THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN

Simply put, there are very few debut albums that beat "Piper At the Gates of Dawn". It is a revolutionary album, and even as a starter, it begins to show how Pink Floyd inspired and innovated the entire recording art/technology field. While the prog influences aren't as obvious in this album as it is in others, it produces some very complex, interesting, fun beats and gets my foot tapping after every listen. The album itself is very odd, and this is mostly due to Syd Barett's "tweak". A wierd fella indeed, his influence is seen on this album strongly, because no other album sounds like this one. Poc R Toc H alone is worth the purchase of this album. 'nuff said :)