Lucifer's Friend (album)

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Lucifer's Friend
Studio album by Lucifer's Friend
Released	1970
Recorded	1970
Genre	Progressive Rock/Heavy Metal
Length	???
Label	Repertoire Records
Producer(s)	???
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Lucifer's Friend chronology
	Lucifer's Friend (1970)	Where the Groupies Killed the Blues (1972)

This is the first album by progressive rock band Lucifer's Friend, released in 1970. There are many Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin influences heard throughout this album, most notably the dark lyrics heard on many songs, especially the song "Lucifer's Friend." There is a little controversy that "Ride The Sky" is a rip off of the "Immigrant Song" by Led Zeppelin, but this is not true due to the fact that "Ride The Sky" was written before Robert Plant wrote "Immigrant Song." There are also some very striking similarities between this album and Black Sabbath's debut because both are the first and self-titled albums by both bands, both are full fledge heavy metal, and both have a self-titled song, and both have arguable anti-christ band names. Along with Black Sabbath's "Black Sabbath", and Lucifer's Friend's self-title debut, marks the point where full fledge heavy metal is evident.

[edit] Track Listing

1. Ride The Sky
2. Every Body's Clown
3. Keep Goin'
4. Toxic Shadows
5. Free Baby
6. Baby You're a Liar
7. In the Time of a Job When Mammon was a Yippie
8. Lucifer's Friend

Bonus Tracks From The 1995 Re-release

1. Rock'n'Roll Singer
2. Satyr's Dance
3. Horla
4. Our World is a Rock'n'Roll Band
5. Alpenrosen

[edit] Personnel

• Peter Hesslein - Lead Guitars/Vocals/Percussion
• Peter Hecht - Piano/Keyboards/French Horn on "Ride The Sky."
• John Lawton - Lead Vocals
• Dieter Horns - Bass
• Joachim Rietenbach - Drums