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Best Pink Floyd Album??

DEEPDEEP Posts: 274
edited March 2008 in Other Music
What's everyone's oppinion? I like Animals and was wondering which one to get next.
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  • pjoasisrulepjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    Dark Side Of The Moon

    then

    Wish You Were Here
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    Summerfest 2006

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  • lalalalaaaaaaaalalalalaaaaaaaa Posts: 2,445
    Animals for sure....so far ahead of its time, it's crazy.
  • jeffbrjeffbr Seattle Posts: 7,177
    pjoasisrule wrote:
    Dark Side Of The Moon

    then

    Wish You Were Here


    Wow, I almost never agree with pjoasisrule, but in this case, yes 100%. I like their entire catalog for various reasons, but these 2 albums are simply masterpieces. And DSotM was on the Billboard top 200 album chart for 741 weeks for a reason.
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  • Gremmie95Gremmie95 Posts: 749
    Dark Side of the moon is amazing, as well as wish you were here. If you want to mix it up, check out umaguma.
  • RyeGuyRyeGuy Posts: 215
    I like "Meddle" alot.

    But obviously its Dark Side. I know its a cliche but it is the best.
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  • DocChicagoDocChicago Posts: 653
    My favorite is Animals as well. If DEEP is making his/her way through the Pink Floyd catalogue then DSotM and Wish You Were Here are natural choices.

    As bombastic as The Wall is, it's hard to go wrong with that one either. It was my introduction to the band's catalogue.

    I'm not so sure about steering anyone towards Ummagumma so early on. To paraphrase the cops in Superbad, "McLovin's our friend. We should be guiding his cock, not blocking it."
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  • dirtyFrank222dirtyFrank222 Posts: 124
    Just save up and buy the box set it is worth it.
  • DocChicagoDocChicago Posts: 653
    dirtyFrank222 wrote:
    Just save up and buy the box set it is worth it.
    good point. when all of my cassette tapes got stolen in 1992 i bought the "Shine On" set. it looks pretty cool in a CD rack.
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  • butterfly1butterfly1 Posts: 372
    DSoTM is probably stronger but played so much. I would pick Animals if I had to have just one. But why choose? As said, get a bunch...like the box set. Grab headphones and .....off you go..........
  • bharQbharQ Posts: 1,201
    1. Animals
    2. DSOTM
    3. Meddle
    4. The Wall
    5. Wish You Were Here
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  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    bharQ wrote:
    1. Animals
    2. DSOTM
    3. Meddle
    4. The Wall
    5. Wish You Were Here
    I'll go with that. If you love "Animals," be sure to locate Les Claypool's Frog Brigade's live version of the album....cool as the other side of the pillow. :D
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  • fall by the waysidefall by the wayside Jericho, VT Posts: 757
    Animals or The Wall
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  • bharQbharQ Posts: 1,201
    tybird wrote:
    I'll go with that. If you love "Animals," be sure to locate Les Claypool's Frog Brigade's live version of the album....cool as the other side of the pillow. :D

    Yep I have that and love it :) I think they covered another floyd album aswell.. not sure... Animals was flying frogs vol. 2 i believe

    i would love to see this live!
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  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    bharQ wrote:
    Yep I have that and love it :) I think they covered another floyd album aswell.. not sure... Animals was flying frogs vol. 2 i believe

    i would love to see this live!
    Exactly.....great stuff. :D
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  • Worldwidesuicide08Worldwidesuicide08 Posts: 79
    Dark side of the moon

    Then

    Wish you where here
    Cant touch the bottom...


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  • smarcheesmarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
    Animals for sure, my favourite as well

    love The Wall

    also love the Les Claypool and the Flying Frog Brigade cover album
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  • hendrix78hendrix78 Posts: 507
    I gotta go with Wish You Were Here. That album you take you to another world without any chemical assistance. The first half of Shine On You Crazy Diamond is probably my favorite Pink Floyd song. You really can't go wrong with any of the albums from Meddle to the Wall, though. Not that their earlier stuff isn't great as well, but in my opinion they really started to reach another level with Meddle and never fell below that level through the Wall.
  • BenzorBenzor Posts: 886
    Animals by far

    then Wish You Were Here
  • HawkshoreHawkshore Posts: 2,161
    Piper at the Gates of Dawn!!! .....The genius and the madness of Syd Barret .....and the raw energy that gave birth to a whole new genre of music. .....Astronomy Domine and Interstellar Overdrive are pure genius!!!
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  • VeddernarianVeddernarian Posts: 1,924
    jeffbr wrote:
    Wow, I almost never agree with pjoasisrule, but in this case, yes 100%. I like their entire catalog for various reasons, but these 2 albums are simply masterpieces. And DSotM was on the Billboard top 200 album chart for 741 weeks for a reason.

    I agree. By the way, that's 14+ years.
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  • down_skidown_ski Posts: 328
    Dark Side of the Moon is cliched as the best....because it is the best :D

    Seriously, thats the best album too sit and chill listen to the whole thing all the way through....there is not a bad song on that album.

    Wish you were here and Animals is good. All their music is awesome
  • ledfloydledfloyd Posts: 604
    I've never heard anyone say anything bad about dark side of the moon and for good reason, it simply is perfection...it's impossible to listen to the album and not have an emotional response to the music

    wish you were here is amazing as well and meddle is another solid album....the wall is a great album, but a bit different from the other albums mentioned above...just sit back and enjoy the music of pink floyd, you're in store for a life-changing ride...
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  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. Everything else is just margarine.
  • prytocorduroyprytocorduroy Posts: 4,355
    Dark Side (Any Colour You Like alone gives it this spot)
    Meddle
    The Wall
    Animals
    Wish You Were Here
  • ultraloudbadsuper90ultraloudbadsuper90 Posts: 49
    Dark Side
    Animals
    Wish
    Wall
    Meddle
    Piper
    Final cut
    More soundtrack
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. Everything else is just margarine.
    agreed.


    I dunno... I just stopped having any interest in post-Syd Floyd when I started getting into jazz and realised that you could have instrumental complexity minus the crippling pretention. The Wall is especially overblown and really not that great. Animals is, however, pretty damn good and easily their best post-Syd album.
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  • stargirl69stargirl69 Posts: 6,387
    Wish you were here.
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  • BinFrogBinFrog MA Posts: 7,309
    Gremmie95 wrote:
    Dark Side of the moon is amazing, as well as wish you were here. If you want to mix it up, check out umaguma.


    Good lord, I wouldn't put Ummagumma anywhere near the top of PF discs to get for someone who is new to them. I'd put it near the end of the list actually. The live disc is cool, but only if you know early Floyd.

    After DSTOM and WYWH (and since the original poster said they had Animals, which is an essential), check out:

    -Meddle
    -Obscured By Clouds

    Then go for The Wall (and The Wall live) and The Final Cut

    Then try the early stuff like:

    -A Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (with Syd Barrett instead of David Gilmour...just a warning this will NOT sound like PF to a new fan...it's mid-late 60's London psychadelic music)
    -A Saucerful of Secrets

    If you like the early stuff, you can always get:

    -Atom Heart Mother
    -More
    -Ummagumma (studio disc is iffy, live disc is great)

    Plus don't forget the post-Roger era Floyd:

    -A Momentary Lapse Of Reason
    -The Division Bell

    The live discs are great too:

    -Pulse (Great DVD too)
    -Delicate Sound Of Thunder
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  • BinFrogBinFrog MA Posts: 7,309
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    agreed.


    I dunno... I just stopped having any interest in post-Syd Floyd when I started getting into jazz and realised that you could have instrumental complexity minus the crippling pretention. The Wall is especially overblown and really not that great. Animals is, however, pretty damn good and easily their best post-Syd album.

    I'm a huge fan and I totally disagree. Yes, The Wall (and The Final Cut) have an air of pretentiousness (which I love but I can see viewing them as overblown and pompous), but there is a LOT of good post-Syd Floyd. Once they 'found themselves' after a few years of experimenting, they hit their stride and put out phenomenal music from like 1971-1980, and even beyond I'd argue.
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  • faceinthecloudsfaceintheclouds Posts: 1,739
    meddle
    Just, not enough.
    I need more.
    Nothing seems to satisfy.
    I said, I dont want it.
    I just need it.
    To breathe, to feel, to know Im alive.
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