Dark Side of the Moon. I wore out 4 copies of that album before it became my first purchase on CD.
Atom Heart Mother, followed by Meddle.
I don’t care much for Dark Side – it’s a Watered down version of what made Floyd a great group.
For me it is The Wall. It probably has something to do with the fact that it was my first real album (8-Track) that I got for Xmas.
Ummagumma. Musically it really isn’t all that good, but it was one of my first albums and I played the shit out of it. I like it more for the memories.
The cover was cool, the music was weird, what’s not to love about it when you’re a teen? I also imagined seeing them play the music live, sitting there, tripping out. The title alone Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict just says cool with the added bonus that there are actual lyrics.
I fell asleep one time listening to it and Careful With That Axe Eugene came on. I woke up so startled when the screaming began.
For the music, I like Division Bell. I especially like Wearing The Inside Out.
Too hard to pick for me. The two I’d like to listen to right now are the soundtrack albums from ***More ***and Obscured by Clouds.
Definitely Animals. Every tune is fantastic.
What he said. Meddle is also very good, except for the parts that aren’t.
Definitely *The Wall *for me. The first album I ever owned (at age 8!), it really helped define my musical tastes overall. There are a couple of songs that I don’t love on there individually, but taken as a whole, the album is a remarkable, remarkable achievement.
I would put Animals 2nd, and The Final Cut 3rd. (Obviously, I’m more of a Roger fan :p)
I really liked Momentary Lapse when it first came out - and I loved the concert - but I don’t think it has aged well. Feels a bit bland to me now.
Even though I’m not a d.j. any more, Animals is still my favorite album, and “Dogs” is still my favorite song.
Dark Side of the Moon.
The Wall has some of my favorite tracks but also has some of my least favorite (“Another Brick… Pt 2”, “Young Lust” and “Run Like Hell”) which of course are the ones most often played on the radio. Figures, huh?
Tough choice.
While Gilmore is my guitar-nerd man-crush, Waters is my god for his lyrics… even when they go hilariously wrong (which isn’t often).
Argh. I’m gonna have to go with The Final Cut after a lot of thought. I love the mood of the album; it seems to me that it completes ** The Wall** brilliantly. This is one of the cases where I have to think that those who don’t like it don’t understand it, and I’m usually a guy who thinks ‘if it speaks to you, fine.’
The Gunner’s Dream. That’s all I want, for myself and for the world.
I have a boot of that, and I agree that it’s the best of that earlier era.
Their best IMO is a three way tie between Dark Side, Wish you were here, and Final Cut.
Really though, whichever album I’m currently listening to becomes their best.
Wish you were here.
Wow. This is a hard choice.
I don’t think there is a single Floyd album that I don’t love.
But, if forced to choose, I think the Division Bell.
The instrumentals, Cluster One and Marooned are amazing.
And the lyrics to their final song, “High Hopes” still choke me up.
1994… wow, can it be THAT long ago?
My friends and I will almost certainly play this when I see them in a few weeks.
One of these days I’ll get around to buying this one. It and Delicate Sound of Thunder are the only Floyd albums I don’t own.
My choices exactly. It’s almost a 3-way tie for me.
Okay, I will not be in tune with the others. I usually only get to listen to music when I going to sleep.
For me, it’s Shine On You Crazy Diamond.
It’s mellow, doesn’t jump around too much (perhaps Welcome to the Machine kills the mellow factor).
Great album for me to listen and doze off to.
I love most all Floyd BTW and have seen then live as much as I could.
I understand it just fine. I just don’t like it.
OK, I’ve only heard a few cuts from it. But it seems like Waters was taking things in a particular musical direction on The Wall. I just can’t connect with the style. It’s a more stark, dry Floyd. And it seems like TFC was more of that.
I think that the best thing they did since was the last part of What Do You Want From Me. They really got back to that lush wall of sound that made me fall in love with them in the first place.
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn for me - Syd Barrett’s songwriting is unique. Water’s Floyd (as brilliant as they are) doesn’t resonate with me in quite the same way. If I had to pick a later album, it would be ‘The Final Cut’ - I love the atmosphere of the record. Post-Waters’ Floyd doesn’t do anything for me
Roger Waters played Bangkok in the early part of this decade. The wife and I were second row, center. A fantastic show.