Favorite Pink Floyd album?

Lisnaholic · 03-03-2023, 08:01 AM

Has Mindfulness been talking to elph ?!

Actually, he's not entirely wrong, because , imo at least, Pink Floyd reached their innovative peak in 1970 with Atom Heart Mother. Everything after that was like consolidation, retrenchment or refining of the now easily identifiable, in fact predictable, Pink Floyd sound. I put this down to artistic caution on D Gilmour's part, plus (total guess, tbh) the elevation of Alan Parson's influence: a studio engineer who lets a pursuit of audio perfection get in the way of rough artistic endeavour.

They still came up with some top-quality material, including three sides of The Wall, (as "Drive" has recently discovered), but to me, the albums scoring the high numbers in the polls here are not really their best: only me and 7 other guys correctly voted for Atom Heart Mother as their favourite, whereas 77 have mistakenly voted for Dark Side Of The Moon as being their favourite. I'm sorry, but that is not a valid opinion to hold.

Key · 03-03-2023, 08:24 AM

I think I said this years ago but I still think Animals is incredible. Granted it's a rather short album in comparison but I love it as a whole.

Synthgirl · 03-03-2023, 08:48 AM

Animals is my favorite. Lyrically not my favorite, but I don't listen to Pink Floyd for lyrical genius anyway and the compositions are top notch. Meddle and Wish You Were Here are my second and third picks.

Lisnaholic · 03-03-2023, 09:18 AM

What I know about Animals is Battersea Power Station, which features on the cover, so I will give the album a go as you two think it's a good one.

As for later Floyd albums, I thought Final Cut was good, but it's more about Roger Waters, songwriter, than about the spacey instrumental excursions of Gilmore and Wright.
(Also helps if you share Roger Waters' preoccupation with linking post-war Brits back to their WWII past.)

Key · 03-03-2023, 12:22 PM

Coincidentally I listened to Animals on my way to work this morning and definitely enjoyed the music more than the lyrics though the lyrics aren't necessarily bad. Just very focused. Works as a whole though, like I said. Plus, this video is so good:

Mindy · 03-03-2023, 04:37 PM

Another brick in the wall is a nice tune also, so I guess they are a 3 hit wonder to me lol

DriveYourCarDownToTheSea · 03-03-2023, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Mindfulness

they suck, sleeping aid music, brain damage, and wish you were here have their time but that's all out of a band that put out albums.

Blasphemy!

Having said that, I think I can see why some people might think their music is a bit sleepy. A disproportion of their songs all have this similar, slowish tempo. They don't have many songs I would consider to be "fast" songs.

Lisnaholic · 03-05-2023, 04:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Key

Coincidentally I listened to Animals on my way to work this morning and definitely enjoyed the music more than the lyrics though the lyrics aren't necessarily bad. Just very focused. Works as a whole though, like I said. Plus, this video is so good:

Thanks for that video, Key: that must've been quite a show! I was surprised to see so much focus on our man Trump, and that must've gone down well with the crowd because he has no friends south of the border afaik.

Quote:

Originally Posted by DriveYourCarDownToTheSea

... I think I can see why some people might think their music is a bit sleepy. A disproportion of their songs all have this similar, slowish tempo. They don't have many songs I would consider to be "fast" songs.

...and yet, unlike so many other bands, they never put any standard guitar blues songs on their albums. So this track is quite exceptional, I think:-

If there were such a thing, I'd sooner listen to an album of this stuff than The Endless River tbh

mattrixs · 08-13-2023, 01:01 PM

Piper at the gates of dawn and The wall

Tristan_Geoff · 08-14-2023, 12:03 PM

Have to say Saucerful of Secrets these days

View Poll Results: Favorite?
Piper at the Gates of Dawn	33	11.91%
Saucerful of Secrets	4	1.44%
More	2	0.72%
Ummagumma	5	1.81%
Atom Heart Mother	8	2.89%
Relics	1	0.36%
Meddle	20	7.22%
Obscured by Clouds	2	0.72%
Dark Side of the Moon	78	28.16%
Wish You Were Here	34	12.27%
Animals	47	16.97%
The Wall	34	12.27%
The Final Cut	2	0.72%
A Momentary Lapse of Reason	3	1.08%
The Division Bell	4	1.44%
Voters: 277. You may not vote on this poll

03-03-2023, 08:01 AM	#341 (permalink)
Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	Has Mindfulness been talking to elph ?! Actually, he's not entirely wrong, because , imo at least, Pink Floyd reached their innovative peak in 1970 with Atom Heart Mother. Everything after that was like consolidation, retrenchment or refining of the now easily identifiable, in fact predictable, Pink Floyd sound. I put this down to artistic caution on D Gilmour's part, plus (total guess, tbh) the elevation of Alan Parson's influence: a studio engineer who lets a pursuit of audio perfection get in the way of rough artistic endeavour. They still came up with some top-quality material, including three sides of The Wall, (as "Drive" has recently discovered), but to me, the albums scoring the high numbers in the polls here are not really their best: only me and 7 other guys correctly voted for Atom Heart Mother as their favourite, whereas 77 have mistakenly voted for Dark Side Of The Moon as being their favourite. I'm sorry, but that is not a valid opinion to hold. __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953

03-03-2023, 09:18 AM	#344 (permalink)
Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	What I know about Animals is Battersea Power Station, which features on the cover, so I will give the album a go as you two think it's a good one. As for later Floyd albums, I thought Final Cut was good, but it's more about Roger Waters, songwriter, than about the spacey instrumental excursions of Gilmore and Wright. (Also helps if you share Roger Waters' preoccupation with linking post-war Brits back to their WWII past.) __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953 Last edited by Lisnaholic; 03-03-2023 at 09:26 AM.

03-03-2023, 04:37 PM	#346 (permalink)
Mindy ask me about cosmology Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Milky Way Galaxy Posts: 9,013	Another brick in the wall is a nice tune also, so I guess they are a 3 hit wonder to me lol __________________ https://www.instagram.com/shhons_meme_agency

03-03-2023, 08:24 AM	#342 (permalink)
Key . Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 13,153	I think I said this years ago but I still think Animals is incredible. Granted it's a rather short album in comparison but I love it as a whole.

03-03-2023, 08:48 AM	#343 (permalink)
Synthgirl Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2023 Location: Cheeseland USA Posts: 155	Animals is my favorite. Lyrically not my favorite, but I don't listen to Pink Floyd for lyrical genius anyway and the compositions are top notch. Meddle and Wish You Were Here are my second and third picks.

03-03-2023, 12:22 PM	#345 (permalink)
Key . Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 13,153	Coincidentally I listened to Animals on my way to work this morning and definitely enjoyed the music more than the lyrics though the lyrics aren't necessarily bad. Just very focused. Works as a whole though, like I said. Plus, this video is so good:

08-13-2023, 01:01 PM	#349 (permalink)
mattrixs Join Date: Aug 2023 Posts: 81	Piper at the gates of dawn and The wall