# 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:** 9\ **Page:** 5
**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:** [November 3, 2022, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pink-floyd-studio-albums-poll/973932/81 "2022-11-03T18:57:36Z")
> [@dirtball](#): > > 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. The discussion started with “Tommy”. According to [deezer.com](https://www.deezer.com/de/album/94830112), the playtime is exactly 74 minutes, so they probably could have released it on a single CD from the start. But that just wasn’t the modus operandi of the record industry of the day. They wanted to milk the CD sales boom as thoroughly as possible. ---
**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, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pink-floyd-studio-albums-poll/973932/82 "2022-11-03T20:01:14Z")
My first post on _Tommy_ cites [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_(The_Who_album)), which gives a time of 74:44, but I’m not going to claim that Wikipedia is the authority on such matters. I just went there because I knew they’d have a number. Maybe whoever put it there is just plain wrong. The point is, anything over 74:00 for the earliest CDs merely gives you an objective, mathematical reason for needing two disks. It doesn’t speak to why industry people do what they do in general, and I’m certainly not going to defend any of THOSE people’s motives as being anything other than greedy. I remember when they were suing people for thousands of dollars for downloading a damn song. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2022, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pink-floyd-studio-albums-poll/973932/83 "2022-11-03T20:20:51Z")
Fair enough, I missed to check the Wiki article and see that the actual runtime was 74:44. Yeah, the 74 minute mark was the physical limit for early CDs. ETA: (fun fact): I heard that the limit of 74 minutes was established by the 1982 CEO of Sony (who developed the CD format in company with Philips) who was a Beethoven fan and wanted the Ninth Symphony to fit on a CD. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pink-floyd-studio-albums-poll/973932/84 "2023-02-18T15:48:54Z")
Not surprising a candidate for Greatest Album ever won this poll. I think it is only their second best album, but _Dark Side of the Moon_ did live longer on the charts than any other album by a large margin. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pink-floyd-studio-albums-poll/973932/85 "2023-02-18T17:31:28Z")
One of these days I’m gonna cut you into little pieces. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pink-floyd-studio-albums-poll/973932/86 "2023-02-18T19:01:47Z")
Careful with that axe. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pink-floyd-studio-albums-poll/973932/87 "2023-02-18T19:09:59Z")
And, as an aside, you’ll _never_ walk alone. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2023, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pink-floyd-studio-albums-poll/973932/88 "2023-02-18T19:14:09Z")
Certainly not when you have hope in your heart. ---
**Author:** ![up2eleven](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/up2eleven/32/13432_2.png) [@up2eleven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up2eleven)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pink-floyd-studio-albums-poll/973932/89 "2023-02-18T19:22:36Z")
I grew up with Dark Side and absolutely love it, but chose Meddle as I really love the song Fearless. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pink-floyd-studio-albums-poll/973932.md?page=4)