Lucifer's Friend is the first studio album by the hard rock band Lucifer's Friend, released in 1970. Lucifer's Friend would change directions multiple times on upcoming albums. However, the progressive and krautrock influenced proto-doom metal on this album lives up to the sinister cover.[1]
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| Released | 1970[1] | |||
| Recorded | November 1970[1] | |||
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| Length | 40:32 (Original LP), 53:02 (with bonus tracks) | |||
| Label | Germany: Philips (original release) Repertoire (1990 reissue) Vertigo (2010 reissue) US: Billingsgate | |||
| Producer | Herbert Hildebrandt | |||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Track listing edit
Side one edit
- "Ride the Sky" (Hesslein, Lawton) 2:55
- "Everybody's Clown" (Rietenbach, Horns, Docker, Hecht, Hesslein) 6:12
- "Keep Goin'" (Horns, Docker, Hecht, Hesslein) 5:26
- "Toxic Shadows" (Docker, Hesslein) 7:00
Side two edit
- "Free Baby" (Horns, Lawton, Hecht, Hesslein) 5:28
- "Baby You're a Liar" (Rietenbach, Horns, Docker, Hecht, Hesslein) 3:55
- "In the Time of Job When Mammon Was a Yippie" (Horns, Docker, Hecht, Hesslein) 4:04
- "Lucifer's Friend" (Rietenbach, Horns, Hildebrandt-Winhauer, Hecht, Hesslein) 6:12
Bonus tracks from the 1990 re-release edit
- "Rock 'n' Roll Singer" (Hesslein, Lawton) 4:21
- "Satyr's Dance" 3:17
- "Horla" (Rietenbach, Horns, Docker, Hecht, Hesslein) 2:52
- "Our World Is a Rock 'n' Roll Band" (Becker, Docker) 3:20
- "Alpenrosen" (Horns, Bornhold, Hecht, Hesslein) 3:53
Bonus tracks from the 2010 re-release edit
- "Horla" (Rietenbach, Horns, Docker, Hecht, Hesslein) 2:53
- "Lucifer's Friend" (Radio Edit) (Rietenbach, Horns, Hildebrandt-Winhauer, Hecht, Hesslein) 3:43
Personnel edit
Musicians edit
- John Lawton – lead vocals
- Peter Hesslein – lead guitars, vocals, percussion
- Peter Hecht – organ, piano, French horn (on "Ride the Sky")
- Dieter Horns – bass, vocals
- Joachim Rietenbach – drums, percussion[3]
Production edit
- Günther Zipelius – engineer
- Henning Ruete, Horst Andritschke – mixing
- Juligan Studio – photography and cover design
- Herbert Hildebrandt-Winhauer – producer
- Lucifer's Friend – co-producer
References edit
- ^ a b c d Guarisco, Donald A. "Lucifer's Friend - Lucifer's Friend | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
- ^ Freeman, Steven; Freeman, Alan (1996). The Crack in the Cosmic Egg: Encyclopedia of Krautrock, Kosmische Musik, & Other Progressive, Experimental & Electronic Musics from Germany. Audion Publications. p. 125. ISBN 0-9529506-0-X.
- ^ "Lucifer's Friend - Lucifer's Friend at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 31 July 2015.