Favorite Pink Floyd album?
 

You know the drill.

Generic choice, but I've gotta give it to Dark Side Of The Moon. Wish You Were Here follows closely behind.

Piper At The Gates Of Dawn then Meddle then Animals.

Animals or Meddle... very tough choice. I went with Animals in the end (use alphabetical order if all else fails!).

I'll never understand why people like DSOTM so much.

Had to go DSOTM just edges out wish you were here and piper. My love for the track Time is big

The Wall, followed by Wish You Were Here and Piper at the Gates of Dawn.

Wish You Were Here, Piper and Dark Side of the Moon all get honorable mention but for me it's Animals. The things done both lyrically and musically on that album continue to blow my mind. One of the most consistently brilliant albums I've ever listened to.

it's a tie - Division Bell and Meddle.
isn't there a thread like this already?

Animals

At the moment it's Atom Heart Mother.

Finally, someone besides me who loves this album.

No The Wall love? :(

Piper at the Gates of Dawn

Division bell.
I don't get it why DSOTM is so popular. :(

You can't be serious. DSOTM is rated as one of the most remarkable albums of all time because every single song on that album is mind-blowing, and that includes On the Run (I don't care what anyone says, I find it psychedelically inspiring). Time, Money, Us and Them, The Great Gig in the Sky (my personal favourite)... they're all classic compositions. I mean, how can you not get absorbed by the amazing musical arrangement and lyrics when listening to this album? I don't know, maybe that's just me.

I think I've made my opinion on the subject clear, though Wish You Were Here is also a favourite, but I'll have to go with DSOTM just because I prefer the concept of shorter tracks / longer track list.

Have to go with Animals, it's the only one I have rated 5 stars in RYM.

Runner-ups (all those rated 4.5 stars) are:

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Meddle (should probably be knocked down to a 4 due to San Tropez and Seamus)
Obscured by Clouds
Wish You Were Here

gotta be meddle for me

It is definitely Animals for me. Pigs(Three Different Ones) just blows my mind.

My top five favorites, in order...

1.Dark Side of the Moon
2.Animals
3.Meddle
4.Wish You Were Here
5.Piper at the Gates of Dawn

Huzzah, my top 3 are the top 3 chosen so far! Albeit in a different order. My favorite would be Meddle, followed by Animals, followed by WYWH. Animals used to have the 5.0 rating for me, but I'd say Meddle is the only one that screams 'personal significance' as of now.

DSOTM, with favorite bein' MONEY, then the runner-up album is THE WALL, with MOTHER.

Piper at the Gates of Dawn, Saucerful of Secrets, Ummagumma, Atom Heart Mother & Dark Side of the Moon.

Dark Side is probably my favorite album of all time. I can't fault a second of it.

Animals is pretty terrific too. That's a close 2nd. Wish You Were Here a close 3rd.

I had to go with The Wall, just because I play it most often.

Errrmmm...Animals :p.


BTW BooBoo. There have been two instances of dissing DSOTM in this thread yet you have kept quiet but if I mention the same thing...... Equality for all son.

Maybe because they're only moderate fans. I just find it really bizarre that someone who claims to be a huge Floyd fan could consider it a mediocre record. I can understand why someone would prefer other albums but it's the gateway album for every Pink Floyd fan pretty much. Don't tell me it wasn't the album that got you into the band, I know it was.

Well, it wasn't the album that got me into the band, The Wall was. But I do love DSOTM too and I agree that it's shocking that a Pink Floyd fan wouldn't like it.

No it was the track 'Echoes' and then Animals. DSOTM was a couple of years later for me. Sorry I don't fit the stereotype ;)

Never ever said that I don't like it. I just prefer other albums to that one. DSOTM is far too smooth for it's own good. In fact it's not far from 'dad rock' territory over here ;)

Same thing.
I voted Piper at the Gates of Dawn naturally.

:love:

:D

How come you haven't voted yet Lee?

Because I get told off if I don't say DSOTM lol

Lame.

You're right about DSOTM being too smooth for its own good. I got my period of DSOTM binging, but after a while I play it, get nostalgic, then sick after 5 minutes. It's like a candy that is a bit too sweet.

or too perfect. It lacks that organic quality that I associate with Pink Floyd. i think Obscured by Clouds blows it away personally.

I don't have any problems with the slick production of DSOTM and later releases. I agree that it lacks the organic quality of earlier Floyd, but it represents another stage in the evolution of the band, mainly where they became masters of studio craft. I recall you saying it was the beginning of the end and I found that to be a really ridiculous statement because the only previous Floyd albums that can compete with DSOTM and the 3 albums that followed are Piper and Meddle.

That's interesting. I don't really associate an organic quality with Pink Floyd. I always tended to like their cold songs and albums the most.

Why is it ridiculous? The Floyd began as a free form concert band after all. Studio craft is not the be all and end all. If they began this way then DSOTM is the pinnacle but they were completely different to this starting out and I love their organic approach to music which was lost on DSTOM. Doesn't mean my views are right but then it means neither are yours.

The band love the album and have said so but they also said that there was nowhere to go after this album so I regard it indifferently.

Yeah, by the same logic you could call OK Computer the beginning of the end for Radiohead because their music became less organic and more "cold" but for some bands that approach just works better.

Just because a band changes over the years isn't a bad thing, I know Pink Floyd started out as a certain kind of band but it would have gotten redundant if they remained that way for the rest of their career.

I mean imagine if Flaming Lips never evolved from an average punk band or if Genesis never evolved from a mediocre Zombies clone or if David Bowie never evolved from writing music hall novelty songs, just because an artist was originally about one thing doesn't mean they can't change. What makes all these artists so enduring is the fact that they have evolved a lot.

Tut ;)

My first Pink Floyd song was "Welcome to the Machine". Meddle was the first album of theirs I fell in love with, though.