I follow Ultimate Classic Rock on Facebook and recently they had a rate the Pink Floyd albums from worst to first.. I guess in honor of the soon to be released new album in October, their first album of new original material in twenty years.. And here is a list someone replied with.. :
14. Ummagumma
13. More
12. Obscured by Clouds (notice that the next few are in the same sequence; I've just moved "Momentary Lapse" up...)
11. The Final Cut
10. Saucerful of Secrets
9. Atom Heart Mother (same note as above, moving "Division Bell" up)
8. Piper at the Gates of Dawn
7. Meddle
6. Animals
5. A Momentary Lapse of Reason
4. The Division Bell
3. Wish You Were Here
2. The Wall
1. The Dark Side of the Moon
My rating would be this:
14 The Final Cut, and the reason this is only 14 is because that's all the albums they have out.. If there were a way to rate it lower I would.. I have to say when I heard the album for the first time I was expecting a grand statement that this was the end of either the band as it was, moving to another state of being or that this was the end, no more albums or tours after this.. But I listened to this and thought "this is their grand final statement?"... thankfully it wouldn't be.. Not everyone would survive.. Roger wanted Nick to be out of the band and David let it happen.. Roger already booted Rick out after the Wall tours.. Personally I call the Final Cut the breakup album, it was the end of the band completely by the time they released the album.. A sad album it was another concept that was some continuation from the Wall concept.. some of the songs were from the Wall exed out of that album to make it a strange two record album.. A third record would have been interesting but also overkill on the pitty party..
13 A Momentary Lapse of Reason, I can only say the first album without Roger was a slight breath of fresh air seeings how the Final Cut was such a humpfest..
12 I suppose Ummagumma mostly for the solo sides, where after Rick left the band for good after the Wall sessions he recorded some of his finest music, the session he had for his solo material on Ummagumma was bizzare sadly, and didn't show his true range.. Dave's Narrow Way was interesting mostly because his vocals were smudged to where you couldn't tell what he was singing.. Nick was odd and Roger showed why he was the lead writer and would be until he left the band..
11 More was a (is a) soundtrack from a movie of the same name that was about the drug culture in Europe in the late sixties or early seventies.. Some really good songs on there.. The Nile Song and Green Is The Colour..
10 Atom Heart Mother, for the Suite alone this was a great album.. the songs on side two were a bit like Ummagumma but featured only two short songs and then the third long secondary AHM long naught..
9 Obscured By Clouds, soundtrack to the movie Le Vallee.. Interesting album with a couple of favorites of mine in Childhoods End and Uh...Wot's the Deal ... Really a good album from start to finish for me..
8 Saucerful of Secrets, their first album with their new lead guitarist in tow.. Syd was represented by Jugband Blues.. Possibly the strangest song the floyd would ever do..
7 Piper At The Gates Of Dawn.. As if their first album would be strage enough to call Pink Floyd or the Pink Floyd Sound as they called themselves for a time.. To have this long of a name for their debut album... Strange and the material was mostly writen by Syd Barrett..
6 The Division Bell.. Although a definitive improvement over Momentary Lapse, it was absolutely the best way to end the band, although I didn't think it was over but after the ten year mark of inactivity I thought they would likely never play together again, even though Dave would tour with Rick, and Roger would allow Nick to play with him on a tour here and there, the band only played together for Live 8..
5 Meddle.. Actually a top three album even the top album, this is my favorite album that was released before Dark Side Of The Moon.. Containing One Of These Days and the mammoth Echoes that took all of side two..
4 Animals, again top three or even the top album depending on my mood.. Three long songs sandwiched between Pigs on The Wing.. Social political statement.. There was a day I came home from work and played this album.. I was pissed before listening to it, and then relaxed after.. A great album..
3 The Wall.. Too many great songs to list here but just to know Run Like Hell and Comfortably Numb on the same disc.. The demo versions was interesting.. I was able to get three versions of the demo of the album and heard the re re re issue of the album..
2 The Dark Side Of The Moon .. Why rank at number 2?? Because I really liked the album but have my reasons why it isn't my favorite number one album..
1 Wish You Were Here the reason this gets the number one nod.. It was the album that proved you can go at it again even after having that album that you aim for your entire career.. And it is just one of those albums I can listen to from start to finish..
Badge Henry
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