Which pop group's first album was 'Piper At The Gates Of Dawn'?
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn says that "Piper" became known as a concept album in later years, because listeners wanted to play it all the way through rather than pick out a favourite song. While Beatles biographer Philip Norman agrees that "Piper" is a concept album, other authors contend that Pink Floyd did not start making concept albums until 1973's "The Dark Side of the Moon". Author George Reisch called Pink Floyd the "undisputed" kings of the concept album, but only starting from "Dark Side". In July 2006, "Billboard" described "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" as "one of the best psychedelic rock albums
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn 5, calling it "the golden achievement of Syd Barrett". "Q" magazine described the album as "indispensable" and included it in their list of the best psychedelic albums ever. It was also ranked 40th in "Mojo" magazine's "The 50 Most Out There Albums of All Time" list. In 2000, "Q" magazine placed "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" at number 55 in its list of the 100 greatest British albums ever. In 2012, the US version "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" was voted 347th on "Rolling Stone" magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums ever. James E. Perone