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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]

Lucifer's Friend
Studio album by Lucifer's Friend
Released	1970[1]
Recorded	November 1970[1]
Genre	Hard rock,[2] heavy metal
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
Lucifer's Friend chronology
Lucifer's Friend (1970) Where the Groupies Killed the Blues (1972)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[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

External links

• "Lucifer's Friend - Lucifer´s Friend (Vinyl, LP) at Discogs".

На других языках

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- [en] Lucifer's Friend (album)

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[es] Lucifer's Friend (álbum)

Lucifer's Friend es el álbum debut de la banda homónima Lucifer's Friend, publicado en 1970 después de haber cambiado su nombre y lanzar un disco también homónimo conocido como Asterix en ese mismo año.

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[ru] Lucifer’s Friend (альбом)

Lucifer’s Friend — дебютный альбом одноимённой хард-рок группы, выпущенный в 1970 году[1]

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