#347: Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
August 4, 1967, Tower

1."Astronomy Domine" - 4:17

2."Lucifer Sam"- 3:09
3."Matilda Mother"- 3:05
4."Flaming"- 2:46 
5."Pow R. Toc H." - 4:24 
6."Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk" - 3:07 
7."Interstellar Overdrive" - 9:41 
8."The Gnome" - 2:14 
9."Chapter 24" - 3:53 
10."The Scarecrow"- 2:10 
11."Bike" - 3:21

RESULTS
Rate: 8/10
Best Song: Lucifer Sam
Worst Song: Interstellar Overdrive

Comments
Here's a Pink Floyd album that has completely flown under the radar. No idea it existed.

This album is a pretty straightforward introduction into Barrett's huge plunge into LSD. The psychedelic overtures of the Album are incredibly thick, and it appears as if there were two styles of songs: Songs that were either incredibly long and free-form, or short doo-wops about gnomes and bikes.

My personal favorite was the second track in, "Lucifer Sam". The opening guitar riff is just so pleasing to listen to, and it's a weird song about Syd's cat, so, yeah. Kind of hard to beat.

It seems everyone loves "Intersteller Overdrive", an almost 10 minute song that sounds like every generic psychedelic song on Earth. Everyone is just randomly playing their instruments off of each other, making this weird, awful jazzy sound, that simply does not appeal to me. I could make the same songs out of pots and pans.

Overall, I actually really enjoyed this Album. I think it fits right into the time period, and hits the right notes if some trippy , somewhat funny experience is what you're looking for, in terms of Pink Floyd.