Ranking Pink Floyd's Albums Worst to Best

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The final installment of Pink Floyd Album Reviews, JT Curtis ranks their studio albums +1 from worst to best. Which album will be number one?
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Pink Floyd is without a doubt one of the greatest classic rock bands of all time. They began in the 60s with Roger Waters on bass, Nick Mason on drums, Richard Wright on organ and Syd Barrett on lead guitar and vocals. Syd was the band's leader and chief songwriter in the early days, penning their first singles Arnold Layne and See Emily Play. This would lead to the release of their 1967 album Piper at the Gates of Dawn, featuring classics like Astronomy Domine, Flaming, Bike and the epic psychedelic instrumental Interstellar Overdrive. Their live shows were equally inventive incorporating unique light shows. However due to Syd's intake of LSD mixed with a breakdown involving schizophrenia, he would gradually be pushed out of the band he fronted, being replaced with David Gilmour on guitar. This would become Pink Floyd's classic lineup with Roger taking more of a songwriter role, including the song Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun which would appear on their 1968 album A Saucerful of Secrets. The album was the only to feature all five band members and Syd's final composition with Floyd, Jugband Blues. Through albums like the soundtrack to More and the experimental Ummagumma, Pink Floyd was still finding their voice, focusing more on albums rather than singles, but still producing an occasional classic like Careful with that Axe Eugene. In 1970, Atom Heart Mother proved to be a success with the 23 minute instrumental and featuring Dave's song Fat Old Sun. 1971's Meddle would turn out to be an important staple for the band with the rocking opener One of these Days I'm Going to Cut You Into Little Pieces, featuring a rare spoken vocal by Nick, Roger's echoing bass line and Dave's Slide Guitar. The flip side, another 23 minute piece, Echoes, featuring Dave and Rick on vocals, is often regarded as Progressive Rock's finest moment, from the opening ping of Rick's leslie piano. They would also perform both these songs along with earlier classics Live at Pompeii. The Obscured by Clouds soundtrack appeared in 1972 with tracks like Burning Bridges and Free Four. However 1973's Dark Side of the Moon would become one of the most successful albums of all time, staying on the charts for nearly 13 years and still a best seller today. Roger's lyrics dealt with the evils of society driving one to madness, while the music was nearly one entire inter-connected piece (making it difficult to separate for a playlist or a best of / greatest hits compilation). Still standouts like Money, Time and Great Gig in the Sky are favorites among fans. Their 1975 followup Wish You Were Here, featuring the opening and closing piece Shine On You Crazy Diamond (a tribute to Syd Barrett who even showed up at the sessions), is thought to be equally great, if not greater, as Dark Side. But tensions between the band were beginning to rear their head. 1977 saw the release of Animals, likening three animals: Dogs, Sheep and Pigs to various classes of society. Roger became the band's main frontman and sole songwriter with Dave occasionally sharing the mic and writing credits. Tensions grew during the tour when Roger ended up spitting on a fan in Montreal and coming up with the idea for The Wall to separate himself from the audience. 1979 would see the release of The Wall, the album and later the tour and film. Another Brick in the Wall Part 2 became their best selling single and Comfortably Numb remains one of their most popular tunes. But it nearly broke up the band as Roger fired Rick for lack of output, creating a greater rift between him and Dave. 1983's The Final Cut was Roger's final album with Pink Floyd before he officially left, leaving Dave and Nick to reunite with Rick for 1987's Momentary Lapse of Reason, featuring the song Learning to Fly. Roger sued to break up the band, but failed to do so instead focusing on his solo career. The Gilmour led Floyd would produce 1994's The Division Bell, a return to form for many fans with Rick now sharing vocal and songwriting duties again. Songs included Take it Back, Coming Back to Life, Keep Talking and High Hopes. It wasn't until 2005's Live 8 concert when Dave, Nick and Rick reunited with Roger for a short set giving closure for many fans. Syd never performed with Pink Floyd again and died in 2006. Rick died in 2008. The album The Endless River was dedicated in his honor. Pink Floyd's legacy has continued to inspire fans and aspiring musicians, myself included.

[@JTCurtisMusic]

Before you leave a comment on how "Wrong" I am about The Final Cut, considering watching my full review on it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5iqaqZ9Z6l8l8ksi=lLpJzs6XYA_8bXMV You're welcome to comment on your love for the album, but respect that other people might have a different musical opinion than you do. Thank you.

[@johnmoreno7664]

What do I post to something that I DID NOT understand??

[@donrumgay5200]

I’ve watched it… you’re STILL wrong….

[@JTCurtisMusic]

@@donrumgay5200 Then explain why you love the album.

[@williamlangan5902]

JT, some of us would love you even if you tore up Dark Side and praised Final Cut over it. But we’d laugh like crazy and leave snide comments! It’s ok. Final Cut was low on my overlong list!

[@wasteofspace20]

You aren’t wrong by any means and your critiques are fair to me.

[@everythingcomputer]

depending on where in my life i was, the album list changed, BUT Animals is by far the Pinnacle of the Floyd. IMHO

[@flaviopitanga65]

Love Animals too. My favorite ❤ just raw and full of emotions. Simply amazing

[@G30RGI3]

Underrated, tbh

[@syr1964]

Animals and DSOTM rotate as the best Floyd album for me.

[@shaymus_mcfamous8654]

Regardless of how my taste or mood changes, Animals is a go to. It is a winding journey that checks every box, every time. In fact, some of my favorite live performances have been other bands covering the whole album or a song from it, e.g. Les Claypool's Flying Frog Brigade @ House of Blues in Vegas 9/22/02 (it was an aftershow following Phish @ Thomas and Mack Center)

[@terrypussypower]

I saw Pink Floyd play “Animals” and “Wish You Were Here” in their entirety, one after the other, (with “Money” as an encore) in 1977 as a 17 yr old, tripping out of my skull! And all for £3.50! So “Animals” is my go-to Floyd LP! After that it was a rapid decline with “The Wall”….that was so disappointing that album, especially after seeing them in their prime and expecting so much. There’s at least 6 classic tunes on there, but the rest is just filler. It was the pointer to the direction they’d take under Waters’ dictatorship.

[@vinesauce]

I really loved the series, and even if our opinions differ on some albums, it's always good to see someone who's passionate for the material explain how they feel about it in a thoughtful and entertaining way. Plus, as a fellow Obscured by Clouds enjoyer, I'm glad to see it get its due.

[@JTCurtisMusic]

Thank you Vinny! Glad we got to connect through our love of Pink Floyd. Feel free to reach out to me again if you want to collab on something.

[@bushranger8960]

Wonderful to see Vinny appreciate OBC 🙌

[@daemonspudguy]

@@JTCurtisMusic you got Vincent E Sauce to leave a few comments. That's an accomplishment.

[@Chico50445]

​@@JTCurtisMusic I too wanted to comment how great it was to see you respect what made some people resonate with just about every album. I mentioned I love Endless River and is in my personal top 10(I used to say top 5) because it was the first time I just listened to Pink Floyd with the full attention and took in what kind of musical atmospheres they have to offer. Before that I knew of the band and had nothing against them but never really payed enough attention to appreciate what Money, Another Brick in the Wall, or Wish You Were Here had to offer because I mostly only heard them in public places where I wasn't that focused on the background music. Especially knowing nothing about the band or their music career journey. I've grown to love all of those songs though. Time and Comfortably Numb were the first few songs that made me curious to check them out. Since you didn't mention many people that love The Endless River or that perspective, I was wondering if you've stumbled upon many other fans online or in person who rank it as highly as I do? To further elaborate what it means to me, it was introduced to me through a good friend who's been a huge fan his whole life and he and I listened to The Endless River CD on repeat when it released in 2014, so as of this year in November, it'll be 10 years that I've been a huge fan of the band

[@Jigsaw765]

omg the vincent

[@trumsolon]

To me, both The Final Cut and The Division Bell are underrated and among my very favourite Pink Floyd albums.

[@shasmi93]

The division bell is t underrated. Many people know how amazing that album is. Too me it’s in their top 2.

[@DinoAlberini]

The final cut is musically sub par. Roger Waters shouldn’t have been allowed to “sing”.

[@wyattcole5452]

Final Cut imo is better than division bell and momentary lapse, not a fan of those albums but I do like songs on them. Many Individual songs are better than the ones on Final Cut when I think about it but overall for albums I put them after Final Cut because it’s clear to me there’s something missing. If the better songs of the two were put into one I’d say that album is definitely better than Final Cut but with the overall product the albums don’t feel as enjoyable, emotional or meaningful to me. Edit: I do like Division Bell and think sonically it’s better, and has some better aspects

[@bookhouseboy280]

@ole5452 Agree. A band can't lose a major talent like Waters and not be negatively impacted in a big way. Without him the band lost much of its depth and edge. Like if The Beatles had lost Lennon.

[@stopbunsen]

@@bookhouseboy280 Gilmour's best work also happened when Roger was around. It was like he lost the fire to be creative with his guitar after Roger left. But, they were both better when collaborating with each other, as much as they hated each other.

[@Freepaz710]

Meddle is the best Pink Floyd record for me. It has been in my life for such a long time. I used to have a dream as a kid that would recur every once in a while and there was music set to the dream. The dream was quite beautiful and has many layers to it that I’m still unraveling to this day. It wasn’t until middle school that I started getting heavily into music of new and old and Pink Floyd was a band that I would often hear of. DSOTM was an obvious starting point and I worked my up from there chronologically and loved what I was hearing. It wasn’t until my uncle showed me fearless that I became interested in meddle. I remember listening to the first side of the meddle liking it quite a lot and then when side two came on and echos played, I realized it had been the music from my dream. I couldn’t believe it and since then it has basically become the theme of my life. I’ve loved this series and I can’t wait for whatever comes next!!

[@stephaniedecker673]

😍👍

[@metronorthwtrain1452]

Echoes is an awesome song. Always liked closing my eyes outside and relaxing to that masterpiece.

[@LittleJohnaton]

Right with you.. Meddle rules!! only PF album I have on vinyl teeeheee

[@blaumausfrau]

Dude, you’re the first person that’s made any sense in this list. Personally, I hated dark side of the moon, black soul, singers, and saxophone players with Pink Floyd horrors. That’s pure heresy, but medal was a great LP - if I were you, I’d check out soundtrack to MORE and saucerful of secrets those were great albums all these clowns that like brick in the wall and all this nonsense, they have no idea what good Pink Floyd music is

[@gabemartinez3280]

the wall being that low is insanity

[@lggutierrez]

One of the things I always tend to think is that the studio record is not complete. I only listen to the live version, with "What shall we do now" and "last few bricks". That's one of the reasons that makes me feel like it's not a top 5.

[@joeking433]

I would put it even lower. It was Roger at his most vitriolic which made it suffer, IMO.

[@SirManfly]

@@joeking433 The Wall at #8 Sorry but for me only I'd rank it at #1 !!

[@joeking433]

@@SirManfly What songs are any good on it besides Comfortably Numb and Another Brick in the Wall? The rest of the songs are just Roger's typical complaining and self centered whining.

[@SirManfly]

@@joeking433 In The Flesh, Mother, Young Lust, Goodbye Blue Sky, Hey You, Run Like Hell....need more?

[@tenej6992]

The final cut always get a bad rep. Its not as bad as it is. You have to be in the right mood to listen to the album. Its an experience. You just cant hold expectations, thinking its the next dark side of the moon

[@pinkraven4402]

Honestly, I was shocked with such a harsh take on "The Final Cut". Even if you don't like the album as a whole, there are so many amaaazingly sounding songs. The prodution is amazing, I actually think that Roger's voice is very emotional and personal and MAAAN, the solos, this album contains some of the most heart-wrenching Gilmour's solos ever. "Your Possible Pasts", "The Final Cut", "The Fletcher Memorial Home", "Not Now John", these solos are piercing. Especially the title track, it's such a gargantuanly underrated song ;___; I honestly don't get it, even if one finds the album as a whole lacking, it's DEFINITELY doesn't deserve such a bad rating imo

[@joeking433]

The Final Cut was all Roger at his worst. Even Roger's solo albums were better.

[@joeking433]

@@pinkraven4402 People didn't like it because it was ALL Roger and the rest of the band didn't even really do much on it or like it.

[@pinkraven4402]

@@joeking433 How can you listen to the title track and say that ;_;

[@joeking433]

@@pinkraven4402 The Final Cut was abysmal as well as being the worst selling PF album of all time. It's Roger at his nastiest.

[@Skycladatdusk78]

Great ranking, here's mine : 1. Dark Side Of The Moon 2. Wish You Were Here 3. Animals 4. Meddle 5. Obscured By Clouds 6. Piper At The Gates Of Dawn 7. The Wall 8. A Momentary Lapse Of Reason 9. The Division Bell 10. A Saucerful Of Secrets 11. The Final Cut 12. Ummagumma 13. The Endless River 14. Atom Heart Mother 15. More

[@Chapps1941]

Your Top 4 is the same as mine

[@Skycladatdusk78]

@@Chapps1941 Awesome!🤘

[@sqipio3358]

Wall too low

[@SydChapter24]

My top 5: 1. The Wall 2. Wish You Were Here 3. The Dark Side Of The Moon 4. Animals 5. The Division Bell The Wall has probably always been my favorite, Wish You Were Here is a close second. Also in the past few months I've been really getting into The Division Bell.

[@mattbakers7760]

Change number 5 to Momentary Lapse of Reason and then we agree.

[@dradoslavovv7419]

Mine's completely the same, although sometimes I have The Division Bell above Animals. And I've been feeling in the same as you a short time ago. The Division Bell has grown very beautifully on me lately (in fact, High Hopes was my introduction to Pink Floyd). The Wall is my favorite album of all time, and Wish You Were Here has always been a close second.

[@SydChapter24]

@@dradoslavovv7419 The Division Bell and Animals can switch for me too sometimes. Poles Apart is my favorite track from Division Bell whereas Animals, it switches between Dogs and Sheep.

[@SydChapter24]

I should also add my favorite PF tracks are The Trial and Nile Song.

[@tuskact4overheaven873]

My favourites: 1) wish you were here 2) pipers 3) animals 4) meddle 5) dark side

[@kevinbrown1893]

1. The Wall 2. Animals 3. Wish You Were Here 4. The Dark Side of The Moon 5. The Division Bell 6. The Final Cut 7. Meddle 8. A Momentary Lapse of Reason 9. Atom Heart Mother 10. Obscured By Clouds 11. More 12. The Endless River 13. A Saucerful of Secrets 14. The Piper at The Gates of Dawn 15. Ummagumma

[@1234tori]

the wall too low

[@sswishbone]

Division Bell above The Wall is a very brave thing to say! However, thanks for sharing the impact it had on you, music can often be the biggest support in the hardest times.

[@dwayneandrews2059]

I concur. Of course The Wall has some incredible songs and lyrics but is too bloated and self indulgent. The Division Bell is incredible. The Nile Song rocks, btw.

[@kevinbossick8374]

The Wall is the least album that gets played for me. Although, when I was younger, I did play it often.

[@joeking433]

The Wall was too much Roger to make it an exceptional album. Division Bell was all Dave and better than the Wall, IMO.

[@OrtadragoonX]

The Division Bell has High Hopes, one of the best songs Floyd ever produced as a band.

[@joeking433]

@@OrtadragoonX It's up there with the best, that's true.

[@Voyager.2]

Animals is the best.

[@JackDiamond_FBOW]

Here’s my ranking (for the ones I’ve heard): 1. Wish You Were Here 2. Darkside 3. The Wall 4. Meddle 5. Animals 6. Piper 7. Division bell 8. Obscured by clouds 9. Atom Heart Mother

[@sbseb1705]

1. The dark side of the moon 2. The Wall 3. Animals 4. Meddle 5. Wish you were here 6. The Division Bell 7. Saucerfull of secrets 8. Atom heart Mother

[@JackWilson-rt5oj]

1 Animals 2 dsotm 3 the wall 4 The division bell 4 meddle 5 wish you were

[@cinemaster9012]

I like this ranking

[@frysiniv.3807]

1. The Wall 2. Animals 3. Dark Side Of The Moon 4. Meddle 5. Division Bell 6. Wish You Were Here 7. Atom Heart Mother

[@bookhouseboy280]

A barker's dozen: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (not forgetting the wonderful non-album Syd singles) - The black and green scarecrow is sadder than me / But now he's resigned to his fate / 'Cause life's not unkind - he doesn't mind -- There is no Dark Side of the Moon, really 2. The Wall - Hey you, dont help them to bury the light / Don't give in without a fight 3. Wish You Were Here - Remember when you were young / You shone like the sun... 4. Meddle - Strangers passing in the street / By chance two separate glances meet / And I am you and what I see is me 5. Animals - Gotta stay awake, gotta try and shake off this creeping malaise / If I don't stand my own ground, how can I find my way out of this maze? 6. The Final Cut - And if I show you my dark side / Will you still hold me tonight? And if I open my heart to you / And show you my weak side / What would you do? 7. A Saucerful of Secrets - Witness the man who raves at the wall / Making the shape of his questions to Heaven... Set the controls for the heart of the sun 8. The Division Bell - I took a heavenly ride through our silence / I knew the moment had arrived / For killing the past and coming back to life 9. Obscured by Clouds - You are the angel of death / And I am the dead man's son / And he was buried like a mole in a fox hole / And everyone is still On the Run 10. Atom Heart Mother - If I were a good man, I'd talk with you more often than I do 11. More - On a trip to Cirrus Minor / Saw a crater in the Sun / A thousand miles of moonlight later

[@JTCurtisMusic]

Love the inclusion of those incredible lyrics.

[@damiensuil2183]

'piper at the gates of dawn' is,was and will always be a masterpiece

[@Maxlicore]

My ranking: 1) The Dark Side of the Moon 2) Wish You Were Here 3) Meddle 4) Animals 5) The Division Bell These are my top five, I have to think about the rest.

[@loveshankme]

0:57 19:44 Look Gary, there I am! But seriously, I loved every review. It was fun to go through and to have all the albums laid out in such a fun way for me, and it even got me to reconnect and to appreciate albums I'd given the boot before. Since this series has started, I even went out of my way to get every single album on vinyl. Yes, even Ummagumma. I have a lot of fun stories to tell about how Pink Floyd got me through difficult (or incredible) times, but the one experience I have the fondest memories of was when my mom offered to take me to Dark Side's 50th anniversary show at our local planetarium this past November. Having been born in '98, being far too young to properly experience them live, this was about as close as I could get to going to a live show, so I went. And it was magical. Even if it was just the album with visuals made by the Floyd's theatrical team, it was still such a mesmerizing experience. By the end, as Eclipse was hitting its final peaks, I was in actual tears. I had to compose myself in the bathroom for like 5 minutes lol. This was a fantastic series, JT. From the bottom of my heart, Thank you. ❤

[@dannypacini9820]

😂 me too 😂

[@danny1959]

“Quiet desperation” might be the English way, but it’s actually a quote from American Henry David Thoreau.

[@robbiecox]

I have noticed that the younger listeners are less likely to "get" the earlier stuff, especially with Syd. Atom Heart is my fave, but I was out of my head when I first heard it. That really does give early Floyd its hidden backing track.

[@joeking433]

I was born in the 50's and the early albums sucked, IMO. Even Dave said he was glad to get out of that "psychedelic noodling", as he considered the early stuff. DSOTM was light years better and sold way better, too, for a reason!

[@robbiecox]

I'm 1955 vintage, I love most Pink Floyd. I didn't really "get" Syd until after Wish you were here. Shine on made me go back and listen to the Syd era, and then I got it. Atom heart the track did it for me when I first heard it in about '70, but like I said I was on an acid trip at the time.

[@joeking433]

@@robbiecox I listened to it and all I can say is that the best thing that ever happened to the band was finding Dave Gilmour and losing Syd Barrett!

[@cesarmadero05]

28 videos! Your body of work is amazing, JT. Thank you for doing this. It's here ❤

[@jtmichaelson]

For me, the top 5 would easily be: 1. Dark Side of the Moon 2. Animals 3. Wish You Were Here 4. Momentarily Lapse of Reason (the re-recorded version) 5. Meddle

[@MaxMansbridge]

I love this ranking and I love that you included Live At Pompeii, which I’ve never thought to include in my own rankings. If I were to include that it would be easily a top 5 Floyd album. I’m currently writing a ranking of every Floyd song on my iPhone notes app, it’s really opening my eyes to some of the songs I’ve heard less and is making me rethink my opinions on some. I’d love to see you do a Floyd song ranking, although it’s such a difficult piece of work

[@joeking433]

The thing about PF's music is that the sum is better than the parts. The songs on Dark Side aren't as monumental as the whole album!

[@theviperman3873]

I was a hip-hop fan and I never listened those "rock" songs. But, my friend told me about Pink Floyd, I gave it a shot and holy shit. Right now I'm in love with that guitar sounds. My personal favorite is The Division Bell. Honestly, I don't care about lyrics that much, I just wanna feel in peace while listening. The Divison Bell's guitar solos, Wright's excallent touches makes this album best, for me.

[@AleksZimmermann]

So grateful for this series 🙏🙏 made me feel like rediscovering Pink Floyd again, thank you

[@colepatterson8205]

1. Wish you were here 2. Animals 3. The Division Bell 4. The Wall 5. Dark Side of the moon 6. Meddle 7. Obscured by clouds 8. Atom heart mother 9. Piper at the gates of down 10. A momentary lapse of reason 11. Final Cut 12. A saucerful of secrets 13. The endless river 14. More 15. Ummagumma I will preface that the top 5 are my untouchable albums they could litterally be in any order and it would be fine to be but wish you were here helped me through a really rough time in my life a helped bring me back to reality keeping me grounded. My division bell ranking is definitely controversial to some however I want by it being amazing and definitely along with wish you were here it would be the other Pink Floyd album I would take to the Desert Island because every time I listen to it I find something new would be a lyric that speaks to me or a piece of instrumental I didn’t quite catch before but it is so well made that the less slick lyric write makes up for an incredible bunch of songs with not one skip for me the top 5 has no skip songs for me

[@joeking433]

Same top 6 albums of most PF fans. I would order them differently but you picked the best top 6 albums.

[@beyondthecamera333]

1. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn 2. The Wall 3. Wish you were here 4. The Dark side of the moon 5. Meddle 6. Animals 7. Saucerfull of secrets 8. The Division Bell 9. Atom Heart Mother 10. Obscured by Clouds 11. The Final Cut 12. A Momentary Lapse off reason 13. Ummagumma 14. More

[@jamesmatthew3681]

A fellow lover of Piper just like me? You sir, are a man of quality and a man of good taste.

[@shasmi93]

No

[@takodabostwick8507]

1. Dark Side of the Moon 2. Wish You Were Here 3. Atom Heart Mother 4. Piper At the Gates of Dawn 5. Meddle 6. Animals 7. Obscured by Clouds 8. The Wall 9. The Division Bell 10. A Saucerful of Secrets 11. A Momentary Lapse of Reason 12. The Endless River 13. The Final Cut 14. More 15. Ummagumma 1-7 Perfect 8-9 Solid 10-11 Good 12 Meh 13-15 Horrible Controversial opinion about 3, but Atom Heart Mother is such a fantastic album! The album that started the 70s with a bang. The title track on side 1 may be almost 25 minutes long, but it's such a masterpiece! If, Summer of 68 and Fat Old Song are fantastic songs. Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast is an interesting track but different for what it is. I decided to put Piper at 4 because I have some of my favorite songs off that album. Astronomy Domine, Lucifer Sam, Pow R. Toc H., Interstellar Overdrive and Bike are the highlights for Piper. Such a fantastic album. Some debut albums are very good and are high on a lot of people's different lists, but they were get better with their sound later on. Ranking 5 & 6 was very hard for me because Animals is a fantastic album and it's awesome. However I do agree with you Meddles is a fantastic album! It definitely was perfect and Pink Floyd going the right direction. I actually didn't mind the dog song at all. I might be biased because I have dogs for pets and I love my dogs. I do agree with you on The Wall. It's got a ton of great songs, but there is some filler and it could not be higher than 8. The Division Bell is at 9 only because I love the other 8 more. I gave more credit to Piper than you because some of the highs were so good that I put it as high as 4. I gave A Saucerful of Secrets higher than you at 10 only because the lower albums are either bad or are just solo albums from Gilmour and Waters. The Final Cut is not that great really. And I had the soundtrack album More low because it's a soundtrack album. But I agree about Ummagumma being bad. It's awful and I can't blame the members for saying it's awful. My list might get me controversy too, but ranking albums is tough for so many bands. It's a tough task, but I'm glad you did Pink Floyd albums ranked.

[@nickj7335]

Atom heart mother is so underrated

[@captainpandaplayz4604]

That me favorite album from them

[@tuskact4overheaven873]

Mine is: 1) wish you were here 2) pipers at the gates of dawn 3) animals 4) meddle 5) dark side of the moon

[@36karpatoruski]

Piper is the best pure psychedelic album ever made. Could be anywhere in the top 3 Floyd albums, the others DSOM and WYWH.

[@epilogue1436]

Can't tell you enough how much I loved watching your journey through Pink Floyd's discography and seeing someone else so passionate to talk about my favorite band! Dark Side has to be my favorite album of all time too. For certain albums I can pinpoint the exact time I listened to that album and could tell you what I was doing. For Dark Side, it's hard to remember the first time I listened to it. For me, the album always seemed to be there and I guess it just has always been my favorite album for as long as I can remember. And I doubt that will ever change. Can't wait to see what you do next with the channel! Please cover David Bowie's albums next! lol. Whatever you do next I'm sure will be great(: Also, I idolize your hairstyle and hope to look as cool some day. What would you call your hairstyle?

[@JTCurtisMusic]

I did a JTC Playlist of Bowie's albums if you want to check it out. "What would you call your hairstyle?" Arthur.

[@AlmightyBruce]

My predictions for JT’s list are: 15: Ummagumma 14: The Final Cut 13: A Saucerful of Secrets 12: More 11: The Endless River 10: A Momentary Lapse of Reason 9: Atom Heart Mother 8: Piper at the Gates of Dawn 7: The Wall 6: Obscured by Clouds 5: The Division Bell 4: Animals 3: Meddle 2: Wish You Were Here 1: The Dark Side of the Moon

[@JTCurtisMusic]

At the risk of spoiling the video, I’m actually impressed how close this is!

[@fungustheturd4004]

The Final Cut is unfairly underrated. Same can be said about Roger’s solo career, he makes a lot of great concepts albums like Radio KAOS and Amused to Death, I recommend you all to have a listen to them

[@Kinquovio]

funny thing is is that i usually listen to their live albums now, a recent favourite of mine is their live "any colour you like"

[@JTCurtisMusic]

The transition from Us and Them to Any Colour you like it one of my favorite moments in all of music. And yes that live version of Any Colour from the 74 show is amazing.

[@cameronwright7309]

My Top 5: 1. Dark Side of the Moon 2. The Division Bell 3. The Wall 4. Meddle 5. Animals

[@chrismoody1342]

One of my favorite memories is of my dad listening to his brand new component stereo system. He had no album of his own and borrowed my DSM off of my turntable. I walk into house as I hear the opening of time begin. I head straight for the family room to find old dad listening to all the sounds chasing around and around the room. I started to say something to him and he hushed me. I sat down and watched as he consumed side one. I knew he had to listen to side two in quick succession, so I got up and started side two. He would close his eyes a just float away with the sounds coming out of his new stereo. At the end he said little, but damn I never heard music like that before. He continued the sounds race back and forth round and round. Sounds so good. I simply said yeah, I know.

[@its_cookie_man]

Pink Floyd were pretty much my introduction to music, sure, I've listened to other music in the past when I was a kid, but when I chose by myself to get into music, the first song I listened to was Echoes, back then a 20~ minute long song was insane to me and I immediately loved it, I've never heard anything like it before. Pink Floyd are still my second favorite band (Radiohead managed to dethrone them, but to me they're pretty much equal) and heavily impacted my music taste, they're very important to me. So I decided to also show my own list, like a lot of other people here, along with a few thoughts of mine about each album. 15. More: By far their weakest album imo. It certainly has its moments and there are a lot of interesting styles that the band never really experimented with again. But the production and sequencing is flawed, it's a mixed bag and overall it sounds like the silly little brother of Saucerful. 14. A Momentary Lapse of Reason: Despite it being so low, it's a really great album, I just prefer others over it nowadays. When I first listened to it I really loved it, it was probably one of my favorites, but after that, the next listens were nothing, it had nothing more to offer to me really. Though there are some great tracks here. 13. The Endless River: People really don't understand this album at all and call an *ambient tribute* album a cash grab because they were somehow expecting something more from it. People should accept it for what it is and not whine about how there are better albums than this and just enjoy it for what it's meant to be. Not to mention that the tracks feel somewhat familiar to their older works and really gives the feeling that these are the end credits, it's a great finale for an even greater band. 12. Ummagumma: This album is sooo muuch better than people make it seem to be. When I first listened to it, I despised every single second of it, nowadays I really really like it. Even if people who think music are funky noises coming from a radio that tickle your ears and nothing grander personally hate its sound, they should at least recognize its importance; without Ummagumma, PF would probably break up and be remembered by 4 people as a short lived yet interesting little psychedelic space rock group. The band lost their leader and had to find their new identity and while More came first, the band were self-aware about this being just a soundtrack album and nothing more so it didn't really help. And thus they did the obvious and most logical thing to do: experiment. And each member had to experiment on their own to show what they can deliver. The result is very hit or miss, but this was their first step to creating their new identity which would be completed by AHM and Meddle. I blame this album for turning me into a "pretentious" nerd who likes abstract music. Jokes aside, it unironically opened my third eye and made me realize what music truly is: art in the form of sound, ANY sound, pleasant or dissonant, from an instrument or not, everything has a meaning. The listener should listen carefully to everything (even silence), figure out their meanings and imagine what the music is trying to show. Richard's Sysyphus is genius, Roger knows how to create a wild natural atmosphere, okay, Dave's work here is the best and Nick... He tried. 11. Piper at the Gates of Dawn: A wonky psychedelic fever dreamy fairy tale album. I dig it a lot! 10. The Wall: My relationship with this album was rough but over the years I've grown to accept its more commercial sound instead of true PF sound, the lack of Rick, the few filler tracks that don't contribute to the story, how they did not use What Shall We Do Now, the crazy ending... I think I started to love the album more after I watched the film. It is an incredible album, one of the best concept albums, it does feel like their magnum opus but it's not really that Floyd-y to me. 9. A Saucerful of Secrets: Technically WYWH before WYWH. I love the balance between the goofier side and the dark chaotic spacey sound of it. 8. Obscured by Clouds: Their most underrated album that sadly had the fate to come out in between of Meddle and DSOTM. They really didn't have to go this hard for an OST to a film that no one cared about. 7. The Division Bell: I know I didn't really elaborate that much about my feelings on The Wall, but this is basically the reverse; The Wall's stronger point are the lyrics, TDB's is the music which sounds like Golden Era Floyd, but the concept and lyrics would have been much better if Roger worked on it too. Still love it a lot. 6. The Final Cut: It could be higher. Like Ummagumma, I used to hate it, I didn't get it musically at all even if it was doing exactly what it was supposed to do and I was gaslit by ignorant people who thought this was Roger whining about his daddy for the 325th time. It's much more than that, it's a better concept album than the Wall imo, Roger's voice was never for singing but for emotional delivery and he really is giving it his all here, I just miss Rick, that's my biggest problem, because to me Rick is Pink. But yeah, it actually made me cry a bit. 5. Animals: It's Animals, what can I say. Excellent concept and lyricism, fantastic music, and memed to oblivion on r/pinkfloydcirclejerk. 4. Meddle: The very first album I've ever listened to and the one to finally truly define the identity and sound of the band. 3. Atom Heart Mother: The unsung hero. While Ummagumma was the first step and Meddle the one to finally settle their sound, AHM did all the heavy lifting. Even outside the context of the band, AHM is still quite significant. It's a really bold move, especially back then, to not put any band or album info on the front cover and also make the entire A Side an entire suite. The suite is phenomenal, the middle tracks are beautiful and Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast makes me feel like I'm having a good time eating breakfast with him as if we're friends and the music is lovely there too. When I first listened to this album I had no expectations whatsoever but I immediately fell in love with it and I can even go as far as to say this can easily be my number one favorite PF album. It's just something that I can put on and it will instantly make me feel good with its wholesome atmosphere like Beach Boy's Pet Sounds, Cornilius' Fantasma, KLF's Chill Out, Boards of Canada's Campfire Headphase. I adore Atom Heart Mother, but even without my bias I think this album is very important to the history of the band and one of their best achievements. 2. Dark Side of the Moon: It really took me a long time to get this album, because I just preferred other ones over it. But when I did I finally loved it as much as everyone else. 1. Wish You Were Here: The best album I've ever listened to (but it's a tie between Radiohead's Kid A and In Rainbows, Björk's Vespertine and Caretaker's Everywhere at the End of Time, they're all equal to me). All the tracks are phenomenal and Welcome to the Machine is very underrated actually, but of course Shine On stands out. When I first listened to this track my soul ascended, it sounded so familiar (probably because it reminded me of Vangelis' Blade Runner OST which I've "watched" as a kid with my dad, for like 5 minutes before I fell asleep. I've actually watched the film in full later though, but it still didn't ruin SOYCD's magic when I realized it) yet so alien at the same time. It's not the best of all time because it's my favorite, it's my favorite because it's objectively the greatest musical composition ever. Anyway, I don't really like rankings, especially when it comes to such a great discography as PF. I also wanted to add the solo projects but it'd be way too long probably, I just think both of Rick's albums are top tier and comparable to PF's best.

[@sq1tl]

I’ve always found it interesting how Final Cut is either absolutely LOVED, or absolutely HATED I LOVE it, the music is beautiful, the lyrics are beautiful, Rog’s voice is so strong here, all of it is honestly perfect for me.. yet, others will say the music is boring and repetitive, or that his voice is grating. I *guess* I can see their point, but idk, I personally love the album so much I was surprised at how low Saucerful was honestly, I really like that album but I agree the mixing is crap Solid list, though. I respect it 🤘 (ANIMALS UNDERRATED TBH‼️)

[@joeking433]

I despised it. You must like Roger's solo stuff, right?

[@sq1tl]

@@joeking433 Pros and Cons is good. KAOS is gooder. Amused to Death is a great concept but too long. Is This The Life blahblahblah is a DRAG and boring. DSOTM Redux aint bad

[@sq1tl]

@@joeking433 Also, why did you despise it if you dont mind me asking?

[@joeking433]

@@sq1tl I can't stand Roger's crap attitude that comes out in his music.

[@sq1tl]

@@joeking433 ..could you be a bit more specific? I don’t see this “crap attitude”

[@adammulanix6797]

Someone who loves " Live at Pompeii " as much as I do.. I can't believe it!

[@El_Pimpin_Shizz]

1. Piper At The Gates Of Dawn/The Dark Side Of The Moon 2.Wish You Were Here 3. A Saucerful Of Secrets 4. The Wall 5. Meddle 6. More 7. Obscured By Clouds 8. Atom Heart Mother 9. Ummagumma 10. Animals 11. The Division Bell 12. A Momentary Lapse of Reason 13 The Endless River 14. The Final Cut

[@jamesmatthew3681]

I gave your comment a like because of your top 2 picks. Especially on Piper. And I appreciate you putting Saucerful at the top 5 (mine is higher at 3).

[@jamesmatthew3681]

And another note: You and I both ranked The Wall at number 5 at our top 5. Crazy and ironic.

[@El_Pimpin_Shizz]

@@jamesmatthew3681 the wall is the strongest concept album they put out. I really felt the message of the wall more than the feeling of longing or remembering on WYWH, or the feeling of insanity on TDOTM because its executed in a much larger and grand scale being a double album so for me it really has much more room and time to build the story and punch its point.

[@azy2034]

My opinion is very similar. Piper really changed my view of music in general

[@rickherrera4859]

Meddle, Wish You Were Here, Saucerful Of Secrets, Piper At The Gates, The Wall & their masterpiece, Dark Side is all the Floyd I need.

[@redpig6878]

1. Wish You Were Here 2. The Dark Side of the Moon 3. Animals 4. The Wall 5. Meddle 6. A Momentary Lapse of Reason (this is ranked above Division Bell SOLELY because of Sorrow) 7. The Division Bell 8. The Piper At the Gates of Dawn 9. The Final Cut 10. Obscured By Clouds 11. Atom Heart Mother 12. A Saucerful of Secrets 13. More 14. The Endless River 15. Oominuh-goominuh tiddily tum

[@gewatzig123]

Here's my Pink Floyd's favorite albums list: 15. Ummagumma 14. The Final Cut 13. The Endless River 12. A Momentary Lapse of Reason 11. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn 10. A Saucerful of Secrets 9. More 8. Atom Heart Mother 7. Obscured by Clouds 6. The Division Bell 5. Meddle 4. Animals 3. The Wall 2. The Dark Side of the Moon 1. Wish You Were Here

[@AaronC143]

The Dark Side Of The Moon is my all time favorite Pink Floyd album too. True masterpiece. My go-to album for Pink Floyd. I love the cover art.

[@MatejSotak]

My Ranking Would Be 1 Meddle 2 Wish You Were Here 3 Live At Pompeii 4 Dark Side Of The Moon 5 Animals 6 Obscured By Clouds 7 Atom Heart Mother 8 A Saucerful Of Secrets 9 More 10 The Division Bell 11 The Wall 12 The Final Cut 13 Piper At The Gates Of Dawn 14 UmmaGumma 15 A Momentary Lapse Of Reason 16 The Endless River

[@An_actual_walrus]

My personal rank worst to best Endless River Ummagumma More Piper at the Gates of Dawn Momentary Lapse of Reason A Saucerful of Secrets Atom Heart Mother Division Bell Obscured by Clouds The Wall The Final Cut Meddle Dark Side of the Moon Wish You Were Here Animals

[@benwilliams8667]

Just discovered this ranking list and I love the ballsyness of where you've ranked the wall and piper and to be fair the final cut and division bell. And I agree wholeheartedly with all of it! Regardless of the fact that I agree with just about every position here it's a highly enjoyable video!

[@benwilliams8667]

Also totally fair having live at pompeii at 2. For me, Echoes part 1 into Eugene is basically perfect.

[@kirktheweatherman1622]

Live at Pompeii is one of the greatest Pink Floyd films of all. Yes, it’s better than pulse and delicate sounds of thunder live at Pompeii is just a masterpiece

[@weldingweirdo5463]

The Division Bell has recently become my favorite Pink Floyd album!

[@bingus2]

Followed this series from the beginning, great finale JT! Here’s my personal opinions: 1. Wish You Were Here 2. Piper at the Gates of Dawn 3. Atom Heart Mother 4. Meddle 5. Animals 6. Dark Side of the Moon 7. Saucerful of Secrets 8. The Wall 9. Obscured by Clouds 10. The Division Bell 11. More 12. Ummagumma 13. The Endless River 14. Momentary Lapse of Reason 15. The Final Cut If you couldn’t tell, my favourite era is Pre Dark Side lol. If I had to throw Pompeii in there, it would be between Atom Heart Mother and Meddle.

[@OnlyForward12]

Have really enjoyed this series, great work!

[@ricequin]

I’m genuinely jealous of anyone who can remember the first time they heard “Dark Side”. My father is such a huge fan that I can’t remember a time when it wasn’t a part of my life. I was born just after “The Wall” came out and the ‘70’s albums have been a huge part of my life. It was a voyage of discovery for me discovering the records we didn’t have at home as I got older.

[@turtnet3378]

High hopes is my second favorite Pink Floyd song.

[@AndrewAmbrose]

This series was excellent! I'm kinda hoping you'll take a look at the albums of Wings or John Lennon, but I suppose it'll have to wait. Definitely excited for the Queen reviews.

[@G30RGI3]

Just got really back into floyd in the past year I had initially listened to all the classics except for the wall and WYWH and i absolutely fell in love with them in the past year WYWH rising to my fav floyd record

[@-brackets-]

16. Ummagumma 15. Final Cut 14. More 13. Atom Heart Mother 12. Saucerful of Secrets 11. Endless River 10. Momentary Lapse of Reason 9. Piper at the Gates of Dawn 8. Obscured by Clouds 7. Animals 6. Meddle 5. The Wall 4. Live at Pompeii 3. Division Bell 2. Wish You Were Here 1. Dark Side of the Moon

[@JoeMama-tl4tr]

Piper at the Gates of Dawn is my favorite Pink Floyd album. It’s such an amazing album and so visual

[@chocobanana4109]

Ummana gummana caught me so off guard 😂😂😂😂😂

[@brandonmclendon5368]

Here’s my ranking imo: 1. Dark Side Of the Moon 2. Wish You Were Here 3. The Wall 4. Animals 5. Meddle 6. The Division Bell 7. The Final Cut 8. Atom Heart Mother 9. Obscured By Clouds 10. Piper at the Gates of Dawn 11. A Saucerful of Secrets 12. A Momentary Lapse of Reason 13. More 14. Endless River 15. Ummagumma Great series, I enjoyed following it for the past 2 years, and can’t wait to see what you do next.

[@joeking433]

Good list but I would put The Wall 6th.

[@JohnSmith-tk7nt]

"Just a world that we all must share, its not enough just to stand and stare, is it only a dream that therell be no more turning away?" I agree its not their best but I grew up with Momentary Lapse of Reason from my moms CD collection and i absolutely adore Davids guitar sound throughout

[@1MysteryZ1967]

My PF album rankings change based solely on how I am feeling at any given moment.

[@WorseReviews]

My ranking (hot take city!!) 1. A Momentary Lapse of Reason 2. Wish You Were Here 3. The Wall 4. Obscured by Clouds 5. Dark Side of the Moon 6. Meddle 7. More 8. Animals 9. Atom Heart Mother 10. Saucerful of Secrets 11. The Division Bell 12. Piper at the Gates of Dawn 13. The Final Cut 14. Ummagumma 15. The Endless River

[@bushranger8960]

Thank you for the series JT! It was wonderful going through the Floyd's catalogue in tandem with your reviews. I thank you for getting me hooked on the Division Bell! My ranking (which is is correct and mine) is: 15: Ummagumma (Nonsense album boogaloo) 14: The Final Cut (AND HOLD ON TO THE DREAAAAMMMM) 13: More (The best song is Party Sequence you cowards.) 12: A Momentary Lapse of Reason (Is it just me or does this record feel like they're replicating Dire Straits Brothers In Arms album?) 11: Saucerful of Secrets (Jugband Blues is very hard to listen to, regarding Syd's condition.) 10: The Endless River (First floyd album I remember being released! Purchased on release day!) 9. Atom Heart Mother (This album made a cameo in a Clockwork Orange in the record shop!) 8. Piper at the Gates of Dawn (Syd is incredibly talented, he deserved to be so much more.) 7. The Wall (Brilliant concept, but I prefer the Live recordings and even JT's alternative mix!) 6. Animals (Incredible album, STONE, STONE, STONE...) 5. The Division Bell (Wearing The Inside Out got me through hard times recently.) 4. Dark Side of the Moon (First Floyd record I listened to, it's genuinely perfect. Thanks Mum.) 3. Meddle (PING and whale noises make a 20 minute track brilliant!) 2. Obscured By Clouds (While not a concept album, I believe this album stands with Meddle being a keystone in the band's musical development. Very chill and easy album I love.) 1. Wish You Were Here (The fact Pink Floyd released this as the follow up to Dark Side of the Moon is just insane. My pick for greatest follow up album of all time.) Also - check out Biding My Time from Relics. Criminal it's not on any of the albums! Thanks for reading and hope to see your next video soon!

[@MorrisonRoad]

15. Endless river 14. Piper 13. Ummagooma 12. Saucer 11. Momentary lapse 10. More 9. Division Bell 8. Atom Heart Mother 7. The Wall 6. Final Cut 5. Obscured 4. Meddle 3. Animals 2. Darkside 1. Wish you were here

[@Cookie-dr6iq]

My Top 10 Pink Floyd Albums 1. The Wall 2. Animals 3. Dark Side Of The Moon 4. Wish You Were Here 5. Meddle 6. The Final Cut 7. The Division Bell 8. Momentary Lapse Of Reason 9. Obscured By Clouds 10. Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

[@marcosrodriguesaulicino]

1. Wish you are here 2. More 3. Obscured by clouds 4. Meddle 5. Dark side of Moon 6. Atom heart Mother 7. Live at Pompei 8. The piper at gates of dawn 9. A saucerful of secrets

[@YourMom-xx2np]

Wow that was interesting . I loved your insight on one of the best bands of all time. I’m a bigger fan than i can imagine of Floyd. I only know one person who loves Floyd more than me, being my best friend/my sisters husband. And just behind me is my mom who is 70 yrs old and tells me story’s of dropping 3 way window pane and listening to DSOTM when it first came out. Truly life changing music . Thanks man

[@dylanrhymerthecomedian8023]

Dark Side was the first CD I ever bought. I was 17 and picked up the 20th anniversary edition. I got it on a whim because I liked the cover art, but hadntb really ever listened to Floyd before. After hearing it start to finish I was ruined for any other bands I’d heard before. I have listened to it regularly for the last 31 years and always find something new to appreciate in it. Masterpiece. All the stars.

[@assumptionsocccerlunch]

I loved hearing air at the end of the video! My favourite song from elements.

[@JTCurtisMusic]

Thank you!

[@abrahamlincolnjones2922]

My favorite is Atom Heart Mother. A completely unique effort that stands the test of time in the progressive vein of rock. There's so much going on as the album moves from one interesting sound to the next, and there will never be another like it, ever. Close behind for me is Meddle, Echoes is a classic.

[@joeking433]

Dave said he was glad to get away from that "psychedelic noodling". I never liked it.

[@etiennetrasbo9022]

1. DSOTM 2. WUWH 3. SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS 4. ATOM HEART MOTHER 5. MEDDLE 6. PATGOD 7. ANIMALS 8. THE WALL 9. MORE 10. FINAL CUT 11. UMMAGUMMA 12. OBSCURED BY CLOUDS 13. DIVISION BELL 14. ENDLESS RIVER 15. AMLOR Not including Live at Pompeii, although it would place around top 3.

[@andreaschristensen3211]

My list (3rd - 6th can change daily so hard to rank those albums.) 1. DSOTM 2. Animals 3. The Wall 4. Obscured by Clouds 5. WYWH 6. Meddle 7. Division Bell 8. Final Cut 9. Atom Heart Mother 10. Momentary Laps Of Reason 11. The Endless River 12. More 13. Saucer full of secrets 14. Piper 15.Ummagumma This tierlist making just made me realize how much this band means to me, the fact that i love so many of their albums ( top 7)

[@tnbocon]

Appreciate all the effort and the journey you've allowed us to share with you JT. I do think you have a bit of Gilmour bias, which is fine of course, and being a musician yourself it's easy to understand the appreciation you have towards Gilmour's guitar and Rick's keys. I've always been a Waters guy feeling that the lyrics and concepts is what transformed Floyd from just "a unbelievable musical group" (which, of course, they are) to transcending genres and music and cementing themselves in a way no other band has ever done. While I think we can all jam out to Zepplin or The Who or any of a number of other transformative music groups, I believe it was the Waters-inspired lyrics that has had such an impact to so many of us and been so impactful to our lives. Maybe that's why to me The Final Cut is a top 10 album, The Wall a top 2 (if not 1), and why Wish you Were Here drops significantly. But as you said so eloquently, Floyd was many things to many people, and to have everyone create the same list is impossible, but we can all agree that all 16 albums are impactful at some level.

[@chrisdellier2993]

I'm a Waters guy also and I agree with everything you said. For me The Division Bell also drops significantly. All the fans seem to love it but I don't even own it anymore. I've never seen a harsh word written about it which makes it seem overrated and not underrated as some claim. The Wall and Dark Side are tied at #1 for me.

[@thebadfella5296]

15. The Endless River - It's in last place cuz it's the only Floyd album that doesn't really make me feel anything, other than regret that High Hopes wasn't their swan song. 14. The Final Cut - Songs like The Gunner's Dream and Not Now John are songs I return to, but the album never resonated with me as much as it did for other people. 13. More - The Nile Song is one of my favorite early Floyd songs, and Ibiza Bar and Crying Song are songs I really like. There's too much filler though. 12. A Momentary Lapse of Reason - The album could probably rank higher if the production weren't so bad, because songs like Learning to Fly and On the Turning Away are really strong. 11. Ummagumma - The live disc is pretty amazing, and the studio disc... may not be as amazing, but I like The Narrow Way - Pt. 3. 10. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn - Yeah it's pretty low, but I still really enjoy this album. Lucifer Sam has always stood out to me as being particularly amazing, but I think their other singles with Barrett, like Arnold Layne, blow this album out of the water. 9. A Saucerful of Secrets - I love this album, which I understand isn't the most common of takes. But every song works for me, and Let There Be More Light still has one of the coolest intros to any Floyd song. 8. Obscured by Clouds - Like you said, it's a soundtrack album but a lot of the songs go really hard. 7. The Division Bell - It makes me sort of sad that this isn't higher, because I do really love this album. It's a really soothing and pretty listen. 6. Atom Heart Mother - The title track is pretty insane, and side 2 is also pretty amazing. I do think Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast sort of falls apart when it's not an instrumental, but I can overlook that. 5. The Wall - The highs are really damn high, with Comfortably Numb being tied for my favorite Pink Floyd song with another one. But yeah I agree, there's a long stretch where I can get a little disconnected. 4. Meddle - Echoes is obviously a masterpiece, but all of side 1 (with the possible exception of Seamus) are songs I adore and love to relisten to. 3. Animals - Like Meddle and the two albums ahead of it, Animals is a god-tier record for me. Dogs is a masterpiece in every sense of the word, Sheep is my favorite song on the album and in my top 5 for Floyd in general, and Pigs (Three Different Ones) still holds up disturbingly well. 2. The Dark Side of the Moon - One of my favorite albums of all time, along with just being one of the best. Every song here is a masterpiece, and Us and Them is probably my favorite Pink Floyd song. Really not much to say, just one of the greatest albums ever made. 1. Wish You Were Here - It has such a sad but beautiful feeling of loss and nostalgia to it that it has to be at number 1 for me. Shine On You Crazy Diamond is probably the most emotional thing they've ever done, Welcome to the Machine and Have a Cigar are really cool, and the title track, while overplayed, is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard.

[@brunovieira7392]

My ranking: 15: Momentary Lapse of Reason 14: More 13: Endless River 12: Ummagumma 11: The Piper at the gates of Dawn 10: Obscured by Clouds 9: Atom heart mother 8: A Saucerful of Secrets 7: Final Cut 6: Meddle 5: Division Bell 4: The Wall 3: Wish you were here 2: Animals 1: Dark sidd of the moon

[@amnicky15]

As an avid The Division Bell defender, THANK YOU

[@An_actual_walrus]

Animals is my absolute favorite. Has been since I was a little kid in the mid 90s. However, I would have to say that objectively, their BEST album, sonically, collectively and as a representation of what Floyd actually is has to go to Wish You Were Here.

[@arshiahomayoonmehr2372]

Here’s my Final ranking: 1.Wish You Were here. (goldfish) 2.The Dark Side Of The Moon. (goldfish) 3.Animals. (goldfish) 4.The Wall. (goldfish) 5.The Division Bell. (goldfish) 6.The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn. (goldfish) 7.Meddle. (goldfish) 8.Atom Heart Mother. (goldfish) 9.Obscured By Clouds. (goldfish) 10.A Saucerful Of Secrets(Spotted Fish) 11.A Momentary Lapse of Reason(Spotted Fish) 12.The Final Cut. (Spotted Fish) 13.More. (Spotted Fish) 14.The Endless River. (Spotted Fish) 15.Ummagumma. (Bad Fish) If I include “Live at Pompeii”(goldfish) I would say it’s right behind “The Wall” in my rankings

[@mvellis3863]

My top 7: 1. Dark Side of the Moon 2. Wish You Were Here 3. Meddle 4. Animals 5. Obscured By Clouds 6. The Division Bell 7. The Wall

[@anthonyaiello4343]

I LOVE the The Final Cut. Discovered it after getting back from the first Gulf War and getting out of the Army. The title track is not just one of my favorite PF songs, it's one of my all-time faves. Great goddamn song.😅

[@davidbarny607]

I think it may also have something to do with where you live. I grew up in France, and out there, there seems to be an implicit agreement that FLoyd's peak is between Atom Heart Mother and Wish You Were Here (they were popular in France very early on, that's why you can find so many bootlegs from there). A friend once did me a favor, and when I asked how I could repay him, he said ¨burn some Pink Floyd albums on CD for me¨. He had them on vinyl, just wanted them on CD for his car. I asked ¨ẅhich ones do you want¨ and he said ¨well you know, the four great ones¨ and we both knew that meant Atom Heart Mother, Meddle, Dark Side of the Moon, and With You Were Here (at least to us). My dad (born 1952) also would put those four above the rest. Flash forward to today, I've now been living in the US for 15 years and have gotten accustomed to the record culture over here, and I found it so surprising that The Wall and Animals get so much more love over here.

[@joeking433]

Dave said Atom Heart was "psychedelic noodling" and was glad to get away from it. I thought it was worthless shit WAY below their talent. But they were just starting out looking for a direction which Dave said came with Meddle.

[@asambahicham]

Totally agree that Division Bell is a strong Album. One of my TOp 4 !!!

[@jamesoester505]

I love your review! I find myself agreeing with you on a lot of your choices; and yes, the division bell is SOOOOO underrated

[@Joyeuseunlendemain]

The division Bell is to me by far their best album of all time, it literally helped my life, there was a time were it was the only thing that I could listen to 🌟 Forever in my ears and heart

[@johnnelson3665]

The Wall is just an amazing album! I like the movie to for it. After that… 2. DSotM 3. Wish You Were Here 4. Animals 5. Atom Heart Mother

[@jeremyfrady271]

Atom Heart Mother doesn’t get enough love! It’s probably the band’s most down-to-earth album.

[@mikemoritzgamer]

I would also rate Obscured by Clouds over The Wall. I like the breezy airy feel of the music, it let's it stand with Meddle, Division Bell and Wish You Were here imho

[@terrypussypower]

“More” is freakin’ AWESOME! Just like “Obscured By Clouds” it’s one of Floyd’s sleeper albums. Anything with “The Nile Song” on it has my vote!

[@booster1616]

Agreed. I love "More". I think it had a massive influence on the birth of "Kraut Rock"

[@joeking433]

It can keep on sleeping as far as I"m concerned! I always thought people that said they liked it were just trying to appear "deep". Did you like Trout Mask Replica, too?

[@nigelpisswater484]

1. The Wall 2. Animals 3. Dark Side Of the Moon 5. The Final Cut 6. Meddle 7. Obscured By Clouds 8. Saucerful Of Secrets

[@stevstevstevrich]

Here's my list, for anyone who cares: Edit: I moved up ummagumma after listening to it again, the live disc is brilliant. 1. Animals 2. The Dark Side Of The Moon 3. Wish You Were Here 4. The Wall 5. Meddle 6. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn 7. A Saucerful Of Secrets 8. The Final Cut 9. The Division Bell 10. Atom Heart Mother 11. A Momentary Lapse Of Reason 12. Ummagumma 13. Obscured By Clouds 14. More 15. The Endless River

[@elonif4125]

Pretty much exactly my list. I would only put Atom Heart Mother a bit higher and Animals a bit lower (at 3 or 4, still a perfect album) but yeah, that’s up to personal preference.

[@AlmightyBruce]

Mine is close to that

[@_Trippycat]

I can't believe the guy with the Animals profile pic likes Animals the most

[@stevstevstevrich]

@@_Trippycat What a surprise

[@catmando7262]

Got into Floyd because my girlfriend at the time, 1981, had The Wall amongst her collection of MOR pop stuff. Still don't know why she had that outlier but grateful she played it for me. Loved your reviews. You made me hear things I hadn't heard in 40 years of listening to Floyd. That's the greatest gift any criticism should give. Thanks so much.

[@fourseasons4105]

1. Animals 2. Wish you were here 3. The wall 4. Dark side 5. Animals 6. Meddle 7. Obscured by clouds 8. Piper at the gates of dawn 9. Division bell 10. The final cut 11. Saucerful of secrets 12. More 13. Momentary lapse of reason 14. The endless river 15. Ummagumma

[@schuszter4280]

Gold fish tier 1. The Wall 2. Wish You Were Here 3. The Dark Side Of The Moon 4. Animals 5. Meddle 6. The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn 7. A Saucerful Of Secrets 8. Obscured By Clouds Spotted fish tier 9. A Momentary Lapse Of Reason 10. More 11. The Final Cut 12. The Division Bell 13. Atom Heart Mother Bad fish tier 14. Ummagumma 15. The Endless River

[@PatientTeacher]

The Division Bell is still my favorite, because I have an emotional connection with it. I was around 14 years old, and that's when they released the album. Imagine a teenager watching High Hopes and Take it Back on MTV, and having friends in the classroom who also liked the band. Delicate Sound of The Thunder was the first one I listened to (On the Turning Away and Sorrow are so underrated) , but The Division Bell was the one that made me a fan.

[@jean-lucbernhardt8545]

Same as you : Ummagumma : - - - - The Final Cut : - - - More : - - Pipers of the Gate : - Saucerful of Secrets, Endless River : I like them Atom Heart Mother, The Wall : I love them The rest, I love them all

[@bernhardkuhnemann3648]

15. Endless River 14. The Final Cut 13. A Momentary Lapse of Reason 12. More 11. Obscured by Clouds 10. A Saucerful of Secrets 09. The Division Bell 08. Animals 07. The Wall 06. Piper at the Gates of Dawn 05. Ummagumma 04. Wish you were here 03. Dark Side of the Moon 02. Atom Heart Mother 01. Meddle

[@Hats502]

JT have to give you a shoutout for turning me on to Meddle. Since your video on it it’s become my favorite Pink Floyd album. Echoes had been one of my favorite songs by them for a while but the rest of the album is also just so enjoyable. I don’t know what it is about it since I don’t even rank the other songs that highly in Pink Floyd’s discography. But then all together just makes for a fantastic listening experience, even Seamus…

[@assumptionsocccerlunch]

15. Ummagumma: it’s… ok. Grantchester meadows is a nice song, and I love the live tracks. But the rest is just… okay. I feel Roger and David really shine on this album. Rick and Nicks pieces are just noise. 14. The endless river: it’s just a long droning listen, but it’s at least music. Unlike ummagumma. 13. Dark side of the moon: it’s so overrated. I don’t get into it like everyone else and it’s just the worst thing ever… put down the pitchforks, I’m kidding! The real number 13 is more. Side one is a great listen. Side 2 is just whatever. Ibiza bar and main theme are the only 2 songs on side 2 I like. 12. Momentary lapse of reason: I like most songs, but a new machine and terminal frost bring it down for me. 11. Atom heart mother: the main suite starts off well, but after breast milky, I either skip to the funk section or just turn off the song all together. The second side has my favorite pink Floyd song from the pre dark side era: summer 68. I also love if and fat old sun. Alan’s psychedelic breakfast is also underrated as hell. 10. The Final Cut: I love the title track, two suns in the sunset, and really the entire record. Except for get your filthy hands of my desert or whatever that song it called. 9. A saucerful of secrets: I’d like the album more if the studio mix was better. As an example, I love the song see saw… if only the stereo mix wasn’t as horrible as it is. It keeps panning into one ear and then into another, all off time! 8. The division bell: it pisses me off when people hate on this one. It’s way better than momentary lapse of reason, and is one of the best as a full listen. No bad songs. 7. Piper at the gates of dawn: it starts of as the greatest thing ever, and then hits a huge downgrade. Chapter 24 and bike are very good, though. 6. Animals: here’s a hot take: I don’t like the production too much. It’s a little hard on the ears. Very piercing. But the songs are so good, that I forget about that entirely. 5. Dark side of the moon: it’s classic. What more can I say? 4. Obscured by clouds: it has some of my all time favourite Floyd songs on it. I absolutely love everything except for the last song. Pretty much the same way you summed it up. 3. Meddle: echoes is the greatest song ever. Not to take away from the amazing side one, though. Everything on this album is gold, even Seamus. 2. The wall: I love every song on here. Even don’t leave me now. Amazing flow, amazing writing, and the grooves are really tight here. 1. Wish you were here: the best album ever. It is my favourite piece of music ever made and every second of the album is incredible. Nothing negative about it at all.

[@Kinquovio]

my top 5: 1: Pulse 2: Animals (remaster) 3. Delicate sound of thunder 4. The Wall 5. A momentary lapse of reason

[@RockyRajkumar-yg1ee]

Bro, i can't rank Pink Floyd's album from worst to best. But surely i can ranked them from good to best coz Floyd doesn't have bad album at all.❤