- psychedelic rock, rock, space rock, experimental rock
- 42 min
- 11 tracks
- Columbia Records
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is the debut studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 4 August 1967 by EMI Columbia. It is the only Pink Floyd album recorded under the leadership of founding member Syd Barrett ; he was the sole writer of all but three tracks, with additional writing by members Roger Waters, Nick Mason (drums), and Richard Wright.
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Character-led, grave, earnest and open-ended.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
- warmbleak
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- About.com4.5/5 ★
- AllMusic5/5 ★
- The Daily Telegraph4/5 ★
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5 ★
- MusicHound3.5/5
- NME9/10
- Paste9.5/10
- Pitchfork9.4/10
- Q5/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide5/5 ★
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Tracks
- A1Astronomy Dominé4:12
- A2Lucifer Sam3:08
- A3Matilda Mother3:09
- A4Flaming2:46
- A5Pow R. Toc H.4:27
- A6Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk3:06
- B1Interstellar Overdrive9:41
- B2The Gnome2:14
- B3Chapter 243:42
- B4The Scarecrow2:11
- B5Bike3:22
11 tracks, 42 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Pink Floyd
- Label
- Columbia Records
- Released
- 1967
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- DE
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