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    Posted: October 03 2024 at 12:49
Well I have been listening to Pink Floyd since the dawn of the 1970's and they have been my favourite band since 1972. As well as being a researcher & compiler of their discography (both band and solo projects) - here is the list of my personal favourite track from each of the band's studio albums.

1. Bike - Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967)
2. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun - A Saucerful of Secrets (1968)
3. Cirrus Minor - Soundtrack from the Film 'More' (1969)
4. Grantchester Meadows - Ummagumma (1969)
5. Summer '68 - Atom Heart Mother (1970)
6. One of These Days - Meddle (1971)
7. Free Four - Obscured by Clouds (1972)
8. Brain Damage - Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
9. Wish You Were Here - Wish You Were Here (1975)
10. Sheep - Animals (1977)
11. Nobody Home - The Wall (1979)
12. The Fletcher Memorial Home - The Final Cut (1983)
13. Sorrow - A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987)
14. High Hopes - The Division Bell (1994)
15. Louder Than Words - The Endless River (2014)

Honourable mentions:
a. Interstellar Overdrive - London 66/67 (1999)
b. Crumbling Land - Zabriskie Point (1970)
c. Biding My Time - Relics (1971)
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1. Interstellar Overdrive (The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn)
2. See-Saw (A Saucerful Of Secrets)
3. Cirrus Minor (More)
4. Sysyphus (Ummagumma)
5. Summer '68 (Atom Heart Mother)
6. Echoes (Meddle)
7. Burning Bridges (Obscured By Clouds)
8. Money (The Dark Side Of The Moon)
9. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-5) (Wish You Were Here)
10. Dogs (Animals)
11. Comfortably Numb (The Wall)
12. Two Suns In The Sunset (The Final Cut)
13. Learning To Fly (A Momentary Lapse Of Reason)
14. Coming Back To Life (The Division Bell)
15. ... ehhh, probably It's What We Do (The Endless River)
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it might be interesting to keep track of every album's fave track collectively


1. Interstellar Overdrive (The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn)
2. Controls of the sun (A Saucerful Of Secrets)
3. Nile Song (More)
4. Eugene's Axe (Ummagumma)
5. AHM (Atom Heart Mother)
6. Echoes (Meddle)
7.  Obscured by Clouds (Obscured By Clouds)
8. Time or Brain Damage (The Dark Side Of The Moon)
9. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-5) (Wish You Were Here)
10. Sheep (Animals)
11. Hey You (The Wall)
12. Two Suns In The Sunset (The Final Cut)
13.  Signs of Life (A Momentary Lapse Of Reason)
14. Cluster one (The Division Bell)


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The Piper at the Gates of Dawn - Interstellar Overdrive
A Saucerful of Secrets - Let There Be More Light
More - The Nile Song
Ummagumma - The Narrow Way
Atom Heart Mother - s/t
Meddle - Echoes
Obscured by Clouds - Stay
Dark Side of the Moon - Us and Them
Wish You Were Here - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (6-9)
Animals - Sheep
The Wall - Goodbye Blue Sky
The Final Cut - Paranoid Eyes
A Momentary Lapse of Reason - Yet Another Movie
The Division Bell - A Great Day for Freedom
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Interstellar
Let There...
N/A
Furry Animals
s/t
Echoes
Don't remember
Us And Them
SHine on Pts 1-5
Dogs
Hey You
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Astronomy Domine
Remember a Day
The Nile Song
Grantchester Meadows
Fat Old Sun
One of These Days
Childhood's End
Time
Wish You Were Here
Dogs
Goodbye Blue Sky
When the Tigers Broke Free
On the Turning Away
High Hopes
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Interstellar Overdrive (Piper at the Gates of Dawn)
Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun (A Saucerful of Secrets)
Cymbaline (More OST)
Grandchester Meadows (Ummagumma)
Fat Old Sun (Atom Heart Mother)
Fearless (Meddle)
Absolutely Curtains (Obscured by Clouds)
Money (Dark Side of the Moon)
Welcome to the Machine (Wish You Were Here)
Pigs (Three Different Ones) (Animals)
Another Brick in the Wall (Part II) (The Wall)
Paranoid Eyes (The Final Cut)
Yet Another Movie (A Momentary Lapse of Reason)
Keep Talking (The Division Bell)
On Noodle Street (The Endless River)
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1. Interstellar Overdrive - Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967) (but I need to mention Astronomy Domine)
2. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun - A Saucerful of Secrets (1968)
3. The Nile Song - Soundtrack from the Film 'More' (1969)
4. Grantchester Meadows - Ummagumma (1969)
5. Atom Heart Mother - Atom Heart Mother (1970)
6. Echoes - Meddle (1971) (but Fearless is also in my PF top five)
7. Wot's...Uh The Deal - Obscured by Clouds (1972)
8. Brain Damage/Eclipse* - Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
9. Shine On You Crazy Diamond 1-5 - Wish You Were Here (1975)
10. Dogs - Animals (1977)
11. Hey You - The Wall (1979)
12. Two Suns In The Sunset - The Final Cut (1983)

...and unfair or not, I'll pass on the rest.

Honourable mentions:

a. See Emily Play - #7 / Relics (1967/1971)
b. Embryo - Picnic: A Breath of Fresh Air (1968/1970)
c. Red Queen (Country Song) take 2 - Zabriskie Point sessions (1969/2004)

*I know it's cheating, but it was always one song to me
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1  Astronomy Domine
2  Remember A Day
3  Green Is The Colour
4  The Narrow Way
5  Atom Heart Mother
6  Echoes
7  Childhoods End
8  Time
9  Shine On You Crazy Diamond 1-5
10 Dogs
11 Hey You
12 Two Suns in The Sunset
13 Yet Another Movie
14 Wearing The Inside Out
15 Louder Than Words 
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Favourite Pink Floyd albums ranked in order and favourite songs from each of those same albums:-

06. 4 stars 1987: Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse of Reason - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n08I7C9aGvUGTWmENUINUSQNiV1BVZ_cs
09. 4 stars 1969: Pink Floyd - More (soundtrack) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EI8T_Rwi1hE
15. 3 stars 1967: Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kSgXPSP2bLvCWtPF64Wopm2N1OHhCe4sg

01. High Hopes
02. Us and Them
03. Shine On You Crazy Diamond
04. Louder Than Words
05. Comfortably Numb
06. Sorrow
07. Atom Heart Mother
08. Dogs
09. Cymbaline
10. Echoes
11. Burning Bridges
12. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
13. Two Suns in the Sunset
14. Astronomy Domine (Live)
15. Interstellar Overdrive
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Interstellar Overdrive (Piper at the Gates of Dawn)
Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun (A Saucerful of Secrets)
The Nile Song (More OST)
Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict (Ummagumma)
Atom Heart Mother (Atom Heart Mother)
Echoes (Meddle)
The Gold, it's in the... (Obscured by Clouds)
Time (Dark Side of the Moon)
Shine on You Crazy Diamond (Wish You Were Here)
Pigs (Three Different Ones) (Animals)
The Trial (The Wall)
Not Now John (The Final Cut)
On the Turning Away (A Momentary Lapse of Reason)
High Hopes (The Division Bell)
Louder than Words (The Endless River)

A Basic list, but great tracks
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1. Pow R. Toc H. (The Piper at the Gates of Dawn)
2. A Saucerful of Secrets (A Saucerful of Secrets)
3. Main Theme (More)
4. Sysyphus (Ummagumma)
5. Summer '68 (Atom Heart Mother)
6. Echoes (Meddle)
7. Mudmen (Obscured by Clouds)
8. Any Colour You Like (The Dark Side of the Moon)
9. Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Parts 6-9 (Wish You Were Here)
10. Sheep (Animals)
11. Run Like Hell (The Wall)
12. The Hero's Return (The Final Cut)
13. Terminal Frost (A Momentary Lapse of Reason)
14. Keep Talking (The Division Bell)
15. It's What We Do (The Endless River)

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