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Might be interesting from a historical or production perspective, but I didn’t really connect with any of the songs, and they didn’t really seem to be trying to say anything. It’s like they weren’t committed to the vision either. It felt almost like a satire, like Spinal Tap recorded this as a way to make fun of prog/psych rock. Cool cover art though.
No entiendo más de la mitad de lo que ocurre en el disco. No me llega. No lo he disfrutado absolutamente nada
What a coincidence, two days ago I saw a Pink Floyd tribute band playing exactly the show PF did in 1973: after the break the 5 star album Dark Side of the Moon and before the break endless psychedelic songs of 15 minutes, boring me to death. This album fortunately has shorter songs than the 1st part of the concert, but has the same effect on me, utterly bored. 2 stars the maximum I can give.
I wanted so much from this album when it opened with huge swells of gritty, scuzzy guitar, and was prepared for forty minutes of solid psych rock. Imagine my disappointment when the guitar immediately faded after the opener and the whole LP became a misguided, meandering mess. Some cool studio tricks and tech to note here and there, but you do actually need some melodies and sense of songwriting to make an album work.
Sorry, but this is way too far down the 60's experimental rabbit hole for me. I hated it.
It’s a narp from me. Too out there. Like jazz, the only people the musicians are entertaining is themselves.
Wasn’t sure I liked this but then gnome
p112. 1967. 1 star. This might have been tolerable if you were out of your head on a decent tab of LSD. As it is, it's just twee 60's hippy noodling.
Crap
I'm going to take a pass on this Pink Floyd album. I like the band, but let's just say, I'm glad they got better. This album just didn't do it for me.
Overrated 1.8
This is clearly what they were going for on that Os Mutantes album, but this one has a little more beatboxing. Giving it two stars because the first few songs aren’t that bad, but the rest of the album is just strange. I think if you played this to me while I was on drugs I would probably never forgive you for the rest of my life 3/10
Pink Floyd was more like Stink Floyd with this Mid Barrett guy amirite? A couple decent moments but overall the direction of the album just didn't hit with me. The songwriting is a lot like the other Syd Barrett work that I've heard which isn't my favorite. We should all be glad that David Gilmour joined and Roger Waters took over the songwriting for the later albums
The only thing that got this album a 2 was the 9 minute song was actually kind of poggers. Other than that I almost KMS'ed halfway thru. The Gnome song was troll but bad
I've got a bike, you can ride it if you like It's got a basket, a bell that rings And things to make it look good I'd give it to you if I could, but I borrowed it You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world I'll give you anything, everything if you want things I've got a cloak it's a bit of a joke There's a tear up the front It's red and black, I've had it for months If you think it could look good, then I guess it should Syd Barrett Pink Floyd is the best Pink Floyd. 5/5
No. 84/1001 Astromony Divine 3/5 Lucifer Sam 4/5 Matilda Mother 4/5 Flaming 4/5 Pow R. Toc. H 3/5 Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk 3/5 Interstellar Overdrive 2/5 (2x) The Gnome 4/5 Chapter 24 3/5 Scarecrow 4/5 Bike 2/5 Average: 3,17 Mostly I thought this was a good experimental psychadelic rock album. Interstellar Overdrive was a bit too experimental for me.
Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd, so super simple rhymes over psychedelic swirls and overdubs that makes it sound like the most transcendental shit ever laid down on tape. It shouldn't work, but it does...
A bit of a mixed bag with some psychedelic gems (Astronomy Domine, Interstellar Overdrive) some whimsical ditties and a few throwaway tunes. Listening to it now what particularly impresses is Richard Wright's spectral keyboard work, floating above the thrashing guitars and drums.
love it
Not bad dude
When this album hits, it hits really hard and even with the psychedelic music that came after, which this album either inspired or predicted, all of that pales in comparison. The juxtaposition of Barrett’s fairytale lyrics with dark and often chaotic jams still sounds really vibrant and creative to my ears now.
Sometimes this listening project feels like a job. Other times I see the album and know I'm in for a treat. In this case, an album I know and love well. In the most absurd best-case possible scenario, I somehow got to it years and years after getting almost too familiar with The Wall, Wish You Were Here, and Dark Side of the Moon. So it came at me as a very fresh but familiar, strange yet cosy experience. That said I'm taking away one star for what is clearly an irresponsible use of stereo panning technology.
Astronomy Domine Lucifer Sam Chapter 24
Man this is some goofy shit. The gnome has sentimental value to me for being the first song I listened to the very first time I did LSD but otherwise, half the tracks here are almost TOO silly. The highlights here though (Lucifer sam, Flaming, and interstellar overdrive of course) are some top tier 60’s psyche.
Not every debut album of a great band needs to be on this list. 2/5
this is the kind of prog that gets to me. dribbles the doormouse
Super album, not 5, but good enough
É complicado... Adoro Pink Floyd, uma das minhas bandas favoritas, mas essa fase do Syd Barret não me desce. É tudo muito chato, sem sentido, sem ligação. Já tinha escutado esse álbum a muitos anos e quase pulei quando veio aqui na lista, mas resolvi dar uma chance, mas não valeu a pena. As melodias não são boas, nem consigo lembrar delas, depois de ouvir o disco. As linhas de guitarra não me ganham, a bateria é sem sentido, só salvo os teclados e olhe lá .. Astronomy Domine parece que todo mundo tava loco de ácido e resolveu bater a cabeça nos instrumentos e ver o que sai kkk Enfim, respeito quem curte, mas essa fase do Syd Barret pra mim é péssima. Pior álbum até aqui (do Pink Floyd, infelizmente).
cool
Quirky and fun in places, with some good dark descending rock riffs in other places and a slew of psychedelic noodlings. Not as awful as I was expecting.
A one-off with a long lifespan and a tantalizing glimpse into what was and what could have been, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn may very well be Pink Floyd's most uniquely singular album in that the creative flourishes of Syd Barrett, the band's tragically imbalanced front man, are on full display. The psychedelic age was given a good dose of darkness that ranged from goofy and lighthearted to ominous and foreboding, for there was little knowing (knowing what we do now) of what was to come not only for Syd but for the band in general. Overall, a bittersweet sign of things to come.
Here it is. Here's the proof that not everything Pink Floyd does is great. Because this is not. It's just too damn weird and disjointed to be enjoyable.
It's just Ok. 3.0.
Some of the 'whacky psychedelia' is not to my taste. A listening group member referred to it as "funhouse/haunted house bullshit" haha Pink Floyd is a bit weird because they have these tremendous high points in their careers (Dark Side, The Wall) and then pretty much everything else is almost hard to listen to sometimes. Stepping stones and building blocks on the way to greatness - sure. Fun? no Still there is some cool stuff on here and it's an interesting part of history - Syd Barrett leading the band and no David Gilmore yet....
Même étant grand fan de Pink Floyd, c'est clairement l'un de leurs moins bons albums. 6/10
This album is unsettling, experimental, and psychadelic in the truest sense. Inspired largely from Syd Barrett's foray into LSD use, 'The Piper at the Gates of Dawn,' Pink Floyd's debut album, is a meandering album that carefully builds both musically and lyrically. The seeds of their later work are present, but this album is uniquely the vision of Syd Barrett before he retreated from the public eye.
I have never listened to pink Floyd. This feels a level above the other prog rock we have listened to on here. Quite experimental and big compositions. Still not convinced on prog rock or that I'll listen too much after this.
Didn't do much for me. Think they went on to go greater things
Pink Floyd just does weird and unexpected so well - and I love it. I’ve always found prog rock and psychedelic music interesting, so an album like this hits the mark for me. I’d never heard Pink Floyd’s debut album before and I’m not sure I would have if it weren’t for this project!! This album brought me some joy this morning for sure - I enjoyed its unique sound and experimentation. Plus it was cool to hear how such an iconic and influential band started out.
Groovy. Not necessarily my sort of music but I liked it.
051223 16:51 3.5
Esse eu curto das antigas já, primórdios da banda já dava pra ter uma ideia que os loco eram diferente
Interesting to hear but not as impressive as later works.
I remember listening to this album a very long time ago since I wanted to explore Pink Floyd beyond the famous albums. It was a treat then and I have told people to check out the song "Bike". Syd Barrett was something wasn't he? Definitely a historical curiosity and something that's fun to listen to see the journey Pink Floyd made but it's not like I'm listening to it all that often. Except for Bike. That song slaps.
"Pipers at the Gates of Dawn" is the debut studio album by English rock band Pink Floyd. It was the only album under the leadership of guitarist and lead vocalist Syd Barrett who wrote eight of the 11 songs. Pyschedelic rock, acid pop, experimental rock and space rock. An apt description is "blended long-form improvisational pieces with Barrett's short songs and whimsical take on pyschedelia. Recordered at London's Abbey Road Studio, the music used reverb, echo and automatic double tracking. Other band members included Roger Waters ( bass, vocals), Richard Wright (piano, organ) and Nick Mason (drums). It was met with critical acclaim and commercially hit #6 on the UK charts. "Astronomy Domine" begins with Peter Jenner reading out names of stars and planets. A pounding bass, bass drums, echo vocals, a strumming pyschedelic guitar and eerie keyboards. A space-themed song and quite a start. A James Bond-esque guitar starts "Lucifer Sam." It's a song about Syd's cat and we get an organ jam. The album's lone single "Flaming" uses all sorts of various noises: whistles, a motor running, running feet and bells. There's a lot of various weird noises throughout this album and why wouldn't there be; it's 1967. An organ leads the way as Syd describes a childlike game with fantasy imagery. Side two opens with the instrumental "Interstellar Overdrive." Drving guitar, bass and drums. The song then goes into a improvisational phase for at least seven minutes. Remember the various weird noises comment. They effectively accomplish getting across the space theme. A great headphone song with stereo echoes at the end. Sometimes, it's good to be put into a pyschedelic haze. The latter half of this side really takes us back to 60's sounding pop songs. In "Chapter 24," Syd was inspired by the ancient Chinese tome "I Ching." Minimalist music with just an organ and this reminded me of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory." Syd compares himself to a scarecrow resigned to his fate in "Scarecrow." The album closer "Bike" is more bouncey. Syd meets a girl who fits in his world showing her his bike, clock, a mouse and a gingerbread man. Lest you forget what you've been listening to, we get to hear all the noises of what's in his world for the last two minutes. I really have no interest in visiting Syd's world again for some time. Yeah, this is one heck of a pyschedelic ride. I forgot how much of this album is instrumental. It balances itself out with short fantasy-based pop songs. Given their music in the 70's, it's hard to say this is the same band. Then again without Syd, maybe it's not. Anyway, this ranks high on my Pink Floyd album list and is a must listen to if just for a visit to pyschedelia.
My journey begins with Pink Floyd!
Not as good as some of the later works but just as great as I’d expect
Weniger bekanntes Album meiner Lieblingsband. Für die damalige Zeit leistet dieses Album und the ''Early Pink Floyd'' einen wesentlichen Schritt für die Rockkultur, die wir heute kennen. Auch deswegen, weil Pink Floyd, oder ''The Pink Floyd'', wie es aus früheren Zeiten noch bekannt ist, sich immer getraut hat neue Wege zu gehen. Das Album kann nicht jedermann musikalisch genießen, da es aus einer ganz anderen Zeit noch stammt, doch aufgrund der Tatsache dass dieses Album der Grundstein für jegliche Musikentwicklung dieser Band war, muss man sich damit auseinandersetzen. Ich habe das Album und dessen Flair im Allgemeinen sehr genossen, auch wenn ich mich auf das Genie oder doch eher Wahnsinns des jungen Syd Barrets konzentrierte. Er war wesentlich daran beteiligt dieses wichtige Album, sowohl musikalisch als auch lyrisch zu gestalten. Habe keine favorisierten Songs, mir gefiel es ins Londoner Underground der 60er Jahre einzutauchen! 4.5
gutes album, aber hat mich nicht soo abgeholt, wie erwartet, vl muss ich es nochmal hören
pink floyd is the best thing ever! It‘s the band I listen to the most! At least 3000mins a year. I cannot decide which album is the best or which song. Got me through good times and bad times. the songs keep me always accompanied! Just need to drop one name: SYD BARRETT .
Ein bedeutendes Album in der Geschichte von Pink Floyd! Jung & wild, teilweise gewöhnungsbedürftig, aber definitiv legendär! 7.9/10
As a "late" Pink Floyd fan (DSOTM onward) it was the first early album that I have listened to. Decided I much preferred the "later" stuff post Syd.
Not my vibe
Not their best. 6.5/10
pink floyd init
Not Pink Floyd's best, a little to faux psychedelic for me
Para mim não é nota 5, pq não gosto do stereo. Me incomoda um bocado, dito isso, mto bom.
Sou suspeita, por mim a discografia inteira do Pink Floyd deveria ser apreciada por todo ser humano vivo.
The genius of Syd.
very fun very silly lil album. syd could write dark side of the moon, but roger waters could NOT WRITE BIKE. 7.6/10
Listening to this album is like walking through a psychedelic funhouse. You never know what’s around the corner and the music is constantly trying to surprise and disorient you. Like how the epic nine-minute experimental “Interstellar Overdrive” is followed by the playful, bedtime folk song “The Gnome.” There are a lot of great moments that make this worthwhile. Some highlights for me were the surf rock swagger of “Lucifer Sam,” the jazzy piano in the first half of “Pow R. Toc H.,” and the manic jamming on “Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk.” This is a perfect album to put on a list like this. It’s fascinating and entertaining but listening to it once before you die is probably enough. I think this is my second time listening. The first time was in high school. I was smoking weed in a parking lot while my friend played it for me in the car. Not sure if we got through the whole thing that time. And of course this album deserves recognition for being the first Pink Floyd album, though their sound here is pretty different from the band they eventually became. The story of Syd Barrett, who was the frontman for only this album, is an interesting one. I’m only vaguely familiar with his mental health struggles but I’ve always thought it was fascinating how he made this one album and then the band went on to become one of the all-time greats without him.
I like Pink Floyd and I understand that this is a debut but it didn't do much for me. I feel like I felt a little lost while listening to this and I even felt some boredom. Admittedly I might not have been in the right head space to fully enjoy this and I think sometimes this list will give you an album that requires that. Didn't dislike it, and it's a middling 3/5 for me.
I love their 70s stuff, but were very hit and miss in the 60s for me.
This isn’t my favorite Floyd. Understand its place and significance in psychedelics music, but it’s not super easy listening for me. But nice to where they started, with Syd.
The polish and vision had yet to become ingrained so an album of experimentation, wit and some decent songs.
It starts as a pop album but then you can really hear the reverb and where pink floyd would eventually go.
I want whatever Syd is on. Looks up what happened to Syd… ah never mind. Found most of this hard to listen to but Gnome and Scarecrow at the end were fun. Some better Pink Floyd albums missed the list like Meddle, Animals, and Atom Heart Mother
My love of Pink Floyd has always been for their 70's output. Happy to give another run at Piper, only to be reminded why it doesn't sit on my shelves. The album is ponderous and messy, almost playing like a spoof of the psychedelic rock genre that exploded that year. The sense of experimentation on Astronome, Interstellar, etc. is incoherent and draggy. Many of the songs sound like guys messing around and hoping that something cool happens while the tape rolls (not in and of itself a bad thing). Unlike a lot of other albums of this genre, I feel that Piper hasn't aqed well. It feels more like a oddity, a museum piece rather than something you'd reach for in repeated listenings.
Were it not for the Revolution 9-like forays into atonal noise making, this would sound exactly like every other British psych record from the era. Forgettable but I still prefer it to their other more popular albums.
Psych, great and awful and great again
Pre-David Gilmour led album that really makes you wonder if Pink Floyd would have really been as successful as it was if Syd Barrett hadn't succumbed to drug use and mental illness.
Unique, very creative. Part alternative-universe Beatles, part free jazz/jam band/ambient exploration. Love the Syd Barrett Pink Floyd. (how on earth did they go from this to Comfortably Numb in ten years? Crazy.)
Mushrooms
Why must this website subject me to such torture
No thank you - has a little bit of edge beyond the experimental psychedelic madness, but mostly experimental psychedelic madness. Not much to grab onto unless you're in the throes of an acid-induced fever dream. 2.5
Really annoying to listen to. It sounds like Syd et al are thinking far more about themselves than the listener, in trying to be impressively quirky.
It's fascinating listening to the morph from 60s bands to what they released in the 70s
like it
Sounded like a class of primary school were given an assortment of instruments, told to play for 40 minutes, and someone recorded it.
I don’t really know what to make of early Pink Floyd. The band members revered Syd in a way that’s hard to relate from the outside. Sure there was a lot of LSD but this is a mess of sound. I guess it gets a bit of kudos for being part of the psychedelic movement and if it’s time and probably people should listen to it. So it’s going to get far more from me than it deserves on music alone.
Second time listening to this and I did it on decent speakers. The psychedelic rock scene isn’t my favourite it I could really see this one was special.
Pow R. Toc. H - екскюзми, уот дъ хел. Много е странна и психо и ме напряга ужасно. Meh
Syd Barret era Floyd is an absolute psychedelic masterpiece of a discography. Too bad is not too commercial especially when compared to their prog-era, or even when compared to its other psychrock peers.
Cool to hear early Pink Floyd, but at times grating and boring.
Poopers at the Gates of Dawn.
more like parping at the gates at the gates of yawn, amirite
Kind of like a psychedelic Beatles type of sound… very weird but not awful. 2 of 5
This Pink Floyd album made a big impression 30-35 years ago and listened to it lot. Expected to be disappointed but no: still a great album in every aspect, and objectively one of the best debut albums ever.
Still an interesting album, but not one I would put on repeat or often return to. Interstellar Overdrive is a bit too much psychedelic craziness for me. Bike is still my favourite song.
There are several hints to proper songs alongside too long drug-inspired jams.
Not my style.
Their best work is yet to come
Good, wasn’t very Pinky Floyd-y but enjoyed it
não é exatamente a minha praia, mas cai bem pra compor uma trilha sonora de filme setentista onde os personagens chapam o coco de ácido e dirigem com o cigarro na boca
MEU DEUS OOOOOOH MOTHER TELL ME MORE WHY DID YOU HAVE TO LEAVE ME THERE WAITIIIIIIIIIIING I WONT TOUCHC YOU BUT THEN I MIGTH IM IN BED ACHIN HEAD AND THEN ONE DAY HOORAY ANOTHER WAY OF GNOMES TO SAY HOOOOOOOOOO RAY SUUUUUUUUUUNSEEEEEEEEET IVE GOT A BIKE YOU CAN RIDE IF YOU LIKE. 5/5
Syd Floyd is my Floyd. I only have time for bits and pieces of the later stuff. This is the epitome of 60s psych, I love it, it's masterful in places, daft in others. Full of understated poppiness as in Flaming, riffage on Lucifer Sam and the towering monster of Interstellar Overdrive. He's getting rather old but he's a good mouse.
noodlin'
No wonder everyone was ingesting heroic amounts of narcotics back then.
Yeah. Just yeah. Obviously better things to come.
so, so, so much more "60's"y than I could have imagined. David Bowies first album and this one have more in common than I ever would have guessed. Their musical ability is there but WOW, the lyrics and their delivery are not the coolest. That beings said, it had plenty of good moments. One song sounded like a precursor to "Set the controls for the heart of the sun". Interesting but I think I'll avoid this one on any Pink Floyd re-listening.
FINALLY, a Pink Floyd album. I've listened to a lot of Pink Floyd over the years, well, "Dark Side of the Moon," "Wish You Were Here," and "The Wall," but this is my first time listening to this album. I knew going into it that it was different than their work that I was familiar with, but having already suffered through Syd Barrett's The Madcap Laughs, I approached this album with somewhat low expectations. Thankfully, this album was better than what I expected. The vocals were good, and the overall sound was experimental and unique. This was a great album to listen to over headphones, as there was so much going on instrumentally. I'd still prefer to fire up "Wish You Were Here" any day of the week, but I'd be willing to give this one another listen since I know there are some things that I missed this time around. Going into this list, I really thought I liked psychedelic rock. Now, I think I had just managed to find a handful of psychedelic rock songs that I'd liked, and those were the only ones I'd listen to.
Eh
Aburrido
Holy shit this ducking sucked ass
Very very different from their work I'm more familiar with but flawless none the less
few other albums discuss the character of Grimble Crumble
This version of Pink Floyd is almost unrecognizable compared to the progressive rock masterpieces they would later release. But I've never been huge on psychedelia, and the entire record has that sound, although there is more actual song structures throughout here. There's some solid jams here and there, but this just really isn't my cup of tea.
I listened to this while running and thought some of the ludicrous lyrics would distract me. I nearly stopped in frustration at all the instrumental nonsense. How the hell is this touted as a classic?
They did some great music but this one doesn't really stand the test of time.
Yeah, I don't really see anything noteworthy about this. Production is godawful too.
Meget psykedelisk og eksperimenterende. Nok FOR meget til min smag. Fin debut, men deres lyd ændrer sig også meget senere hen. Kræver nok et lyt eller to mere.
A very different Pink Floyd than I ever knew. This early stuff was really difficult to get into at first. BUT, after I listened a few times, I started hearing little bits of the Pink Floyd that I did know...very subtlety. Standouts: Astronomy Domine, Interstellar Overdrive Others: Mathilda Mother, Lucifer Sam, Flaming, Take Up Thy Statoscope and Walk, The Gnome
I was very happy to have this music history lesson. I was really blown away at what the Pink Floyd sounded like at this point. My father used to keep asserting that he had been a fan of theirs in the ancient times, but I never really had a sense that there was anything before The Dark Side of the Moon. It seemed a little jarring, the mix of British pop songs with a psychedelic flavor, moving into long, long improvised instrumentals. It's not going to be something I go back to, but I really loved hearing this premier album.
I was definitely not prepared for what this album delivered today. Grading was probably not the best activity for this soundtrack...I think the combo made both experiences a little more challenging. Nonetheless, it was good to be introduced to this side of Pink Floyd.
Not the Pink Floyd I'm familiar with but interesting as a piece of musical history. Psychedelic, renaissance faire, British invasion-y stuff.
This is a really 60s album… in a way I didn’t really expect in a Pink Floyd album. It is fascinating to listen to their debut album. A bit wacky, and bit psychedelic, strange and very interesting.
Wasn't really my thing. It had a very unconventional sound but did contain some very good tracks.
Brilliant debut. A landmark for psychedelic music. Madness intertwined with childlike lyrics.
brilliant innit
Great debut album, weird and raw. I can't imagine what it was like hearing this when it came out. But it's still great to hear it every once in a while.
It’s a no from me, Dog.
Could have played this entire album back to front and not been able to guess the band. I personally don't care for British Pop, 'wanna hold your hand' Beatles and shit. Didn't care for this.
This sounded more like the Monkeys than Pink Floyd to my ears. Maybe they hadn't found drugs yet?
I’m sure if I were a young acid user living in London in 1967 this would have been the best album ever. In my reality, I have a hard time getting my head in the right space to listen to this. This album does show tremendous creativity that continued post Syd and this requires me to have a 3 level of respect for Pink Floyd’s first album.
I remember reading that, even though Syd only was only around for one album, his influence on Pink Floyd lasted a long time. Here, I think we can also hear the influence of Pink Floyd on Syd Barrett, especially in comparison to Syd’s solo efforts – the songs here are more electric, experimental and a glimpse at what we might hear on future releases. “Interstellar Overdrive” is a good example, though it’s quite raw and there’s a bit too much sound and not enough song for me. It’s nice to see that Richard Wright was an avid co-writer and contributed to some of the better songs, IMO, on the album. As far as psychedelic pieces go, “Flaming” and “The Gnome” are great. The one Roger Waters contribution, I’m not crazy about. It’s difficult to imagine the impact that its weirdness would have had on late sixties’ music lovers. It came out within months of the last studio LP by Jimi Hendrix and The Doors debut!
Although Syd Barrett's fate was unfortunate, I can't help but be glad that he only participated on this album because their sound changed dramatically for the better after he left the band. Admittedly, this was probably leading edge psychedelic rock in the late 60s but its still a bit goofy sounding to me. Interstellar Overdrive is probably the best song on the album and it drops hints of their coming of age starting with Meddle in the early 70s. Pow R Toc H is also decent because it doesn't have those goofy vocals that I find so distracting. I'll round this 2.5 up to 3 just because we know where these guys are going.
pink...pink band..60 luvun albumeista piti tämä valita jaha, kaikista kaikista mitä on niin tämä... lunatic on the f ucking grass right now syd (so yolo deranged) noh debyyttialbumina varmaan pääsi sitten. ja tajusin että senkö takia niin paljon paskaa täällä..famous band must put debyt album!! influemtial,...cause ffirst... from fame band... eipä kuppaa atom heartti tällä sivustolla mathilda mother
slightly nostalgic rubbish
Rating: 6/10
I always thought of Pink Floyd as a 70's band and never cared for them much. Never knew they were starting right around the Sgt Pepper time and man, it didn't help my opinion of them. Feels like what I would think a bad knockoff of psychedelic music would be
Well they sure got better… clearly Syd was a great influence and inspiration but his affected voice grates and the dull themes (bikes, gnomes) drag. And whilst Pink Floyd began their sonic exploration, some of it seemed just to be switch the speaker balance left to right, back and forth! A curiosity as much as anything.
As someone who is not that big of a psychedelia fan I was not the biggest fan of this album. There are great songs on this album which should be expected by a band as great as Pink Floyd but songs like "Interstellar Overdrive", "Bike", and especially "Pow R. Toc H." were a little too off-putting for me. It's not like they were bad songs they just had some element that made it unenjoyable for me. My least favorite song probably was "Pow R. Toc H." and even that had great guitar and drums throughout but they were ruined for me by the weird screeching and yelping at parts of the song. Also "Interstellar Overdrive" was just way too long of a song for how uninteresting it was at times. I once again enjoyed aspects of it like the drums and the guitar at parts but then they randomly decide to do something weird that to me does not pay off. Also was not the biggest fan of "The Scarecrow" because I am just not that big a fan of that sort of intentionally eccentric vocal style. Overall not my favorite album like a 7/10.
What. Truly not what I expected from this album. This is a very strange, almost psychedelic album, but has a very different vibe than I've come to expect from Pink Floyd. It is VERY MUCH a product of the 60s. Perhaps important to get this context on what Pink Floyd used to be like, but it's a very weird album and I can't say I enjoyed it.
Day 119 Pink Floyd made a few good albums, but this is the real shit in my opinion.
"The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" by Pink Floyd is a psychedelic masterpiece that marked the band's debut and the peak of Syd Barrett's creative influence. Released in 1967, it's a kaleidoscopic journey into a world of sonic experimentation. Tracks like "Astronomy Domine" and "Interstellar Overdrive" epitomize the album's mind-bending soundscapes and Barrett's whimsical lyricism. The album's production, driven by Barrett's innovative guitar work, creates an immersive and unpredictable sonic experience. However, the album's eccentricity might not be fully accessible to all listeners, and its unevenness occasionally leads to moments that feel disjointed. "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" remains a cornerstone of psychedelic rock, a testament to Pink Floyd's early artistic vision and their contribution to pushing musical boundaries.
I don't love this. Some of the songs are okay, but some of them fill me with rage and make me want to throw things
While this is a whacky and trippy debut, I wouldn't put this in the top of my Pink Floyd albums no matter how hard all those fellas stare at me on the cover. There were a few songs I enjoyed but it felt more like a concept album (and maybe all of them are) more focused on rhythms and exploring different sounds. That's all well and good, but it just didn't stick with me the same way their others have.
Early Pink Floyd, well before the big ones we've gotten so far. I was ready to write some angry review about how we don't need these proto-band albums, like the Bee Gees before the disco, but then I got to "Interstellar Overdrive," which I recognized immediately as the sample in Death Grips' "I Want It I Need It." What a massive, massive riff. I stand by the fact that this isn't as essential as albums like Dark Side of the Moon or Let's Start Here; I'm not sure if it NEEDS to be on this list. But I can't in good faith advocate for axing after hearing that track. Though a good chunk of it is like generic '60s psych rock, it's still quite good. Favorite tracks: Interstellar Overdrive, Lucifer Sam, Pow R. Toc H., Bike. Album art: Kaleidoscopic view of the bandmates, they look quite scuzzy here. I'm pretty sure I recognize Roger Waters in the top left. 3.5/5
I love pink Floyd and enjoy most of their discography. This one, their debut, is not as enjoyable as their later albums. Some artists their debut is their best, others get better with time. Pink Floyd got significantly better with time. The psychedelic experimental sound exists in this one but it’s a little convoluted. Overall it’s okay and still decent but not as good as it could be. 6.5/10
Great composition. Not my favorite Floyd album, but you can hear the brilliance that is to come.
Rock psicodélico. Ni fu ni fa.
While I very much prefer Roger Waters’ Pink Floyd, there’s some thing beautifully raw about Syd Barrett’s. The early days of psychedelic rock were shining throughout this album and we got some of the best sonic experiments of the era, as well as some lengthy duds too, however.
It is rather a difficult listen for a first time around. As a remarkable band, you can hear the evolution. And the 60s had a sound that maybe they're asking back.
I'm offering credit here as this is a very interesting genesis of Pink Floyd and the Syd Barrett influence. At this time, it is a curiosity... as this psychedelic sound is dated and songs like Bike the Gnome are just odd. Enjoyed Astronomy Domine the most. Pretty fascinating album.
DG gang gang Pd. Astronomy Domine es la mejor
The unfortunate thing about this album is that it just isn't as good as their later work. Sure, Syd Barrett is taking some new directions, but it's unrefined. Some judicious production could tone down some of the repetition, maybe sort of the jangling. Lucifer Sam is the standout track with its detuned Californian surf feel. Anything that twoddles on about goblins drinking wine should just fuck off and bury itself in soft peat for six months.
The king of Psychedelic albums right here.
Not very good.It’s trying to be whimsical I guess.You can tell drugs we’re involved in it’s creation,but that just leads it to be annoying and lacking in clear structure.The vocals are nice but there’s no Great songs or actually any good songs.It’s all just annoying and not very pleasant to listen to.Lots of double tracked vocals with nonesense lyrics,and random sounds,lots of random Sounds tjat Are just irritating.I’m glad they improved after this and started doing cool Guitar solos.This does not deserve to be on Rolling Stones 500 best albums of all time list.
I love Pink Floyd but this one was a bit too strange even for me
Brilliant psych rock album. One of their best. 8-9/10
I'm on some medications that are messing with my brain right now. I don't know if this was a bad time to listen to this album, or the perfect time. I have actually listened to this album many times before though. Astronomy Domine is one of the best prog compositions of all time.
Not quite there....
At least we know it only goes up from here.
I’m convinced you need to have smoked weed at least once to enjoy psych rock.
C Astronomy Domine - 3 Lucifer Sam - 3 Matilda Mother - 3, used to be one of my favorite Pink Floyd songs Flaming - 2 Pow R. Toc H. - 3 Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk - 2 Interstellar Overdrive - 2 The Gnome - 3 Chapter 24 - 3 The Scarecrow - 2 Bike - 2 I used to like this a lot when I was younger. I'm not sure why. I understand the novelty of Syd Barrett's only Pink Floyd album, but they were clearly much better off without him. Sometimes, drug addiction can save lives.
For a debut album it’s not that bad, but of course you can’t help but compare it to their best album, and in that regard it comes up lacking
I'd never listened to early Pink Floyd before, only the super famous albums. It was interesting to hear them before they discovered the psychedelic prog sound I'm familiar with. I love that you can hear hints of their later sound in the making, especially on "Interstellar Overdrive."
Once again, I find that I'm just not that into Pink Floyd.
So Pink Floyd has always been it weird, it seems. This album is very prog rock & good to be played in the background...and possibly under the influence of fungi. 3.5 stars
Generally speaking I like Pink Floyd. However, this album did nothing for me. I knew Astronomy Domine because Voi Vod did a great cover of it back in the early 90s. But other than that, nothing on this album stuck out for me.
Well, they had to start somewhere. So they started… there.
It's a good thing I discovered Wish You Were Here and The Wall before hearing this because it might have put me off ever giving this band a second chance. This is just too untethered and weird for me. There were moments where musical brilliance shone through the trippy clouds, but they were way too few and far between to make any of this coherent. I'm glad to have listened to it, as a historical record, but you can meet me on the dark side of the moon. It's more like a 2.5, but it ain't a 3, so 2 will have to do.
I love this album. It's so fun and inventive. It rocks when it wants to, and it lounges in a spacey, fantastic garden full of gnomes when it wants to do that. And then there's the epic adventure that is Interstellar Overdrive. I listened to this in a car full of people and one woman said the song made her want to gouge out her ears. I get that. To me, though, Interstellar Overdrive is pure bliss. Every band can't make a song like that sing. But Pink Floyd sure can. I'm only dinging this album a star because there are many three songs that are sub-par. The rest, though, are among my favorite Pink Floyd songs. And yeah, lots of people don't like the Syd Barrett era. But I really do.
Such a British album–pipers, barley, a gnome named Grimble Crumble, gates at dawn. I certainly enjoyed this and think I had a listen all those years ago when Pink Floyd ruled my high school years. While this is no Dark Side of the Moon, I do believe it's an important one to listen to hear the evolution of such a pivotal band.
A charming entry from the early Pink Floyd, some songs are unbridled nonsense but isn’t that part of the fun?
Seeds of greatness, but this album is a mess. It bucks a lot of the pop trends of its day, and veers hard into psychedelia. There's a lot to love, and there's much to listen to as a curiosity.
Pretty good, not the sound I was expecting
Meh 2/5
A little too 60s for me. Production is great, especially the vocal harmonies, but the psychadelia is not for me.
Surprisingly catchy psychodelic album that already gave a good idea of the talent this band had and the big things it would go on to create
its old English music ideas from the era with the seeds of psychedelic rock 1.5
This album definitely feels like a debut album from Pink Floyd, all the elements of their style are there already but it really has this rough feel to it, maybe the experimental part is a bit too present to my taste. I liked it but not all of it. I think Interstellar Overdrive, although well titled, was a bit too much for me ahah There are some parts of some songs where mixing behaves in weird way in both, like one hear glitching or being muted or such and I although it is surprising, I like the surprise effect that it brings. Not too big of a fan of the album overall but there are some good sides I guess. Favorite Tracks : Mathilda Mother, The Gnome Rating : 3 / 5
Okk I am a bit disappointed zith this album... With a headset the stereo makes a really bad impression.. I won't take points away but defintly not to hear again with headset! On the music, it is surprising. Definitly out of any genre, defining itself in away... It is psychedelic by time but in a same way it does not go all in and maybe that what is lacking.. I was expecting more from Pink Floyd but in a way it is not a bad neither a good album.... 2.5/5
I was hyped to see this but then it wasn't really the Pink Floyd style I like. Didn't really get it tbh. I was in a bad mood this day perhaps that didn't help my open mindedness
Not the good Pink Floyd stuff. Nice to hear their very early stuff and see where they are started off and hear the influences to their later stuff though.
Well that was...odd... Pink Floyd singing about gnomes, scarecrows, bikes with the great psychodelic guitar riffs in the middle. Odd, but when you think about it, what was not odd in 1960's music. It's the first album of PF and you can hear they literally experimented with sound. Breakthrough...
Oh good, some late 60s English rock. I was worried I hadn't heard enough yet. It's only album 999 after all. Pretty different to later PF - turns out Syd Barrett wrote the whole thing. It's pretty loaded with whimsical amusical nonsense, but also has some actually songs. Makes it more listenable than his solo album... but only just. 2/5.
Way more rock way less psychedelia, makes sense as it is earlier. But not as good.
So I first listened to this album probably about two years ago and I was not a fan. I found it very boring and just too bland for me. But upon relistening to it I figured out just the charm this album has. A few tracks do carry this album hard but it's crazy to think that this is the band who made The Dark Side of the Moon.
9/11 + 4/9 (40th anniversary edition)
9.87/10
I prefer their later stuff
No. Pink Floyd failing at psychedelia. They would have faded into obscurity if they had continued on this path.
Not the best Floyd
Halverwege gestopt. Rare muziek, begrijp niet waarom mensen dit zo geweldig vinden.
Stylistically all over the map and very much of its time, but psychedelic-era Pink Floyd is never boring. This is a twisted, strange odyssey of a listen. Musicianship is a little uneven, with some well crafted songs, and others that sound like the band is just off on some creative lark (See: most of side 2). There is a silliness and sing-songiness that's a little hard to take, but it's fortunately mitigated somewhat by the fact that most of the songs are pretty brief. That said, "Interstellar Overdrive" is just way too long and just feels like 9 minutes of funhouse music. The laughter at the end of "Bike" is kind of a perfect way to end it, but also leads one to wonder if we haven't all just been had in some kind of massive musical joke. Not something I see myself coming back to, but it's incredibly creative and adventurous music and for what it's worth, pretty fun to listen to. It's not hard to see how this album must have been vastly mind-opening and influential on artists who would be making music 10-15 years down the line. Fave Songs: Lucifer Sam, Astronomy Dominé, Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk, Matilda Mother, Pow R. Toc H.
Syd! This is the Pink Floyd album I would recommend to people who don't like Pink Floyd. Under Syd's leadership, they made some fantastic psychedelic rock and pop, and this album sounds nothing like any of the albums that came after. Bookended by two of my absolute favourite Floyd Songs, this is a great album. "Interstellar Overdrive" is mood dependent for me - sometimes I can't get enough of it, and sometimes I very much can.
not for me.
One of my favourite Pink Floyd albums, if not my favourite. There's so many creative ideas, this lineup before the members started leaving was their strongest era in my opinion.
I'm not a Pink Floyd fan. I just don't get it. I've also never done drugs. (This may be relevant.) These songs have the most random lyrics, I just have to roll my eyes at most of it. Watching buttercups and riding you-nee-corns? It's definitely not the worst album on this list. I did like Lucifer Sam, which is the most straight forward rock song on the album.
kind of worn out of this style but i know they were pioneers of said style so points for that. i did like the psychedelic parts and the small portions of singer/songwriter and bluegrass piqued my interest.
Not good
So weird...experimental sounds and pub sing along quality vocals. Not ready to release but they did anyway. Not good. Apples and oranges!
Muss man tatsächlich zur historischen Einordnung von Pink Floyd gehört haben.
sometimes very good, sometimes gave me a headache
It's pretty enjoyable but they got so much better without Syd.
vintage psychedelic rock. Songs about bikes and scarecrows, but also instrumental bangers like interstellar overdrive. Would say deserves a 5 but I leave it a 4 as it's not very accessible. Probably 5 on shrooms tho.
Some of the songs such as Lucifer sam and interstellar overdrive are really good but others are a bit too much out there for my taste.
Love pink Floyd
On their first album (the only one to feature Syd Barrett), Pink Floyd make it clear from the outset that they aren’t interested in playing by anyone’s rules; their psychedelia is especially weird and dissonant. Rough in spots and not especially compelling in the second half, but proof enough that the Floyd would really start cooking down the line once they’d gained a bit more experience.
Far from their best stuff. It's alright.
No surprise that their first album is generic British psychedelic pop of the era. Trippy!
I like to equate psychedelic-rock with abstract art because it's hard to judge when it's good, but you know when it's bad. The sound of this art-rock debut from Pink Floyd, is a long way from the sound of their masterpiece, Dark Side Of The Moon released many years later and almost sounds like a different band. There are small glimpses of what was to come, but this is the only PF album with founding member, Syd Barrett. It's full of weird and strange psychedelic sounds that is sometimes painful and difficult to listen to, but there must be something to this, right? I've tried to listen to this record several times over the years and finally listened to it in it's entirety for this review. If you listen to it for what it is (a "art-rock-psych-concept" album), it's a rewarding experience, but it's definitely not for everyone and not suitable for dinner parties, unless everyone is on drugs.
Pretty trippy. Kind of a stark contrast compared to The Wall which was the last album.
Didn’t enjoy this
I didn't know this album existed before, I like the cover and it reflects the sound pretty well. can hear some clear Beatles influence in here and it tracks that this is them at their youngest, figuring out their sound
Several good tracks but not their best album
The tracks "Astronomy Domine" and "Interstellar Overdrive" are portents of greatness to come. Other tracks, including "Flaming" and "Bike", are typical of the psychedelic music of that era.
It was interesting to hear this album. As the first one, And the only Sid album, It's pretty unique. It's also pretty terrible.
bra shit
Ingen sanga eg like sånn kjempegodt, og The Gnome e heilt jævlig. Burde kanskje gitt 2, men
Meni su ovo najbolji floydi oduvik
Cool to hear a different side of Pink Floyd. Very Byrdsie...
Beatles/Beach Boys sound, but a bit darker. Good listen, but not something I would go out of my way to listen to.
Reminded me more of the Beatles than the Pink Floyd stuff I'm used to
Cool, classic, Pink Floyd. Just not one of my favorite albums by them.
Wow. I’ve heard this before, just as any Pink Floyd fan will have…but just wow. It’s truly abysmal. I might have a controversial take here, but thank god Syd buggered off. Really hard to listen to, most tracks are skippable and the gibberish is just too much.
I don't get Pink Floyd, but I do get Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd, after which they should have stopped, or at least had the good grace to call themselves something else. Anyway, this is great, with Lucifer Sam the best song
Not what I expected - has the old mod sounds and in no way really mirrors the psychedelic Floyd sound you expect. Really great album.
Like first two songs, after that, falls off
They chose this over Dark Side of the Moon? This isn't bad, but it's british rock from before the 2000's so I'm instantly tired of the genere. I'll give it a 3 I guess, but I'm not enjoying it a whole lot. It's not agregously bad like other british music we have had to listen to though. The nice thing about this is that not all the songs have singing/lyrics. There is a song that is 9 minutes 40 seconds long, and it sucks too. Immediatly dropps this thing to a 2.
fine. at least the instrumentals were interesting.
Enjoyable enough, but won’t make it into rotation.
A couple of great songs and a lot of twee rubbish.
Average tbh.
I think I need more LSD to find this album good Pity, I really like the later Pink Floyd (Dark side.., the Wall, etc) but this was just crap
Pretty terrible. Not a fan of Syd Barrett. 1.5/5
I like older Pink Floyd, but not as much on this album
Aivan liian taiteellista menoa meikäläisen makuun ja yleiseen fiilikseen ko. orkesterista. Otti koville kuunnella läpi.
Eipä tämänkään myötä mitään ihmeellistä ahaa-elämystä kyseisestä bändistä syntynyt. Jonninjoutavan oloista
The early days, Syd Barrett led Pink Floyd is different than their work in the years to come, and not in a good way. I have heard of this album before but have never listened to it. When comparing this album to DSOTM or The Wall, it does not stand very tall. I will cut it some slack because it is the very early stages of Pink Floyd and it is interesting to see how far they have come. Best song: Interstellar Overdrive Worst song: The Gnome
first album of the list i already listened to. for a long time i hated this album and barret's era of floyd. but something about this listening expirience, everything just connected together. the quirky, pshycadelic and weird and random sound of this album is so special. the cool producing expiriments throught the album. although they are probably just riffin on the instruments it sounds so trippy and damn the accent of syd. i still prefer roger waters floyd era but its so cool to see how they developed to be the greatest band we know as PINK FLOYD. man they must have had so much fun in the studio, and drugs. fun and drugs "this is the best part of the trip, this is the trip, the best part i really like" - jim morrison - the soft parade
Not the Pink Floyd I know. Sounds to me like it's the Hollies trying to be Iron Butterfly. I like Iron Butterfly and the Hollies but not Floyd trying to be them both.
Similar Pink Floyd vibes? Idk it’s honestly very confusing how their music makes me feel. I don’t hate it by any means but just don’t love it.
So here’s the deal I’m a complete Pink Floyd apologist so this will be a biased review, but for their debut album to be included in the pool of PF albums in this generator? The first third of Pink Floyd’s discography is heavily experimental - most of the times it isn’t catchy or memorable. Sometimes it’s downright frightening. As for this album it was pretty solid. I wasn’t expecting a great amount from it and there were some songs I’d go back and listen to again. It’s nice to hear a project including founding member Syd Barrett, who unfortunately got lost in the sauce after a permanent acid trip resulting in his premature removal from the band pre generational commercial success.
Meh
Just another album that washed over me. Sorry
Wtf is this. Though recognised some intros
Not bad
their best
ну далеко не такой психодел как я ожидала) просто милый рен фэр альбом
Flummigt 60-tal som inte åldrats så väl
Sounding like a ren fest sound track from space.
Rolling Stones went to art school and tried acid while they were still poor
Hell of a debut album, and the best of the Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd. While Floyd has always been regarded as a 'psychedelic rock' band, the group's latter and more popular work tended more towards the 'rock' side of things, whereas this album has the psychedelia on full display. The results are something else - utterly bizarre at times, brilliantly melodic at others, but always worth a listen. With Syd Barrett departing the band shortly after, it would be four years (1971's 'Meddle') before the band would start releasing albums that came close to this level of quality.
It is a classic and we all know why. PF was more psychedelic at this point but you can already see why they would become one of the big five of the prog rock genre.
Great ambient tunes for the mad (like myself)
Before I started this challenge I had no idea just how much I dislike psychedelic music. But it turns out it’s my least favourite genre! Dreadful stuff. Horrible vocals and screeching instrumentation. Happy when it ended. No thank you. And good God, what are these lyrics: “I’ve got a clan of gingerbread men Here a man, there a man, lots of gingerbread men Take a couple if you wish They’re on the dish” …. followed by a never ending minute of discordant sounds for no reason????? Get me out of here.
Pure kino, Syd was truly a genius
Torn. dont like, it, but objecitvely I cna admire what it does. I see it as an interesting historical curiosity - probably breakthough stuff at the time, and shows how far PF developed in their distinctive mastery. I remember int he 80s as a big PF fan trying hard to listen to this but really not liking it. Not much has changed.... I appreicate the originality, interesting stylized stuff (I could really do *without* the painful, oddly nauseating and saddening spacey 9 minute synthesizer trip - very out there, ok done, glad its over! ). But overall, its not that engaging, also think this music would make for an unpleasant terrifying acid trip if this si what was playing in the background. where is the joy and uplift. its not what "wonder" sounds like to me. However, I persisted, and then came to the final tracks.. needed comic releif is provided in the form of THE GNOME which is fun and sounds very stoned & playful. I think teenage stoners of the 80's much have been quoting this, and i didnt understand... So, PF; they have achived a high quality window into distorted perception in this album which experiments a LOT with new sounds, and they had relaitvely little to work with as tools, so well done... Hoorah. also "bike" has some perfect auditory echoes which are hallucinatory (NOx-like) , this would have been very new then. and maybe not understood. But as an album, happy to leave it again for abother 40 years, TBH.
This was a real pleasure to go back to. I've not listened in a long time and it is fantastic. The genius of Syd writ large, Lucifer Sam, The Scarecrow and of course Bike, one of my all time favourites. A fascinating record and a real treat to go and explore. "I've got a bike..."
I’m a fan of their later work, and indeed of the Syd Barrett singles (Emily and Arnold, which disappointingly aren’t on this album), but this record is for me of historical interest only.
There was a time in the mid-80’s when Scratches Records in Newtown would always have a colourful handbill on the wall, hand-delivered by a very long-haired teenager named Hugh. They advertised the upcoming happening organised by The Syd Barrett Appreciation Society. Really, up to that point, all I knew of Syd were the 2 fantastic Floyd singles that preceded this debut album - See Emily Play & Arnold Layne. For me, Floyd started with Dark Side Of The Moon. But pretty soon I was becoming all too familiar with Syd’s solo output as well as the early Floyd albums, including this masterpiece. It reeks of late- sixties London. The mixture of Barrett’s whacky, childish songs with the experimental work of the rest of the band works so well. The opening track, Astronomy Domine, has those two strands colliding in a totally unique way. And Side 1 just takes off from there - Lucifer Sam, Matilda Mother, the jazzy Pow R Toc H. Side 2 opens with the ten-minute instrumental, Interstellar Overdrive - a psychedelic landmark & then moves between Syd craziness & more experimentation by the rest of the band. The album, recorded at Abbey Road at the same time that the Fab 4 were recording Sgt Peppers, even concludes with a track of repetitive noises, not unlike the way The Beatles concluded their album. This album sounds better to me now than when I first heard it. A keeper.
When I was a teenager, I really dug Syd Barrett, so I listened to this album and his solo LPs quite a bit. I enjoyed the mix of whimsical psychedelic pop songs and longer improvisations. The industrial band I was in during the 1990s used to play Interstellar Overdrive often when we needed to pad out sets (especially when played largely improvisational electronic sets for dance parties or similar Clan Analog events). I stopped listening to Syd a long time back. But this album showed me new musical possibilities when I was young, and I enjoyed revisiting this record. Astronomy Domine, Interstellar, Lucifer Sam and Bike are all standout tracks for me.
Psych rock. Built the groundwork for the early years of Pink Floyd but many more psych rock albums I’d rather put on. Bonus points in retrospect for Syd Barrett
Niet te doen
Blij dat ik al dat oude vinyl van Pink Floyd aan de snaveldraaier heb gegeven; met dit soort bagger in huis kan je jezelf als muziekliefhebber toch niet serieus nemen...
LSD slikken en dan een plaat maken: #fail
Wat een car crash deze plaat.
1967. Astronomy Domine, Matilda Mother, Bike
(not first listen) HLs off the top of my head: “Lucifer Sam”, “Bike”, “Flaming” HLs apart from those: "Astronomy Domine", "Chapter 24", and sure "Interstellar Overdrive" in all its excess Love this album, though it has had time to grow on me in the decade or so since I became aware of it (& the Syd Barrett days of Pink). This listen, I reflected on how rough & grungy(? there has to be a better word for that) the album sounds, yet the manic beauty of Syd's songwriting shines through
Spacey
Was good but not something I could just casually listen to
This is a jarring album when compared to later releases by Pink Floyd. I went into it thinking I would get a less refined version of the progressive psychedelia that they're famous for. Instead, this is a raw psychedelic experience. But despite that surprise, or perhaps because of that, this has come away as one of my top 3 Pink Floyd albums.
Early weird pink floyd
It's was fun listening to this album. Never listened to the whole thing before. Lots of cooky early psychedelia sounds with dashes of lovable 60's lyrics.
Kinda boring
Lots going on here. A little too deconstructed at times. Not a great listen while working. Would maybe try again in a different setting/mindset.
A little weird, easy to just let play
i luhhhh pink floyd
ah, of course! back when pink floyd was good. they should have stayed psychedelic. Animals is a good album but other than that i just absolutely hate anything past DSOTM. i've listened to this album many times and i always love it more and more every time. i really don't have much else to say, honestly... only time i go in depth on the tracks and write what i think of them is when i've never heard the album before. so expect that a lot -- i reckon i've only listened to about 70 of the 1001 albums in the book.
We pan left, we pan right, we pan left, we pan right. Left, right, left, right, left, right!
???
Even if there's a hint of what came later, this is either second-rate Dr. Demonology fodder or third-rate garage
A bit of a confusing one this, like a hazy dream full of psychedelia.
Experimental and psychedelic but you can see where they were heading. Not their best album by a long stretch but without it there wouldn't be the iconic albums to follow so 2* for the start !
I liked bits of it but songs like The Gnome were just silly.
Neat to hear where they started. Not quite as iconic or gripping as their massive albums to come later though. Listen with good headphones, the mix is cool
it's awesome
Listened Before? N Spectacular! This is very crude for Floyd, and I've never gotten around to listening to it before but I'm glad I finally did. You can hear the raw ideas and structures of future songs and ideas coming together here in a stripped down form. I loved this, and I'll revisit in the future, but it's not cohesive and consistent enough for me to throw it in the library (yet). Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Astronomy Dominie
A classic psych rock album. A trend setter and a precursor of things to come. RIP Syd.
This album is a psychedelic masterpiece crazy for what they were capable of doing back then. Definitely worth trying LSD
Heard it before?: No Enjoy it?: No it’s ridiculously boring and not gonna be a difficult one to forget. Favourite song: didn’t have one
Fuck off Pink Floyd. Wankers.
5/10 I don’t like this version of Pink Floyd.
Syd Barrett has entered the chat. Apparently he went somewhat insane after making this album. I'd say he was deteriorating WHILE making it. I'll give it another listen the next time I try shrooms, and perhaps that will make a difference.
The “noise” portions really grated on me.
I love this album, despite its weirdness.
Not my favourite Pink Floyd album, though some great tracks on here. I'd say 3.5 rounded up.
An earlier one therefore with minimal weirdness and not quite as epic as the later ones, but still some really interesting moves on there.
Overall: i dont even wanna finish listening to this. I like some of Pink Floyd's other, more popular, songs. But this album is hard for me to listen to even though I know they are influential. It just doesn't sound good to me lmfao Astronomy Domine - 2.5/5 not a big fan tbh Lucifer Sam - 2.5/5 not a big fan either Matilda Mother - 3/5 better a bit Flaming - Pow R. Toc H. - Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk - Interstellar Overdrive - The Gnome - Chapter 24 - The Scarecrow - Bike -
Gran disco. Algún snob odiará, pero no es mi preferido de Pink Floyd.
mmmmm
Not good
2/3- Driving to school
The beginning of greatness
Psychedelic masterpiece!
I'm pretty sure you need to be stoned to enjoy this album. Not a fan of random and discordant noises.
Sounds pretty stupid, but it's not that bad. 3 2
Look I was tired, hungry and just wanted to go home. All those weird psychedelic little sounds just weren't hitting right at all. Not really my thing and none of the songs really stood out to me (in a good way)