''Lucifer's Friend'' is the first studio album by the

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Lucifer's Friend Lucifer's Friend was a German rock band, formed in Hamburg in 1970 by guitarist Peter Hesslein, singer John Lawton, bassist Dieter Horns, keyboardist Peter Hecht, and drummer Joachim Reitenbach. The group was an early practitioner of heavy met ...

, released in 1971.

Track listing

Side one

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

Side two

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

Bonus tracks from the 1990 re-release

# "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

# "Horla" (Rietenbach, Horns, Docker, Hecht, Hesslein) 2:53 # "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

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

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lucifer's Friend 1970 debut albums Lucifer's Friend albums Philips Records albums