Album · 1967
by Pink Floyd
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is an album by Pink Floyd, released in 1967 on Pink Floyd Records, with 11 tracks.
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11 tracks · 42 min
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is the debut album by English rock group Pink Floyd, and the only one made under founder member Syd Barrett's leadership. The album contains whimsical lyrics about space, scarecrows, gnomes, bicycles and fairy tales, along with psychedelic instrumental songs. The album was initially released in 1967 by Columbia/EMI in the United Kingdom and Tower/Capitol in the United States. Special limited editions were issued to mark its thirtieth and fortieth anniversaries in 1997 and 2007, respectively. In 2012, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn was voted 347th on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time".
