Favorite Pink Floyd album?

[galadrium]

Mine would have to be Piper at the Gates of Dawn. Love the Syd Barrett Floyd.

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

1. Wish You Where Hear.

I like the melancholy cynicsm in that album...esp. the title cut.

[zmdem]

44. Typo ?

I think you meant "Wish You Were Her", their concept album about a plain girlfriend and old Marilyn Monroe movies ;)

[jonnyblitz]

2. anything but "Dark Side of the Moon" for me

that album, to me, is like "stairway to heaven" or "freebird". (((((enough already)))))

I like "wish you were here".

[luaneryder]

3. Momentary Lapse of Reason

[Gothic Sponge]

4. The White Album

;)


The Wall.

[Liberal Veteran]

5. Meddle.

I just love that album.

[ChaoticSilly]

37. Love Meddle

Echoes is one of PF's best songs

[Barad Simith]

6. it's a tie

Wish You Were Here
and
Dark Side Of The Moon

[Ready4Change]

7. The Final Cut.

When I'm feeling depressed, one listen to "The Final Cut" convinces me I have yet to plumb those depths.

[carpetbagger]

8. I'll be the contrarian: Final Cut

Not particularly good music to get stoned by, but it gives a coherent voice at last to what Roger Waters was trying to say in Animals and The Wall. If you don't mind Pink Floyd in their quietest moments, it holds its own against the other albums.

[tarkus]

19. I love The Final Cut! Great stuff, in my opinion. NM

[fishwax]

33. I'm a big fan of the Final Cut too

though most floyd fans tend to hate it, for some reason. But I've managed to sway a few in my time :)

[mailman82]

9. pink floyd

Momentary lapse of reason

[Lefty48197]

10. animals

.

[Warren DeMontague]

11. Since My Floyd-Mania Days are well behind me

I only listen to them on occasion.

Therefore, I have to say in terms of overall composition, stature, and just genuine all-time classic-ness, it's gotta go to DSOTM.

However, I was certainly burned out on it for many, many years.

Other contenders, for sure:

Meddle
Animals
WYWH

the old Syd Barrett stuff is cool, too.

[BlueHandDuo]

12. DSOTM maybe, The Wall maybe...

...but not Animals.

I mean, I like animals, but I never did like Animals.

[Warren DeMontague]

14. Took me until a few years ago to get into it

...there's some pretty intense stuff happening on that album.

[WillyT]

25. Oh Man... You Should Have Seen Them Do It Live !!!

One of the best concerts EVER!!!

:smoke::hippie::smoke:

[KittyWampus]

13. Relics- It's Got That Touch Of Whimsy

[MrSandman]

15. DSOTM...

Although the light show for "Another Brick In the Wall" at the MI State Planetarium was awesome.

[flamingyouth]

16. Mine too - I really don't like anything after that

Well, Simply Saucer is okay too.

[alarcojon]

17. Dark Side

[DemWitch]

18. Animals...

without a doubt

[Doohickie]

20. I need to buy it on CD, but...

Wish You Were Here.

I was in the record store this weekend and listened to it a bit and I realized what a jones I have for that. But not at $18.99 for a disk that old.

Would it be rude to ask a parallel question? Favorite album by The Who?

My choice is Quadrophenia. I just bought the disk of that, and I had forgotten about how fantastic Keith Moon's drumming is........
!

[galadrium]

21. I'd have to say "Whos Next"

[truebrit71]

32. Absolutely.

It is still my favourite Floyd album.

Dark Side is good but overrated IMO.
Wish You Were Here is better, but you have to be in the mood.

I am ALWAYS in the mood for DOGS.

Dang it, I want to go to bed, now I'm going to have to listen to it before sleepy-time...

:-)

[No2W2004]

22. If you really want to get Wish You Were Here,

listen to Piper at the Gates of Dawn. It's all Syd, and it's fantastic. It drives home the point Waters was making in WYWH,

Remember when you were young,
You shone like the sun.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Now there's a look in your eyes,
Like black holes in the sky.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
You were caught on the crossfire
Of childhood and stardom,
Blown on the steel breeze.
Come on you target for faraway laughter,
Come on you stranger, you legend, you martyr, and shine!

You reached for the secret too soon,
You cried for the moon.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Threatened by shadows at night,
And exposed in the light.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Well you wore out your welcome
With random precision,
Rode on the steel breeze.
Come on you raver, you seer of visions,
Come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine!

[galadrium]

23. I think many of the Gilmour Floyd albums made references to Barrett

Wish you were here, shine on your crazy diamond, Brain damage, etc.

[skygazer]

24. The Wall

I'm listening to it right now. "Is there anybody out there?..." Never gets old for me.

[TrogL]

29. same here - the Wall

I've got issues that resonate with the album.

[skygazer]

31. Heard that

Nuff said. :hurts:

[truebrit71]

35. Haven't we all?

There is some excellent stuff on there no doubt, but it wanders a little too much for me...besides by the time you get to the fourth side I've just about had enough of Roger Waters angst...

[bookfreak]

42. Oh yes, "The Wall"

"Comfortably Numb" always sends me off into fits of ecstasy.


"Wish You Were Here" would be my second choice. :-)

[jus_the_facts]

26. Tie between Wish You Were Here and Obscured By Clouds....

:loveya:

[sundog]

27. soundtrack to "More"

--

[fishwax]

34. Cymbaline

is one of my favorite Pink Floyd tracks. And I also like Green is the Colour, in my mellower moments, and some of the instrumentals on that album are fantastic.

[sundog]

36. It's a cool movie, but not available on DVD yet...

I once got baked & watched it -- pretty groovy flick... much better than "Obscured by Clouds" ("The Valley") imho

[mitchum]

28. Another vote for Meddle...

I prefer that period to both the Sydcult and Roger "Oh woe is me" Waters eras

[politicat]

30. symphonic Pink Floyd and Orchestral Maneuvers

Both of them. Okay, I am probably a heretic, but Mr. Pcat is a big fan and I've only had about 4 years of exposure... and I'm a classical baby.

Besides, I adore When the Tigers Broke Free. It sparked a concept for me that I've never heard anywhere else and am working on a historical paper thanks to.

Pcat

[pbg]

38. Ummagumma

Strictly on nostalgiac grounds. The first Floyd I heard, the first I bought.

[Dr Fate]

39. Pipers. n/t

n/t

[Swamp Rat]

40. Meddle... at the moment

... which switches between, Obscured By Clouds, Animals, Dark Side, and Wish You Were Here.

[bobthedrummer]

41. Piper at the Gates of Dawn

:yourock:

[Rabrrrrrr]

43. Animals

I just love it.

[Doomsayer13]

45. Animals

Dogs is the greatest 20 minute song ever