THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN

The first time I listened to this album, I found it really childish, and didn't like it much. After a few listenings, I changed my mind. Yes, it seems childish (the songs looks like some fairy tales, talking about unicorns - Flaming - , castles and kings - Matilda mother -, a very special cat - Lucifer Sam -, a bike - Bike - , a scarecrow - Scarecrow - , a little Hobbitt-like person - The Gnome - ...and so and so.

Syd Barrett's voice is as strange as his guitar (Interstellar Overdrive). The songs on this debut album are strange, weird, sometimes futuristic (Astronomy Domine), sometimes funny, sometimes icy. I don't really like Chapter 24 (who talks about the 'I-Ching'), but I love the album, and I can't give less than 5 stars to it. This is a masterpiece of psychedelic rock music. Barrett was a genius.