The title of Pink Floyd's debut album is taken from a chapter in Syd Barrett's favorite children's book, The Wind in the Willows, and the lyrical imagery of The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is indeed full of colorful, childlike, distinctly British whimsy, albeit filtered through the perceptive lens of LSD.
Tracklist The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (Mono) 1-1 Astronomy Domine 4:15 1-2 Lucifer Sam 3:09 1-3 Matilda Mother 3:05 1-4 Flaming 2:47 1-5 Pow R. 4:25 1-6 Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk 3:07 1-7 Interstellar Overdrive 9:42 1-8 The Gnome 2:14 1-9 Chapter 24 3:53 1-10 The Scarecrow 2:11 1-11 Bike 3:27 The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (Stereo) 2-1 Astronomy Domine 4:12 2-2 Lucifer Sam 3:07 2-3 Matilda Mother 3:09 2-4 Flaming 2:46 2-5 Pow R. 4:26 2-6 Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk 3:06 2-7 Interstellar Overdrive 9:40 2-8 The Gnome 2:14 2-9 Chapter 24 3:42 2-10 The Scarecrow 2:11 2-11 Bike 3:25 Companies, etc.