Favorite Floyd album?

[DD]

getting into some of the old tunes at work today...Meddle is musical ecstasy

[CitizenDwayne]

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

[NASpurs]

Animals for me.

[mrsmaalox]

The Delicate Sound of Thunder is my favorite live rock album.

[mouse]

Asking favorite Pink Floyd LP is insane. That is like saying which of your twin daughters you love more.

To pick any LP that doesn't have the song Have a cigar would show your not a true Pink Floyd lover.

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Also how can you dismiss the dark side of the Moon LP if you love Animals? How can you dismiss The Divisions Bell the LP that confirmed the Waters and Gilmour separation with lyrics like Keep talking and guitar riffs that taunt Waters as a cry baby?

Go right ahead and try and say one LP is better than the other but I know you will want to edit your choices someday if not now then later

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[Leetonidas]

Meddle is a great album but a little unrefined imo. San Tropez is out of place on that album and Pillow of Winds/Fearless are just okay songs imo. Echoes is what takes the entire album up (because it's like half of it). That is probably my favorite or second favorite song by them.

But by far my favorite album is Wish You Were Here. Everything about it is perfect and a very thoughtful musical translation of the band's feelings for their former frontman. Also has a lot of personal sentimentality tbh but it has everything you want from Floyd -- crazy psychedelic rock, beautiful piano work, trippy effects, rocking solos, great singing, and long instances of pure instrumental glory.

Animals is also a very good album but I ding it because I dislike the opening/ending tracks, mostly because I am not as much of a Waters fan and he kinda has a shitty voice

[Brazil]

Meddle is a great album but a little unrefined imo. San Tropez is out of place on that album and Pillow of Winds/Fearless are just okay songs imo. Echoes is what takes the entire album up (because it's like half of it). That is probably my favorite or second favorite song by them.

But by far my favorite album is Wish You Were Here. Everything about it is perfect and a very thoughtful musical translation of the band's feelings for their former frontman. Also has a lot of personal sentimentality tbh but it has everything you want from Floyd -- crazy psychedelic rock, beautiful piano work, trippy effects, rocking solos, great singing, and long instances of pure instrumental glory.

Animals is also a very good album but I ding it because I dislike the opening/ending tracks, mostly because I am not as much of a Waters fan and he kinda has a shitty voice

spot on imho fwiw

[The Reckoning]

dark side of the moon. i don't care for the others though most of my favorite floyd songs aren't on the album.

[Spurminator]

I've come back around to Dark Side of the Moon. It was my intro, then I had about 4-5 other favorites, but recently rediscovered DSOTM. Just perfect front to back.

[Leetonidas]

Dark Side is always a safe choice because it doesn't have any 12+ minute long songs that take up large potions of the album and has a lot of memorable, great songs and obvious changes in mood/style. More diverse but not as intense, imo

[cantthinkofanything]

Endless River. Captures them at their best. Chilling at times...just classic. Permanently in my rotation.

[The Gemini Method]

Leetonidas put it best--no need to really vary from what he said. Catching Roger Waters a handful of years back @ Coachella was a treat.

[Leetonidas]

Endless River. Captures them at their best. Chilling at times...just classic. Permanently in my rotation.

Still haven't gotten around to listening it tbh. What Floyd era would you compare it to musically? Pre-Gilmour? Post-Syd? Post-Waters?

[cantthinkofanything]

Still haven't gotten around to listening it tbh. What Floyd era would you compare it to musically? Pre-Gilmour? Post-Syd? Post-Waters?

It was a joke. I really didn't like it much. I did put it on a couple of time while I fell asleep. I like PF but can't say I was a huge fan. My favorite is probably Final Cut. But I also like Momentary Lapse of reason with all Gilmore.

[mavsfan1000]

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
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[spurraider21]

As Leet said, dark side is a safe choice... I like animals though.

[Spurminator]

Endless River is decent background music, but it's basically an instrumental passage from Division Bell stretched to over 40 minutes.

[Leetonidas]

It was a joke. I really didn't like it much. I did put it on a couple of time while I fell asleep. I like PF but can't say I was a huge fan. My favorite is probably Final Cut. But I also like Momentary Lapse of reason with all Gilmore.

That's kinda disappointing.

Momentary Lapse is solid. Learning to Fly is one of my favorite songs and really exemplifies Gilmour's ability to write power lyrics

[cantthinkofanything]

That's kinda disappointing.

Momentary Lapse is solid. Learning to Fly is one of my favorite songs and really exemplifies Gilmour's ability to write power lyrics

It's not awful but just nothing particularly remarkable that makes me want to listen again. I read a lot of negative reviews but wanted to like it but they mostly were right. I was really only aware of PF when The Wall came out and went back a few albums and listened to Animals and DS but never checked out the older stuff although I always meant to.

[Thread]

The one where he plays "Last Date." I love that song.

[DAF86]

Does "Echoes" count?

[DarrinS]

Wish You Were Here

[leemajors]

Meddle is a great album but a little unrefined imo. San Tropez is out of place on that album and Pillow of Winds/Fearless are just okay songs imo. Echoes is what takes the entire album up (because it's like half of it). That is probably my favorite or second favorite song by them.

But by far my favorite album is Wish You Were Here. Everything about it is perfect and a very thoughtful musical translation of the band's feelings for their former frontman. Also has a lot of personal sentimentality tbh but it has everything you want from Floyd -- crazy psychedelic rock, beautiful piano work, trippy effects, rocking solos, great singing, and long instances of pure instrumental glory.

Animals is also a very good album but I ding it because I dislike the opening/ending tracks, mostly because I am not as much of a Waters fan and he kinda has a shitty voice

Echoes on Live at Pompeii = sublime on psychadelics

[Floyd Pacquiao]

The wall for me

[mouse]

No pink floyd favorite song list should go without
comfortably numb

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Also some have said this is David's best solo
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And you can't forget the motivation behind this song as David calls out Roger
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I can't pick just one LP In a way I envy those who can but I know I'm not alone.

[ohmwrecker]

^ This is a favorite Floyd album thread tbh

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn is my favorite because I much prefer early Floyd. I have to say that Dark Side is their most cohesive album though. I like a few tracks off most of their records, but honestly I find Roger Waters to be humorless and heavy handed. I would rather listen to Syd Barrett solo records.

[mouse]

getting into some of the old tunes at work today...Meddle is musical ecstasy



what do you consider old?

[Silver&Black]

It's the safe choice....but The Wall is certainly up there.

I really like "Wish you were here" too. Have a Cigar...Shine on you crazy diamond....But IIRC...there is only like 5-6 tracks on the record. The Wall has like 30 songs....Comfortably Numb, Another brick in the wall (part 2), mother, The trial, waiting on the worms, run like hell, the show must go on....all great tracks.

BTW...dark side of the moon and Animals are also great. This is a tough choice tbh....

[cantthinkofanything]

what do you consider old?

Your mom's tumbleweed vagina

[RD2191]

Floyd fucking sucks.

[DarrinS]

Floyd fucking sucks.

They're from a time when people had to know how to write, play instruments, and sing without autotune, so it's not for everyone.

[spurraider21]

Floyd fucking sucks.
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[RD2191]

They're from a time when people had to know how to write, play instruments, and sing without autotune, so it's not for everyone.
Overrated.

[RD2191]

Not even trolling. Floyd is trash.

[mouse]

Your mom's tumbleweed vagina

Well only you and her gynecologist would really know that to be a fact so I'll just have to take your word on it. Hope it was as good as you said on your down syndrome singles page. :tu

[Silver&Black]

Not even trolling. Floyd is trash.

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[dirk4mvp]

The Wall

some filler but the goods are still there and imo Gilmour gets his best tones on this one.

[Nbadan]

I've come back around to Dark Side of the Moon. It was my intro, then I had about 4-5 other favorites, but recently rediscovered DSOTM. Just perfect front to back.

Yeah, I have to agree with Sperminator on this one, but The Wall is definitive of Floyd...

[mojorizen7]

Animals. Probably Gilmour's finest work.

[.G.]

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[Infinite_limit]

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[DeadlyDynasty]

Meddle is a great album but a little unrefined imo. San Tropez is out of place on that album and Pillow of Winds/Fearless are just okay songs imo. Echoes is what takes the entire album up (because it's like half of it). That is probably my favorite or second favorite song by them.

But by far my favorite album is Wish You Were Here. Everything about it is perfect and a very thoughtful musical translation of the band's feelings for their former frontman. Also has a lot of personal sentimentality tbh but it has everything you want from Floyd -- crazy psychedelic rock, beautiful piano work, trippy effects, rocking solos, great singing, and long instances of pure instrumental glory.

Animals is also a very good album but I ding it because I dislike the opening/ending tracks, mostly because I am not as much of a Waters fan and he kinda has a shitty voice
I like that it's a bit unrefined--perfect precursor to DSOTM. Disagree on Pillow of Winds, very chill song and Echoes is GOAT, of course. San Tropez fits better on Meddle than Money does on DSOTM, fwiw.

[DeadlyDynasty]

As far as Piper, Lucifer Sam is the most underrated song on it.

[Blizzardwizard]

The Wall is brilliant. The amount of times times I've driven up and down England listening to that album is probably reaching close to 1000 times.


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[z0sa]

Live at Pompeii is the best thing Pink Floyd ever did, by far IMHO.

[Leetonidas]

I like that it's a bit unrefined--perfect precursor to DSOTM. Disagree on Pillow of Winds, very chill song and Echoes is GOAT, of course. San Tropez fits better on Meddle than Money does on DSOTM, fwiw.

Eh, I think Money fits well in the context of the album. Maybe I've listened to it too many times blown out of my mind but I always see it as a long musical exposition of one's life from beginning to end. There's a kind of somber feel to Meddle except for San Tropez which made it feel weird there. Still a good song though. I like Pillow of Winds but it's almost too chill for me at this point. Fearless is good but has too much random chanting on it.

I am a huge Floyd fan but imo their early stuff like Piper or Atom Heart is really meh, Gilmour himself later said it was mostly just noise.

Top 5 Floyd songs:

1. Echoes
2. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (both parts combined)
3. Dogs
4. Time
5. Have a Cigar


Tough for me to pick as so many of their songs are awesome.

[Infinite_limit]

'Money' is the only Floyd song I'll change on the radio

[HI-FI]

Meddle is my favorite. There's just something loose and fun in it, especially for Floyd standards. And then it all culminates in Echoes, which is their best song imo. As long as it is, I usually play it on repeat. I really dig Pillow of Winds, puts my mind at ease.

I like a lot of the earlier stuff and Barrett's solo work, but to me the band really got good with Gilmour, he brought some needed soul. Without Gilmour you end up with a lot of Water's pretentious wankery. He's talented but insufferable, it's the same reason I've never gotten into the Wall, despite some classic songs on it.

[Clipper Nation]

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[Infinite_limit]

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[mouse]

'Money' is the only Floyd song I'll change on the radio

Every chance I get I always try. To save it but it's gone after a day or two.

Anyone remember tangerine dream?

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[tlongII]

Wish You Were Here and Dark Side of the Moon are my favorites. I'm old so I've seen these guys live a couple of times back in the 70's. Quite an experience.

[ohmwrecker]

As far as Piper, Lucifer Sam is the most underrated song on it.

Not underrated imo. My favorite Floyd track.

[mavsfan1000]

Yippee. You can't see me. But I can you.

[Venti Quattro]

The Wall

[Fabbs]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUHQTywSJYM
This song seems like an obvious attempt of the money overlords of Pink to copy the Beatles? Or vice versa?

Indeed Barett according to Wiki:
Barrett, reportedly, was not happy with the final studio cut, and he protested against its release, which producer Norman Smith speculated was based on his fear of commercialism.

[CitizenDwayne]

As far as Piper, Lucifer Sam is the most underrated song on it.

Tremendous song. That guitar tone/riff is killer.

And I'm not really surprised to see a lot of people mentioning The Wall, what with its "cultural importance" (artistic pretension), but it really is the beginning of their downfall, in my opinion. Some good/great songs, but a historic amount of filler and a plot owing so much to The Who's Tommy that parts border on plagiarism.

As others have said, Syd Barrett just seems a much more interesting person with more to say (musically and lyrically) than Waters or Gilmour.

[cantthinkofanything]

Tremendous song. That guitar tone/riff is killer.

And I'm not really surprised to see a lot of people mentioning The Wall, what with its "cultural importance" (artistic pretension), but it really is the beginning of their downfall, in my opinion. Some good/great songs, but a historic amount of filler and a plot owing so much to The Who's Tommy that parts border on plagiarism.

As others have said, Syd Barrett just seems a much more interesting person with more to say (musically and lyrically) than Waters or Gilmour.

I tried to listen to Piper last night and it wasn't for me. Only made it through Lucifer Sam and gave up.

[CitizenDwayne]

I tried to listen to Piper last night and it wasn't for me. Only made it through Lucifer Sam and gave up.

Fair enough. It's certainly not for everyone.

It's so unlike any other PF album that it may as well be a different band

[mavsfan1000]

Fair enough. It's certainly not for everyone.

It's so unlike any other PF album that it may as well be a different band
Most psychedelic album out there. Will make your head spin. It lacks Gilmour's guitar playing. But makes up with imaginative lyrics and sound.

[cantthinkofanything]

Fair enough. It's certainly not for everyone.

It's so unlike any other PF album that it may as well be a different band

Yeah...in my mind, the Wall is Pink Floyd so this was a totally different experience. I did listen to Meddle last night which I guess is somewhere between and I did like it as it wasn't too unfamiliar a sound.

[ohmwrecker]

Yeah...in my mind, the Wall is Pink Floyd so this was a totally different experience. I did listen to Meddle last night which I guess is somewhere between and I did like it as it wasn't too unfamiliar a sound.

The Wall is most people's first exposure to Floyd. It was huge and the movie is a must see for every stoned teenager. However, looking back on it, I think it's pretty weak. Especially as a double album. The movie, barring the animation, is fucking awful too.

[cantthinkofanything]

The Wall is most people's first exposure to Floyd. It was huge and the movie is a must see for every stoned teenager. However, looking back on it, I think it's pretty weak. Especially as a double album. The movie, barring the animation, is fucking awful too.

You hit the nail on the head about The Wall. I remember we were at a party watching it for the first time and we ended up FF or Rew just to watch the animation. Of course most of the context was lost on a bunch of middle schoolers. And yeah...not a great double album but it did contain some great songs. Don't know how much financial success the band would have achieved without the push from The Wall (the song) getting wide radio play. I guess DSOTM still would have held its own.

[mavsfan1000]

The Wall is Roger Waters. Piper at the Gates of Dawn is Syd Barrett. So yeah expect a big difference in style.

[Infinite_limit]

The Wall is most people's first exposure to Floyd. It was huge and the movie is a must see for every stoned teenager. However, looking back on it, I think it's pretty weak. Especially as a double album. The movie, barring the animation, is fucking awful too.
Is it? Vast majority of Americans under the age of 30 are not aware the film exists


I think this image represents Pink Floyd to most Americans
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and the most well known Pink Floyd song is "Wish you were here". So I don't think the Wall is as popular as you argue.

[ohmwrecker]

Is it? Vast majority of Americans under the age of 30 are not aware the film exists, and the most well known Pink Floyd song is "Wish you were here". So I don't think the Wall is as popular as you argue.

I was mostly talking about people who grew up in that era of Floyd. The Wall was very popular. Another Brick..., Comfortably Numb and Young Lust are classic rock radio staples. The vast majority of Americans under 30 are morons. I don't give a shit what they are aware of.

[mavsfan1000]

I was mostly talking about people who grew up in that era of Floyd. The Wall was very popular. Another Brick..., Comfortably Numb and Young Lust are classic rock radio staples. The vast majority of Americans under 30 are morons. I don't give a shit what they are aware of.
Geezer alert.

[Infinite_limit]

I was mostly talking about people who grew up in that era of Floyd. The Wall was very popular. Another Brick..., Comfortably Numb and Young Lust are classic rock radio staples. The vast majority of Americans under 30 are morons. I don't give a shit what they are aware of.
Oh okay understood.

[CitizenDwayne]

The Wall is incredibly popular, perhaps one of the most well-know classic rock albums of all time.

Not sure how you could really argue otherwise

[ohmwrecker]

Geezer alert.

Moron alert.

[mavsfan1000]

Moron alert.
Back off old man

[ohmwrecker]

Back off old man

Get off my lawn, you snot nose punk.

[mavsfan1000]

Get off my lawn, you snot nose punk.
Anything you say Archie.

[ohmwrecker]

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[Silver&Black]

and the most well known Pink Floyd song is "Wish you were here"

Disagree. I think the most well known Floyd song is "Another brick in the Wall (part 2)"

We don't need no education.....got to be the most well known PF lyric of all time.

BTW...If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding!!

[tlongII]

Money.

[mouse]

It would be nice if the Pink Floyd haters would prove it by showing us what band in their era sounds better.

[cantthinkofanything]

It would be nice if the Pink Floyd haters would prove it by showing us what band in their era sounds better.

What haters? Only one here was Robdiaz. You really want to hear what he thinks is better? Lol.

[mouse]

Money.

Wow who knew a person that believes some random explosion of nothing caused the earth to have hot pools of liquid with rocks and after billions of years and the hot pools of liquid cooled down little wiggly things after billions of years grew legs and and crawled out of the pools to later evolve into a ape like creatures who after billions of years later became humans who after a few millions of years later "designed" an album that you would actually waste time listening to?