What album do you consider their masterpiece vs what do you find yourself listening to more?
Like for instance, Dark Side of the Moon, basically a perfect album and like a lot of albums from them you need to listen all the way through to appreciate it.
But Dark Side of the Moon also gets a bit boring because it's kind of one note in my opinion. It's a double edged sword. It makes it feel like a masterfully designed cohesive album, but you can't have true cohesion without a bit of sameyness.
The wall is great for a different reason.
It's a wild sort of story of an album, but it's got lower lows than the DSotM (which basically had no lows) but arguably higher highs.
Then you have animals which to me is like almost a masterpiece. The parts I love about it are in some ways better than dsotm and the wall, like the part with the acoustic guitar while the dogs bark gives me chills every time, but I'd say 50% of the listening experience of animals is not that great.
Wish you were here is great but really it's like 3 and a half songs when you break it down. Shine on you crazy diamond is like more than half the album put at the beginning and end of it.
It's enjoyable but when you look at it objectively they wrote like 3 or so songs with one of them being massive and bookending both parts of the album.
Point is I couldn't pick my favorite album. They all have strengths. I think my favorite album is what I wish animals was. The potential I hear in animals, if it's best parts were 100% of the rest of the album I might like Animals the best.
Anyone else' personal tastes with Pink Floyd that you want to weigh in, why you rate one album above another?
I was introduced to Pink Floyd in college. I mean, I knew about them obviously, but I had never particularly listened. I was pretty basic--I liked "Oldies" and I listened to the Beatles, etc.
During orientation week, I met the guy across the hall. He had the famous Pink Floyd back catalog poster on his wall. The one with the naked women sitting with the album covers on their backs. I was dubious (I was pretty straightlaced).
We became good friends over the course of the year. We watched The Wall film, downloaded mp3s from Napster, and so on. Later that year, he gave me a copy of The Wall for my birthday. We were dirt poor college kids, and that was seriously one of the most meaningful presents I've ever received. He was like a brother.
He ended up dropping out college. I kept up with him for quite a few years, but we eventually lost touch.
tl;dr, The Wall holds a really special place in my heart. Comfortably Numb still gives me goosebumps sometimes.
Beyond that, I really like Atom Heart Mother. Parts of Piper's at the Gates of Dawn really get me too.
For the younger kids,”The Wall” was considered a double album and was double the normal cost of a traditional album.
$30 minimum in the Napster days.
An impressive gift from a friend.
Yeah! This was the 2-CD double case, and $30+ was exactly my memory. I still have it.