Pink Floyd Favourite Al***

Only like individual tracks

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Cheers,
OW

1. Animals
2. Wish You Were Here
3. Dark Side/Wall

Don't like the early albums so much. I think they got good from Atom onwards (I know one member who will definitely disagree).

Wish You Were Here.

Bill A

1. Piper at the Gates of Dawn (Stereo)
2. The Singles
3. Piper at the Gates of Dawn (Mono)
4. Fish Out of Water
5. Magnesium Proverbs
6. Saucerful of Secrets (esp Jugband Blues)
7. Relics
8. Tonite Lets All Make Love in London

Favourite PF solo albums
1. The Madcap Laughs
2. Barrett
3. Opal

There my top eleven albums containing the The Pink Floyd.

Favourite PF track is See Emily Play.

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Originally posted by ROTF:
4. Fish Out of Water

And I thought that was a Chris Squire album. Learn something new every day....

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Originally posted by Lontano:

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Originally posted by ROTF:
4. Fish Out of Water

And I thought that was a Chris Squire album. Learn something new every day....

It only has two tracks: Lucy Leave (Barrett) and King Bee - please click here - great track

I think they were still call The Pink Floyd Sound when they recorded Lucy Leave, but they could have still been the Screaming Abdabs.

1. Wish You Were Here
2. Saucerful of Secrets
3. Atom Heart Mother
4. Dark Side of the Moon

I guess that my preferred albums are anything before 'The Wall'

1. Wish you Were Here
2. Momentary Lapse
3. Division Bell
4. Animals

None of that Barrett nonsense.

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Originally posted by BigH47:

None of that Barrett nonsense.

Absolutely. Good job Dave Gilmour came along to pull this lot out of the soup.

1) DSOTM
2) WYWH
3) The Wall
4) Division Bell
5) Animals

Joe

It has to be Meddle, and the outstanding track is Echoes.

And for those who get a big kick out of this one track may I recommend David Gilmour - Live in Gdansk, where this track is played in its entirety, also featuring Rick Wright on keyboards. I believe that this was the last time he played on stage and if so is a very fitting tribute to the substantial contribution he made to PF's sound.

Gilmour's guitar positively shimmers and there are moments when I play this track that I think it is even better than the original studio version.

What about Ummagumma (Careful with that axe, Eugene) and More (Nile Song, Cymbaline, Green is the colour)?

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Originally posted by BigH47:

2. Momentary Lapse
3. Division Bell

Do you really like those albums or you just having a laugh

Always thought DG did a good job in Syd's backing band, but after the Wall - what was the point. DG greatest moment was as producer on The Madcap Laughs - surely one of the greatest albums ever.

Just can't get on with DG's solo stuff - seems a bit X-Factor to me.

Relics, on MFP, £1.29 from Ipswich Market 1978.

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Originally posted by ROTF:

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Originally posted by BigH47:

2. Momentary Lapse
3. Division Bell

Do you really like those albums or you just having a laugh

Always thought DG did a good job in Syd's backing band, but after the Wall - what was the point. DG greatest moment was as producer on The Madcap Laughs - surely one of the greatest albums ever.

Just can't get on with DG's solo stuff - seems a bit X-Factor to me.

Not childish enough eh?

Yes I do like those albums.

I want to tell you a story
'Bout a little man if I can.
A gnome named Grimble Gromble.
And little gnomes stay in their homes,
Eating, sleeping, drinking their wine.

He wore a scarlet tunic,
A blue-green hood, it looked quite good.
He had a big adventure
Amidst the grass, fresh air at last.
Wining, dining, biding his time...

And then one day...
Hooray, another way for gnomes to say
Ooh my...

You have to read the bits between the bits; it's a perfect description of me and my life captured in a few hypnotic magical lines.

Compare with

Where were you when I was burned and broken
While the days slipped by from my window watching
Where were you when I was hurt and I was helpless
Because the things you say and the things you do surround me
While you were hanging yourself on someone else's words
Dying to believe in what you heard
I was staring straight into the shining sun

Hardly Gilbert and Sullivan - nothing rhymes.

For me DG is a nice guy trying too hard; I prefer Syd's natural eccentric guitar playing too: he played like no other. The opening riff to [i[Interstellar Overdrive[/i] is magical.

Of Syd's backing band my favourite elpee is Atom Heart Mother and I'm fond of [i]Obscured by Clouds[i] - like quite a lot RW's tunes.

ATB Rotf

I am a massive Syd fan as well.

Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
Wish You Were Here
Dark Side Of The Moon (Got to be just for Brain Damage!!)

All Syd's solo stuff is great as well.

I know it's a Waters solo album in all but name, but I think The Final Cut is an overlooked masterpiece.

Phil

Interesting replies. I don't really think Pink Floyd ever made a bad album (Although they did come close with 'The Final Cut'). I really like 'Piper At The Gates Of Dawn' although I feel that it was a commercial mistake to omit 'See Emily Play' and 'Arnold Layne' from the album. Around the time of 'The Wall' it just got too pompus. The guitar solo on 'Comfortably Numb' doesn't do it for me like it does for some people. I didn't much care for 'Momentary Lapse of Reason' but what 'The Division Bell' lacks in song quality it makes up for in production.

I first saw Pink Floyd back in the 1960s when I was 12 years old. Syd was still in the band and the show was quite an experience. I saw them several times in London when I was a teenager and went to the Hyde Park Concert that featured a full performance of 'Atom Heart Mother'. I managed to get hold of some complimentary tickets for the 'Pulse' tour and while the technology provided a great spectacle I still preferred the days when the band made mistakes in concert and when Roger Waters banged on a microphone when they performed 'Heart Beat Pig Beat'

No ones mentioned Pulse surprisingly.
I also like momentry lapse of reason and div bell.

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Originally posted by Philip Tate:
I know it's a Waters solo album in all but name, but I think The Final Cut is an overlooked masterpiece.

This is also one of my favourites. Roger Waters is a genius IMO.

I like David Gilmour but his solo effort 'On An Island' doesn't hit the mark for me.

I can't really put them in order of preference, but The Wall, The Final Cut, Echos, Animals, WYWH, Piper at the Gates of Dawn are all in there.

Although I still love DSOTM i've just listened to it a bit too much. Perhaps I'll leave it in the rack for a year or two then rediscover it.

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Originally posted by Dasher:
It has to be Meddle, and the outstanding track is Echoes.

And for those who get a big kick out of this one track may I recommend David Gilmour - Live in Gdansk, where this track is played in its entirety, also featuring Rick Wright on keyboards. I believe that this was the last time he played on stage and if so is a very fitting tribute to the substantial contribution he made to PF's sound.

Gilmour's guitar positively shimmers and there are moments when I play this track that I think it is even better than the original studio version.

I first heard this on Radcliffe and Maconie's Dave Gilmour night when they played it all the way through. It is a fabulous version.

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Originally posted by Philip Tate:
I know it's a Waters solo album in all but name, but I think The Final Cut is an overlooked masterpiece.

Phil

I think it sounds like what it is , a collection of Wall leftovers.

In no particula order:

Meddle
Pulse
MLOR
Division Bell
Obscured By Clouds
DSOTM

Can't get on with Syd Barrat's solo twee nonsense although early PF is OK.

Gilmour, Waters, Wright & Mason are all excellent musicians but DG is a guitarist par excellence.

steve

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