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Hard to pick . but I would say Ummagumma
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Originally posted by MikeEnRegalia MikeEnRegalia wrote:

I generally don't like "worst of" polls. Why focus on the negative?

My first thought when I saw the thread title. LOL Thanks for pointing it out. Smile
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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?
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Worst PF album pre-The Wall:


Anything post-TFCTongue


Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

None of them are bad. 
Ummagumma studio is my least favorite. 

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)


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Originally posted by Frets N Worries Frets N Worries wrote:

Surprised no one has mentioned 'More' 

I am a bit late entering this thread.

More, but actually none.
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It seems to me that the album with the least contributions is "Obscured by Clouds", followed by "More". 
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Originally posted by Frets N Worries Frets N Worries wrote:

Surprised no one has mentioned 'More' 

One of my favorites from PF. LOL
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Originally posted by Frets N Worries Frets N Worries wrote:

Surprised no one has mentioned 'More' 

I traded in my copy of More and The Final Cut for a copy of AHM, great trade

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. 
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Originally posted by LAM-SGC LAM-SGC wrote:

Atom Heart Mother


Really? I love it. I think Obscured by Clouds and Ummagumma are much much weaker. 


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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
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Originally posted by mellotronwave mellotronwave wrote:

Ummaguma studio (Aka LP2) for sure

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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.

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I love Obscured by Clouds, quite underrated
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Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

I always thought of Obscured by Clouds as pleasant but somewhat forgettable. 
Same here.
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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.

Fair enough, I should probably relisten as well...
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Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

 
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Some I love more than others, but my answer has to be: none.

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!
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Originally posted by Octopus II Octopus II wrote:

I like all of them. Smile
Same here.
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I like all of them. Smile
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Ummaguma studio (Aka LP2) for sure
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Obscured By Clouds or More. I do like them all.
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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.
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