album. It's not bad by any means, I just enjoy what they eventually became more than this.

even tho i love psychadelia this just doesn't do it for me

It really makes sense how pink Floyd ended up making some incredible albums after listening to this early in their run album. It’s so totally not my thing at all but you can really tell this band had something special going on.

It's an interesting choice by the list makers, but it is honestly one of the better psychedelic rock albums on this list. If I could replace this Pink Floyd spot, I'd choose Meddle or Animals, but this shows the bands fundementals well.

Strange and not really fun to listen to.

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Not my thing. Interesting for its time though.

Who would have thought. The beginning of something great Replay yes

Prob my favorite band but this is a bad album for sure

Ehh

Very strange and psychedelic album for sure, but I did like the sound.

Mixed feelings. Musically it was fine, little bit boring, but tuneful and reasonably pleasant. Lyrically it's just weird, and since I'm tired and not on LSD, I didn't get any particular enjoyment out of trying to find meaning in any of the nonsense. Parts of it are just ridiculously pretentious, "Interstellar Overdrive" being the worst offender. Lots of stereo gimmicky nonsense. Going to go with a 3, but only really to differentiate between this and The Wall, which I really didn't enjoy. Still very much not a Pink Floyd fan and still have absolutely no idea why they're such a huge name based on the listens so far. I know they were very experimental but they're also just a bit shit.

Highlights: Interstellar Overdrive Psychedelic experimental fuzzy guitar...... Apparently 1967 was the best year ever for psychedelic music. I'm baffled this charted at number 6 in the UK. The stereo effects are still in the phase where it's a gimmick but I actually found myself getting more immersed because of it. I think this is amazing and I enjoyed every song. I just think it's missing the cohesion I look for in a 5/5 album. VERY HIGH 4

Oh sure, let’s just throw every Pink Floyd album in the list.

When I say I love Pink Floyd, I don’t mean this era. There are some gems here and it’s probably better than a majority of the psych of the time.

Fun lil thing this album, way more experimental and physically focused then I thought. Like only the last 3 songs have words and it sounds jaunty and kinda of the time, they almost like Beatles songs. Hmm interesting,3.5

I was not on enough drugs for this one. Sometimes sounded like the Doors

mi fav de ellos te amo syd

Mi aspettavo meglio dai Pink Floyd.

Pink Floyd were one of my first musical loves and remain so. I think it's reasonable to say that this album does not put a foot wrong, either in its whimsical, slightly batty songs, or its experimental space rock. Most debut albums we hear on this list are casting about for a distinctive sound Syd Barrett and the rest of the Floyd already had theirs.

A solid first album from pink floyd. Its melodic sounds and occasional weirdness proved a harbinger for things to come.

Uneven. Astronomy Domine and Interstellar Overdrive are great, but the rest of the songs aren’t for me. Too much singy-songy-singy-songy elf journal entries.

Some stuff here I really like mixed with stuff I really don’t. I enjoy Syd’s solo stuff but this weirdly seems to be even more esoteric than those bizarre solo songs.

Another one I’m puzzled by its inclusion. Not very fun to listen to.

Aaaaah, les débuts psychédéliques de Pink Floyd ! C'est un peu léger par rapport à ce que fera le groupe par la suite, surtout si on compare à A Saucerful of Secrets qui est dans la même veine, mais ça reste un album de rock psychédélique très cool et fun à écouter.

This album used to blow my mind, it still does but it used too!

Early Pink Floyd and this album is incredible

Some of the pop stuff almost works, the psych stuff does not. A mess.

Как введение в психоделию - норм, не более, 2.5

Always interesting hearing the debuts of the big rock bands. The sound and overall vibe is usually totally different from their more commercial works that eventually follow. This is definitely "out there" and I don't need to take LSD to tell you that either. There is an air of playfulness and whimsy all throughout, eschewing any sort of traditional rock song structure. This album certainly stands out from the pack of psychedelic rock acts as a result. Hard to really pick a highlight here to be honest, as everything is almost equally weird. Maybe the extended "Interstellar Overdrive" for its overall spaciness.

Really interesting album, some songs very experimental. A few pop style songs which come across quite well. Pretty unsure what to give this between 2 and a 3 as it's not something I would go back and listen to again.

Not my favorite Pink Floyd album. I listened with headphones and Interstellar Overdrive has some crazy left right effects. I almost got dizzy!!

The best track was Bike. A lot of the rest was experimental but not engaging. Hard to connect this with the multiple masterpieces that follow.

Not there yet but can see the shine coming through at the edges

3.5/10

Me the entire time: is this Pink Floyd???

You can tell Syd is around

Really great for the most part

You can't make me like Pink Floyd. Annoying stoners have been trying for years.

Wishy washy Beatles LSD era B-Sides. Couple of solid tunes but largely just a bit silly and bland. They moved on to better things. 2.3/5.0 Best Song: Lucifer Sam

Leaving Arnold Layne and See Emily Play off this album was a choice. Not a choice I’d make. 5/10.

We can split Pink Floyd into two camps. Syd and Post-Syd. Give me Post-Syd every time. It's just another boring psychedelic album, but at least it's British and so has a little bit more humour involved. However, I'm still bored out of my mind by having to sit through what feels like the 100th 60's psychedelic rock album. They must have had exceptional drugs to put up with shite like this. I'll have what Dimery's having. Best Tracks: Astronomy Domine; Chapter 24; Bike

Astronomy domine - 3 Lucifer sam - 3 Matilda mother - 3 Flaming - 3 Pow r. toc h. - 2 Take up thy stethoscope and walk - 3 Interstellar overdrive - 3 The gnome - 3 Chapter 24 - 3 The scarecrow - 3 Bike - 4

Música bem produzida que não chega a lugar nenhum

Primarily I’m more a fan of Floyd’s “popular” era from Dark Side onwards, and I haven’t listened to the earlier albums in quite a while. The opening track Astronomy Divine is a great intro into the psychedelic minds of early Floyd and Syd Barrett. There’s a real atmosphere they can create (which is usually the case), lots of crashes and eerie melodies. Pow R. Toc H has a slow build throughout with the textbook mad laughter – makes you feel like you’re in the mind of a madman (which isn’t too far off the mark when you consider Syd Barrett’s history). A lot of tracks aren’t “traditional” and can make for some strange listening. After listening again for the first time in years – I’ve deduced that I’m not overly keen on Barrett’s vocals. By the end of the album I was getting a bit weary of them. I know he’s an integral part of Floyd’s history, but having also heard his solo album recently on this challenge – I’m not a huge fan. And as much of a Floyd fan I am, some of their earlier albums are harder to listen to – though if tripping hard they’re probably great, next trip I may try it lol. Lots of Floyd albums I’d give 5/5 (and have done on this challenge) however this for me is 3/5.

That was sufficiently trippy.

It's so interesting to give this a listen and place the band's origins and influences. This is squarely a British psychedelic pop album à la the Beatles or others acts of the time (sidebar- the more I listen to these 60's psych albums the more I appreciate Donovan's "Sunshine Superman", which we hit early on in our listens and I may have been too uncharitable with my score on), but has the distinctly darker bent and jammy, artsy proto-prog leanings that would later go on to define Pink Floyd's sound on albums like "Dark Side of the Moon". I'd like to think the more poppy sensibilities come from Syd Barrett's end, considering he wrote most of the album, and the fact that this was his sole album with the group due to drug and mental health issues. Almost alternating between tracks that are solid if a little too quirky 60's psych pop, but displaying the shadowy whimsy the group is known for, and longer, more jam band oriented tracks, I think the latter hits for me far more, and are more indicative of the band's future leanings. Overall a great first showing from Floyd, and a very interesting look at the bands roots prior to their status as prog giants on future albums. Solid 4. Favorite Tracks: "Interstellar Overdrive", "Chapter 24", "Lucifer Sam" Least Favorite Track: "Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk"

Something I've always specifically appreciated about Pink Floyd is their experimental nature, which is certainly on display in this debut studio album. You can definitely feel the Beatles influences, especially later in the album (ex Chapter 24), but there's always so much else going on. The instrumentation alone is characteristically mad in the best way. I think this is the most I've enjoyed a Pink Floyd album, in no small part due to the contributions of Barrett. I personally really enjoyed the more hardcore rock guitar on display from the get go with Astronomy Domine and Lucifer Sam. I think it only makes the more psychedelic tracks like Flaming subsequently shine more.

not that far off from david bowie's debut album

The drugs must have worked back in the sixties. However, in 2026 and without chemical enhancement, this album really does strike me as an unholy mess. Difficult to reconcile the creators of this pile of hooey with the creators of DSOTM. I was so glad when the last track finished.

Their debut , too theatrical comical , too english too medieval i am a fanof the later albums not this

I refuse to give Pink Floyd anything less than three stars, but their early stuff just isn’t my favorite. You can hear the creativity and the experimentation, but it feels way more chaotic than the later albums I love. I’m usually a fan of what a little LSD can do for a musician, just look at Pet Sounds or Sgt. Pepper’s. But here, it feels like Syd might’ve been going a little overboard. Some of it is playful and inventive, and some of it just sounds unhinged.

Yeah fine. I did get pretty bored. Undeniably good but nothing grabbed me.

Not bad, not but not my style of band/music. ★★★

I’d rather listen to anything else

If Pink Floyd has no haters then I’m dead

Why

pretty boring.

I've listened to this three times already and now I am prancing around my kitchen singing made up songs about lollipops and gnomes and the kind of girls that fit in with my world. Brilliant.

OK

I discovered Pink Floyd as a teenager through the albums Wish You Were Here, Animals and Dark Side of The Moon. This groundbreaking influence on my musical taste came when I was the new kid on the block in my new peer group in a new city. It was very moving and inspiring. In my exuberance, I bought the albums Ummagumma and A Nice Pair. These were very irritating for me. Simply too experimental for my listening habits, which at the time were still too influenced by pop music with its emphasis on harmonies. In that respect, I also found The Piper at The Gates of Dawn interesting, but generally far too exhausting to listen to. It was only later that this changed fundamentally. Now I am also enthusiastic about Pink Floyd's early work under the brilliant influence of Syd Barrett. Well, the band's later work, starting with The Wall, is worth listening to, but significantly less impressive than the previous albums. The actual album is remarkable for its groundbreaking influence on rock history alone. But it also stands out as a great album in its own right, even after all this time. 5/5

Is it really Pink Floyd if it isn't a little menacing?? This one's for Sal. Goat. It's always "the pipers at the gates of dawn" and "is there anybody out there" and never "why tf is the piper at the gates of dawn" or "what tf are the gates of dawn." He is really is piping that shit tho. What is this lad on about. They're really just playing whatever what is going on here team. What are you talking about. What is this. What are we doing. Where are the other 23 chapters. Favourite: Astronomy Domine Least favourite: Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk

Holy shit this music sucks

My rating 2.6 Psychedelic. Sure. But also total nonsense. Once I realized that Syd Barrett was behind every song it all clicked. Having listened to his solo album from this list before this album you see the influence. I was not impressed with either.

The gates of dawn are a shonky mess

Incredibly boring

One of the founding fathers of Prog. Still makes you wish things had gone different for Syd.

sounds medieval (derogatory)

I love Pink Floyd, but this is a choice.

First deep dive with Syd Barrett-era Floyd, and let's just say I admire it more than I actually enjoy it. Kind of amazing they went from this to writing a stone cold rock classic (that everyone on earth likes) within six years.

123/1001 Probably my least favourite, least played Floyd album. Psychedelic music mostly sounds silly to me but I can get into this on occasion. 6/10

I’m glad I listened, as this album reminds me how very different Pink Floyd was when led by Syd Barrett. This is experimental, prolific, fecund, and rank. Nothing like the spare, efficient, clean, and sardonically cynical sound of Floyd’s second incarnation. The Piper features talent and creativity, which I appreciate, but it’s not music I want to listen to on repeat. It’s a 3.

Do you need drugs to enjoy this? I don't think I've had enough drugs to enjoy this. Cover notes: what in the Olan Mills fever dream happened here?

Barely listenable

I did not like Syd's solo album and have generally been underwhelmed with a lot of the late 60's psychedelica on this list - including this album. The spacey sounds may have been out there at the time but just sound a little lame today. It all sounds quite generic - I gave it a couple of listens and nothing really grabbed me.

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn I can appreciate the experimentalism and how this must have sounded for 1967 (although the extreme stereo panning hasn’t aged brilliantly), a combination of acid enhanced childish whimsy and droning space rock, while also finding it a not particularly engaging listen. I wasn’t hugely into The Madcap Laughs, and I think I struggle to attune myself to Syd Barret’s songwriting and melodic style, which makes up the majority of this. And I think you can see the Gilmour shaped hole, missing his brooding, introspective bluesiness. Clearly they were a very different band at this point, and when they do hint at the atmospheric music they would go on to make on things like Astronomy Domine, Pow R Tc H and Interstellar Overdrive I like it, but elsewhere the green frog in bog, cat in house, hats for a queen and bells for a king whimsy doesn’t really resonate for me. I think this is probably more contextually interesting than musically interesting, although I know lots of people absolutely love 60s psych, and I appreciate the influence it has had and the sense of novelty for the time. But musically I’m not as appreciative, so I think this settles as a low 3. I may come back and try again, but I would probably head toward their later music, once Gilmour is onboard. 🪈🪈🪈 Playlist submission: Interstellar Overdrive

Waters' meandering bass is usually the glue and the driving energy i.e. on 'Lucifer Sam' (sounds like a 60s detective show) or the 'Matilda Mother', a circuitous but of psychedelia. The band dresses up Barret's flights of fancy, giving is structure that is lacking on 'The Madcap Laughs'. Overall it's a jolly old mess. This Pink Floyd is to 70s Pink Floyd as Peter Green is to 70s Fleetwood Mac. Given it is better than Madcap Laughs, and it has some spellbinding moments, and a couple of earworm Barret melodies, it gets to three.

It's an abortion.

ouais là je capte bien le psychédélique dans rock psychédélique

Extremely surprised by how experimental this is for 1967 while also having very era-appropriate songs. So much cool guitar work and harmonies and throughout as well as a lot of super interesting mixing of the overall production. Some songs were honestly a bit too experimental for my taste but the ones I enjoyed were some really fantastic melodies and rhythms for the time.

I love Pink Floyd. But the early stuff is fucking weird, almost comical. Don’t get me wrong, I love good acid as much as the next guy, and used to help friends adjust and re-correct during first trips. There was always the odd duck who’d take it too far, end up staring at a strobe-light for hours or simply lose the ability to speak. Syd was that Duck. Some said genius. I say lunacy… probably a bit of both. Makes this album a hard listen. Thank goodness they got better.

Normally enjoy Pink Floyd but this album was not it for me.

Syd era Floyd. English folk meets Psych rock. It starts off quite tuneful and gets weirder as it goes on. There’s a bit of 60s English pop influence in there with short, almost catchy songs before the weirdness takes over. Nice to hear the far out sounds pre technology and studio trickery.

This is super early Floyd when Sid Barret was still with them.

It's not quite Pink Floyd as we know them now, but it's an incredible record nonetheless. Barrett's contributions put them perfectly at home in the psych boom of 1967, and despite how quickly the Floyd would abandon the softer, childlike nature of Syd's work, they leave an impression and an impact here. Thus begins the output of one of the greatest bands to ever walk the earth.

Boring. Not sure why they're trying to be so silly and whimsical, I don't really get it. It'd probably be a better listen if you were insanely high

Super influential. Not my favourite of theirs. But you can't deny the talent or the influence.

I had to take a step back on this one and truly think, if the nameplate was off, and I heard this blindly, I could pick up some hints that it's Pink Floyd, but overall, I probably would've been quicker to remember some of the other psychedelic rock albums I've had to listen to throughout this project. Maybe another day I would've rated differently, but the name can't save it from a lower rating then I expected going in.

I know where Syd Barrett lives

Not for me. Never loved the REN Faire aspects of psychedelia.

The Syd Barrett days were odd, as was Syd. Still, interesting to hear the influences and evolution of the band. This is more of a museum piece than an actual listenable album. 2.5

Very unfamiliar with this Pink Floyd. Nothing exceptional about it.

Wow kind of groundbreaking at the time. Can feel the lsd coming through in the mix !

This falls under the category of albums I love irrationally. I like the songs and the quirkiness of Barrett’s lyrics and delivery. I’m less enthusiastic about the jams. The album title is maybe one of the best of all time.

This is 9/10 for me. I don't listen to every floyd album, but I like just about every song here.

I’ve got a bike

5.5/10 I love Pink Floyd and they’re easily a top 20 or 30 band for me, but I am not a fan of this record. There are a few tracks I really enjoy “Lucifer Sam” and “Flaming” especially, but Syd Barrett’s style just isn’t my thing overall. You can hear early hints of what Floyd would eventually become, and I respect how influential this ultra-psychedelic sound was, but personally it’s not for me. Favorite song: Lucifer Sam Least favorite: Bike

Great trippy sound, but there are several Pink Floyd albums that I like more than this.

1/5

The cutting edge, experimental, psychedelic production is there but the songs are not yet miles ahead of their contemporaries. Rivals Villiage Green for most British album yet. File it under, something great in the making.

Not the Pink Floyd I’m used to - not necessarily in a bad way though. Just would have been much more fun with headphones on and maybe a lil high. Good experimental, psychedelic set of songs

a classic syd banger

some foundational tracks but idk if it works as a unit for me

It isn't your typical AM radio release album but I can't say that I recognized the brilliance that Pink Floyd would become.

Marvellous first album and Syd Barrett in his pomp. I like it.

3.5 Stars. This one is interesting. It’s, all at once, of its time and ahead of it. At turns, it sounds like who Pink Floyd becomes and also sometimes like the Beatles. Plus there’s that weird Austin Powers number at track two. Overall a good debut, but not nearly there best.

Ik

They break ground here with songs like Bike. Trippy & wild. Shape of things to come for them!

Best Track - "Astronomy Domine"

Perfect pop psychedelia. Early signs of progressive rock with a lot of playfulness from Syd.

This album is really good. It's not quite as good as later Floyd, but a wonderful start nonetheless. I especially like Flaming, and Mother. Would recommend, fun listen.

1. aztronomy - 1.5 2. lucifer -1 3. matilda - 1 4. flaming -0 5. pouu - 0 6. uualk - 0 7. interztellar - 1 8. gnome -1 9. chapter - 0 10. crouu - 0 11. bike - 1

First Album is way better than I thought it would be. No songs saved to my library tho, solid 3.

I was going to write a thorough review of why I didn’t enjoy this album, but the time spent listening was enough of my time.

The beginning of something special, a unique flair bursts on the scene.

If I was at the UFO Club in 1967 I might have enjoyed this. Also if I'd taken enough drugs. Listening now, with sound and sober mind, this album achieved the remarkable feat of being simultaneously pretentious, portentously serious, and cringe-makingly whimsical. By the time I reached the last track, Bike, I was actually angry at how stupid it was.

Parts of this groove nicely, but then a lot of it is very much a bad trip. Often shifts within the same song. There's no way a Barrett-led Floyd is commercially successful past 1968.

ive never been over the moon for this one even in my pink floyd days, but im pretty sure this is the most ive ever liked it? the slightly maligned b-side is full of delights for me...syd at his most watery and folky, more or less replacing the fairy tale feeling with actual Mysticism. its supported pretty well by the progression of tracks as a whole, from the more grounded harder-hitting opening numbers to the middle stretch of jam-oriented songs...honestly a little pastoral, like a Journey And Destination feeling. only the lone waters contribution, a much more traditional jam bookended by Impressively Embarrassing "song" parts, deflates the built up mystique for me, which is perhaps why i feel much more Uninterrupted in the back end...but even tho im not sold on it i cant rightfully claim that such a disruptive swerve is out of character or methodology for the record either. just an undeniably cool creative vision...kind of a fourth-dimensional melting where u flow in and out of the full chronology of your body, your town, your country, and maybe your world.

It's apparently psychedelic week for me. This one was fine, just put it on as background noise while I worked on spreadsheets.

The contrast between this album and their later album is astounding. There are some great moments scattered throughout the album. Truthfully, I've never quite known what to do with this album. I prefer the Gilmour led material

It's a fucking mess, but what a mess it is!

I'm very thankful that my first Pink Floyd album that this list gave me was The Dark Side of the Moon. That album blew me away and I loved it. After reading reviews of this album, I had tempered expectations but was still looking forward to hearing it. I have no idea how this band went from this to Dark Side... These songs sound like something that would be on Tim and Erics Awesome Show in a skit about some weirdos making a children's show on psychedelics. The songs are hokey and I would have guessed that this band would have burned out very quickly. Anyway, interesting listen but I hated it.

I'm not really into psychedelic music. And I'm not into Pink Floyd either (please don't kill me!). But I recognize this can really be the start of a music movement so, despite the lack of melodic drive, a 3 is what it gets.

I'm not a huge fan of the first album, though I still listen to it from time to time.

nice if somewhat dated experimental album

I really love this album. It's hard to judge its actual artistic merit, as it's kind of fluffy, while also being somehow innovative - and even the proggy "Interstellar Overdrive" manages not to be self-indulgent nonsense. 5 stars, because - I don't know why. I just love it.

Pink Floyd is always good! Not as memorable as their other stuff

I’m not a huge fan of Pink Floyd, but this was cool.

It's insane how good their later albums are compared to this debut. Shows a lot of promise, but I don't see myself choosing this over other albums in their discography.

Really big Pink Floyd fan, but I'd never listened to this one. Always kept it with Floyd's "classic" albums and had meant to get to this. REALLY liked this one! I totally get now why the band was shook after Syd Barrett left, even though most liked their later output. Syd definitely had something here too. Early Floyd was clearly worth listening to, will check out their other early albums for sure. 4.5 stars!

Like seeing a beautiful sculpture while it is still in its raw block of marble, I can detect the shape of the Pink Floyd I love hidden among all the silly bits of rock that will eventually get chipped away.

Sounds totally different from my understanding of Pink Floyd. Not really my jam and I had high hopes! 2.4/5.0

Love Pink Floyd. They’re one of the great all time bands. Their debut, however, leaves much to be desired. It’s best understood as a signature document of the times. It is, in my view, the only psychedelic album worth listening to. All of the trappings of the sub genre are on display. Please look no further than the maddening jingle jangle freak-outs of Bike for proof. The boys clearly didn’t have a clue what they were really working towards on this record. All this being said, I adore the musicianship of Astronomy Domine and Interstellar Overdrive. The live recordings of these tracks are especially cool. They meander for upwards of 10 -15 minutes, exploring musical ideas, ultimately lingering far too long on each one - but the synchronicity between the musicians as they jam is impressive. The more disciplined Pink Floyd got with their sound, the better they became as an act. Still, this album mostly hurts my ears, and must be rewarded as such. ⭐️⭐️

The fact that this preceded Dark Side should be studied because this poop and Dark Side is amazing. There are whispers of the Pink Floyd I’m familiar with in here, but this sounds like Pink Floyd does The Doors x The Beatles, and I don’t like it.

4/5

i understand now why on every other album they stfu for 90% of the song

I'm not really a fan of Pink Floyd. But I much prefer this Syd Barrett era of them.

They did not cook with this one

forever fav band of all timezzz aber dieses album an manchen stellen kleine psychedelic psychose although of course max listening fun

You can pry this weird psychedelic 60s shit from my cold dead hands. Far from my favorite Pink Floyd, but still enjoyable and fun. Makes me wonder how the band would have evolved if Syd Barrett had stayed. Best tracks are “Lucifer Sam,” “Interstellar Overdrive,” and “Bike,” but all the tracks have a certain charm. Not quite 5 stars but a high 4 from me.

I wouldn’t have known this was Pink Floyd. Psychedelic lyrics

2/10

Pretty sure this is not meant to be a sober listen and maybe that’s just the issue but this just wasn’t enjoyable like at all for me. Maybe I’m being a hater but this might be the first 1 star rating from me.

Goeie vibee

This is such a mess. Pink Floyd, when you do cross-genre music, it has to be good. Like, I know this is like early-ish psychedelic music, but it's got like weird noises one minute, piano solos in random places, surprise singing or shouting, nonsensical lyrics. Do one thing well or a lot of things mediocre but not a lot of things terribly pls. +1 star for Lucifer Sam bc I'm interpreting it to be about an actual cat and I like cats

Best kunstig. Vet hoor

This was not the first Pink Floyd album I listened to in full, and honestly, if it had been, I genuinely do not know if I would have enjoyed it a ton. It's fun, it's weird, but it's not always what I want to listen to.

Had this on a double cassette with Saucerful of Secrets as a teenager and played it to death. Loved hearing something out of this world and it blew my mind. I'm not sure if I heard for the first time now whether I would be as enthusuastic, but top marks for the memories!

The Gnome will send you to Interstellar Overdrive.

Noodley and forgettable.

What did I just listen to???

This was fun but as I grow older, I have less patience for the more whimsical bits of psychedelia - I'm more aware these days of how much of it is just privileged white boys pissing about. This is a better example of it though, I like Syd Barrett.

A fledgling band playing and exploring sound. Not one I enjoyed. Maybe you had to be there

This was probably very experimental and cutting edge at the time, but I can't appreciate it so much. Might have to revisit and read some backstory

Getting really bored of the classic rock. Couldn't get through.

Debüt einer großartigen innovativen Band. Die prägenden Alben folgen später.

Far better pink Floyd albums than this

just not a floyd fan

Doesn't hold a candle to their later work. I will say I'm charmed by The Gnome though.

Really not for me, there is so much better Pink Floyd out there.

I liked the song Bike

Definitively not the greatest album. They have so much great stuff put there but not all has to be in the top 1,000. Its a good album just not their best

What a weird, trippy album. It wasn't terrible to listen to, but I didn't love it, either.

I’ve found out that I’m not a fan of psychedelia without hooks, with silly lyrics, annoying panning and nonchalant vocals. That being said, the songs are well written, they just don’t do anything for me.

I love Pink Floyd but this album is Beatles-lite to me

J'ai parfois l'impression de passer à côté de beaucoup d'albums "incontournables" et celui-ci en fait partie. Je préfère définitivement Pink Floyd sans Syd Barret.

*Interesting psychedelic rock *I understand the significance but it's not enough to hook me into re-listening a lot

Um clássico. Bem bom.

This was an odd experience. I had never heard Pink Floyds debut album and I kind of wish I still hadn't. Knowing the heights they would hit with their later albums this one pales in comparison.

Geht am mir vorbei. Aber lustig, wie sehr das Cover auch ein Beatles Album sein könnte.

Aus dem gleichen Jahr wie sgt. pepper and it shows...

Zu wenig LSD dafür genommen.

Crazy to think they recorded this next door to The Beatles recording Sgt. Pepper’s, and this miserable dribble is all the could come up with. Just kidding, it’s fun album and a good jumping off point for Pink Floyd. It’s a good example of Psychedelic rock music that was a cultural touchstone of the time.

decent debut, i see the vision of their future releases here. lots of silly/wonky stereo mixing work

For what the album is trying to be, it's okay. Definitely not my type of music but it still feels well produced and made in an artisanal way. Favourite song: -

I was tempted to grade this on a curve since it's Pink Floyd, but if this was an album from a random band I'd never heard of before I may have even given up halfway through. I give 2s to albums that I'm never going to listen to again, but I didn't actively wish were over already. Unfortunately this is one that I was just counting down the minutes for. Maybe if I was on acid it'd resonate, but I wasn't.

Brilliant psychedelia

Haven’t listened to this since HS. I like it more now. Very cool to listen on good speakers. Lots of cool sound effects and channel manipulation.

Just incredible

3.36/5 Stars Top Songs: Lucifer Sam, Matilda Mother, The Gnome

Nah

A little psychedelia mixed with some cool rock licks but at times it’s all unwieldy. It’s a totally different vibe and I’ve always liked this album but Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd just doesn’t hit as well as David Gilmore.

My goodness.

I did not like this. The psychedelia just grated and the accent slipped between twee english and pastiche mid atlantic. The production was called experimental, but just sounded like someone pressed all the buttons and twiddled all the knobs indiscriminately.

A perfect Christmas Day listen. If not on Christmas Day it would be a very different rating

Started off sounding like music from the old Batman TV series. Then jumped into same old theatrical Pink Floyd. Listened before? N Saved tracks? N Favorite tracks? NA ⭐⭐ Didn't love, didn't hate

The bizarre noodling is just not for me. Bizarre Noodles sounds like a good band name, though.

Pink Floyd's first album is a complete outlier on the band's catalog. A quirky and sunny psych-pop affair. Obviously this style comes from the then-bandleader Syd Barrett. After Barrett's departure, Floyd would move into the spacy prog-rock direction they're most famous for. As much as I love those records, the drugged-out childlike wonder this album presents is still unmatched. Key tracks: Astronomy Domine Flaming Interstellar Overdrive Bike

Frickin genius

Boring

Good music. Just a little slow

8 / 10

"Astronomy Dominé" along with "Interstellar Overdrive" and "Bike" are favorites here, however I find myself inclined towards skipping a few tracks that are too long or too out there. The amazing drumming keeps that from happening in most cases, but Take Up Thy Stethescope is a little much. In my mind they hit their stride in the triplet of Dark Side, Wish You Were Here and Animals. Highly recommend listening in headphones for full dramatic effects of Interstellar Overdrive.

Essential listening. They were never my favorite bit I appreciate what they accomplished and Gilmour is well, Gilmour

Weird.

Not my favourite era but creative and worthy of 3 stars.

Terrible. This, kids, is a lesson. Don't take drugs and read Tolkin and record t the same time. Music was Meh, Lyrics were primary school level.

God album

Dói um pouco gerar esse álbum e o avaliar. Sou fã de Pink Floyd, isso desde a infância. Lembro que quando era mais novo eu até superestimava esse disco, considerava ele um dos meus favoritos da banda. Mas de uns anos pra cá minha opinião virou até que drasticamente. Entendo quem o estima altamente. Entendo o apelo que Syd Barrett traz na hora de avaliar o álbum. Mas eu enxergo para além disso, e vejo uma obra confusa e esporádica. Algumas das faixas que antes eu achava charmosas, hoje me causam apenas irritação, como The Gnome ou Bike. O disco têm seus momentos de destaque, como a introdução Astronomy Domine, e canções como Lucifer Sam e Interstellar Overdrive. Mas é inegável que para cada momento agradável do disco, ele joga 3 momentos irritantes em cima de você. Acaba ficando desequilibrado. Se você gosta desse lado mais “experimental” que Barrett trazia ao grupo, ótimo, você está no seu direito. Fale mal do lado mais polido de Gilmour, mas sua adoção à banda melhorou o sua produção em milhares de vezes, ao meu gosto. 3.5/5

3/4

not as good as dsotm but still has the same vibe

This is a perfect example of an album I agree you should hear before you die, but I really don't love it. I'm mainly a Meddle>>>Animals PF fan, but I dig ummagumma and some of the jammier stuff here is in that vein. Astronomy Domine and Interstellar Overdrive primarily. Some of Syd’s poppier oddities are solid, like Lucifer Sam. It's definitely one of the more batshit albums of the mainstream, and I admire that

There were distinct glimmers of the Pink Floyd to come sandwiched between tired reworks of Beatles-esque 60s britpop. I’m glad they figured it out eventually.

Floyd got better later.

This has not aged well - I suppose it was ground breaking in 1967, but now it sounds like a Spinal Tap parody. Please stop bringing this up as a "great" album - its a joke.

some parts i liked but mostly didnt

While this doesn’t really hit with my GenX ears in 2025, it must have been absolutely mind blowing to for Boomers in 1967. I was going to give 3 stars, but went with 4 since we all know, now, where Pink Floyd was heading.

tbh had higher expectations for this one- it was good, just not my fav of theirs. They realllly took advantage of the play between ears though haha

Great early psychedelic album from the Syd Barrett era of Pink Floyd. I like Saucerful of Secrects from the early Floyd era.

I thought it started off quite decently with the first few songs. Interstellar Overdrive is a mess and the album didn't really recover after that.

Quirky and very strange in places, like a lot of this list! Decent but I do prefer their later stuff

Finishes stronger than it starts. Definitely 60's psychedelia, sometimes sounds like Beatles.

I am not a stranger to this album. I feel it gives you an idea of what it would be like to trip acid with four of the most intensely British men you have ever met. In the end I find it doesn’t excite as much as their deeper, more emotional/literate work (even versus stuff from the early period from relics like biding my time and paintbox).

Før Pink Floyd lagde hyperkalkulert musikk som fortsetter å sende stoner kids inn i et kushkoma de aldri helt kommer ut av, var de faktisk et ganske spennende band. Astronomy Domine og Interstellar Overdrive står fortsatt igjen som noen av de sterkeste låtene de noensinne har spilt inn. Det ble laget mye spennende musikk i '67, men pga. art rock fremtiden deres, er det ikke like anerkjent at Floyd lagde noe av den kuleste & rareste psych rocken fra perioden. Samtidig er skiva også full av rare & poppy LSD-viser. Noen av dem funker, andre blir litt for slitsomme; rare for rars skyld. I motsetning til hva andre måtte påstå, er ikke The Gnome en av problemlåtene. Mulig man må bli McKenna-pilled for å se gjennom den barnslige fasaden, men de som vet de vet. Og Bike er selvfølgelig en banger. Det er kanskje helligbrøde å si, men det er jo åpenbart Syd Barrett som er den som suste rundt og lagde exentrisk psychedelisk pop i stedet for heavy psych. Saucerful of Secrets er allerede en mer consistent skive, hvor det egentlig kun er Jugband Blues som er en ordentlig Syd-låt. På Piper ser vi flere forskjellige veier Floyd kunne gå. Singlene de hadde laget før, var weirdo LSD pop. Astronomy Domine og Lucifer Sam er forsøk på å jobbe dette inn i et mer kosmisk og heavy sound. Og de kommer seg dit på et vis. Hører man feks. live versjonen av Careful With That Axe, Eugene, har vi et Floyd som er minst like radikalt og kult som Soft Machine eller CAN. Men jeg tror det er for mange stemmer som trekker i forskjellige retninger. Det er ikke før Waters vokser fra psychen og tar kontroll over gruppa at de lager et målretta album. I dag er det det de er kjent for, men man skal ikke kimse av bidraget de gjorde til psych og prog av den grunn. Hadde CAN hørtes ut som de gjør om det ikke var for Piper og Saucerful? Tror jeg ikke.

Først må jeg bare si det. Pink Floyd har laget sykt mye kjedelig musikk, men denne plata er ikke kjedelig. Her har vi låter av ravebandet Pink Floyd. Så fett "Astronomy Domine" og "Interstellar Overdrive" må ha vært å høre live. De to låtene låter faktisk freshere enn ganske mye fra Sgt. Peppers, som utrolig nok kom samme år. Men når det gjelder psykedelisk musikk så er det av en eller annen grunn en HÅRFIN linje mellom nyskapende rockemusikk og fjollete barnemusikk. Ok, så leste du Alice i eventyrland som barn, la det være. Jeg går ikke rundt og lager Mummitrollet-musikk heller. "The Gnome" er blant låtene som jeg syns er cringe. "Bike" er på grensa, men den er igjen så helsprø at den blir interessant igjen. "Apples and Oranges" ble utgitt som single samme år og er utrolig fet, og vokalen er nesten rappende. Hadde vært fint å bytte ut "The Gnome" med den.