Pink Floyd, an open discussion

Love them....

For me;-

1. In the flesh -Oakland, CA- 5/9/77

2. Animals

3. Wish you were here

4. The Wall

5. Dark side of the moon

6. Atom heart mother

7. Meddle

8. The Final cut

9. Obscured by clouds

10. The division bell

1. WYWH
2. Animals

The rest kinds of pales in comparison, but DSOTM and The Wall held sway for a moment in time that can't be denied - commercial or not.

(IMHO)

Pink Floyd songs are an important part of my life's soundtrack. The first prog album I bought was Floyd's and I have liked them since although I think I may discern when sometimes they did some flaws - very few IMO, and be critical upon.

WYWH, The Wall and the duo AHM and Meddle are the best Floyd albums for me! 

Winter Wine wrote: ummagumma08 wrote: ah, Pink Floyd, the first prog band I liked... Piper at the Gates of Dawn **** Great example of British Psychedelia, fresh and funny. A Saucerful of Secrets **** A bit darker, but a great experimental album  More *** Some nice tunes, nothing special Ummagumma ****½ The live set is as good as Pink Floyd gets and ever will be! The studio disc has plenty of great moments... Atom Heart Mother ***** Superb symphonic accomplishment! Meddle **** Great record! Dark Side of the Moon ***½ A bit overrated, but a classic nevertheless! Wish You Were Here ***½ as above Animals ***** Dark prog masterpiece! The Wall **½ Overrated! The Final Cut ***½ Great personal Roger Waters album, full of emotion and anger. A Momentary Lapse of Reason  The worst piece of uninspirering and boring material I've ever heard The Division Bell   Not as bad a Momentary..., but close. Yes pre 'Dark Side Pink Floyd' is what I prefer the most, and I also have a very hard time 'accepting' Piper rated lower than Momentary and Division Bell, but personal tastes differ, nothing I can do about it, but I find it very strange! You would rate A Saucerful of Secrets over Dark Side and Wish You Were Here?! Hmmmmm, I wonder if that's only because of the success those records had....

Chill out! He can like Saucer Full of Secrets if he wants!

• 10 The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
• 7 A Saucerful of secrets
• 9.5 Ummagumma
• 7.5 More
• 9 Atom Heart Mother
• 11 Meddle
• 8 Obscured by clouds 
• 10 The Dark Side of the Moon
• 10 Wish You Were Here
• 10 Animals
• 8.5 The Wall
• 8.5 The Final Cut
• 8 A Momentary Lapse of Reason
• 7.5 The Division Bell

Essentials highlighted

I rated out of a possible 10 points instead of 5, to be more accurate.

About whether I prefere Waters era or Gilmour, I would have to vote Waters since there are clearly more orriginal ideas and more albums. Gilmour era is not bad just lacking some due to new ideas and concepts but overall is a nice ending to a band.

I think Syd was a genious among opening his mind and being orriginal. Roger was the master of conceptual ideas and looked at the grand picture of things, not focusing on detail, and I like that. Rick is a great player no matter what any of you say, he had more feeling than Emerson even though he was slower. Gilmour is a great player and writes decent songs by himself, and Nick was essential to the band because he helped Roger with ideas and concepts although he also failed to get into details. As a drummer he absolutely fits the style of the band and is perfect for being a Pink Floyd drummer. Roger is an average bassist who could use a little more teaching, but overall fits the bands style, he was and still is a great song writer.

It's to bad the band didn't work together more, it is clear that they were best when they did. To many albums suffer from the band working seperately and not helping eachother contribute ideas in the studio, but in concert no one could touch them, they worked great together in concert for some reason.

Meddle is my favorite, it is the album when they finnally get the accoustic sound right. Their experimentation and jamming techniques are perfected in "One of these days" and "Echoes" as well as "Seamus". Double bass techniques, wind machines, gut-wrenching guitar solo's, dogs that are adding the perfect element of sadness to a blues song, experimental guitar and organ sound effects, slow motion voices, and even voices from a football game to give backing support the the claim that "you will never walk alone", not only is that prog thinking but it is played in a way that only a prog artist can play it. Lyrical perfection is acheived when it comes to imagery, metaphor, and feeling. This album is also a great example of each member working together collaboratively without any anger among them being apparent, unlike any of the later albums.

Human emotion is perfectly presented. Emotions such as sadness, happiness, humor, anger, optimism, loneliness, laziness, confusion, jealousy, and love are presented musically in a way that touches the soul that no other album can do for me. I promise each and every one of these emotions is shown, whether it be through lyrics, sound effects, or in the music itself and if you don't believe me go ahead and find them yourself.

That preety much is my review for my favorite album by my favorite band. Second favorite would be a tie between the other essential albums I highlighted.

^I will say Ummagumma, but as my favorite Floyd album

• Piper
• A Saucerful Of Secrets
• Ummagumma
• More
• Atom Heart Mother
• Live At Pompeii
• Meddle
• Obscured By Clouds
• DSOTM
• Wish You
• Animals
• The Wall
• The Wall(film)
• Final Cut

My journry into rock music(long before I discovered prog) started with them, but it took years to appreciate the early stuff

Ummagumma will eat you!