Lucifer's Friend (album)

Lucifer's Friend
Studio album by
Lucifer's Friend
ReleasedJanuary 1971[1]
RecordedNovember 1970[1]
StudioTonstudio Maschen & Windrose-Dumont Time Studio[1]
Genre
Length40:32 (Original LP), 53:02 (with bonus tracks)
LabelGermany: Philips (original release)
Repertoire (1990 reissue)
Vertigo (2010 reissue)
US: Billingsgate
ProducerHerbert Hildebrandt
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Allmusic[1]

Lucifer's Friend is the first studio album by the hard rock band Lucifer's Friend, released in 1971. [1]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Ride the Sky" (Hesslein, Lawton) 2:55
  2. "Everybody's Clown" (Rietenbach, Horns, Docker, Hecht, Hesslein) 6:12
  3. "Keep Goin'" (Horns, Docker, Hecht, Hesslein) 5:26
  4. "Toxic Shadows" (Docker, Hesslein) 7:00

Side two

  1. "Free Baby" (Horns, Lawton, Hecht, Hesslein) 5:28
  2. "Baby You're a Liar" (Rietenbach, Horns, Docker, Hecht, Hesslein) 3:55
  3. "In the Time of Job When Mammon Was a Yippie" (Horns, Docker, Hecht, Hesslein) 4:04
  4. "Lucifer's Friend" (Rietenbach, Horns, Hildebrandt-Winhauer, Hecht, Hesslein) 6:12

Bonus tracks from the 1990 re-release

  1. "Rock 'n' Roll Singer" (Hesslein, Lawton) 4:21
  2. "Satyr's Dance" 3:17
  3. "Horla" (Rietenbach, Horns, Docker, Hecht, Hesslein) 2:52
  4. "Our World Is a Rock 'n' Roll Band" (Becker, Docker) 3:20
  5. "Alpenrosen" (Horns, Bornhold, Hecht, Hesslein) 3:53

Bonus tracks from the 2010 re-release

  1. "Horla" (Rietenbach, Horns, Docker, Hecht, Hesslein) 2:53
  2. "Lucifer's Friend" (Radio Edit) (Rietenbach, Horns, Hildebrandt-Winhauer, Hecht, Hesslein) 3:43

Personnel

Musicians

  • 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

  • Günther Zipelius – engineer
  • Henning Ruete, Horst Andritschke – mixing
  • Juligan Studio – photography and cover design
  • Herbert Hildebrandt-Winhauer – producer
  • Lucifer's Friend – co-producer

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Guarisco, Donald A. "Lucifer's Friend - Lucifer's Friend | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Lucifer's Friend - Lucifer's Friend at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 31 July 2015.