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ACCORDING TO RATINGS ON PA (Worst to Best)

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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
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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.  
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Like them all as there are no bad albums here. So the two that I play the least are More and Piper
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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).
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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.
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