The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Combinación de sonido sesentero (guitarras y tecladito a-go-go) con una visión salida de lo común sin caer en el exceso de Velvet Underground. Es un disco denso y es de los que menos he escuchado de Pink Floyd. Songs: Lucifer Sam, Pow R. Toc

Este tiene que ser uno de los discos más interesantes en la lista, hasta ahora. Para mí fue un shock escuchar a Pink Floyd así, no sólo por la música, sino porque este es un disco "sin tema", con canciones independientes la una de la otra. Su música siempre ha sido "psicodélica", pero este disco es psicodélico y ácido, definitivamente muy 60's. Algunas canciones como Chapter 24 incluso parecen Beatlescas. Creo que Astronomy Domine es la canción que mejor captura la esencia del sonido que vendría después, a partir de Dark Side of the Moon.

No tengo peros con que hayan puesto este disco de Pink Floyd; sí, es un disco que casi se cuece aparte pero que también es en cierto otro modo el preludio del Dark Side of the Moon. Tiene momentos complicados (como Pow R. Toc H.) pero está lleno de joyas como Lucifer San, Bike, The Gnome y Astronomy Domine que me hace explotar la cabeza al pensar que una banda fue capaz de empezar así su primer disco.

OK

never heard a pink floyd album all the way through before this was an interesting experience not amazing but pretty good 7.4/10 fav track: The Gnome least fav track: Pow R. Toc H.

This debut album of Pink Floyd contains psychedelic mostly written by Syd Barrett. It is a good album, but sounds a bit dated now. Also the legend of Syd Barrett (due to the very sad life story) has grown bigger than his contribution to music history.

Rock demasiado psicodélico.

Not bad, pretty weird. I'm not a big Pink Floyd fan but this was one of the more interesting albums I've heard from them.

Not the pinkiest Floyd

I definitely have a strong preference for proggy later Pink Floyd over earlier twee psychedelia Pink Floyd. This was an interesting listen, picking out the elements that would go on to become foundational in some of my favourite albums, but ugh some of these songs were grating, like "Bike" and "The Gnome" 😠 Fave track - "Astronomy Domine", perhaps, or "Interstellar Overdrive"

Very much of its time

Sounds like a bad trip.

Turned it off. Not sure who would listen to this. Maybe you needed to be there 🤔

Absolute drivel. Idiotic themes and mostly just a jumbled mess.

Stink Floyd

This is the first record we've come across that I have listened to many times, and own. People love 70s Pink Floyd. And they should, it's really good. I especially like Atom Heart Mother and Animals. But there was a certain 60s pop sensibility that existed on Piper... that disappeared almost entirely after Syd Barrett left/was excused from the band. Arguably, this set the bad up for their great success. But I love Piper... and A Saucerful of Secrets (not to mention Barrett's solo releases). Highlights: I like it all, but "Lucifer Sam" and "Bike" are great. Another non-album single from this period ("See Emily Play") was great as well.

The album is a little weird - not sure I really "like" any of the songs, but it's so cool to hear Pink Floyd's roots - knowing how they would soon after change rock and roll. It's equal parts British Invasion of the 60s and Psychadelic Rock of the 70s. You can hear them inventing something new on this album - something they would eventually perfect.

Interesting

Wild, "out there" space rock; proof that Pink Floyd have been pushing the boundaries since day one.

3.5ish

Maybe for someone but not me

Eh. I don’t like psychedelia. I tried.

7/10 - Better then I thought it would be. Sydd could write some songs.

No amount of drugs is going to make this good

Easily some of pink floyds worst. I guess I understand the importance but its a very boring listen.

Loved it.

After putting it aside for a dozen years and getting way into modern psych rock during that period, a return to Piper shows that Floyd not only did it all first, they did it better. Interstellar Overdrive is particularly impressive.

Big Pink Floyd fan. I got their first few albums years ago and ... they were different than Dark Side of the Moon, Animals, Meddle, Atom Heart Mother.... it really has taken me a long time to appreciate the earlier Pink Floyd. This was their first. The more I listen to it the more I like it. It is definitely an experience. This one is more enjoyable played LOUD with the headphones on. Stand out songs: Astronomy Domine. Matilda Mother Flaming Pow R. Toc H. Intersteller Overdrive. The Gnome Bike

This is actually the best advert against taking psychedelics I've ever heard.

The Piper was an interesting trip. Parts of it had a strong Beatles "Sgt. Peppers" feel. I'd go back and listen but maybe not before their other albums.

Meandering. This album reveals glimpses of a band that has better songs and albums. None of the tracks here were particularly inspired.

esta guapo pero si quiero psicodelia m vale con meterme en tuiter

Huge PF fan but this album never did it for me. This form of Psychedelia - the poppy, cutsy type - never resonates with me.

After the first couple of songs I thought able went off the rails…

Very different to the stuff they are more famous for. I need to give it a few more listens

I am in the minority when I say that I saw barely anything worth admiring in Pink Floyd’s The Wall. I found the concept to be uninspiring, the vocals and instrumentals lacking and most songs flat out boring to listen to. After listening to Pink Floyd’s debut, I find it substantially more boring and annoying. The downplayed instrumentally focused parts on Astronomy Doctrine, the sharp whisper on Matilda Mother, the animal sounds on Pow R., the sharp pronunciation of s’s and t’s on The Gnome, a sharp buzz in my left ear cup during the middle and end of Chapter 24, the awful… awful second part of Bike containing distorted bells and a laughing gnome? (I really cannot believe this is enjoyable to some) and the overall lack of harmonious melodies makes this a torturous listening experience. At times, I was checking my headphones whether they were plugged in correctly, because I found the experience to be that atrocious. The only barely redeemable song on the record is Lucifer Sam, as I sort-of like the sinister groove and bass. All in all, this album is an example for me on how to go in the wrong direction at every turn when trying to create a psychedelic and experimental piece of rock music. A 1/5 is fitting.

Surf Rock vibes Trying to be the Beatles...but later drug Beatles

Not their best.

Another album with a stellar reputation that I feel at times like I'm trudging through. It's a draining 41 minutes with a singer who is constantly throwing curveballs. Barrett of course was approaching an unfortunate burnout with this record, and the music is for the most part unsettled and uneasy. Piper does have some stellar tracks, especially "Lucifer Sam" and "Chapter 24." "Interstellar Overdrive" takes a great riff and then almost immediately decides to test our patience. It turns out 9-minutes of mostly atonal noodling is something I'm not super into. Same goes for "Bike," which, yeah, I'll pass.

I love Pink Floyd but this is some really mediocre psychedelic rock. You'd never think that they would go on to be one of the greatest bands of all time based on this album alone.

already listening to it. Really nice

I'm not the biggest Floyd fan. I've heard it once before.

Would be very good high I’m positive. Sober it’s good and some great sounds, a bit experimental/psychedelic for sure.

I did not like it, very weird

It as ok

1967 was a phenomenal year for classic and influential albums, with the Beatles, Velvet Underground, Jimi Hendrix, Love etc… all releasing some of their best work. It’s a bit of a myth to say Pink Floyd were a major influence on psychedelic rock, loads of bands were doing it before them and doing it a lot better. It’s a debut album though that bears no similarity to their seminal 70’s output. This is a mainly forgettable album aside from Interstellar Overdrive. And the album cover is dreadful.

Syd Barrett take es awayyyyyyy

An album that would send you as mad as Syd himself. I can’t abide the vocals for most part and the silly 60s psychedelic pop lyrics, however musically it is also staggering brilliant in parts. A frustrating album

Sehr experimentell, Doors-Freejazz-Gitartenpop

Didn't chime with me.

not really my taste but it was nice

I kept wavering between 2 and 3 because a lot of the album I found kind of boring or just not to my taste, but then suddenly there'd be a really nice part that would last for about 10-15 seconds and I'd feel like it wasn't so bad. But I don't really want to listen to it again, and would probably change it if it happened to randomly come up, so I'm settling on 2. Quite a lot different than the more popular and famous Pink Floyd that came later!

not my thing, couldn’t get in to it

3/5

I know they are great but for me it's a bit psychedelic

A largely unremarkable album except for the fact that this band would go on to record much better and impactful music. The missing ingredient in this debut was the rise of Waters and Gilmour as forces in the band and their unique perspectives.

very psychedelic

Very experimental, almost a bit Beatles-esque. Really not my bag though. 2/5

Nunca he sido muy fan, solo conozco las canciones más populares, pero siento que este disco suena muy poco a Pink Floyd, y no que eso sea algo malo, pero será bueno? Igual y solo no es para mí

I like Pink Floyd, but I've only listened to the later stuff. I didn't like this.

Typical Pink Floyd, not my favourite. Didn't like it

Very erratic. Definitely Pink Floyd but there’s clearly a reason DaRk side, wall, and wish you were here are held so highly.

Not really me - too psychedelic but glad I listened. Some clever lyrics (real eyes realise real lies) but didn't like the sinister undertones.

As usual, I'm going to ignore how massively influential this album is in evaluating it. As I alluded to in my recent review of Dark Side of the Moon, I actually enjoy The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn more, which is not to say that it's a better album. Dark Side of the Moon is near perfect, but I prefer the boundless imagination of Piper. The structures of the songs are constantly surprising and yet tuneful and accessible. I can't think of another pop album this is more true of. Between guitarist Syd Barrett and keyboardist Richard Wright, the instrumental textures are kaleidoscopic, despite the primitive nature of the instruments and effects pedals and studio trickery available at the time. Drummer Nick Mason and bassist Roger Waters give some stability for Barrett's and Wright's flights of fancy. Not everything is successful. There are two outright duds right in the middle of the album, Pow R. Toc. H and Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk, which lack the grace and charm of the other tunes. Interstellar Overdrive squeaks by on the lengthy improvised middle section, despite the limited technical abilities and harmonic knowledge of the musicians, on sheer instinctive musicality. No such reservations need be applied to the album closer, Bike. The idiosyncratic tune gives way to a gorgeous psychedelic instrumental freakout, capped by an ingenious loop of what sounds like Canadian geese. How to rate? Although Barrett and Wright are able to bridge the gap between their technical abilities and their imaginations through sheer instinctive musicality and fearlessness, their limitations in regard to note choices sometimes grate. And two songs are basically a waste of vinyl. But the other songs are often breathtaking in their originality, the lyrics endlessly charming. Despite the technical shortcomings, the atmospherics conjured up by the group are by turns whimsical, ethereal and terrifying. The highs are so high, I'm inclined to cut Pink Floyd some slack.

Such an odd sound - at times different and intriguing and at times discordant and a little tough to listen to. Cool to listen to early Pink Floyd, but this doesn't pull me in like their other albums do Liked: Lucifer Sam

Saved Prior: None Saved Off Rip: Lucifer Sam, Matilda Mother Cutting Edge: None Overall Notes: I don't really get what the big deal about this is. I'm sure they get better as they go along but man, did not especially like these songs.

Sid Barret was obviously ahead of his time, great musicianship, and its cool to see the grittier side of Pink Floyd, but it's definitely not my favorite Floyd album. Too much droning and space rock influence that now seems boring due to age. I did like the jazz elements though

Death grips samples

Trippy but a bit of an adventure

3-5

Pretty good Psych Rock. The first two tracks along with Interstellar Overdrive were clear standouts, but the rest sort of breezed along with no real impact. It's good overall though.

Incomprehensible? Often. Wandering and over-produced? Every other minute. A work of brilliance? Oh yeah. Listening to this album let's you listen as a music master goes insane. The twists and turns, the straight fire grooves, the bonkers sfx; it's no wonder Syd Barret remained the muse of Pink Floyd despite leaving after the first album. He's a madman, and I love it.

What a trip. Might not be everyone's cup of tea, but taken in context with the psychedelic movement of the 1960s, it's a masterpiece. Would I listen to it regularly? No. But I will listen to it again.

Absolute classic

Don't rate the early stuff, sorry Syd.

There were flashes of their peak albums here, but I felt like it was kind of all over the place.

I can see where Pink Floyd turns into an all time band from this album, but more potential than execution on this. Also big name bands have higher expectations in my book

Great sign of things to come from this legendary powerhouse

I enjoy some of the early psychedelic rock like this, but there was too much scattered noise and favoring of one ear over the other (don’t know the technical term for that) for me to really enjoy it

Discovered this album in college - dorm buddy had a copy. Pretty cool - I really like “Astronomy Domine” and the funkyish bass line on “Lucifer Sam”. Rest of he album has its moments , not all good. “Bike” still gets stuck in my head frequently, and I walk around mumbling it to myself at the park - that would probably stop if I was on a bike. Would have been interesting to see where Pink Floyd would have gone if Syd Barrett hadn’t melted his mind on LSD. 3.5 stars. Rounding up!

Never even heard of this album. Way more psychedelic than I was expecting given my knowledge of Pink Floyd doesn’t go much beyond Dark Side of the Moon. I imagine it was pretty mind bending at the time but a lot of it just feels a bit silly now. Pleased it wasn’t the prog rock I’d expected but probably won’t be listening to it again (unless I ever get a desire to hear a song about gnomes).

Tiene muchas cosas interesantes, alguna canción sobresaliente, pero ni lejos comparable a lo que vendría después.

I am increasingly a fan of Pink Floyd

pink floyd is weird. this album was weird. no standouts, probably not going to listen again.

This started reasonably well, was ok in the middle and awful by the end. The four tracks from 'The Gnome' onwards have to be a joke, surely?!

Jesli byl juz najbardziej walterowy material, to kolejnym floydowym mateiralem jest jego przeciwienstwo, czyli pierwsza nagrana plyta, w calosci napisana i skomponowana przez najbardziej nieobliczalnego ojca zalozyciela pinkowych floydow, czyli Syda Barretta, dla ktorego to byla pierwszy i ostatni nagrany material razem z banda pod szyldem floydowym, bo pomimo pojawienia sie na dwoch trakach a saucerful of secrets, to juz nie byl oficjalnym czlonkiem zespolu, wiec jest to najbardziej chaotyczny krazek jaki mozna uslyszec w dyskografii floydow, dodatkowo jako debiutancki material pozostawia on wiele do zyczenia pod wzgledem produkcji, kawalki takie jak chapter 24 maja fatalny mix, trzeszczace wokale, ktore sa rzucane po kanalach, bo w tamtych czasach pinki to glownie pod szyldem psychodelicznej muzyki graly, a nie jak w pozniejszych czasach kompozycji wrecz operowych, ale do mnie jakos nie przemawia w ten sposob, nie potrafie sie odnalezc w chaosie jaki tu panuje, tak jest na wiekszosci trakow, pozytywny chaos jak na matilda mother, ktory wynika bardziej w chorkowania i zangazowania wszystkich czlonkow w wokal, tak samo ma sie sprawa z interstellarowym overdrivem, ktory jest jedynym z dwoch, dodatkowym jest pow r toc h, ktory chociaz wokalu slownego nie ma, to ma barretta wydajacego dzwieki przerozne, wylacznie instrumentalnym calej plyty, dodatkowo bedac najdluzszym utworem plyty, liczac 9 minut 40 sekund, na ktorych slychac zalazki przyszlego stylu floydow i epickich kompozycji wychodzacych poza przyjete kanony rokowych gran, ale jak na calosci plyty to rowniez znajda sie na tym traku bolaczki, dajmy na to torturowanie sluchacza na koniec zonglowaniem po kanalach, najwiecej roboty instrumentalnie mial chyba wright, bo syd potrzebowal roznorakcih dzwiekow, a jakos trzeba bylo stworzyc, wiec klawisze sa tutaj roznorakiego rodzaju od klasycznego pianinka przez orgrany po czeleste, no i slychac brak ogrania, zwlaszcza u pana basowego czyli watersa, na plejaka bym wrzucil najbardziej przystepne kawalki, wiec bike i lucifera sama, dobrze ze dwa skrajne albumy floydowe juz sa poza lista, bo teraz zostaje tylko okres przed wrogim przejeciem i po przyjacielskim odejsciem, a moze raczej wyjebaniem, bo jednak sydowi mocno odjebalo czego poczatki slychac juz na tej plycie, chociaz jesli mialbym rankingowac, bo bardziej przemawiaja do mnie jego solowe materialy, w ktorych bardziej slychac go jako teksciarza, ktory otwiera sie swoja muzyka, albo stara sie opowiedziec z czym mu ciezko, bo lirycznosc tego materialu jest jak z generatora randomowosci, a dodatkowo nie zostaje zbyt dlugo w pamieci po wysluchaniu, brakuje jakiejs osobowsci tym tekstom, ale czego mozna wymagac od bandy, ktora po barowym graniu stara sie skleic swoj pierwszy vinylak i jakos go sprzedac, chociaz to raczej sie nie udalo, zwlaszcza po trasie koncertowej jaka odjebali po plycie, ale to jest wlasnie koniec i poczatek pewnego okresu pinkowatosci, bo juz czegos tak psychodelicznie chaosowego nie nagrali juz

The only Floyd album I like. Still fairly proggy

La verdad es que me sorprendió de forma grata la cantidad de psicodelia que hay en este disco. Pink Floyd siempre me había parecido una múscia un tanto aburrida, pero me la pasé re bien escuchando este remolino de sonidos. Me gustó bastante Take thy stethoscope and walk. Mood: dónde tienes el LSD?

I've also been into Pink Floyd's more popular releases, so it was very interesting to see where those evolved from. I also didn't know this was the only album with Barrett. He was always a name I heard and just associated with the band. Loved the freaky vibes with beautiful harmonies over them throughout this album. "Flaming" and "Pow R. Toc H." are dripping in LSD. Completely nonsensical. Really loved Astronomy Domine. "Take Up Thy Stethoscope..." is a jam! "Interstellar Overdrive," feels like a very accurate bad acid trip representation. Jamming having a good time, then you fall down a deep dark rabbit hole, and then burst back above the surface feeling...decent. I think the press was fair in saying they made music for LSD users. That's only half the album though, and I'd say I enjoyed the goofy romps like "Gnome" and "Bike," even more. They were always a versatile band on the forefront of experimentation.

syd barret

One of best psychedelic records of all time. Great melodies, textures, oniric passages… Syd Barrett at his very best

No me gusta Pink Floyd

The 60's were a crazy time, man

Fleming and the note

“The Piper at the Gates of Dawn” by Pink Floyd (1967) As big a fan as I am of Pink Floyd, I’ve never listened to this, their debut album. So this will be fun. Lyrics have poetic moments, but are a far cry from their later work in quality. One must keep in mind that this is from 1967. The album is chiefly to be valued for its historical significance, clearly demonstrating the development of Pink Floyd toward their monumental works (“Dark Side of the Moon”, “The Wall”, etc.). This music is experimental, while only occasionally becoming random and chaotic—no mean feat in 1967. “The Piper at the Gates of Dawn” is much more mature than, say, its contemporary rival “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” by the Beatles (sorry if I’ve offended anyone [not really]). Disciplined performances and tight cohesion, thanks to drummer Nick Mason and bassist Roger Waters (both of whom are too subdued in the mix—this deficiency would be remedied with a vengeance on “Dark Side of the Moon”). A note is appropriate here: The version of this album available on Spotify is the 2011 remastered version. It would be best to listen to the original mix on LP. I can only dream. Longtime fans of Pink Floyd will find this to be an engaging curiosity. Others will be satisfied to remember Pink Floyd for their later (and much better) work. 3/5

La guitare, le drum, la bass tout ça c’est bon mais des bruits de bouches, de cheval qui galope, on dirait c’est juste fait pour nous montrer qu’ils sont buzés noir !! Ça fait juste rendre l’écoute difficile et pas harmonieux. C’est de la musique pour écouter très attentivement. Mais c’est pas mauvais Je l’évite les 30 premières secondes de pow r toc h Ayoye, bike et mathilda mother Je lévite : lucifer Sam, une toune presque normal

De excelente qualidade, gostoso de ouvir mas não o suficiente pra eu ouvir de novo, não é meu tipo.

Bueno, no está mal. Le voy a dar un 4 porque son Pink Floyd, aunque no he prestado mucha atención.

Seems like we have been given lots of debut albums recently. I've never really been into Pink Floyd but hopefully some of their later albums pop up here.

I am now disowned by the Gruenberg clan.

Fun, trippy album.

pour ecouter au complet impossible a jeun faut etre tres peté....non fonctionnel

I knew that Pink Floyd started out as a psychedelic band, so this album wasn't coming out of left field. I'm glad that their tastes evolved.

Digno disco de la banda que más se asocia en el imaginario a drogas... Lo escuché por primera vez en la prepa y creo que la última vez había sido en la licenciatura. Pink Floyd a veces me suena genial, pero no es una banda con la que me comprometa (?). Entre sus sonidos místicos, psicodélicos, desconcertantes a veces, de este disco me quedo con "Flaming" y con "Bike", en el caso de lo no instrumental. Qué risa "The Gnome", es de la que más me acordaba de este disco, jaja. 7/10

Made me feel like taking a kip. Fondly sees their inception, but glad they improved from here

I think I need drugs to even begin to appreciate this album.

Meh.

Honnêtement c'est juste trop pour moi. J'aime ça en plus, mais siboire, ont dirait je deviens buzzé juste à les écouter. Il faudrait que je réécoute l'album une autre fois pour vraiment bien jugé, mais je n'ai pas le temps en ce moment. Je me réserve le droit de revenir modifier mon vote dans l'avenir. Mon hit: Flaming. Je pense?

I really like Pink Floyd but don’t know much about the early Syd Barrett days. I found myself liking his campy weird tunes like Bike and Gnome more than the others. I feel like this is. 3.5 and I’m torn between rounding down because I didn’t love the music or rounding up because of the weirdness and influence and allowing for more progressive music styles! Fuck it, have a four because I’m biased!

Early Pink Floyd at its psychedelic best. Guess fucking Roger Waters wasn't a stupid millionaire communist supporting third world, human rights violating dictators as he does today. I hate him with my guts. Pink Floyd is a great band, though.

Se ve que les faltaba un pelin aun

This sure was an experience.

solid 60s debut.

First Pink Floyd album, the only one recorded with Syd Barrett. After this album, Barrett sort of went off the rails and was ousted. He tried a couple solo projects and then became pretty reclusive. Pink Floyd went on to write quite a few songs inspired by him - The Wall, Wish You Were Here, Shine On You Crazy Diamond.

good

Great debut album. Of course, Pink Floyd changed dramatically after Syd was no longer a part of the band, but this album still stands as a landmark in psychedelic rock. 4 stars.

This album definitely confirms the stoner vibe for me. ;) It wasn’t bad to listen to, but I still think it’s not going to be something I come back to over and over.

Kind of interesting but will stick with The Wall and Dark Side as the sound tracks to my cosmic journeys.

Ummmmmm

It's fine, I'm just not a huge Pink Floyd fan.

Discordant. I didn't know that Pink Floyd went back this far

I’d still rather listen to Sgt Pepper’s.

Excelente, mesmo não sendo o melhor deles

doido

Nah

Solía escuchar mucho éste disco. Sigue siendo la onda

I’ve just never been a Pink Floyd fan. Their songs just don’t seem to grab me.

I didn’t take enough acid to listen to this. Long boring and meandering.

Fav: Bike

maybe for the best

I find the freshman effort one of the weakest (although comparison for Pink Floyd is a weird game given how radically the band changed over the years). Interstellar Overdrive is self-indulgent, knob-twiddling cacophony; the whimsy that plays well in Bike tips into mawkish silliness in Gnome. The seeds are there though.

Great debut album. Pink Floyd amazed from the very beginning and I love it.

Nice to know, from WIKI, Pink Floyd there debut album ‘The Piper at the Gates of Dawn’ takes its title from chapter seven of Kenneth Grahame's 1908 novel ‘The Wind in the Willows’, which refers to the nature God Pan. The book focuses on four animals: Mole, Rat, Toad, and Badger. The picture from Mr. Toad triggered the memories of the videoclip of Paul McCartney ‘We all stand together’. This song was/is one of our families songs when we had a long drive in our car we sing along (more shouted along). But back to Pink Floyd. I can remember that as friends, in the early eighties, we came together to listen to Pink Floyd Albums and we loved it. It was so unique to us this psychedelic rock. This music took me down memory lane. I don’t think this is there best album, but it was nice as an suggestion to listen to it.

This was a lot better than the last pink floyd album

So trippy. I had heard this many times before but it is still just as weird (in a good way). Good album.

Too psychedelic for me.

Cacophonous and meandering, experimental like a bunch of kids just vibing on pianos. Enjoyed the weird riffs.

psychedelic classic. feels like acid. fav track: astronomy domine

Not for me.

Definite sound of the time.

Amazing album, different than their later stuff. Definitely 60s psychedelic jam bad stuff. Cool sounds like. Definitely needs to be listened to in stereo. Only complaint really was some of the effects are over the top. 4.5

I liked it but due to all the pastiche pisstakes of the 60's hippie s singing about fairies and trolls it is a little hard to take seriously today

Day 13 of 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, and today I’ve got the debut album of one of the best selling bands of all time, Pink Floyd. Now, as a kid I always looked at Pink Floyd as being a drug band. Not a lot of kids my age were dropping acid or magic mushrooms when I was coming up, at least not in my areas, so I couldn’t really relate to this band. As I grew older I learned to appreciate their music a bit more when a couple of my cousins, who were really into The Grateful Dead, Pink Floyd and other similar psychedelic music, turned me on to more of their music. In one way it creeped me out a bit (“Hello… Is there anybody in there?”) but it was so different from what I was used to that it was more welcomed than it was when I was a kid. I’m glad that the first Pink Floyd album I’ve received is their first one. I can really start to dig deeper into this band from the beginning. I got really into The Beatles when I was in my twenties and The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn reminds me of Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. It feels very experimental and bound my nobody’s restraints but their own, and even then they seemed to have none. The Beatles, even on Sgt. Peppers, tended to keep their compositions reigned in a little tighter around the choruses, verses and melodies, only allowing the instrumentation and solo’s to go so far. Pink Floyd doesn’t give a shit about a strict song structure, their compositions can get pretty extended on most songs. If I’m being completely honest, which I intend to do on every album, it gets a bit boring for me.. Sure, If I was tripping balls I could see how id get completely lost in the stories that the instruments are playing. No disrespect to Pink Floyd is intended in any way. Its great music and they are pioneers. I’m attracted to choruses, verses and melodies. I didn’t know any songs from this record. The stand outs for me were Lucifer Sam, The Gnome and The Scarecrow. Pink Floyd helped change the game in the 60’s and 70’s for sure. Im particularly looking forward to albums of theirs that I’m more familiar with like The Wall and Dark Side Of The Moon. If you’ve never watched The Wizard Of Oz synced up to Dark Side Of The Moon, it’s a real trip (even if you aren’t on acid). I will leave that topic for when I get to that album though. While I’m not likely to add any songs from this album to any of my playlists any time soon, I am grateful I got to experience it. Please share your thoughts, opinions and memories below!! ✌️

Despite being a big pink floyd fan, their early stuff is just too esoteric for me. Hurts to give Pink Floyd three stars

This just doesn't sound like the PF that I grew up with at all! It's very Brit rock, a la The Kinks and Beatles. Immediately after the album finished Dark Side of the Moon played - much more what I think of for PF.

This was a weird album to break new headphones in with. That said, wasn't really my thing but I appreciated the weirdness on it, I guess. I really did not know what was happening for most of this.

Would be better if they were a tad less bri ish Dunno why pink floyd are lauded for another brick in the wall when clearly “bike” is their best fucking song, what a banger

A piece of music history, and the beginning of something out of this world. I often wonder how the fuck they ever got a record deal. What’s the opposite of easy listening? That’s what this is. It would have been unreal to watch this album being performed live, but the studio album is not really designed for human ears.

Psicodélico, tem tocado, maluco, bom demais!

Não sou fã da era Syd Barrett no Pink Floyd, mas gosto de várias músicas que estão nesse álbum, quando tocadas live.

Experimental, trippy, and weird, but in a delightful sort of way.

Britisk psykedelisk rock, melodisk

Connor: it's a mix between the later psychedelic experiences of later Pink Floyd albums with the earlier psych rock they made. I don't think their sound is quite as developed here - it's a fine album, but nothing that stands out on a first listen

Yeah, it was pretty good

Very all-over-the-place. Not really a showing of what they would become. I've listened to it prior, and didn't remember much, and for probably good reason. Very acid-folk, loose, weird. Favorite track: "Take Up They Stethoscope and Walk"

Sounded a lot like a Beatles album at first but their sound became more distinct as the album went on. Standout Tracks: Astronomy Dominé, Pow R. Toc H., Interstellar Overdrive, Chapter 24

Fell apart at the bottom half. 2,5/5