Lucifer's Friend

Lucifer's Friend | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 21, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Brain / SPV
• ASIN: B0012AXSZ6
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #240,714 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Ride The Sky

2. Everybody's Clown

3. Keep Goin'

4. Toxic Shadows

5. Free Baby

6. Baby You're A Liar

7. In The Time Of Job When Mammon Was A Yippie

8. Lucifer's Friend

9. Horla (bonus track)

10. Lucifer's Friend (bonus radio edit)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Crushing Classic Of Heavy Rock, September 2, 2000

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Chris Gerbig (Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lucifer's Firend (Audio CD)

This German hard rock machine, with British belter John Lawton, (later of Uriah Heep) gave birth to one of the best heavy rock albums of the early 70's. From the screaming vocals of "Ride In The Sky" (with its brass opening reminiscent of Zeppelin's "The Immigrant Song" and an almost "thrash metal" riff) to the progressive/hard R&B of "Toxic Shadows", to the lumbering, Sabbathish doom of "Keep Goin", this album never lets up for a second. Fans of Black Sabbath, Uriah Heep, Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin must have this in their collection! Lawton is one of the best singers in hard rock, and the musicianship of the group is tremendous. Very heavy indeed for a 1971 release. The bonus tracks show the more mainstream, rock 'n' rollin' side of the band, but the instrumentals "Horla" and "Satyr's Dance" (taken from B-sides) really cook. Do yourself a large favor and check this one out.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a great album., July 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Lucifer's Firend (Audio CD)

Listened to this first in the 70's. They were realtively unknown. Some friends in a local Chicago Southside band played several of the songs. Guitar solos very good. Long live that early German rock. It's great! Rate it with some of Zeppelins early albums. Overall a solid album. Not one clinker in the bunch. Don't know about the bonus tracks, though. Wonder what the kids of today might think of it. album recommends playing at maximum volume. How can you go wrong with that? On Billingsgate Records, I think. Their logo was a guy with a big boot about to kick someone in the a$$.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Bit Of A Guilty Pleasure But..., January 18, 2005

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M. Perry (Rowche Rumble... That's Rumble, Missouri United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lucifer's Firend (Audio CD)

Please don't take that to mean this isn't a great record or I don't love it (because I certainly do). I listened to it again earlier tonight for the first time in ages (I have the original Billingsgate vinyl; aren't I cool- ha ha ha) and it still sounds great after all these years. Don't let the band name or sinister-looking cover artwork fool you; this is kinda proto-metal in a way, but most of the lyrical content is about motorcycles (the opening "Ride In the Sky") and such like. And Lucifer's Friend just because they're playing rock 'n roll, ostensibly the devil's music (and 'cause these fellas speak decidedly Gernanized English; little wonder, being German and all). Probably a bit of a proto-Ronnie James Dio thing going on with the vocals too; the aforementioned "Ride In the Sky" begins the album with a "metal" scream- but please remember that it was recorded way back in 1970! If you're into Motorhead sorta stuff or (God help you) "nu metal," give Lucifer's Friend a shot; you might even really like them. Oh, and I believe most of those bonus tracks are from their third LP, I'm Just A Rock 'N Roll Singer (and at least one is from the fourth- ?!- the equally excellent but totally different Banquet). Yeah...