Lucifer Sam (track)
by Pink Floyd
Year: 1967
From the album The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (track #2)
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Lucifer Sam appears on the following album(s) by Pink Floyd:
- The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (track #2) (this album) (1967)
- A Nice Pair (track #2) (compilation) (1973)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 06/30/2026 16:10 | Siromynian | 17,775 | 71/100 |
| ! | 04/01/2026 03:31 | stareaterogni0n | 5,650 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/16/2026 08:30 | Nishy | 43 | 67/100 |
| ! | 03/04/2026 13:48 |  Ilolahti | 1,630 | 81/100 |
| ! | 01/25/2026 19:32 | kinginsomniac12 | 6,024 | 100/100 |
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Yip - the riff makes it but it stays psychedelic
LukasAntoine00s 11/28/2021 02:16 | #276796
100
Acabo de hacer un comentario sobre "Astronomy Domine", así que ahora me siento en la obligación de hacer otro comentario sobre este tema "Lucifer Sam", mi favorito en el album, ahora en disputa con este anterior.
La intro es genial, un riff de guitarra distorsionado que solo se escucha en un auricular, y luego parece que se materializa pero sigue un poco fuera de sintonía. Ese efecto es ENORME. Gran canción de rock psicodélico. En mi opinión solo estas 2 primeras canciones ya vaticinan un tremendo disco. Otro aspecto que tengo que destacar de esta canción es su solo de guitarra super dinámico donde se añaden muchos instrumentos sobre el riff principal y queda una mezcla loquísima. En fin, es otro super tema y ahora le coloco el 100 que se merece.
Just fantastic , love to hear it live
No me gustan las voces.
poppmusic 02/01/2016 07:00 | #158382
SO CATCHY. If they had just released this as a single, we might have had another album from Syd...
Martinborras 08/06/2014 19:48 | #118874
Amusing riff, like james bond jajaja. Perfect!
Jasonconfused 01/31/2013 20:58 | #63494
Sick riff for a psychedelic song! Excellent song.
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