Worst PF album pre-The Wall
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Topic: Worst PF album pre-The Wall
Posted By: LAM-SGC
Subject: Worst PF album pre-The Wall
Date Posted: October 09 2023 at 04:36
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Posted By: Frets N Worries
Date Posted: October 09 2023 at 04:44
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Hm, Pre The Wall, I'm going to say Ummagumma. Not TERRIBLE, but certainly not great. ------------- The Wheel of Time Turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the shadow. Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time... |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: October 09 2023 at 05:23
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I always thought of Obscured by Clouds as pleasant but somewhat
forgettable. Because of this post I decided to give it a listen for the
first time in years. It's pretty great actually. Beautiful. I no longer
understand my previous reservations. Ummagumma's studio experiments are very much hit or miss for me, but all in all the album is rather dear to me still. More, I've always liked more. The rest are more or less all classics. Some I love more than others, but my answer has to be: none. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: October 09 2023 at 05:29
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None of them are bad. Ummagumma studio is my least favorite.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: October 09 2023 at 05:31
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My Bottom Three Pre-Wall albums:- 17.  1971: Pink Floyd - Meddle - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nznfbOMyruTyQ1CAOO8AON_qXVbA4fAA8" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nznfbOMyruTyQ1CAOO8AON_qXVbA4fAA8 18.  1969: Pink Floyd - Ummagumma - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kAc6x90dz0ECmWwY3MSmuT1sHrL9p6bSI" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kAc6x90dz0ECmWwY3MSmuT1sHrL9p6bSI 19.
1967: Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kSgXPSP2bLvCWtPF64Wopm2N1OHhCe4sg" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kSgXPSP2bLvCWtPF64Wopm2N1OHhCe4sg |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: October 09 2023 at 05:49
| I indeed like them all. The one I listen to less is The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, mainly because it sounds dated to me. However, is still a great album. |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: October 09 2023 at 05:49
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Obscured By Clouds or More. I do like them all. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: October 09 2023 at 05:57
| Ummaguma studio (Aka LP2) for sure |
Posted By: Octopus II
Date Posted: October 09 2023 at 06:02
I like all of them. 
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Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: October 09 2023 at 06:29
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Octopus II wrote:Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: October 09 2023 at 06:29
Hi, You already knew what Mosh was gonna say! Pretty soon the same folks are gonna say that the 3rd is better than the 5th and the 9th is the stink! I have my reservations to their actual listening to the music, and appreciate any magnanimous artist! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: October 09 2023 at 07:34
Same here.
Fair enough, I should probably relisten as well...
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Posted By: Frets N Worries
Date Posted: October 09 2023 at 08:06
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I love Obscured by Clouds, quite underrated ------------- The Wheel of Time Turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the shadow. Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time... |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: October 09 2023 at 09:14
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Obscured by Clouds is the most boring and generic but not unlistenable. I really don't get the dislike for Ummagumma. It's perhaps one of the most adventurous and fascinating albums in all of music history. Obviously too "out there" for many. More upon first encounter is rather disappointing but it really grew on me. It's subtly seductive and reveals more on a microlevel. Atom Mother Heart is inconsistent but the title track is one of my favorite prog tracks of all time. -------------  https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: October 09 2023 at 09:41
likewise... ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Frets N Worries
Date Posted: October 09 2023 at 09:45
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Surprised no one has mentioned 'More' I traded in my copy of More and The Final Cut for a copy of AHM, great trade ------------- The Wheel of Time Turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the shadow. Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time... |
Posted By: AJ Junior
Date Posted: October 09 2023 at 09:53
Really? I love it. I think Obscured by Clouds and Ummagumma are much much weaker.
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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: October 09 2023 at 13:11
I find 'More' is actually very listenable to, especially for an OST. Apart from excerpts of The Wall, The Final Cut was the first PF album I ever heard, when it came out and I'm embarrassed to say, it put me off exploring 'proper' PF for some time. I have always found tFC quite an ordeal. ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: October 09 2023 at 13:13
One of my favorites from PF.
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Posted By: Hector Enrique
Date Posted: October 09 2023 at 15:26
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It seems to me that the album with the least contributions is "Obscured by Clouds", followed by "More". ------------- Héctor Enrique |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: October 10 2023 at 00:37
I am a bit late entering this thread. More, but actually none. ------------- 
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: October 10 2023 at 04:01
Yesss, I wouldn't put any Floyd album below a Gnosis 9 (out of 15) I'm not crazy about Obscured By Clouds (I like most of More, though), Gumma (I like Umma) and don't appreciate the nutty singles of the Barrett era. AHM might maybe my fave nowadays because it's the only one I played (a few times) in years (outside live or boots)
------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: October 10 2023 at 04:32
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Can't vote, because even though PF are easily among my top 20 all time favorite bands, I simply have no time to listen to their early albums again to make up my mind. Besides, I generally don't like "worst of" polls. Why focus on the negative? ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to: 
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: October 10 2023 at 05:17
My first thought when I saw the thread title.
Thanks for pointing it out. |
Posted By: Lesanderd
Date Posted: October 10 2023 at 05:26
| Hard to pick . but I would say Ummagumma |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: October 10 2023 at 05:28
Ummagumma live is amazing IMO. I played it a lot and it's still fun to get back to it.
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: October 10 2023 at 09:20
Lets just say that the Live disc is Umma and the Studio disc is Gumma.
 ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: October 10 2023 at 11:28
This. Pink Floyd was both evolutionary AND revolutionary, and they were breaking ground where none had gone. Of course there were rough spots. Set the controls for the heart of the sun, please. ------------- I am not a Robot, I'm a FREE MAN!! |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: October 11 2023 at 01:23
| No dog in this fight, I just don't listen to anything pre Meddle! |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: October 11 2023 at 06:03
Hi, This is really sad. The film was EXCELLENT, however, unlike a lot of Hollywood stuff, the music in it is not heard in the regular makes no sense style in films ... the whole thing is seen/heard from the girl's point of view, and the music is on a cassette player she carries with her. Most of it, is used in her "tripping", and it was beautifully done, despite the horrible set of film stock used for the film which didn't exactly make it better, and instead made it look like a high school/college made film with no money whatsoever. The music in the film is very well used, unlike "Obscured by Clouds" that had an Oscar Winning Cinematographer, and the music was not quite used well at all, except in the opening credits ... on top of the fact that the film looks like it was cut up senselessly to make it strange, stoney and weird. Given the stuff that folks watch today, and seem to like a lot, a film like MORE will not be appreciated by a lot of folks today, and the music in the album will appear not together, or in some sort of cohesive fashion. Maybe if those folks had a nice trip they would realize that it doesn't matter if the music comes from a cassette player or from the movie screen ... you still fly with it and then some ... but I doubt many folks today give a poop and are strong enough to learn and find out! And then be able to "LIVE" with the story, instead of "imagining it". There is a massive difference! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: October 11 2023 at 07:19
| Either Saucerful of Secrets or More. I guess I'll officially say More. OBC is right behind them though. |
Posted By: Gerinski
Date Posted: October 11 2023 at 08:39
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I appreciate the innovation and originality of Syd's albums, but by now they are the ones I play the least with difference. Actually same as Richard, I rarely find myself playing anything pre-Meddle, but Ummagumma, More and Obscured by Clouds still get some playing once in a while.
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Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: October 11 2023 at 12:41
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Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: October 11 2023 at 14:11
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None of them are bad, indeed, but More is the one that I've never really attached much value to, especially compared to all their other albums (pre- or post- The Wall). ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Posted By: Van Jackson
Date Posted: October 13 2023 at 14:23
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Posted By: SuppersReady46
Date Posted: October 16 2023 at 07:26
| My least favorite is piper at the gates of dawn. I enjoy it but it isnt nearly as progressive as the albums to come |
Posted By: O666
Date Posted: October 16 2023 at 11:04
| NONE honestly |
Posted By: Disconnect
Date Posted: October 18 2023 at 16:46
| in the vast minority here, but my vote would be for either (or both) of the first 2 albums. Just not a fan of the Syd Barrett stuff. I guess I never believed in all the hype surrounding Syd Barrett as a songwriter or whatever else he was. Of course I realize his influence on Waters' lyrics in later works, but....just do not care for those first 2 albums. |
Posted By: frankbostick
Date Posted: October 19 2023 at 11:24
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Obscured by clouds, but a good album. |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: October 21 2023 at 21:58
| Not sure. If I have to choose, it might just as well be Obscured by Clouds, though it's not really bad at all, just... perhaps forgettable compared to other stuff they have released. And even that one has little gems as, for me, Mudmen. Or if I would separate the discs, then I may agree with those that say the Studio disc of Ummagumma. |
Posted By: Frets N Worries
Date Posted: October 21 2023 at 22:54
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ACCORDING TO RATINGS ON PA (Worst to Best) More Obscured by Clouds Ummagumma A Saucerful of Secrets The Piper at the Games of Dawn Atom Heart Mother Meddle Animals The Dark Side of the Moon Wish You Were Here (All their albums ranked worst to best according to PA) A Momentary Lapse of Reason More The Final Cut The Endless River Obscured by Clouds Ummagumma A Saucerful of Secrets The Division Bell The Piper at the Games of Dawn Atom Heart Mother The Wall Meddle Animals The Dark Side of the Moon Wish You Were Here ------------- The Wheel of Time Turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the shadow. Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time... |
Posted By: Intruder
Date Posted: October 22 2023 at 10:29
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Pre-Wall Floyd is where it's at - as a fan, there's not a duffer in the bunch. And I'm seeing waaaay too much hate on Obsucred - it's one of their best all-around albums. Some far out psych, some spacy pop, some excellent group playing, especially Gilmore and Wright. There is one album that I don't turn to very often - I dig it but think the group overreached on a few tracks and threw a bit of filler pop tunes in to round things out: Saucerful of Secrets. ------------- I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there..... |
Posted By: tdfloyd
Date Posted: October 29 2023 at 02:27
| Like them all as there are no bad albums here. So the two that I play the least are More and Piper |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: October 29 2023 at 07:35
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Worst to best: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn - pretty awful. Saucerful of Secrets - pretty poor. Ummagumma - mediocre More - OK Atom Heart Mother - good Wish You Were Here - outstanding in parts, mediocre in others DSOM - very good Obscured by Clouds - very different, but excellent except for Mudmen Meddle - excellent except for Seamus, and Echoes is their masterwork Animals - brilliant But The Wall and A Momentary Lapse of Reason are pretty dreadful (Comfortably Numb excepted). ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: Dapper~Blueberries
Date Posted: October 30 2023 at 11:50
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Alright here's my thoughts on each album Piper - A pretty good first start. Astronomy Domine, Interstellar Overdrive, and Bike are still fantastic. Saucerful - Underrated second outing. Used to be my all time favorite but it's not anymore, but the title track is still fantastic. More - Very just a nothing kind of album. Ummagumma - Live album is amazing, studio...meh. Atom Heart Mother - My all time favorite Pink Floyd album. Consistently great throughout, with an amazing epic! Meddle - Aside from One Of These Days and Echoes, it's kinda just ok to me. Obscured - The better OST, still kinda just ok. Dark Side - Yeah kinda basic but this is a masterpiece Wish You Were Here - Ngl, not as big of a fan of this as most people. Still pretty great. Animals - Really amazing, though Roger needed an ego check during the recording of that record. So I would say my least favorite is More. You can probably skip it and maybe miss, like, 2 alright songs. ------------- D~B |