# Best Pink Floyd Studio Albums (POLL) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [October 28, 2022, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pink-floyd-studio-albums-poll/973932 "2022-10-28T17:26:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2022, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pink-floyd-studio-albums-poll/973932/61 "2022-10-29T17:45:36Z")
^^^ Had it wrong. Correct album wrong track. “Sisyphus”, specifically Part 2 of “Sisyphus”. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/nTgQIEqd5Ac/hqdefault.jpg "Pink Floyd - Sysyphus (All Parts)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTgQIEqd5Ac) Should still append “most likely”, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2022, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pink-floyd-studio-albums-poll/973932/62 "2022-10-29T17:48:00Z")
Well, I’m going to have a fun weekend listening to these suggestions. Don’t know that I have the time or resources to get into the same frame of mind, but I’m sure I will enjoy it nonetheless. I’ll see if I can figure out which it was. Don’t really know if it’s something that I’ll add to my “must listen” list, but it’s one of those things that has just been bugging me a bit for the last (checks date), nearly 20 years. Thanks to @What_Exit, @dirtball, and @AHunter3 for your help. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2022, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pink-floyd-studio-albums-poll/973932/63 "2022-10-29T18:39:47Z")
I think a few people have mentioned their personal emotional state has a big effect on the Floyd album that appeals to them. I absolutely agree. There’s something for everyone and every mood isn’t there? That’s their genius. Perhaps there’s less outright joy and more anger and depression (thanks Roger) but I find I do use their music as both a moderator and enhancer of moods as my fancy takes me. All human experience is there and that’s perhaps a good indicator that they produce great art. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2022, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pink-floyd-studio-albums-poll/973932/64 "2022-10-29T18:56:43Z")
Echoes is as unlifting as it comes. I DON’T CARE about the uneven side 1, it gets my vote. ---
**Author:** ![LoneRhino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lonerhino/32/1311_2.png) [@LoneRhino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LoneRhino)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2022, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pink-floyd-studio-albums-poll/973932/65 "2022-10-29T22:18:31Z")
My tape had Animals and Wish You Were Here. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pink-floyd-studio-albums-poll/973932/66 "2022-10-30T00:14:24Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > If you’d put the Pulse concert as an option… For those who haven’t seen the video, it’s worth watching for [Comfortably Numb](https://youtu.be/1VjgyLpWkRI) alone. What an incredible finale. How I wish I was there (pun intended) ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pink-floyd-studio-albums-poll/973932/67 "2022-10-30T03:27:42Z")
It’s funny, I’m not even one of the ones who mentioned that, and yet it’s true for me as well. A woman I loved greatly in high school and I listened all the time to Wish You Were Here (and Quadrophenia), and when she went off to college, she wrote that WYWH came on the radio on the way to the airport and made her so happy. We broke up shortly after that, but 40 years later we’re still good friends, and both still love the album. So, yeah, there is definitely that in play. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Burden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/958977/32.png) [@Jack\_Burden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Burden)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pink-floyd-studio-albums-poll/973932/68 "2022-10-30T04:19:29Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > I voted for Dark Side. But really, I think there are 4 albums by them I really love equally. My Tetralogy of Floyd: **Dark Side** , **Wish You Were Here** , **Animals** , and **The Wall** , Cannot argue with a single sentiment here, other than that my vote went to _Wish You Were Here_. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pink-floyd-studio-albums-poll/973932/69 "2022-10-30T07:25:11Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > when she went off to college, she wrote that WYWH came on the radio on the way to the airport and made her so happy. An argument can be made that it really isn’t a happy song at all (interpretations vary) but I think it is great that their work does so many different things for different people. I personally am uplifted by “mother” but that’s the music rather than the sentiment. In any case, I think what a lot of their work does is act as something of a catharsis, they help you express your feelings through their music and whether good or bad that can be very satisfying. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pink-floyd-studio-albums-poll/973932/70 "2022-10-30T08:15:55Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > An argument can be made that it really isn’t a happy song at all (interpretations vary) but I think it is great that their work does so many different things for different people. Yeah, it’s not a happy song. She was just happy to be reminded. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pink-floyd-studio-albums-poll/973932/71 "2022-10-30T09:56:00Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Yeah, it’s not a happy song. She was just happy to be reminded. Sure, I know exactly where she’s coming from, We are strange creatures aren’t we? ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pink-floyd-studio-albums-poll/973932/72 "2022-10-30T11:49:22Z")
I love many of them, but “ **Wish You Were Here** ” achieves a special level of awesomeness for me. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pink-floyd-studio-albums-poll/973932/73 "2022-10-30T14:04:35Z")
I voted WYWH as sell. It was one of the first albums I bought. I remember getting it at my local Sears store and noting that the cover was unusually plain - dark blue with a single logo in the corner. Shrink wrap seemed a little unusual. When I got home and unwrapped the opaque shrink wrap I was like “Whoa….” (It didn’t take much to wow teenage Marvin…) ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pink-floyd-studio-albums-poll/973932/74 "2022-10-30T16:27:47Z")
Oh yes… I forgot to mention that **Wish You Were Here** was my very first CD, which I played on the first portable CD player made, the [Sony D-5,](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discman#/media/File:Sony_D50_Discman.JPG) which I had bought for $300 at Hudson’s in 1984, earned through hours of sweat at my minimum wage high-school-kid job. Adjusted for inflation, that would be $850 today. I had the disc before I had the player, and on the day I bought the player I bought a copy of **Dark Side of the Moon** and the double-disc set of **Tommy**. ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2022, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pink-floyd-studio-albums-poll/973932/75 "2022-10-30T23:50:30Z")
> [@minor7flat5](#): > > double-disc set of **Tommy** Huh. My CD version of Tommy is on one disc. I guess they found a way to eventually cram it all on to one, but didn’t at the time of the format’s release? ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pink-floyd-studio-albums-poll/973932/76 "2022-10-31T00:10:39Z")
> [@glowacks](#): > > Huh. My CD version of Tommy is on one disc. I guess they found a way to eventually cram it all on to one, but didn’t at the time of the format’s release? They could have. But the early CD era was a money grab for the music industry when they could resell their shoddily remastered catalogs again for double the prize and could take even more for original double LP albums released as double CDs, even if they’d fit on a single CD. Yeah, I was one of the fools who payed 50 Deutschmarks for the “Tommy” and “The Wall” CDs. ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pink-floyd-studio-albums-poll/973932/77 "2022-10-31T00:18:53Z")
I’m not so sure they could have. Wikipedia lists the total running time of _Tommy_ as 74:44. Someone will correct me if I’m mistaken, but I’m pretty sure the first commercial audio CDs maxed out at 74:00. So this one was _juuust_ barely over. But later, they bumped the capacity up to 80:00. That’s not to say, however, that the industry wasn’t grabbing money by any and all means possible. ---
**Author:** ![frognot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frognot/32/8752_2.png) [@frognot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/frognot)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pink-floyd-studio-albums-poll/973932/78 "2022-11-03T02:27:49Z")
Gotta go with Dark Side of the Moon ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pink-floyd-studio-albums-poll/973932/79 "2022-11-03T02:40:21Z")
> [@dirtball](#): > > I’m pretty sure the first commercial audio CDs maxed out at 74:00. Yes, this was the limit of the first ones. But they got longer and longer over the years. > **[Kirkville - CDs Longer than 80 Minutes Are Becoming More Common](https://kirkville.com/cds-longer-than-80-minutes-are-becoming-more-common/)** > > I’ve been seeing a lot of CDs longer that 80 minutes recently. ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pink-floyd-studio-albums-poll/973932/80 "2022-11-03T18:22:54Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > Yes, this was the limit of the first ones. But they got longer and longer over the years. Yes, that’s what I was getting at. If the album was first released when the limit was 74:00, two disks would have been needed for that edition. Subsequent pressings could have fit on a single disk. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pink-floyd-studio-albums-poll/973932.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pink-floyd-studio-albums-poll/973932.md?page=5)