Lucifer's Friend (album)

Lucifer's Friend
Studio album by Lucifer's Friend
Released	1970[1]
Recorded	November 1970[1]
Genre	Heavy metal, progressive rock, hard rock
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
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Lucifer's Friend is the first studio album by the hard rock band Lucifer's Friend, released in 1970.

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^[2]

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".