Astronomy Domine
Lucifer Sam
Matilda Mother
Flaming
Pow R. Toc H.
Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk
Interstellar Overdrive
The Gnome
Chapter 24
Scarecrow
Bike
Frogtoon Music Album Info: The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
Published: 11 Nov 2022, 05:52
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn Is The Debut Studio Album By English Rock Band Pink Floyd Released On 5 August 1967 By EMI Columbia. It Is The Only Pink Floyd Album Made Under The Leadership Of Founding Member Syd Barrett Lead Vocals Guitar He Wrote All But Three Tracks With Additional Composition By Members Roger Waters Bass Vocals Nick Mason Drums And Richard Wright Keyboards Vocals . The Album Followed The Band's Early Chart Success With The 1967 Non-Album Singles "Arnold Layne" And "See Emily Play" As Well As Their Influential Performances At London's UFO Club. The Album Was Recorded At EMI Studios In London's Abbey Road From February To May 1967 And Produced By Norman Smith. It Blended Pink Floyd's Reputation For Long-Form Improvisational Pieces With Barrett's Short Pop Songs And Whimsical Take On Psychedelia. The Album Made Prominent Use Of Recording Effects Such As Reverb And Echo Employing Tools Like EMT Plate Reverberation Automatic Double Tracking ADT And Abbey Road's Echo Chamber. Part-Way Through The Recording Sessions Barrett's Growing Use Of The Psychedelic Drug LSD Saw His Mental State Become Increasingly Debilitated Leading To His Eventual Departure From The Group The Following Year. The Album Title Was Derived From Chapter Seven Of Kenneth Grahame's 1908 Children's Novel The Wind In The Willows A Favourite Of Barrett's. In The United States The Album Was Released As Pink Floyd In October On Tower Records With An Altered Track Listing That Omitted Three Songs And Included "See Emily Play". In The UK No Singles Were Released From The Album But In The US "Flaming" Was Offered As A Single. Two Of Its Songs "Astronomy Dominé" And "Interstellar Overdrive" Became Long-Term Mainstays Of The Band's Live Setlist While Other Songs Were Performed Live Only A Handful Of Times. In 1973 The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn Was Packaged With The Band's Second Album A Saucerful Of Secrets 1968 And Released As A Nice Pair To Introduce The Band's Early Work To New Fans Gained With The Success Of The Dark Side Of The Moon 1973 . The Album Has Been Hailed As A Pivotal Psychedelic Music Recording. Special Limited Editions Of The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn Were Issued To Mark Its Thirtieth Fortieth And Fiftieth Anniversaries With The Former Two Releases Containing Bonus Tracks. In 2012 The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn Was Placed At Number 347 On Rolling Stone Magazine's List Of The "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" And Number 253 In The 2020 Edition.