The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Critic Score
Based on 4 reviews
1967 Ratings: #26 / 87
User Score
1967 Rank: #66
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CRITIC REVIEWS

100
AllMusic

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn successfully captures both sides of psychedelic experimentation -- the pleasures of expanding one's mind and perception, and an underlying threat of mental disorder and even lunacy; this duality makes Piper all the more compelling in light of Barrett's subsequent breakdown, and ranks it as one of the best psychedelic albums of all time.

100
Q Magazine

Piper At The Gates Of Dawn is, even counting Sgt. Pepperís Lonely Hearts Club Band, possibly the defining moment of English psychedelia and Syd Barrett's magnum opus; strange, sad and a record that all should own.

90
Rolling Stone

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, is a masterpiece of the genre. It blends all the hippie obsessions of the time - space travel, magic, nature, Tolkien-esque fantasy, drug reveries - into a suite of swirling, eerily affecting songs.

80
The Telegraph
Fascinating, nascent psychedelic space rock lunacy.
Doublez
91

The History of The Albums – n° 347

August 1967, dear journal, I saw a live performance by aliens

Presenting Pink Floyd seems so trivial that it is a monument, especially when talking about one of the most notorious bands in the history of Pop Rock. Suffice it to say in a few words that Pink Floyd is a London band that is very often considered "the greatest band of all time", especially for its work from the late 60s until their peak in the 70s. Pioneers of Space Rock and ... read more

barcooper
86

Some underrated Floyd shit over here.

Lately I realized that I never really talked about one of my favorite bands of all time, which is Pink Floyd, and never even wrote a proper review to one of their albums. So, although I could've reviewed one of the band's masterpieces from the 70's, I've decided to firstly review their debut, which is at times sadly overlooked.

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is Pink Floyd's 1967 debut, which was back when Syd Barrett was the frontman of the band, before ... read more

BartDaGoat
86

Album that in every corner is a drug
[Pink Floyd's Discography ranking 1/13]
(OG rating 58 >86 )
At London Polytechnic two young fellas met each other. Roger Waters and Nick Mason at the time were studying architucture and they became good friends. In 1963 with fellow students - Keith Noble, Clive Metcalfe and Noble's sister Sheilagh they formed a band. Year later Richard Wright joined them and they officially pick their name - Sigma 6. In next years Sigma 6 line-up and name of the band was ... read more

Koman67
70

It's good.

68

An album with a couple of highlights that feels chaotic most of the time and doesn't provide many strong ideas with its experimental sound

Tom2323
50

Listenting to every year of music since 1960
Decade: 1960s
Year: 1967
Review #83:
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is a wankery session from Pink Floyd. they really thought they ate with 47 minutes of generic and pretentious nonsense. There's no point in this, not engaging at all.
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Other albums from this year that I have already listened to in the past:
> The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced: ... read more

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Track List

1Astronomy Domine
4:11
89
2Lucifer Sam
3:07
86
3Matilda Mother
3:08
82
4Flaming
2:46
79
5Pow R. Toc H.
4:26
74
6Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk
3:06
77
7Interstellar Overdrive
9:40
90
8The Gnome
2:13
75
9Chapter 24
3:42
76
10The Scarecrow
2:11
76
11Bike
3:21
81
Total Length: 41 minutes
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Added on: January 6, 2013