Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn (Remastered)
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Track List: Piper at the Gates of Dawn (Remastered)
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Disc 1:
- Astronomy DomineDownload & Buy
- Lucifer SamDownload & Buy
- Matilda MotherDownload & Buy
- FlamingDownload & Buy
- Pow R. Toc H.Download & Buy
- Take Up Thy Stethoscope And WalkDownload & Buy
- Interstellar OverdriveDownload & Buy
- The GnomeDownload & Buy
- Chapter 24Download & Buy
- ScarecrowDownload & Buy
- BikeDownload & Buy
Disc 2:
- Astronomy Domine
- Lucifer Sam
- Matilda Mother
- Flaming
- Pow R. Toc H.
- Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk
- Interstellar Overdrive
- The Gnome
- Chapter 24
- The Scarecrow
- Bike
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Album Details: Piper at the Gates of Dawn (Remastered)
- Release Date:
- 08/14/2001
- Label:
- Toshiba Emi Japan
- UPC:
- 4988006791695
User Reviews: Piper at the Gates of Dawn (Remastered)
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Better than any other Pink Floyd album
, February 5, 2001Reviewer:
Zorak - See all Zorak's reviews 1 of 1 Yahoo! Users found this Piper at the Gates of Dawn (Remastered) review helpful As far as I'm concerned, Syd Barrett was Pink Floyd and when he left PF left with him. Waters-led Floyd was pompous and dull. This album is brilliant; the only bad track is Chapter 24, aside from that, it's a masterpiece. -
Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967)
, March 30, 2006Pros: Pink's Debut and Syd Barrett's baby.....
Cons: N/A
The Floyd's first album...released in that summer of love of '67...definatley a bond-fide pyschedelic classic and interesting to note the only Floyd album where founder Syd Barrett is present and is on every song. Much different than the bloated huge FM radio days of latter Floyd, this album is in a class all its own.
"Astronomy Domine" kicks it off with some bizarre ramblings into a megaphone naming off names of stars and what not in the galaxy...very effective. The song is sung real low key and the mid section stop and start back with guitar feedback is totally off the wall. A classic of floyds early work and done many times in concert..up to the present day. "Lucifer Sam" seems to be about a cat...and I know Syd was very found of cats, pretty cool song, but not a big standout. "Matilda Mother" is a song about seems to be a mother reading her child a fairytale book with stories of Kings and old folk tales, very hazy sounding and childlike but trippy as hell. Sung I believe by Rick Wright. "Flaming" is pretty wild with....hard to explain really, just something you would hear while taking a trip on something:-) Very poppy and psychedelic. "Pow-R-Toc-H" is a very interesting instrumental freak out type song with shouts and yells by the band mixed in with organ flourishes and snare drums. "Take up Thy Stethoscope and Walk" is sung by Roger Waters and is really a throwaway here...but pretty cool song nontheless...Waters still had a long way to go in the writing department.
"Interstellar Overdrive" is a 10 min all out freak out pyschedelic jam pretty much and is really cool to listen to. I hear the guitar bit in it by Syd was a copy of the old song "Friday on my Mind" but done the way Syd heard it...more demented. Very bizarre bits in it and the end of the song is mixed back and forth twirling into the left and right speakers back and forth making it more bizarre. The Beatles were recording "Sgt Pepper" the very same time in the same building and alot has been said how both bands kinda inspired each other with certain studio tricks and what not like that mentioned above. "The Gnome" is another short piece of work like "Flaming" and is really decent...Syd's heavy British accent really sticks out in it...all of them mainly. "Chapter 24" is one of the best Syd songs here and totally cool and sweet to hear...a personal favorite. "Scarecrow" is really cool but more of an average song...the closer "Bike" is really bizarre and really funny with verses like "I know a mouse and he hasnt got a house I dont know why I call him gerald, he getting rather old but hes a good mouse"...the vocals are double tracked and wave in and out with each other to make it sound really off the wall...ends with clocks going off like crazy and birds flying away.
Summing it up...Awesome Floyd cd and one of the most interesting, a must have...Syd shines here, but is quickly gone afterwards into the woodwork. RR ...
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Pro Reviews: Piper at the Gates of Dawn (Remastered)
| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews The title of Pink Floyd's debut album is taken from a chapter in Syd Barrett's favorite children's book, The Wind in the Willows, and the lyrical imagery of The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is indeed full of colorful, childlike, distinctly British whimsy, albeit filtered through the perceptive lens of LSD. Barrett's catchy, melodic acid pop songs are balanced with longer, more experimental pieces showcasing the group's instrumental freakouts, often using themes of space travel as metaphors for hallucinogenic experiences "Astronomy Domine" is a poppier number in this vein, but tracks like "Interstellar Overdrive" are some of the earliest forays into what has been tagged space rock. But even though Barrett's lyrics and melodies are mostly playful and humorous, the band's music doesn't always bear out those sentiments in addition to Rick Wright's eerie organ work, dissonance, chromaticism, weird noises, and vocal sound effects are all employed at various instances, giving the impression of chaos and confusion lurking beneath the bright surface. 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. - Steve Huey, All Music Guide |
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