# The best Pink Floyd album **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 22, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-pink-floyd-album/533361 "2010-03-22T17:32:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-pink-floyd-album/533361/41 "2010-03-23T13:58:15Z")
Animals. Runner-ups: Dark side, Wish you were here, The Wall. ---
**Author:** ![freekalette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/50afbb/32.png) [@freekalette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freekalette)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-pink-floyd-album/533361/42 "2010-03-23T14:01:19Z")
Obscured by Clouds Animals is probably the album I turn to most often, but ObC has “Wots…uh the Deal” which is pretty much the most beautiful thing ever. The guitar bit of that song is enough to make it rise above everything else. IMHO, YMMV, etc. ---
**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:** [March 23, 2010, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-pink-floyd-album/533361/43 "2010-03-23T15:04:14Z")
> [@Lobot](#): > > [_Wish You Were Here_ has it all…arguably the best artwork by Storm Thorgerson in the entire Floyd catalogue Speaking of Storm, his [Mind Over Matter](http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/1846097630) is an excellent retrospective of his work. (I love the cover, taken at “The Wave”, a truly amazing place.) The December '09 issue of Classic Rock Magazine had an interesting article on the travails of filming The Wall. The cover is a neat 3D mashup of Floyd album covers. Apropos of the subject matter being discussed in this thread, here’s an e-postcard I made a while back. My brother and I were on a week-long Britrail adventure, and, as we were passing a certain power station, he pulled a little surprise out of his pack… [Battersea: Wish You Were Here](http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/2Z0PU7Y3kqB7t4T1ln2LZg?feat=directlink) ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-pink-floyd-album/533361/44 "2010-03-23T15:30:00Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > That one vote for _ **Pulse** _ was me. While I don’t believe it really qualifies as a separate album like the rest, it _does_ include a full performance of _ **Dark Side of the Moon** _, along with a nice collection of essential PF tunes. I chose Pulse as well, for exactly this reason. Except, of course, that I believe it really qualifies as a separate album like the rest. I was made to purchase it seperately, using seperate money for it than I did for the other albums. If it were just given to me by the band because I had many of their other albums, then I can see DCnDC’s logic. But it wasn’t, so I don’t. Also, the blinky light continues to score babes. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-pink-floyd-album/533361/45 "2010-03-23T15:46:49Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > DSOTM is probably one of the most atmospheric and interesting rock albums I’ve ever listened to, although I pretty much sum up the penultimate Floyd period as DSOTM-_Wish You Were Here-Animals-The Wall_. I love them all. Penultimate means second to last. Which kind of fits, but I don’t think it’s what you were going for. ---
**Author:** ![HookerChemical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@HookerChemical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HookerChemical)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-pink-floyd-album/533361/46 "2010-03-23T18:32:10Z")
I’m going against the common wisdom and voting for _The Final Cut_. There isn’t a great single song on it, but as an album, I think it’s the best. It was a tough call between FC and WYWH. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-pink-floyd-album/533361/47 "2010-03-23T18:52:18Z")
I can’t believe how much love _Animals_ is getting. I thought I was the only one. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-pink-floyd-album/533361/48 "2010-03-23T19:16:45Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > [Battersea: Wish You Were Here](http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/2Z0PU7Y3kqB7t4T1ln2LZg?feat=directlink) One of my favorite album covers: [The Orb Live 93](http://musicangle.com/upload_images/PhotoGallery/OrbLive.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-pink-floyd-album/533361/49 "2010-03-23T19:21:24Z")
Didn’t really have to think too much about this to vote. But if Dark Side were not an option, it would be much tougher. There are so many great choices, but I’d probably go with The Division Bell. That’s the one I’ve been playing most lately. There’s a lot of good stuff on it, but the last part of What Do You Want From Me is Pink Floyd at their Floydiest. It’s like they finally found their sound. (I’m going to get blasted for this, I know.) And Wearing the Inside Out is a real treat. The hard thing about a poll like this is that they had three or four distinct periods in their career. The lads who did Piper are not the band that did Division Bell. It’s like asking what’s a better album, Help or Abbey Road. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-pink-floyd-album/533361/50 "2010-03-23T23:33:12Z")
I voted for _The Wall_. _DSOTM_ is just completely ruined for me due to overexposure but I will agree that it is also an outstanding album. _Wish_ and _Animals_ are great too, but a notch below. I liked \*Final Cut \*quite a bit but the political references are dated. I also like _Division Bell_, same band or not, for sure not equal to the first tier albums. I’ve not heard any pre-\*Dark Side \*albums in decades, I might like them more now. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-pink-floyd-album/533361/51 "2010-03-24T02:33:15Z")
“And if the band you’re in starts playing different tunes I’ll see you on the **dark side of the moon**.” ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-pink-floyd-album/533361/52 "2010-03-24T08:44:02Z")
Another thing Animals had going for it, was the advertising campaign, which consisted of the album cover and the words: ‘Oink, oink. Woof woof. Baaa.’, and nothing else. Brilliant ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-pink-floyd-album/533361/53 "2010-03-24T11:06:51Z")
_Dark Side Of The Moon_, _Wish You Were Here_, and _Animals_ are Pink Floyd for me. _The Wall_ and _The Final Cut_ might say Pink Floyd on their covers, but they’re purely Roger Waters in my mind now. I love them and what Roger was saying and asking in them. I chose _Animals_ if only because immediately after I got the CD, I got the flu. Spent the next three or four days straight, under the blankets, with _Animals_ on repeat. It’s beyond burned into my brain, it’s probably encoded into my DNA now. CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-pink-floyd-album/533361/54 "2010-03-24T12:37:28Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > Penultimate means second to last. Which kind of fits, but I don’t think it’s what you were going for. Shit…you’re right. I meant _ultimate_. Stupid pen. ---
**Author:** ![l3ond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b487fb/32.png) [@l3ond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/l3ond)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-pink-floyd-album/533361/55 "2012-05-31T05:31:17Z")
I would have to say that Animals is my favorite Pink Floyd album. Followed very closely by Piper, Saucer full of Secrets, and Meddle. ---
**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:** [May 31, 2012, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-pink-floyd-album/533361/56 "2012-05-31T11:51:08Z")
I had a hard time deciding between: The Zombie At The Gates Of Dawn Atom Heart Zombie Obscured By Zombies The Dark Side Of The Zombie A Momentary Lapse Of Zombies ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-pink-floyd-album/533361/57 "2012-05-31T12:41:21Z")
Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Zombie. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-pink-floyd-album/533361/58 "2012-05-31T12:54:14Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Zombie. No, with a Celt! ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-pink-floyd-album/533361/59 "2012-05-31T13:00:45Z")
> [@Green\_Cymbeline](#): > > Since PF is my favorite band, it’s hard to pick just one, but I have always had a special place in my heart for _ **Animals** _. Your username led me to expect more. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-pink-floyd-album/533361/60 "2012-05-31T13:12:09Z")
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