The Pink Floyd Thread

[jammindude]

Interesting factoid...

About 15 years ago, when I (and many others) were still new to the internet...I logged on to one of the first BIG PF fan sites at the time.  (the name slips my mind...but it was the biggie where that guy was slipping in clues about that thingy mystery that was never solved...there were pictures of messages in lights at concerts...etc....but I digress).

At that time...there was a poll for favorite and least favorite album.   There were several hundred votes in each category. 

The Final Cut *WON BOTH*. 

I just thought that was fairly telling of how polarizing that album is. 

My ranking:

1. The Wall
2. Animals
3. Obscured By Clouds
4. Meddle
5. Dark Side of the Moon
6. Wish You Were Here
7. Atom Heart Mother
8. A Momentary Lapse of Reason
9. A Saucerful of Secrets
10. Piper at the Gates of Dawn
11. The Final Cut
12. The Division Bell
13. More
14. Ummagumma

Subject to change...of course...

[AMindBesideItself]

Meddle is underrated as FUCK.

Yes, very awesome album. Pillow of Winds and Fearless are nice overlooked songs.

And speaking of lost gems, one early Floyd song I've been loving recently is Summer of '68, such a cool song.

Pillow of Winds and Fearless are in fact my favorite PF songs. I'll check out Summer of '68. 

[Mladen]

A Pillow of winds and Fearless are two of those songs that I've listened to dozens and dozens of times, and I literally mean dozens, yet I still have no recollection of them. Not a very special album at all in my book. One of these days is pretty cool, though, and Echoes is obviously a classic, and even that song has that noisy section that bothers me sometimes.

[Mosh]

Meddle is underrated as FUCK.

Yes, very awesome album. Pillow of Winds and Fearless are nice overlooked songs.

And speaking of lost gems, one early Floyd song I've been loving recently is Summer of '68, such a cool song.

Pillow of Winds and Fearless are in fact my favorite PF songs. I'll check out Summer of '68. 

They're great, I also really like San Tropez. Hope you enjoy Summer of '68

[jammindude]

A Pillow of winds and Fearless are two of those songs that I've listened to dozens and dozens of times, and I literally mean dozens, yet I still have no recollection of them. Not a very special album at all in my book. One of these days is pretty cool, though, and Echoes is obviously a classic, and even that song has that noisy section that bothers me sometimes.

This just blows my mind because I had heard Echoes and OOTD before I picked up Meddle....but it was APOW and Fearless that *solidified* Meddle as a classic in my book.

[KevShmev]

I like Meddle, but have never quite seen it as the great classic that many Floyd fans do.  Echoes is great, but is one of those songs I enjoy like once or twice a year, and I've never been overly keen on that studio version of One of These Days (it's too noisy).  Fearless and A Pillow of Winds are both nice, but neither are essential, and I don't care much for the other two songs. 

[FlyingBIZKIT]

I used to think The Wall was my favorite album, but now, shit...it's not as good as The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, Meddle, AND Atom Heart Mother 

[SystematicThought]

I am really in love with Obscured By Clouds. The Gold Is In The... is phenomonal

[carl320]

I've been meaning to get some 80s PF, like The Division Bell and Momentary Lapse of Reason.

As for favorite, I also used to think that The Wall mas my favorite, but then I heard Animals 

[FrostbiteZ]

I am really in love with Obscured By Clouds. The Gold Is In The... is phenomonal

Its a great album. I especially  Mudmen, Burning Bridges & Absolutely Curtains. I can sit and listen to Mudmen for hours https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzbtinVhWsE

[Zydar]

Yeah, I recently got a new appreciation for Obscured By Clouds, there are many great songs there.

[Mladen]

I used to think The Wall was my favorite album, but now, shit...it's not as good as The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, Meddle, AND Atom Heart Mother 

Always good to see appreciation for Atom heart mother. I would take it over Meddle any time. And yeah, I also really like Obscured by clouds, there are some truly gorgeous bits on it, especially the ballads.

[Sketchy]

I love the way Obscured starts, and pretty much the whole thing is great, but I especially like Wot's... Uh, The Deal?

[Cool Chris]

I love the way Obscured starts, and pretty much the whole thing is great, but I especially like Wot's... Uh, The Deal?

Wot's... Uh, The Deal? is a great song. So great that David brought it out for his On An Island tours.

[FlyingBIZKIT]

Us and Them is the best from TDSOTM 

[Jirpo]

Us and Them is the best from TDSOTM 

Obviously!

[ReaperKK]

(the name slips my mind...but it was the biggie where that guy was slipping in clues about that thingy mystery that was never solved...there were pictures of messages in lights at concerts...etc....but I digress).

I always wanted to find out the answer to that puzzle they had. The pics of the messages at the concerts were pretty cool.

[FlyingBIZKIT]

Poles Apart

[kári]

Australian Pink Floyd show were amazing BTW!

[Ħ]

So I've never really listened to and PF album outside of DSOTM, The Wall, Animals, and WYWH. I've been going through the others recently and, while I can appreciate them greatly, they aren't as good as those four. Here's some of my thoughts on the ones I've listened to:

Ummagumma - their most out-there album I've heard. Probably something no one but a die hard PF fan would care for. It was interesting but I doubt I'd listen again.

Meddle - very pleasant album. Echoes unfortunately was a disappointment, probably one of the lesser tracks on the album.

A Momentary Lapse of Reason - Totally boring, I did not click with a single song.

Final Cut - VERY impressive. This is the Pink Floyd sound that I love the most. Very desperate and melodramatic. Love it.

The Division Bell - Very very good, but a very different beast from the Roger Waters albums. It had very beautiful solos and I would not be surprised if JP got a lot of inspiration for his tone from this album. Very nice.

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn/A Saucerful of Secrets - Pretty awful.

[Sketchy]

Meddle - very pleasant album. Echoes unfortunately was a disappointment, probably one of the lesser tracks on the album.

 

[Mladen]

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn/A Saucerful of Secrets - Pretty awful.

Wrong. And why on Earth did you skip Atom heart mother?

[KevShmev]

I wouldn't describe Piper... as awful, but it is definitely not that good, and I'll never get the high rating it gets from a lot of people. 

I like Echoes a lot, but Meddle as a whole is certainly not great. 

[TheVoxyn]

The final cut is pretty underrated, it's one of my favourites.

[crazyaga]

Atom Heart Mother is very underrated. Its a gem of an album.

[Nick]

I wouldn't describe Piper... as awful, but it is definitely not that good, and I'll never get the high rating it gets from a lot of people. 

I like Echoes a lot, but Meddle as a whole is certainly not great. 

Agree with both points. On the latter one Fearless is also excellent, but the rest of the album is merely... there.

[Onno]

AHM is very cool. I think it's better than Meddle.

[The King in Crimson]

I wouldn't describe Piper... as awful, but it is definitely not that good, and I'll never get the high rating it gets from a lot of people. 

I would. 
I could never understand the love for that album.

I like Echoes a lot, but Meddle as a whole is certainly not great.

I like Meddle a lot but it certainly is a bit uneven compared to their best albums.

I finally listened to The Final Cut a few weeks ago and I think it's unfairly maligned by the PF community.  It's much, much more cohesive and consistent than The Wall.

Atom Heart Mother is... okay.  Frankly, a lot of it is rather boring but I haven't really listened to it all that much.  It's just never really impressed me.

[KevShmev]

The problem with Piper is that so much of it is just psychedelic weirdness, which doesn't appeal that much to me.  Interstellar Overdrive starts off with that cool riff (even if the guitar tone is sort of like fingernails on a chalkboard), but then delves off into nine minutes of random weirdness.  I suppose something like that is great if you are stoned out of your mind , but if you are not, maybe not so much?

Astronomy Domine is great, but was done significantly better when Gilmour was in the band, both when played longer (and featured on the Ummagumma live disc) and more direct and focused on The Division Bell tour.

[Sketchy]

I think the problem with TFC is it's missing a lot of the elements that made Floyd... well, Floyd. That and it's really depressing. It's a well written album and very consistent, I just don't like it. It doesn't sound like Floyd, it sounds like Roger Waters (not that that's a bad thing, Amused To Death and Radio KAOS kick arse in a really, really epic way).

[Mladen]

Piper at the gates of dawn just shines with beauty and joy for the most part. The last four songs on the album in particular just make me happy and help me realize how wonderful life can be. It's probably the only Floyd album which works that way, that's why it stands out in their discography.

[Onno]

I think the problem with TFC is it's missing a lot of the elements that made Floyd... well, Floyd. That and it's really depressing. It's a well written album and very consistent, I just don't like it. It doesn't sound like Floyd, it sounds like Roger Waters (not that that's a bad thing, Amused To Death and Radio KAOS kick arse in a really, really epic way).

True. It's more of a Waters album than a PF album. For me, the same thing goes for A Momentary Lapse of Reason and The Division Bell: I consider them both to be more Gilmour albums than PF albums, and I don't really like them very much.

[Phoenix87x]

Just had a double dose of DSOTM and WYWH. What a magical evening.

[Ħ]

Listened to the remaining albums.

Atom Heart Mother - I don't remember much about it other than I liked it. It was pretty good.

Obscured By Clouds - Completely forgettable. Not bad music but I just don't remember a single thing about it.

Soundtrack From The Film More (not sure if this is considered an actual studio album or not) - Pretty lame.

[Ħ]

I really have to say I prefer Waters-dominated material the most. The Wall and The Final Cut are probably my top two PF albums at this point. They have an emotional kick to them that the other albums seem to lack.