The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
by Pink Floyd
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Pink Floyd bestography
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn is ranked 5th best out of 38 albums by Pink Floyd on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Pink Floyd is The Dark Side Of The Moon which is ranked number 2 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 56,293.
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The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 29 Music Albums of 1967 | 24/29 | 1 |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Top 62 Music Albums of the 1960s | 16/62 | 15 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 42 Music Albums of 1967 | 2/42 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 50 Music Albums of 1967 | 3/50 | 5 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 43/100 | 12 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1967 | 14/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | MrOlan | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 26/100 | 15 |
| 2026 | brent13 | Top 97 Music Albums of the 1960s | 25/97 | 15 |
| 2026 | Pavloss | Top 50 Music Albums of the 1960s | 37/50 | 6 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1967 | 30/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 1,222 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 8,829 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/04/2026 11:26 | JoshN125 | 151 | 68/100 |
| ! | 09/02/2026 16:47 |  Tamthebam | 23,220 | 69/100 |
| ! | 09/01/2026 15:23 | AndyLish79 | 505 | 81/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 81.3/100, a mean average of 80.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.3.
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 5 days ago in Chart of the day (#5427): By StreakyNuno
Rhyner 09/01/2026 17:23 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn comments
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One of the most ultimate albums of all things psychedelic. Some true golden tracks on this. Scarecrow, Gnome, Bike, marvelous lyrics. I do think 'Interstellar Overdrive' is a tad overrated though. (Edited)
Some good instrumentals but it's few and far between and lost amongst all the surrealist nonsense. I love most of the Floyd's albums but I just don't get this one, sorry. (Edited)
From another world...bike is an incredible Masterpiece (Edited)
This is The Fondation of rock, it was came out of core. The core of brain/earth, so it feels like Lava/Saliva from Mountain/Mouth (Edited)
A strong early album from Pink Floyd that is full of potential but in terms of quality this isn't close to what they would go on to create in the future. It is a psychedelic release that feels like a unique listen and like we are seeing the beginning of something that would go on to become something sensational. The best demonstration of this is Interstellar Overdrive with the instrumentals on here sounding fantastic and they do capture a very psychedelic atmosphere. It does sound raw however and a little bit messy at times. They would refine this sound in the future and it would become one of the greatest bands of the 70's. This album always strengthens the fact that the split of Barrett and Floyd was the best thing that could have happened to them as both went on to make much higher quality records. This can also add to the enjoyment of this release for me as you can almost see the band fighting against each other with songs like The Gnome sounding distinctively Barrett and songs like Interstellar Overdrive sounding more like Pink Floyd as a group. Overall, this is an interesting start for one of the greatest bands of all time and it is fascinating to see their roots but this is no way near their best release.
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