Pink Floyd Solo: First Album
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Topic: Pink Floyd Solo: First Album
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Subject: Pink Floyd Solo: First Album
Date Posted: November 03 2020 at 05:12
The first of two Pink Floyd solo album polls in The Endless River of polls. 
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 03 2020 at 05:16
| Gilmour's debut. |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: November 03 2020 at 05:28
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Mr. Gilmour. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: November 03 2020 at 05:39
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Wet Dream, the best solo Floyd album IMO. |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: November 03 2020 at 06:30
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Gilmour. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: November 03 2020 at 06:31
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DG. ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: November 03 2020 at 06:44
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First vote for 'Prons and Cons' here! I really enjoy this one. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 03 2020 at 06:54
what's a "pron"?
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A Crimson Mellotron wrote:Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: November 03 2020 at 07:09
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Shouldn't Music From The Body (albeit with Geesin) be considered Roger's first?? |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 03 2020 at 07:13
I wanted to point that out myself, but it being a collaboration and a soundtrack, I let it go...
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Posted By: Neu!mann
Date Posted: November 03 2020 at 07:55
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I can't believe I'm the first to vote for Syd..! ------------- "we can change the world without anyone noticing the difference" - Franco Falsini |
Posted By: DarkTower
Date Posted: November 03 2020 at 08:00
| Waters. |
Posted By: VianaProghead
Date Posted: November 03 2020 at 08:15
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David Gilmour - David Gilmour. ------------- "PROG IS MY FERRARI". Jem Godfrey (Frost*) |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: November 03 2020 at 08:19
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Gilmour without contest. ------------- 
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: November 03 2020 at 08:50
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Mr Gilmour's album is brilliant. -------------   
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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: November 03 2020 at 09:05
Hi, Honestly I doubt most folks have actually heard some of these solo efforts. (I have them all and have had them right from the first one! Gilmour) Barrett's is unrecognizable as a PF member. Gilmour's is conventional and nothing great. The video of his band (Manfred Mann's band I think it was), doing a tour in France is hundreds of times better than the album! Nick's is the most progressive of them all though it was jazz'y and fun and funny, and PF members have very little humor! Roger's is nice, but over blown because of a terribly over rated guitarist that did not know what to do ... witness Jeff Beck later and how/what he did! Wright's is by far the prettiest and nicest albums of them all, and it is more interesting, since too many of us have/had no idea how/what he worked with the band ... some really pretty stuff in there, and it used to be really hard to get (LP days!), and probably got easier on CD ... but I am not convinced that enough folks have heard it enough (timewise) compared to how many times they have heard Gilmour's. Wright's and Nick's by a mile. Syd's album is actually very sad ... somehow earlier the music was illustrated by his words, and it was far out and came off as stoney, or dopey ... and all of a sudden all anyone can play is beginning level rock and some chords, and the album is really not very good, and if it was you or I would be trashed senseless. All of a sudden, no one knew how to color his words ... and it was sad! The vision, was mostly ignored, where before the vision was illustrated even if in cartoon style.
------------- 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: SteveG
Date Posted: November 03 2020 at 09:09
------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: arturfd
Date Posted: November 03 2020 at 10:36
| Wet Dream is the best solo album from Pink Floyd so far. |
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: November 03 2020 at 10:40
Oopsy
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: November 03 2020 at 11:05
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Gilmour > Mason > Barrett > Wright > .................... > Waters Gilmour, Mason , Barret & Wright are all good to great, Waters less so. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: November 03 2020 at 11:10
| Unfortunately I've only heard the Roger Waters and David Gilmour albums so I won't vote in this but I definitely prefer the DG. However, wasn't technically "the body" the first RW solo album? |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 03 2020 at 11:47
The only album I haven't heard in this poll is Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports. I'm voting for Richard Wright by a very narrow margin over David Gilmour, having reviewed both debut albums and given them five star ratings. 
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Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: November 03 2020 at 12:06
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I went with Mason. Wright's would be a close second. ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: November 03 2020 at 20:27
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I would normally vote for David Gilmor, but in this case, my vote goes to Richard Wright.
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Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: November 04 2020 at 04:19
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David Gilmour. ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: Progmind
Date Posted: November 04 2020 at 17:11
Absolutely this!!
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Posted By: Braka1
Date Posted: November 06 2020 at 13:41
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Syd. His second album was a bit meh, but his first was great - even if it was uncomfortable to hear. 'Isn't it good to be lost in the wood Isn't it bad, so quiet there, in the wood' I think that lyric sums up Syd better than 'Shine On' ------------- Believe me Pope Paul, my toes are clean |
Posted By: AZF
Date Posted: November 06 2020 at 17:08
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It's a real pisser the band didn't stick around to record The Pros and Cons of Hitch-Hiking. Suppose making the movie of The Wall and the whole Final Cut experiences plainly did a number on group harmony. There's great stuff on The Madcap Laughs, but I always loved Barrett's second album more. Wet Dream I have the hardest time with. It's hard picking out particularly amazing sections. Makes me look at it as proof Rick's heart was leaving music. Although he's made better albums since, I find David Gilmour's first album quite too safe. Voter for Pros and Cons. Although Amused To Death still Roger's best for me. |
Posted By: tdfloyd
Date Posted: December 07 2020 at 03:20
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I have all of them but Barrett's but I have heard it and I'm not a fan. I like all of the rest all in varying degrees with my fav being Wright's. Wet Dream shows what Wright brought to the table in Pink Floyd. Half instrumental, keyboard heavy but not dominant, a bit jazzy, not very deep lyrics and his underrated voice. Gilmour 's self titled is blues based rock, with plenty of space for his guitar. It sounds like he is out playing with some old friends having a good time. Like Wright's Wet Dream, there is no major lyrical statement here, and the production isn't pristine like it is in PF. Waters' Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking, is different. It's lyric heavy with sparce musical pieces and is a direct descendant of the Final Cut. The production is immaculate. Mason's is the odd album as its really a Carla Bley album with Nick playing drums and producing. She wrote all of the songs. His production is very clean with the drums pushed more to the front than is usual for a PF album. The music is light avant jazz album with with some rocky moments. Chris Spedding does a great Gilmour like impression on the track Hot River. This album was my introduction to Carla Bley. In short, this is a sum of the parts. They show what Wright, Gilmour and Waters bring to Pink Floyd. And none of them solo are as good as they are together. But these are all good albums. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: January 02 2024 at 04:47
Still Waters run deep. Madcap Syd would be laughing to see he's picked up as many votes as Roger Waters, which surprised me in all honesty.
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Posted By: Octopus II
Date Posted: January 02 2024 at 04:53
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Posted By: Floydoid
Date Posted: January 02 2024 at 04:54
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I'll go for Rick's Wet dream. ------------- Is it any wonder that the monkey's confused? |
Posted By: Hiram
Date Posted: January 02 2024 at 11:29
| Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs. Of course. |
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: January 02 2024 at 13:03
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DG of course ;-) RW is also fine LP |