THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN

I've never really liked this album. It doesn't sound anything like what the Floyd was going yet to become later. Syd Barret is a good musician but neither his vocals nor his guitars are any match for Gilmour's.

The highlights of this album are the two instrumentals Pow R. Toc H. and Interstellar Overdrive. Astronomy Domine and Chapter 24 are also pretty good songs, but the rest ranges from ok to horrible.

Roger Water's Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk is the only song written by anyone other than Barret on this album. It has got to be one of the weakest songs on the album.

This album really isn't that bad, but compared to Pink Floyd in the 70's it just doesn't do it for me.