"Wish you were here".

"DSOTM was a great landmark album, but WYWH is for me pretty much perfect.

The Wall is one of the greatest achievements of the modern musical era.

A true Prog Classic which manages to keep the authors' credibility intact whilst appealing to a broad audience.

Intelligent,dark,honest lyrics and some sublime musicianship from Mr Gilmour et al.

Comfortably Numb greatest song from a concept album anyone?

They're all so good .... (possible exception of the wall)

I voted for Atom Heart Mother, the AHM suite and Summer' 68 are great songs, this album really deserves a vote!

wall

During my time as a Pink Floyd fan, I've had times in which every one of the albums listed had been a favourite, so it's a very hard question, but if I was to pick a Pink Floyd record from my collection right this moment and listen to it, it would be Atom Heart Mother, maybe it's another 5 minutes from now but.....       

Hey, Sweetnighter, why did you not include "Obscured By Clouds" (1972)? OK, the majority dismiss it, but I actually listen to it more than the others these days. I like the collection of short, melodic tracks, some of which really rock. The tracks 'Mudmen' and 'Stay' are superb in my opinion.

Of those you've listed, my favourites are "Atom Heart Mother" and "Dark Side Of The Moon". Hmmm, I'll vote for the former.

It's OK, I'm not "bashing" you!

I realized you wrote of those listed below, but you would have made this thread complete by adding one more line and placing Obscured by Clouds on the list.

It probably wouldn't have changed anyones vote but you never know. For me it is my 2nd favorite album of PF's of the 70's.

It was just one more line being added. One line!!........just one line!!!!!

gdub411 wrote: "For me it is my 2nd favorite album of PF's of the 70's."

WYWH gets my vote - am I the only person alive who believes that 'The Wall' is one of the most overrated albums ever? 'Comfortably Numb' is a classic, and I have a soft spot for 'One of my Turns', but apart from that I'd rather listen to 'The Final Cut'.

Lets face it, when rock stars start singing about how horrible life is as a rock star, it's time to quit.

I voted for WYWH but thats because it has two of my favourite Floyd tracks on it 'shine on..' and 'wish you were here' but i think its all for sentimental reasons

Musically I prefer their earlier albums.

I had no doubt about THE WALL

MEDDLE and UMMAGUMMA are the next ones for me...

 Wish... is the #1

don't understand the Animals thing though   

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Animals has my vote, but WYWH is a very close second.

Angeliqué wrote: Meddle - shweeeeetttt!!!

 - Me too.

Animals is my fave!

Meddle, although Atom Heart Mother runs a close 2nd.

It's the perfection of DSOTM that puts me off a little - I prefer a little roughness at the edges; which obviously discounts WYWH for the same reason. Animals is great, but it simply doesn't have the "draw" that keeps me coming back in the same way that Meddle does - especially "Echoes", and the style is nowhere near as varied. Say what you like about "Seamus", I think it breaks up the texture nicely - who else but Floyd would get a dog howling the blues onto an album? Or Liverpool fans chanting their club's anthem during "Fearless"?

Meddle may not be as daringly experimental as Ummagumma, but it's still pretty "out there" in its own rights - if only left of field. The Wall is too long really, in that it maintains the same mood and style for too long. There is great drama, and some great stylistic changes - but not enough to maintain my interest for 90-odd minutes. I even find the film hard going, despite the intense moments. Obscured by Clouds is a definite contender for 3rd place, IMO.

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Rob The Plant wrote: ANIMALS is the #1 album of all time in my opinion. It's brilliant. The story is amazing, it's thought provoking, the instrumentals, especially from Gilmour are amazing. It's the perfect album. No contest, even though all these Floyd albums are great.

Well there is quite a contest  But I agree, my vote goes to animals

Wish you were here....absolutely!

"Animals", "Wish You Were Here" would be my second choice.

Talk about an old poll... Sweetnighter, where are you

Gotta be Dark Side

Rob The Plant wrote: He y check out the amazing coincidental similarity between our names man!

Yes- both of you are robbing plants and robbing good people. Dispicable.

I like pre-dark side PF much more than post-dark side, with the exception of Wish You and Animals. 

1. Ummagumma

In no particular order:

• Atom Heart Mother
• Meddle
• Animals
• Wish You Were Here
• The Dark Side of the Moon

    (insert all other albums here)

• The Wall

1  meddle

2   dark side 

3  atom  mother

dont really care for the others. animals isnt that bad.

1. WYWH
2. Animals
3. DSOTM*
4. Meddle*
5. Atom Heart Mother*
6. The Wall*


*could change  at any moment...

1.  WISH YOU WERE HERE because i think it is the smoothest and most melodic with the  best lyrics.  I dont think any other floyd song has as good lyrics as welcome to the machine

2.  dark side of the moon

3.  meddle

4.  the wall

5.  animals

6.  atom heart mother 

1. DSOTM
2. WYWH
3. A

WYWH beats A, IMHO, only because of my favourite PF song "Shine On...".

 Obviously:   

"The Dark Side of the Moon (The initial "The" is omitted in most versions of the title) is a 1973 concept album by Pink Floyd, dealing with the pressures of life such as time, money, war, mental illness, and death.

Very difficult to pick between Wish You Were Here and Animals.

I will pick Wish You Were Here.