The more I see Pete here, the more I like him. He's probably the most even keeled guy on these rock sites, on YT. A gentleman, down to earth, diplomatic, fair minded and so on. Also, an amazing eclectic interest on Music. Much like myself. I like Neil Diamond & Black Sabbath, John Denver & Deep Purple, Cat Stevens & AC/DC. Pete, if you happen upon this, I hope you got a chance to read my sentiments. I saw your true colors as a man and as a human being, when Neil Peart left us, so unexpectedly. You do a good service for people, and I for one, appreciate your show and how you go about your broadcasts. 🙂👍🎸
I love Meddle as well.(As I do the late 60's,very early 70's work) As great a album it is,I feel Dark Side of The Moon is the album where Floyd lost their innocence. But,they haven't done bad for a local band!(Floyd were formed but 30 odd miles away from my hometown!)
I’m so happy to know other people love those albums. I can’t put my finger on it, but there’s something special about those albums. They do not get enough credit!
Here is what I have noticed. The really hardcore Pink Floyd fans, people that own and listen to all their albums. They usually have Meddle and/or Animals very high on their list of favorite albums. If you told me that I was going to die and I have to choose one Pink Floyd album to listen to before I go. I'm picking Meddle. It may not be the best but it's the one I love the most.
I disagree sadly, I just don’t get the same out of it. Feels overproduced, corporate and generally just devoid of the soul Pink Floyd usually has… imo of course
Before I get my main point. Wish you were here is my favourite Pink Floyd album. I was amazed he didn't like brick in the wall album. But In fairness his entitled to his opinion.
@@iyerviking Hands down , I heard the studio version after I heard the Pompeii version and it doesn’t even come close , still great on the album but the Pompeii version is on a different level
I would have a tough time making a list like this. Floyd for me is all about whatever mood I'm in or what I'm doing while I listen to it. My favorite album at 8 in the morning while driving to work is not going to be the same album as 8 at night while sitting at home.
How does that make him a true fan? Placing it higher on his list? I think knowing it exists shows he’s a big fan, but ranking it higher doesn’t make him a true fan. I can tell you that I own all of Pink Floyd’s studio releases except the Endless River and The Wall and Dark Side Of The Moon are definitely my favorites. I don’t care if it’s cliched, I absolutely love them. But you know after that I’d probably put Division Bell, Atom Heart Mother and (cliched again) Wish You Were Here.
@@tepidtooth8539 What I’m trying to say is that 99% of people in this world when when you ask what their favorite Floyd song is, they’d most likely say Another brick, comfortably numb, wish you were here, learning to fly, time, money etc. But if you go a little deeper, if they actually listen to the band, they might say something like astronomy domine, echoes, wots... uh the deal etc. Most people really overlook Ummagumma, as it is kind of a mess and there isn’t much meaning in it(despite it’s importance in the long run), so people who aren’t really into Pink Floyd won’t see anything good in it, and a lot of Floyd fans just think that it is kind of a meme. Let’s face it, the wall is a masterpiece, dsotm is a masterpiece, animals is a masterpiece, wish you were here is a masterpiece, meddle is a masterpiece, but Ummagumma is hard to call a masterpiece for most people. What I’m trying to say is that he is truly a fan because he loves the sounds that the band produced in their struggling post Barrett era, when he could just hop on the bandwagon of their late 70s hits. Me personally, I love their early stuff, and I think that Barrett was one of the most underrated musicians of the British Invasion and all music as a whole, and I think that their psychedelic sounds were phenomenal, but most people will say that their early stuff was nowhere near their late stuff. Why, because they aren’t fans of all their music; just a time period of their music. The guy in this videos favorite album was animals, but not far below it was Ummagumma and piper before the wall because he is a true fan of the band as a whole: psychedelic 60s all the way to classic rock 70s. I hope this answered... and Srry for the long response.
@@tepidtooth8539 btw, I don’t think that liking their popular stuff makes one a poser, as their popular stuff is actually scarily brilliant. My favorites are the wall and dsotm, and I’m the biggest Floyd fan that I know.
@@d-ro3266 I agree, and it most certainly is their best! It’s just when people say it’s their favorites when it’s the only songs they know is when it’s annoying.
I understand where you’re coming from but The Wall is a whole story, a rock opera. It’s not an album you usually put on to listen to for background noise it’s an album you immerse yourself in. Every song plays a role there’s no filler (imo) and out of all the rock operas I’ve heard this has to be the top, best one. It’s a masterpiece. But all in all great video Pete! 🎶
I think "The Wall" is where Waters was admitting his fragility as a human being to grasp the darker parts of life in a very special and truthful, dare I say himble way. I love "The Wall" "Animals" is only topped in records all time by "Moving Pictures" and "Close to the Edge". But then he became a bit arrogant with his political convictions and remains that way to this day (to a fault). He's rigid, stubborn and quite frankly arrogant. Love him buts true.
Only just come to your broadcasts in the last few weeks, & loving catching up. It's great to be so often on he same page as you (Animals my favourite Floyd album too, & Purple my favourite band ever) but more importantly you're signposting me to so much fantastic stuff I've not heard yet! Thanks!
Awesome list! So glad to see Meddle and Obscured by Clouds so high on the list. Wish you were here - I wore out the record and bought the CD. Animals - I have the record. I have the CD. I have the remastered.. So good. Although i used to like Piper and Saucerfull, I have not listened to them in decades. Saw them life once in the late 80s. Wish i had seen them a decade before. Anyway, this was a great trip down memory lane. Thank you!
Luckily , I got to see em when I was in my mid-teens in 1981....still with Roger..i think it was their last one together in that century. It was in London , June 1981.
WYWH....was playing on my turntable during my first 'complete' sexual experience in the 1970s!! It was my mid-teens, and i planned it that way too!!!!😀 Anyone else?
I don't think I've ever agreed with Peter Pardo more than his doubled line here... "I love animals, and I love Pink Floyd Animals." This 1977 gem has always been my favorite Floyd..all the way back to buying it brand new when I was 11. The LP has simply got it all. Everything, from the epic songs, to the brilliant biting lyrics, to the fantastic guitar, to the greatest ever Pink Floyd album cover! This record completely transfixes and hypnotizes the listener from it's humble beginning to the glorious & dramatic end. And all three of the magnificent epic tracks are all so disparately good, it's nearly impossible to pick a favorite. 🐕 🐖 🐑 *And btw, I actually agree with his #2, #3 & #4 as well Marc ⚡
Every member made the band made what it was, and I don't think any member should be valued anymore or any less than the others (maybe except for mason lol)
@@AudiophileTubes yes indeed , back in the 70s they used to have the World Series of Rock shows .lots of great shows. my first one was Mahogany Rush,Blue Oyster Cult,Aerosmith,Uriah Heep and Faces in 75
@@Morn__ I'm trolling lol , but in case you actually care , (worst to best) The endless river Momentary lapse Ummagumma More Obscured by clouds The final cut Division bell Meddle Animals Saucerful of secrets (dont judge I just really like it ) Wish you were here Atom heart mother The wall Dark side of the moon Piper at the gates of dawn Overall I just prefer their psychedelic stuff lol
Pink Floyd are a very special band to me, especially since they opened me up to the world of prog and psych. Here’s my ranking: 1. The Dark Side Of The Moon 2. Wish You Were Here 3. Atom Heart Mother (one of their more under appreciated albums for sure) 4. Animals 5. Meddle 6. The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn 7. A Saucerful Of Secrets 8. The Division Bell 9. Obscured By Clouds (the hidden gem in the Pink Floyd catalogue) 10. The Wall (about two thirds of this album is quite insignificant to me, but the good songs are truly excellent!) 11. Ummagumma (I love the live disc, but the studio section is utter nonsense) 12. More (some great songs, but it sounds quite disjointed with the movie soundtrack interludes) 13. A Momentary Lapse Of Reason (a good enough album, but I think its successor is much better) 14. The Endless River (good for what it is, but doesn’t seem to go anywhere) 15. The Final Cut (most of this album bores the life outta me)
The final cut is my favourite floyd album. Incredible, emotional, its a feel record, it touches so many nerves, like "your possible pasts" i didnt live that life......but i feel it
You truly have the most controversial favorite album. Everyone feels it’s “too much waters” “too much opera”. They’re not wrong necessarily. It’s basically just a rejects from the wall album. I still love it in its own right for how blatantly waters calls out the world leaders and how racist he is to Japan. My favorite still is animals.
Animals is the most under rated album ever pressed. Probably Floyd at the crest of their creativity. My go to when I need a Floyd hit. Love the others, but Animals is just the album to kick back and listen.
You came up in the related column while I was in a poor mood on a Friday night, so I put you on to balance out. You're close to me in NYC, up the Hudson. I had a gf in Kingston/Saugerties. We went to Army games. Your mannerisms remind me of my hometown Ct. best friend. Thanks for being a presence in my room (which looks like yours 'cept there's vhs on the background shelves & a Strat)
Roger Waters may not be your most-liked Pink Floyd member, but he was arguably the most important. It was his genius that brought us the masterpiece that is Animals.
@Ian McCauley Yes. Waters said that he had the concepts for two albums and presented both to the rest of the band. They chose the Wall. THe other lysics and concept ended up as Waters's solo album "Amused to death"
The most important member was Syd Barrett. He created the band, he named it, he was the main reason the band sounded the way we know them and he was the driving force that influenced them to write some of their most well-known records.
@WORST CHANNEL EVER hard for me to pick a favorite but I have to say they were always a prog band, what Dark side was the first of was their journey into becoming a theme album band
Great video thank you for opinions. I have taken my time and listed these and will buy them in your order as I respect your choices. I have had The Wall since the 1970’s and love it but didn’t buy anything else from them so this is going to be an exciting journey for me.
Pete your videos are amazing. Like you a Northeast rocker. I am Autistic and I enjoy your videos. You are a real originator and there are imitators out there but no one tops you as rock music collector. I nowadays am upgrading much of what I have to vinyl. Pink Floyd are my favorite band and the following is my Best to Worst : 1) Wish You Were Here (their masterpiece, even David Gilmour and Rick Wright agree) 2) The Division Bell (I was a senior when that album came out and skipped my prom to see that tour and was the best album IMHO since Wish You Were Here) 3) Meddle (One of These Days, A Pillow of Winds, Fearless and Echoes alone) 4) The Dark Side of the Moon (I love but radio did burn it out and I tend to listen to live versions of songs more now thanks to Immersion box and PULSE) 5) Atom Heart Mother (EPIC) 6) Obscured by Clouds (underrated) 7) A Saucerful of Secrets (classic) 8) The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (Syd ruled) 9) The Endless River (another album I play top to bottom) 10) The Wall (I listen to live 1980-81 album more than studio nowadays) 11) Animals (I play either Oakland or Vienna or Boston ROIOs for Animals fix as the songs were more Floyd like live than the studio album and also it was the start of the Roger Waters Power Trip and Rick Wright was underused on album and Rick didn't like the album and Gilmour called it good but not a creative high point) 12) A Momentary Lapse of Reason (original 1987 mix is great but the 2019 updated and remixed is superb and has Nick Mason playing all drums and Rick Wright's keyboards added in via concert recordings into the new updated versions) 13) Ummagumma (I enjoy all bar bits of Grand Viziers Garden Party which got monotonous) 14) More (I enjoy entire thing but some of Quicksilver did drag on) 15) The Final Cut (musically great but the lyrics and Roger Waters' fixation on my dad died, I hate war jumped the shark here) The Zabriskie Point album had the two worst Pink Floyd tracks (Heart Beat Pig Meat and Come In Number 51, noises and a pointless remake of Careful With That Axe) Live albums best to worse : 1) PULSE 2) Live at Pompeii (which was released on the 1972 Obfuscation set) 3) Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980-81 4) Delicate Sound of Thunder (expanded version will be out November 20) 5) Ummagumma (live disc)
My favorite line on the whole Animals album is on the song Dogs. It's the line that I think of quite often and it's just stayed with me since the first time I heard the song Back in 1979 when I was 15 and I borrowed the record from a friend's older brother. The line is: "You gotta strike when the moment is right without thinking." Man I love that line! I honestly don't think a week goes by without me thinking of that line! Awesome line!
@@xsm5525 How? If anything, it’s quite underrated, being no where near as popular as DSOTM, WYWH, The Wall etc. It’s an incredible experience to listen to.
I love the Final Cut. Intimate, dark and intense. Lyrically brilliant and for that alone should be considered up there in Pink Floyd’s best! I’m as much a lyric guy as well as a full on music guy. I love the best of both worlds. Great lyrics create a depth of purpose that resonate and can stay with you.
I thought the whole point of Pete's ranting was not to think about correct or incorrect. I like very, very much Dark side and At Pompeii. I do like Wish you were here, but every other album is pretty boring to me. So what?.
I personally find Dark Side vastly overrated, I rarely listen to any of the tracks from it on Echoes. Wish You Were Here should hold the place of reverence.
@@Clay3613 maybe, it's definitely debatable, but Dark Side was the first of that sort of "Theme" album that continued through the Wall and set the style that made Floyd popular and there is merit to bring the first. I personally like the older stuff best, well with the exception of "See Emily Play, but it's all good and even though I'm not a big Waters fan I liked the band best with him in it. The only criticism I could have of Floyd is they definitely could get pretty depressing at times but then so could a lot of other bands including the original blues lineup of Fleetwood Mac, one of my favorites
@@Clay3613 I don't think it's overrated at all because it was so unlike anything else out there at the time and so far ahead of it's time. And over 700 consecutive weeks on the Billboard charts?
@@Clay3613 Hmmm, perhaps "overplayed" rather than "overrated"....but fair point, I get it. They have so many great albums, Meddle was wonderful as well...
I am rather new to this channel and it wasn't until today that I was familiar with this Pink Floyd rankink. In general I must confess that I recognized myself in most of the rankings. I only would have ranked The Wall and probably The Final Cut a little higher. But during watching the video I more and more got a huge smile on my face. I thought "yes, yes, it's gonna happen"... And yes, it did happen, you're personal number one album was Animals. I love that album so much. It's the most divers album they ever made in my humble opinion. All those atmospheres, the variety and above all the guitar parts which are sharp as a knife, although they are lingering as well. It brings me in euphoria every time I listen to it. Wish you all the best with the channel. It's a revaluation to me!
Wish You Were Here will always be my favorite PF album, Animals comes in second and Dark Side Of The Moon third. I also really like A Saucerful Of Secrets and Obscured By Clouds and I do enjoy listening to The Wall in its entirety, but it is uneven. But I'll say this: Hey You, a track from The Wall that is rarely mentioned, ranks VERY high on my fav PF songs list! I'm one of those who can't find much enjoyment on the debut album...
My Favorite band of all time here’s mine. 1.The Wall 2.Dark Side of the Moon 3.Animals 4.Wish You Were Here 5.Meddle 6.Piper at the Gates of Dawn 7.The Final Cut 8.Obscured By Clouds 9.A Saucerful of Secrets 10. The Division Bell 11.Atom Heart Mother 12. A Momentary Lapse Reason 13.More 14.Ummagumma 15.Endless River. Love the channel.
Yeah I absolutely empathize with Waters losing his father during WWII when he was a baby and appreciate how that has impacted who he is being anti-war and all. I think he’s an incredibly talented and deep individual, but Waters just went a bit far on the Final Cut. It was kind of like his therapy sessions exposed for all of us to see.
I cant say i agree with just dismissing albums like The Wall or The Final Cut as Rogers therapy sessions. He uses themes of his fathers death in the same way he does with the Thatcher administration, the Cold War and the buildup to the Falklands War. Dismissing those later Waters albums as him just winging about his fathers death just disregards any value that they have.
I think that is the beauty of Final Cut in it's complete transparency to one's suffering. It has just as many detractors as fans and in my experience when something pushes against boundaries set by fan is where the true diamonds exist.
James Marocco I’m with you but , as of now, the Wall is my third favourite although it was right at the top. It most certainly isn’t an over-rated concept album. It is genius but for some reason I now find it depressing. Maybe it’s my age. Whereas Dark Side isn’t a tough listen emotionally because it takes me to a better frame of mind by the end. I find jazz albums often like this. Yes I know Miles Davis’s middle albums like Sketches of Spain are genius but wow do they bring me down.
I agree with Pete's assessment. I put The Wall as a double album that would have been better as a single album such as Fleetwood Mac's Tusk and Genesis "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway". All of them would have been masterpieces if someone invited an editor inside the studio to boil the tunes down into genius. Additionally, it was THE WALL album that convinced Roger Waters that he was Pink Floyd. It got to his head and the band was never the same.
the journey back in time before Dark Side is well worth the effort. I learned so much about Pink Floyd and really appreciate how incredible and wonderful they were as musicians. Just an incredible band. However, Animals is also my favorite - it's really moving.
nice to hear your talking about these pink Floyd albums for me the soundtrack album 'MORE' get's way more higher like this album a lot best for me is "MEDDLE'
I was pleased to see you rate Obscured by Clouds so highly. It's often overlooked but it shows the progression from Meddle that saw the band create DSOTM next. '71 to 77 is my favourite period too.
The Division Bell is one of my fav albums, especially because it is the first album I ever heard. It's stronger than Momentary in my opinion. High Hopes is one of the best Floyd songs and Lost for Words is probably the most undertated Floyd song. P.S. No shout out to Bike?!?!
Animals will always remind me of when my brother and I would listen to it on 8-track in our basement, shortly after it came out. It was my introduction to Pink Floyd.
@@bradss1000 Something its true, "Final Cut" is like a Solo Rogers Waters Album, from that point of view, of course is not the best group album, in that sense I agree with you. But, as a piece it self it takes through a wonderful and melancholic journey. I love the song "Not now John", I love the contrast between Roger and Gilmour in that song, I have the special edition with the song "When the tigers broke free", which belongs to "The Wall" movies, but its included in this edition. I understand its like a disc with not a clear climax, but I like the way stories are told (Sorry for my not so good english) thanks for answer me. I'll be waiting your videos.
My fave Pink Floyd albums for delivering these many minutes of pure musical pleasure, for me: 1. The Wall (70) 2. Meddle (41) 3. Animals (39) 4. The Dark Side Of The Moon (36) 5. Wish You Were Here (35) 6. A Saucerful Of Secrets (10) 7. Ummagumma (9.5) 8. The Final Cut (5)
I just relistened to all of Pink Floyd's discography and my ranking is: 15. Ummagumma 14. Soundtrack to the Film More 13. The Endless River 12. A Momentary Lapse of Reason 11. A Saucerful of Secrets 10. Obscured by Clouds 9. The Division Bell 8. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn 7. The Final Cut 6. Atom Heart Mother 5. Meddle 4. The Dark Side of the Moon 3. Animals 2. Wish You Were Here 1. The Wall
It’s a real drag that people are so intolerant of the opinions of others that you have to tip toe around expressing yourself. You obviously know what you are talking about there is even a Gibson Les Paul on the wall behind you. I come here because I respect your thoughts and opinions and find this channel entertaining. Keep doing what you do man most of us are not butthurt because you may have a different opinion than us. Peace
He doesn't HAVE TO, nobody's putting a gun to his head , he's CHOOSING TO. And because he has a guitar on the wall that means he knows what he's talking about ????? LMAO ! ….Everyone is entitled to their opinion , which means, EVERYONE is allowed to agree or even DISAGREE with him. Seems to me YOU are the one who is "butthurt" - maybe you should hang a guitar on your wall to help you feel better ? LMAO
@@lamnuck Here's the deal- I could care less how many people like different albums from mine, list them in a different order, etc.. We ALL like what we like, and all have our own opinions on which albums mean more to each of us. What I have a problem is, as I state on all these videos that these are the albums (or songs) that I like best, and that you the viewer might like different ones, and that's cool, and it would be good to read what you prefer. Too many people take the choices I list as personal attacks on them or the bands, and never even list which ones they like. Calling me names, or any other viewer on this channel for that matter, for our personal choices, takes thing a little too far in my opinion. If your only reason for visiting this channel (and I'm not talking about you directly) is to give me or anyone else shit about our choices and not engage in ADULT conversations about music, I have no use for you here. I'm TRYING to keep this a place where we can all have meaningful conversations, but there's a growing number of people who just seem to be unable to do so.
I think “bby nuck” is a fan of Pete and his channel. His “loud” reply to “Wade Wilson” I believe had good intent, albeit he maybe should have let a little more time go by before he responded. But hey, Mr. Wilson left himself wide open with the “guitar on the wall” bit, but he is obviously also a fan of this channel. How about all parties here “shake hands” and look forward to Pete’s next upload? The only one that seems to need a little time in the “time out” corner is Mr. Godfrey.
Good evening Pete,. That's a tough call to make, but on my end of things I fancy the Syd Barrett era. Not to say that the rest is bad, because it most definitely is not. But when you mentioned Piper's at the Gates of Dawn. That always hits home. Plus I love "Arnold Lane", "see Emily play". "Vegetable man."." Apples and oranges" And even the stuff directly after Piper's such as "paintbox" , " saucerful of secrets" and More.(soundtrack) I definitely dig Rick Wright as well.. I I have your videos cranking through my headphones at work pretty much all the time. And maybe it's an age thing because I'm 53 years old, but coincidentally you would be naming records in your videos and before you name them I would name them .lol I love your channel my friend ! Keep up the good work!
Very interesting to see different points of view. I've known The Final Cut for many years but only a few days ago I really started enjoying it. Beautiful album! Although the band was in the middle of a turmoil, David Gilmour' guitar work is absolutely fantastic! He was very much inspired
"If you didn't care, what happened to me" Yeah, "Animals" was a punk album and showed Waters sarcasm. And musically brilliant. I agree it is my favourite.
God save the Queen ! She ain't no human being . And there's no future . And England's dreamin' . That's Punk . The line from Pigs On The Wing not so much lol . That line is Roger at his most tender and caring . Punk is angry . Punk is about blame and rebellion . Punk spits in the eye of Pink Floyd . Johnny Rotten use to wear an anti Pink Floyd t shirt and that's a fact . That shirt got him noticed for the first time . I love Pink Floyd , but labeling them Punk in any way is just wrong . Punk is a back to basics approach to Rock . There isn't and never was anything basic about Pink Floyd . They r all way too talented to be a part of a punk band . Natas Liah . Find peace through understanding
ALL of their albums before THE WALL are their best, easily. I have been listening to PF since only '74 though. Thanks for the excellent video, Pete P! May Syd R.I.P.
Third video of yours that I've watched in row, Pete! I'll add my top ten Floyd: 1 Wish You Were Here 2 Dark Side of the Moon 3 Piper at the Gates of Dawn 4 Meddle 5 The Wall 6 A Momentary Lapse of Reason 7 Animals 8 More 9 The Division Bell 10 A Saucer Full of Secrets
@ All too true my friend. Me and one of my best friends used to drink to Floyd: a different album for a particular moment in life worth getting drunk to lol. Ahh the memories . . .
The Wall is a masterpiece that also happened to have some huge hit songs on it. I don't feel that that diminishes it as an artistic endeavour. Animals and Dark Side and others are also incredible, but I personally think that Floyd peaked with The Wall. Gilmour's later Floyd work is great but lacks the edge and darkness of the Waters era. I love Momentary Lapse and some Division Bell stuff but it isn't as weighty.
Totally agree! Animals is my favorite! Love your top three. Animals has such a wonderful way of getting really low key atmosphere music mixed with a crescendo in some of the most amazing David's guitar solos ever. So creative. And a great album in the face of the punk bands admonishing the prog bands for being too intricate and not enough raw power. Thanks for the vid.
My 1st ever band was called Cirrus Minor, named after the opening song from the 'More' soundtrack. 'Animals' is a sublime record & my favourite, & my top 5 Floyd albums are exactly the same as yours Pete Pardo! 'Obscured By Clouds' is rarely mentioned & deserves more love. Richard Wright RIP
On the Turning Away is one of my favorite songs ever. Top 5 Floyd track. It continues to build all the way through. Animals is probably my favorite album
I absolutely love “The Final Cut”. If that is a Roger Waters solo record, then “A Momentary Lapse of Reason” is a David Gilmour solo record, and that one had to be remixed to add Richard Wright in and get Nick Mason to record real drums and overall remove the 80s sound of it. I’ll take “The Final Cut” over it, any day.
Absolutely! I mean damn first of all who (that is a true floyd fan) can even begin to put their albums in a best to worst or worst to beat list as each album is in and of its own a master work of art. That said if you are going to attempt to rate them you should at least make sub lists 1) pink floyd with Barret 2) pink floyd ( Roger , Rick, Nick, Dave ) 3.) Pink floyd ( without waters) 4.) Roger waters (without floyd ) // and ah anyone want to try and tell me that the pros and cons of hitchhiking isn't a freaking masterpiece?...... then add amused to death and KAOS . And all three of them are every bit as good maybe better than momentary lapse of reason and i would say better than the division bell ( haven't decided about endless river yet to be honest so I will not make any comments on it at all here now) so yeah my top three are 1) meddle, dsotm, wywh, animals , atom heart mother, ummagumma, obscured, more, the wall , final cut 1) sub. a// a nice pair ( saucers & pipers) 2) pros and cons, KAOS, Amused to Death 3.) Momentary lapse of reason & division bell
Absoluetely once more, Gustavo. The "final cut" (a Waters' solo album with a great input by Kamen) is much much better than a "momentary lapse of reason" (a Gilmour's solo album) that sounds so freaking outdated to my ears
Anthony Stargaryen you can’t possibly be taken seriously with a comment like “zero redeeming qualities”. Even if you prefer Gilmour’s solo work over Waters’, you have to appreciate the guitar solo on “The Fletcher Memorial Home”, “Your Possible Pasts”, “The Final Cut” and “Not Now John” (which even features David’s vocals, and the women backup singers that clearly David loved enough to keep using afterwards when he wrote and recorded music without Roger.)
Love most of them. I'd personally rate them as: 1. Wish You Were Here 2. Dark Side of the Moon 3. Animals 4. The Wall 5. Piper at the Gates of Dawn 6. A Saucerful of Secrets 7. Meddle 8. Ummagumma 9. Atom Hear Mother 10.A Momentary Lapse of Reason
I find that different times in my life that my list changes , so I find that they can ALL be top of the list at sometime , 😉👌 great work cheers for you view
Hey! I'm a new Subscriber. I like your content esp. the Album rankings. If you're a big enough Floyd Fan, I would suggest watching the movies More, The Valley and Zabrinski Pointe. Great list....I'll have to give Animals some more respect...thank you.
I agree with Pete on The Wall (#4 on my list). Lots of filler. Side one & two (Disc 1) are perfect. A song or two from side two (vinyl) could of been dropped. Side 3 & 4 (Disc 2) could of been condensed to one side of an album (vinyl). There's your fillers.
Yeah, I mean it is a rock opera. One of my favorites when I was a teen, I just prefer a lot of their other albums now. There's quite a few really nice tracks outside of the well known ones but I can see it not being to everyone's taste.
kevin the truck driver, well to me: Hey You; Nobody’s home; Comfortably Numb; In the Flesh; Run Like Hell; Waiting for the Worms; The Trail. These are all brilliant tracks, that’s not bad for (the bad) half of an albums worth of tracks.
Obscured by Clouds is SO underrated. Meddle and Obscured by Clouds. Listen to those two together if you haven’t. These two albums came before DSTM, and musically hinted at it.
The lyrics are very dark, sure. But surely not his best, that would be Dark Side or Wish you were here. And also, the fact that he had sole lead vocals on that album worsens it very much. The reason why their albums worked up until Animals is the diversity in vocals. Gilmore and Wright had angelical voices. But Waters dismissed them. He even fired Wright. Final Cut is the peak of Waters' ego, if he wasn't so eccentric maybe he could work as a team with his bandmates
I would say that Dark Side Of The Moon, Wish You Were Here, and Animals are the real Pink Floyd trilogy. Three almost perfect albums that blended progressive rock and psychedelic rock and presented it in a marvellously produced and edited way, to make it more accessible and to give it a unique and ethereal tone. That is my opinion.
I’m with you on Animals, dude. My favorite Floyd record. Not with you on The Wall, however, which alternates between number three and four on my list. All of my favorite stuff is post- Syd, though I like the early material, as well.
Honestly, I never get tired of listening to Animals
Me either, and I fully understand that 2 of the songs are rewrites
I want to listen again.
Sheep. All I gotta say.
Yes. The instrumental middle part of Pigs is hypnotic.
Pink Floyd music is my blood..
“High hopes” off of division bell is absolutely phenomenal.
Take it back is pretty damn good too 😀😀
TDB is a criminally underrated album, i have it in my top 5 PF LP.
keep talking is killer track
indeed!
my favorite floyd solo, one of their best tracks
Pink Floyd - Animals is probably my favorite too. It’s the one album I go back to time and time again.
Me too. By far my favorite PF and in my top 5 favorite all time albums.
Oh hey its metal Jesus! 👋 didn't expect to see you here in this comments section. Sometimes I forget you're not just about video games lol.
I think Animals is an AC/DC psychedelic album!
@@65Slipkid also in my all time top 5
The more I see Pete here, the more I like him. He's probably the most even keeled guy on these rock sites, on YT. A gentleman, down to earth, diplomatic, fair minded and so on. Also, an amazing eclectic interest on Music. Much like myself. I like Neil Diamond & Black Sabbath, John Denver & Deep Purple, Cat Stevens & AC/DC. Pete, if you happen upon this, I hope you got a chance to read my sentiments. I saw your true colors as a man and as a human being, when Neil Peart left us, so unexpectedly. You do a good service for people, and I for one, appreciate your show and how you go about your broadcasts.
🙂👍🎸
Thanks Eric! Your comments are greatly appreciated!
Pete is awesome.
Pete is fucking awesome!
Is there anyone else out there that loves Atom Heart Mother?
Brian Lemanski ME!!!
Great album. :)
I do but Pink Floyd members hated it especially David Gilmour.
Fat old sun - that guitar solo is probably the best couple of minutes of guitar in history.
@@CaligulavVv the breakfast track at the end, is the highlight. I think the rest is only average. Always liked the cover, the cow.
I’m all about “Meddle” and “Obscured By Clouds”. Cool era.
The mem'ries of a man in his old age are the deeds of a man in his prime.
Finally!! Someone giving some love to Obscured By Clouds!!
I agree 100%
I love Meddle as well.(As I do the late 60's,very early 70's work)
As great a album it is,I feel Dark Side of The Moon is the album where Floyd lost their innocence.
But,they haven't done bad for a local band!(Floyd were formed but 30 odd miles away from my hometown!)
I’m so happy to know other people love those albums. I can’t put my finger on it, but there’s something special about those albums. They do not get enough credit!
Meddle is my favorite Pink Floyd Album, although I recognize Dark Side of the Moon as more influential.
For me Meddle is more influential
meddle at #1 is a hot take that i can 10000% agree with
DARK SIDE is just so DAMNED EXISTENTIAL. Positively BRILLIANT!
One person once said “dark side is the best album ever but it isn’t Pink Floyd’s best.”
Here is what I have noticed. The really hardcore Pink Floyd fans, people that own and listen to all their albums. They usually have Meddle and/or Animals very high on their list of favorite
albums.
If you told me that I was going to die and I have to choose one Pink Floyd album to listen to before I go. I'm picking Meddle. It may not be the best but it's the one I love the most.
The Division Bell is a criminally underrated album.
My Favorite Pink Floyd Album
Completely agree the Division Bell is top 3 for me
I disagree sadly, I just don’t get the same out of it. Feels overproduced, corporate and generally just devoid of the soul Pink Floyd usually has… imo of course
Before I get my main point. Wish you were here is my favourite Pink Floyd album. I was amazed he didn't like brick in the wall album. But In fairness his entitled to his opinion.
Criminally absurd comment. Why would anyone give a flying fuck how an album is "rated" by anyone other than themselves??
I know it's not an album but ""live at Pompeii" was awesome, sort of a marker of the point between the older and newer, more well known Floyd
Great movie.
If it was it would be number 1 for me
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@@iyerviking Hands down , I heard the studio version after I heard the Pompeii version and it doesn’t even come close , still great on the album but the Pompeii version is on a different level
This is like a mum listing her children as worst to best.
I would have a tough time making a list like this. Floyd for me is all about whatever mood I'm in or what I'm doing while I listen to it. My favorite album at 8 in the morning while driving to work is not going to be the same album as 8 at night while sitting at home.
Pink Floyd is an amazing to more amazing list
ookland81 Or it's like an atom heart mother listing her children as worst to best. (Okay, that was bad, I know...………………..)
more like a child rating his parents?
And the final cut is the husband
Meddle is a real strong album-of course One of these days & Echos are perfect bookends,really dig Fearless.
PaRaDoX Meddle puede q sea mejor que wish you
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That was the album that made me go way beyond "Dark Side" and "The Wall". One of the best deep cut LPs of a great career
@@tie9284 yes
Dog on Seamus, belonged to Steve Marriott, of Small Faces fame.
You know that he’s a true fan for ranking Ummagumma higher than the wall lol
How does that make him a true fan? Placing it higher on his list? I think knowing it exists shows he’s a big fan, but ranking it higher doesn’t make him a true fan. I can tell you that I own all of Pink Floyd’s studio releases except the Endless River and The Wall and Dark Side Of The Moon are definitely my favorites. I don’t care if it’s cliched, I absolutely love them. But you know after that I’d probably put Division Bell, Atom Heart Mother and (cliched again) Wish You Were Here.
@@tepidtooth8539 What I’m trying to say is that 99% of people in this world when when you ask what their favorite Floyd song is, they’d most likely say Another brick, comfortably numb, wish you were here, learning to fly, time, money etc. But if you go a little deeper, if they actually listen to the band, they might say something like astronomy domine, echoes, wots... uh the deal etc. Most people really overlook Ummagumma, as it is kind of a mess and there isn’t much meaning in it(despite it’s importance in the long run), so people who aren’t really into Pink Floyd won’t see anything good in it, and a lot of Floyd fans just think that it is kind of a meme. Let’s face it, the wall is a masterpiece, dsotm is a masterpiece, animals is a masterpiece, wish you were here is a masterpiece, meddle is a masterpiece, but Ummagumma is hard to call a masterpiece for most people. What I’m trying to say is that he is truly a fan because he loves the sounds that the band produced in their struggling post Barrett era, when he could just hop on the bandwagon of their late 70s hits. Me personally, I love their early stuff, and I think that Barrett was one of the most underrated musicians of the British Invasion and all music as a whole, and I think that their psychedelic sounds were phenomenal, but most people will say that their early stuff was nowhere near their late stuff. Why, because they aren’t fans of all their music; just a time period of their music. The guy in this videos favorite album was animals, but not far below it was Ummagumma and piper before the wall because he is a true fan of the band as a whole: psychedelic 60s all the way to classic rock 70s. I hope this answered... and Srry for the long response.
@@tepidtooth8539 btw, I don’t think that liking their popular stuff makes one a poser, as their popular stuff is actually scarily brilliant. My favorites are the wall and dsotm, and I’m the biggest Floyd fan that I know.
@@d-ro3266 I agree, and it most certainly is their best! It’s just when people say it’s their favorites when it’s the only songs they know is when it’s annoying.
Ummagumma is the definition of mediocre
“Echoes” is, indeed, good for doing all sorts of things...
@@radosawjarosiewicz2540 you're not wrong
But a lava lamp, a joss stick, and darkness are all compulsory.
echoes is the best song mankind did
I agree
Dance and cry.
Back when I still had lungs, a small piece of hash and 'Obscured By Clouds' was all I needed in the world.
Bigga Winna Crapsa good thing you were setting that bar so high!
😀
And then the small lump was gone.
I understand where you’re coming from but The Wall is a whole story, a rock opera. It’s not an album you usually put on to listen to for background noise it’s an album you immerse yourself in. Every song plays a role there’s no filler (imo) and out of all the rock operas I’ve heard this has to be the top, best one. It’s a masterpiece. But all in all great video Pete! 🎶
Agree it's there most powerful and honest album in a personal connection within the listener and the songs it is my go to album when I'm depressed.
Comfortably Numb also may be the greatest song of all time. Unbiased as well.
The Wall is my favorite pink floyd album, dark side of second, then wish you were here
I think "The Wall" is where Waters was admitting his fragility as a human being to grasp the darker parts of life in a very special and truthful, dare I say himble way.
I love "The Wall"
"Animals" is only topped in records all time by "Moving Pictures" and "Close to the Edge".
But then he became a bit arrogant with his political convictions and remains that way to this day (to a fault). He's rigid, stubborn and quite frankly arrogant. Love him buts true.
the Wall is a very, very overrated album. Real weak album and the concept behind it isn't much of a concept. sounds real dated. far from timeless
Only just come to your broadcasts in the last few weeks, & loving catching up. It's great to be so often on he same page as you (Animals my favourite Floyd album too, & Purple my favourite band ever) but more importantly you're signposting me to so much fantastic stuff I've not heard yet! Thanks!
I once had the police called on me when I was playing "Careful With That Axe, Eugene" on Ummagumma.
Someone heard the scream and freaked out, lol.
@@jameschant2740 That's exactly what happened.
@@JeffTheHokie Hey Jeff there's no doubt about it.
How does anyone know the correct pronunciation of Ummagumma? Oh, and, what the hell is ummagumma? Some kind of English slang for something?
@@bradss1000 Should be pronounced like "um" not "oom"
Awesome list! So glad to see Meddle and Obscured by Clouds so high on the list.
Wish you were here - I wore out the record and bought the CD.
Animals - I have the record. I have the CD. I have the remastered.. So good.
Although i used to like Piper and Saucerfull, I have not listened to them in decades.
Saw them life once in the late 80s. Wish i had seen them a decade before.
Anyway, this was a great trip down memory lane. Thank you!
FACT: most people who saw the Floyd live in the 70's dont remember it!!! ;-)
Luckily , I got to see em when I was in my mid-teens in 1981....still with Roger..i think it was their last one together in that century. It was in London , June 1981.
WYWH....was playing on my turntable during my first 'complete' sexual experience in the 1970s!!
It was my mid-teens, and i planned it that way too!!!!😀 Anyone else?
I don't think I've ever agreed with Peter Pardo more than his doubled line here...
"I love animals, and I love Pink Floyd Animals."
This 1977 gem has always been my favorite Floyd..all the way back to buying it brand new when I was 11. The LP has simply got it all. Everything, from the epic songs, to the brilliant biting lyrics, to the fantastic guitar, to the greatest ever Pink Floyd album cover!
This record completely transfixes and hypnotizes the listener from it's humble beginning to the glorious & dramatic end.
And all three of the magnificent epic tracks are all so disparately good, it's nearly impossible to pick a favorite.
🐕 🐖 🐑
*And btw, I actually agree with his #2, #3 & #4 as well
Marc
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Good reviews and rankings! Hard to argue with the verdict here with Floyd or with the Zeppelin ranking; two of my favourite bands ever.
Obscure by clouds and atom heat mother are underrated as hell
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@@tie9284 what's wrong with you
Obscured By Clouds is up there for me too. A top 5 or 7 of many from them for sure!
I'm with you on "Animals"...always loved this as my favorite....my most played Floyd album! Good show Pete!
everyone talks about gilmour, but for me its richard wright's swan song where the keyboards still mattered, especially on 'dogs'
Without Waters the band would have been over after Syd went.
Thirdfish without a doubt
Waters' repetitive war theme I can do without, Without David Gilmour definitely Floyd would of not lasted
It also would’ve died without David and wouldn’t have become what it was today at all without Rick
David Gilmore was really a key part of that band.
Every member made the band made what it was, and I don't think any member should be valued anymore or any less than the others (maybe except for mason lol)
Dogs is my fav track on Animals. Love that record.
Great breakdown Pete! 'Animals' is my fave as well, since way back when. Cheers from Cleveland, O!
saw Floyd at Cleveland Stadium in 77
@@markbyers1651 Nice! Lots of history in that old Cle Municipal Stadium. I moved here in '95.
Richfield and the shoe on momentary tour
@@AudiophileTubes yes indeed , back in the 70s they used to have the World Series of Rock shows .lots of great shows. my first one was Mahogany Rush,Blue Oyster Cult,Aerosmith,Uriah Heep and Faces in 75
When I clicked this I said to myself "He better have Animals up there".
All the real hardcore Pink Floyd fans will have animals at LEAST in their top 5, if not their opinion is actually wrong. Haha
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@@tie9284 you are replying “no” to a lot of comments.
What is your ranking to the the Pink Floyd albums?
@@Morn__ I'm trolling lol , but in case you actually care , (worst to best)
The endless river
Momentary lapse
Ummagumma
More
Obscured by clouds
The final cut
Division bell
Meddle
Animals
Saucerful of secrets (dont judge I just really like it )
Wish you were here
Atom heart mother
The wall
Dark side of the moon
Piper at the gates of dawn
Overall I just prefer their psychedelic stuff lol
Pink Floyd are a very special band to me, especially since they opened me up to the world of prog and psych. Here’s my ranking:
1. The Dark Side Of The Moon
2. Wish You Were Here
3. Atom Heart Mother (one of their more under appreciated albums for sure)
4. Animals
5. Meddle
6. The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
7. A Saucerful Of Secrets
8. The Division Bell
9. Obscured By Clouds (the hidden gem in the Pink Floyd catalogue)
10. The Wall (about two thirds of this album is quite insignificant to me, but the good songs are truly excellent!)
11. Ummagumma (I love the live disc, but the studio section is utter nonsense)
12. More (some great songs, but it sounds quite disjointed with the movie soundtrack interludes)
13. A Momentary Lapse Of Reason (a good enough album, but I think its successor is much better)
14. The Endless River (good for what it is, but doesn’t seem to go anywhere)
15. The Final Cut (most of this album bores the life outta me)
Right there with ya re Atom
The final cut is my favourite floyd album. Incredible, emotional, its a feel record, it touches so many nerves, like "your possible pasts" i didnt live that life......but i feel it
Truly a gem
You truly have the most controversial favorite album. Everyone feels it’s “too much waters” “too much opera”. They’re not wrong necessarily. It’s basically just a rejects from the wall album. I still love it in its own right for how blatantly waters calls out the world leaders and how racist he is to Japan. My favorite still is animals.
@@EtahainLevinski 'Animals' is an brilliant album, very complete too. Great songs, lyrics, guitar solos, the concept. Perfect.
😱
Final Cut stinks.
I think ‘Animals’ is their best too, shame people don’t talk about it more!
Yeah...this album ages so well ! ! My favorite too !
Totally agree, from start to finish, great album
It's their third best in my opinion.
Animals has the crappiest lyrics.
Animals is the most under rated album ever pressed. Probably Floyd at the crest of their creativity. My go to when I need a Floyd hit. Love the others, but Animals is just the album to kick back and listen.
Thanks for this, Pete!
The division bell is so underrated. The solo with the slide guitar at the end of high hopes is easily some of gilmours best work
You came up in the related column while I was in a poor mood on a Friday night, so I put you on to balance out. You're close to me in NYC, up the Hudson. I had a gf in Kingston/Saugerties. We went to Army games. Your mannerisms remind me of my hometown Ct. best friend. Thanks for being a presence in my room (which looks like yours 'cept there's vhs on the background shelves & a Strat)
Roger Waters may not be your most-liked Pink Floyd member, but he was arguably the most important. It was his genius that brought us the masterpiece that is Animals.
Also Syd was the founding member, making Waters 2nd most important
Without Waters there is no message
@Ian McCauley Yes. Waters said that he had the concepts for two albums and presented both to the rest of the band. They chose the Wall. THe other lysics and concept ended up as Waters's solo album "Amused to death"
The most important member was Syd Barrett. He created the band, he named it, he was the main reason the band sounded the way we know them and he was the driving force that influenced them to write some of their most well-known records.
Syd Barrett founded the band,so I think that makes him somewhat pivotal!!!
Dark Side Of The Moon is my all time favorite Pink Floyd album
@WORST CHANNEL EVER hard for me to pick a favorite but I have to say they were always a prog band, what Dark side was the first of was their journey into becoming a theme album band
@WORST CHANNEL EVER I would disagree but it's a matter of opinion I guess
Vanilla
@WORST CHANNEL EVER you mean before meddle.
@WORST CHANNEL EVER so it had prog but no psychedelic freak out music...
Great video thank you for opinions. I have taken my time and listed these and will buy them in your order as I respect your choices. I have had The Wall since the 1970’s and love it but didn’t buy anything else from them so this is going to be an exciting journey for me.
Pete your videos are amazing. Like you a Northeast rocker. I am Autistic and I enjoy your videos. You are a real originator and there are imitators out there but no one tops you as rock music collector. I nowadays am upgrading much of what I have to vinyl. Pink Floyd are my favorite band and the following is my Best to Worst :
1) Wish You Were Here (their masterpiece, even David Gilmour and Rick Wright agree)
2) The Division Bell (I was a senior when that album came out and skipped my prom to see that tour and was the best album IMHO since Wish You Were Here)
3) Meddle (One of These Days, A Pillow of Winds, Fearless and Echoes alone)
4) The Dark Side of the Moon (I love but radio did burn it out and I tend to listen to live versions of songs more now thanks to Immersion box and PULSE)
5) Atom Heart Mother (EPIC)
6) Obscured by Clouds (underrated)
7) A Saucerful of Secrets (classic)
8) The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (Syd ruled)
9) The Endless River (another album I play top to bottom)
10) The Wall (I listen to live 1980-81 album more than studio nowadays)
11) Animals (I play either Oakland or Vienna or Boston ROIOs for Animals fix as the songs were more Floyd like live than the studio album and also it was the start of the Roger Waters Power Trip and Rick Wright was underused on album and Rick didn't like the album and Gilmour called it good but not a creative high point)
12) A Momentary Lapse of Reason (original 1987 mix is great but the 2019 updated and remixed is superb and has Nick Mason playing all drums and Rick Wright's keyboards added in via concert recordings into the new updated versions)
13) Ummagumma (I enjoy all bar bits of Grand Viziers Garden Party which got monotonous)
14) More (I enjoy entire thing but some of Quicksilver did drag on)
15) The Final Cut (musically great but the lyrics and Roger Waters' fixation on my dad died, I hate war jumped the shark here)
The Zabriskie Point album had the two worst Pink Floyd tracks (Heart Beat Pig Meat and Come In Number 51, noises and a pointless remake of Careful With That Axe)
Live albums best to worse :
1) PULSE
2) Live at Pompeii (which was released on the 1972 Obfuscation set)
3) Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980-81
4) Delicate Sound of Thunder (expanded version will be out November 20)
5) Ummagumma (live disc)
My favorite line on the whole Animals album is on the song Dogs. It's the line that I think of quite often and it's just stayed with me since the first time I heard the song Back in 1979 when I was 15 and I borrowed the record from a friend's older brother. The line is: "You gotta strike when the moment is right without thinking." Man I love that line! I honestly don't think a week goes by without me thinking of that line! Awesome line!
Yes. Animals from start to finish. The ultimate listening experience. Extra extra special.
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@@tie9284 Yes, stop replying to every comment.
Animals is overrated.
@@xsm5525 How? If anything, it’s quite underrated, being no where near as popular as DSOTM, WYWH, The Wall etc. It’s an incredible experience to listen to.
@@xsm5525 Music is subjective. I don't agree on this one but I feel you.
I love the Final Cut. Intimate, dark and intense. Lyrically brilliant and for that alone should be considered up there in Pink Floyd’s best! I’m as much a lyric guy as well as a full on music guy. I love the best of both worlds. Great lyrics create a depth of purpose that resonate and can stay with you.
Your review made me check out Meddle, which I'd never heard even though I own most of their 70's albums. Loved it. Top 3 Floyd for me. Many thanks.
Love Pink Floyd. And you are correct, “Animals” is their masterpiece. Wish it got the same respect as “Dark Side...”
I thought the whole point of Pete's ranting was not to think about correct or incorrect. I like very, very much Dark side and At Pompeii. I do like Wish you were here, but every other album is pretty boring to me. So what?.
I personally find Dark Side vastly overrated, I rarely listen to any of the tracks from it on Echoes. Wish You Were Here should hold the place of reverence.
@@Clay3613 maybe, it's definitely debatable, but Dark Side was the first of that sort of "Theme" album that continued through the Wall and set the style that made Floyd popular and there is merit to bring the first. I personally like the older stuff best, well with the exception of "See Emily Play, but it's all good and even though I'm not a big Waters fan I liked the band best with him in it. The only criticism I could have of Floyd is they definitely could get pretty depressing at times but then so could a lot of other bands including the original blues lineup of Fleetwood Mac, one of my favorites
@@Clay3613 I don't think it's overrated at all because it was so unlike anything else out there at the time and so far ahead of it's time. And over 700 consecutive weeks on the Billboard charts?
@@Clay3613 Hmmm, perhaps "overplayed" rather than "overrated"....but fair point, I get it. They have so many great albums, Meddle was wonderful as well...
Pete, Final Cut is not my favorite either. But I do like The Gunner's Dream and Not Now John.
I am glad you liked Ummagumma.
I gotta say I love Gilmour's solo on"Your posible pasts" ... it gives me chills to this day.
Two suns in the sunset is pretty damn good, great sax solo
Both songs are good, too. I just said it wasn't a favorite of mine.
the final cut, the wall and the animals are a trilogy. one album complements the other. The final cut is waters at its best. A great album.
William Langan -Not Now John was the single and it did not even make the US top 40. Otherwise Final Cut is a very dark album dominated by Waters.
Yes !!! Animals, one of the best albums of the 70's decade. Each song sounds amazing
I am rather new to this channel and it wasn't until today that I was familiar with this Pink Floyd rankink.
In general I must confess that I recognized myself in most of the rankings. I only would have ranked The Wall and probably The Final Cut a little higher.
But during watching the video I more and more got a huge smile on my face. I thought "yes, yes, it's gonna happen"... And yes, it did happen, you're personal number one album was Animals.
I love that album so much. It's the most divers album they ever made in my humble opinion. All those atmospheres, the variety and above all the guitar parts which are sharp as a knife, although they are lingering as well. It brings me in euphoria every time I listen to it.
Wish you all the best with the channel. It's a revaluation to me!
Wish You Were Here will always be my favorite PF album, Animals comes in second and Dark Side Of The Moon third. I also really like A Saucerful Of Secrets and Obscured By Clouds and I do enjoy listening to The Wall in its entirety, but it is uneven. But I'll say this: Hey You, a track from The Wall that is rarely mentioned, ranks VERY high on my fav PF songs list! I'm one of those who can't find much enjoyment on the debut album...
"Atom Heart Mother" is the ultimate wake n' bake album.
100%
And Pink Floyd was not a drug band to me. I enjoyed all the Pink Floyd albums sober.
My Favorite band of all time here’s mine.
1.The Wall
2.Dark Side of the Moon
3.Animals
4.Wish You Were Here
5.Meddle
6.Piper at the Gates of Dawn
7.The Final Cut
8.Obscured By Clouds
9.A Saucerful of Secrets
10. The Division Bell
11.Atom Heart Mother
12. A Momentary Lapse Reason
13.More
14.Ummagumma
15.Endless River.
Love the channel.
Meddle is definitely my favorite Floyd album. The Final Cut is as well but it is a very dark album. But I like them all😁
Spot on, Pete! Animals is my favorite also. Gilmore’s best guitar work!
It's not spot on. The Final Cut did not deserve to be last.
It’s all a matter of opinion :)
Agree, Gilmore is superb, especially on Dogx
@Max Raider Agreed! Gilmour's best work was on Shine On... He did a good job on AHM suite also.
*Gilmour
Really enjoyed this one. Thanks man!
Yeah I absolutely empathize with Waters losing his father during WWII when he was a baby and appreciate how that has impacted who he is being anti-war and all. I think he’s an incredibly talented and deep individual, but Waters just went a bit far on the Final Cut. It was kind of like his therapy sessions exposed for all of us to see.
I cant say i agree with just dismissing albums like The Wall or The Final Cut as Rogers therapy sessions. He uses themes of his fathers death in the same way he does with the Thatcher administration, the Cold War and the buildup to the Falklands War. Dismissing those later Waters albums as him just winging about his fathers death just disregards any value that they have.
I think that is the beauty of Final Cut in it's complete transparency to one's suffering. It has just as many detractors as fans and in my experience when something pushes against boundaries set by fan is where the true diamonds exist.
Animals is also my favorite Pink Floyd album and always has been from the moment I first heard it.
I started watching your chanel when you covered my second favorite band, Blue Oyster Cult, it's cool to see you finaly covered my favorite band
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Eric Peacock rip Neil Peart 😓♫☮︎︎
The Wall is an over-rated concept album? Wow, just wow.
My top 5 are: The Wall, Dark Side of the Moon, Animals, Wish You Were Here and Meddle.
James Marocco I’m with you but , as of now, the Wall is my third favourite although it was right
at the top. It most certainly isn’t an over-rated concept album. It is genius but for some reason I now find it depressing. Maybe it’s my age. Whereas Dark Side isn’t a tough listen emotionally because it takes me to a better frame of mind by the end.
I find jazz albums often like this. Yes I know Miles Davis’s middle albums like Sketches of Spain are genius but wow do they bring me down.
The Wall? Not a 10 for me, but really close...
I agree with Pete's assessment. I put The Wall as a double album that would have been better as a single album such as Fleetwood Mac's Tusk and Genesis "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway". All of them would have been masterpieces if someone invited an editor inside the studio to boil the tunes down into genius. Additionally, it was THE WALL album that convinced Roger Waters that he was Pink Floyd. It got to his head and the band was never the same.
It’s his opinion bro
The Wall used to be my favorite so I understand how you like it so much but then I got into Animals and I loved it a little bit more
the journey back in time before Dark Side is well worth the effort. I learned so much about Pink Floyd and really appreciate how incredible and wonderful they were as musicians. Just an incredible band. However, Animals is also my favorite - it's really moving.
nice to hear your talking about these pink Floyd albums
for me the soundtrack album 'MORE' get's way more higher
like this album a lot
best for me is "MEDDLE'
nile song - 'nuff said
Echoes is such a awesome track,so beautiful!
More soundtrack is the hidden (in plain sight) gem in their discog which has slipped below the radar for a great majority of the Floyd fans.
I was pleased to see you rate Obscured by Clouds so highly. It's often overlooked but it shows the progression from Meddle that saw the band create DSOTM next. '71 to 77 is my favourite period too.
Absolutely spot-on Pete. Animals has always been my top Floyd album. Wonderful.
Ottima classifica. Condivido quasi tutto! (Excellent ranking. I share almost everything!)
YES ANIMALS!!! Probably the most underrated album of theirs. Thank god someone agrees!
1000% agreement.
Is true cause everybody tells me the same,that is their best album but I haven't listened to that album yet, so I think you are right
Animals is NOT underrated!
The Division Bell is one of my fav albums, especially because it is the first album I ever heard. It's stronger than Momentary in my opinion. High Hopes is one of the best Floyd songs and Lost for Words is probably the most undertated Floyd song.
P.S. No shout out to Bike?!?!
Bike 🙏🙏this amazing music a masterpiece I could listen bike all the day
Your ranks videos for rock bands..is the best content that you give us!..a rank bands content .very good.
Animals will always remind me of when my brother and I would listen to it on 8-track in our basement, shortly after it came out. It was my introduction to Pink Floyd.
The vast majority of bands can only dream that their best album would be anywhere near as good as Pink Floyd's worst.
Julian Richards you don’t have to shit on other bands to like a certain one, brotha
Ummagumma is worst than St. Anger in my opinion
@@Morn__ ummagumma is better than st anger
Think of the time period
BOTH Ummagumma and St. Anger by Metallica are phenomenal albums in my personal opinion.
I love your reviews, but I also love "the final cut"
Adrián Gómez- paranoid eyes is the one that comes to mind right now, but the album is definitely a “start to finish” listen every time!
@@bradss1000 Something its true, "Final Cut" is like a Solo Rogers Waters Album, from that point of view, of course is not the best group album, in that sense I agree with you. But, as a piece it self it takes through a wonderful and melancholic journey. I love the song "Not now John", I love the contrast between Roger and Gilmour in that song, I have the special edition with the song "When the tigers broke free", which belongs to "The Wall" movies, but its included in this edition. I understand its like a disc with not a clear climax, but I like the way stories are told (Sorry for my not so good english) thanks for answer me. I'll be waiting your videos.
The title track is fabulous
The Gunner's Dream is one of PF most powerful songs.
Two suns in the sunset tiene su onda.
My fave Pink Floyd albums for delivering these many minutes of pure musical pleasure, for me:
1. The Wall (70)
2. Meddle (41)
3. Animals (39)
4. The Dark Side Of The Moon (36)
5. Wish You Were Here (35)
6. A Saucerful Of Secrets (10)
7. Ummagumma (9.5)
8. The Final Cut (5)
I just relistened to all of Pink Floyd's discography and my ranking is:
15. Ummagumma
14. Soundtrack to the Film More
13. The Endless River
12. A Momentary Lapse of Reason
11. A Saucerful of Secrets
10. Obscured by Clouds
9. The Division Bell
8. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
7. The Final Cut
6. Atom Heart Mother
5. Meddle
4. The Dark Side of the Moon
3. Animals
2. Wish You Were Here
1. The Wall
Almost the exact inverse of mine lol 😁
@@meltcityummagumma is your favourite??
It’s a real drag that people are so intolerant of the opinions of others that you have to tip toe around expressing yourself. You obviously know what you are talking about there is even a Gibson Les Paul on the wall behind you. I come here because I respect your thoughts and opinions and find this channel entertaining. Keep doing what you do man most of us are not butthurt because you may have a different opinion than us. Peace
He doesn't HAVE TO, nobody's putting a gun to his head , he's CHOOSING TO. And because he has a guitar on the wall that means he knows what he's talking about ????? LMAO ! ….Everyone is entitled to their opinion , which means, EVERYONE is allowed to agree or even DISAGREE with him. Seems to me YOU are the one who is "butthurt" - maybe you should hang a guitar on your wall to help you feel better ? LMAO
@@lamnuck Here's the deal- I could care less how many people like different albums from mine, list them in a different order, etc.. We ALL like what we like, and all have our own opinions on which albums mean more to each of us. What I have a problem is, as I state on all these videos that these are the albums (or songs) that I like best, and that you the viewer might like different ones, and that's cool, and it would be good to read what you prefer. Too many people take the choices I list as personal attacks on them or the bands, and never even list which ones they like. Calling me names, or any other viewer on this channel for that matter, for our personal choices, takes thing a little too far in my opinion. If your only reason for visiting this channel (and I'm not talking about you directly) is to give me or anyone else shit about our choices and not engage in ADULT conversations about music, I have no use for you here. I'm TRYING to keep this a place where we can all have meaningful conversations, but there's a growing number of people who just seem to be unable to do so.
@@lamnuck Personally bby nuck I would rather you take your sweet little innocent arse, your over sensitive bullshit and just....fuck off, sorry Pete
@@lamnuck as always there's a dick head and today it's you ......you wanna call people names? Upset People ? Spoil it for everyone? Do one.
I think “bby nuck” is a fan of Pete and his channel. His “loud” reply to “Wade Wilson” I believe had good intent, albeit he maybe should have let a little more time go by before he responded. But hey, Mr. Wilson left himself wide open with the “guitar on the wall” bit, but he is obviously also a fan of this channel. How about all parties here “shake hands” and look forward to Pete’s next upload? The only one that seems to need a little time in the “time out” corner is Mr. Godfrey.
Its all down to personal taste, but Atom Heart Mother would be in my top five. Great, thanks Pete!!
Good evening Pete,. That's a tough call to make, but on my end of things I fancy the Syd Barrett era. Not to say that the rest is bad, because it most definitely is not. But when you mentioned Piper's at the Gates of Dawn. That always hits home. Plus I love "Arnold Lane", "see Emily play". "Vegetable man."." Apples and oranges" And even the stuff directly after Piper's such as "paintbox" , " saucerful of secrets" and More.(soundtrack) I definitely dig Rick Wright as well.. I I have your videos cranking through my headphones at work pretty much all the time. And maybe it's an age thing because I'm 53 years old, but coincidentally you would be naming records in your videos and before you name them I would name them .lol I love your channel my friend ! Keep up the good work!
Very interesting to see different points of view. I've known The Final Cut for many years but only a few days ago I really started enjoying it. Beautiful album! Although the band was in the middle of a turmoil, David Gilmour' guitar work is absolutely fantastic! He was very much inspired
"If you didn't care, what happened to me" Yeah, "Animals" was a punk album and showed Waters sarcasm. And musically brilliant. I agree it is my favourite.
Who was told what to do by the man ....
Came out in 77 of course its punk!
Punk was a reaction to Pink Floyd's Animals and prog rock .
Animals was never a punk album . I hate it when idiots label music .
God save the Queen ! She ain't no human being . And there's no future . And England's dreamin' . That's Punk . The line from Pigs On The Wing not so much lol . That line is Roger at his most tender and caring . Punk is angry . Punk is about blame and rebellion . Punk spits in the eye of Pink Floyd . Johnny Rotten use to wear an anti Pink Floyd t shirt and that's a fact . That shirt got him noticed for the first time . I love Pink Floyd , but labeling them Punk in any way is just wrong . Punk is a back to basics approach to Rock . There isn't and never was anything basic about Pink Floyd . They r all way too talented to be a part of a punk band . Natas Liah . Find peace through understanding
I gotta agree Pete. Animals is awesome. The music and the lyrics stay with me forever.
ALL of their albums before THE WALL are their best, easily. I have been listening to PF since only '74 though. Thanks for the excellent video, Pete P! May Syd R.I.P.
Third video of yours that I've watched in row, Pete! I'll add my top ten Floyd:
1 Wish You Were Here
2 Dark Side of the Moon
3 Piper at the Gates of Dawn
4 Meddle
5 The Wall
6 A Momentary Lapse of Reason
7 Animals
8 More
9 The Division Bell
10 A Saucer Full of Secrets
@ Thanks. I'm just glad no one's harassing me because Animals didn't make my top five lol
@ All too true my friend. Me and one of my best friends used to drink to Floyd: a different album for a particular moment in life worth getting drunk to lol. Ahh the memories . . .
Top 5 Pink Floyd Records:
5.Obscured by Clouds
4.Wish You were Here
3.Meddle
2.Pipers at The Gates of Dawn
1.Animals
The Wall is a masterpiece that also happened to have some huge hit songs on it. I don't feel that that diminishes it as an artistic endeavour. Animals and Dark Side and others are also incredible, but I personally think that Floyd peaked with The Wall. Gilmour's later Floyd work is great but lacks the edge and darkness of the Waters era. I love Momentary Lapse and some Division Bell stuff but it isn't as weighty.
Totally agree! Animals is my favorite! Love your top three. Animals has such a wonderful way of getting really low key atmosphere music mixed with a crescendo in some of the most amazing David's guitar solos ever. So creative. And a great album in the face of the punk bands admonishing the prog bands for being too intricate and not enough raw power. Thanks for the vid.
My 1st ever band was called Cirrus Minor, named after the opening song from the 'More' soundtrack. 'Animals' is a sublime record & my favourite, & my top 5 Floyd albums are exactly the same as yours Pete Pardo! 'Obscured By Clouds' is rarely mentioned & deserves more love. Richard Wright RIP
wow! I literally thought I was alone in loving animals the most. (DSoTM is a close 2nd but in all honesty I love all of their albums).
Can't tell if you're sarcastic
Dark side is an amazing album but I've heard it so much that I dont care if I ever hear it again.
Nah I can't go on with my life without ever hearing us and them again... that tracks is magical in every way
Thank you Thank you Thank you!!
Animals is amazing, I connected to it right away more than 30 years ago!!
🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
On the Turning Away is one of my favorite songs ever. Top 5 Floyd track. It continues to build all the way through. Animals is probably my favorite album
I absolutely love “The Final Cut”. If that is a Roger Waters solo record, then “A Momentary Lapse of Reason” is a David Gilmour solo record, and that one had to be remixed to add Richard Wright in and get Nick Mason to record real drums and overall remove the 80s sound of it.
I’ll take “The Final Cut” over it, any day.
Absolutely! I mean damn first of all who (that is a true floyd fan) can even begin to put their albums in a best to worst or worst to beat list as each album is in and of its own a master work of art. That said if you are going to attempt to rate them you should at least make sub lists
1) pink floyd with Barret
2) pink floyd ( Roger , Rick, Nick, Dave )
3.) Pink floyd ( without waters)
4.) Roger waters (without floyd ) // and ah anyone want to try and tell me that the pros and cons of hitchhiking isn't a freaking masterpiece?...... then add amused to death and KAOS . And all three of them are every bit as good maybe better than momentary lapse of reason and i would say better than the division bell ( haven't decided about endless river yet to be honest so I will not make any comments on it at all here now) so yeah my top three are
1) meddle, dsotm, wywh, animals , atom heart mother, ummagumma, obscured, more, the wall , final cut
1) sub. a// a nice pair ( saucers & pipers)
2) pros and cons, KAOS, Amused to Death
3.) Momentary lapse of reason & division bell
Absoluetely once more, Gustavo. The "final cut" (a Waters' solo album with a great input by Kamen) is much much better than a "momentary lapse of reason" (a Gilmour's solo album) that sounds so freaking outdated to my ears
"On the turning away" alone makes AMLOR a better album than TFC, which has zero redeeming qualities.
No chance that MLOR is better than Final Cut lol
Anthony Stargaryen you can’t possibly be taken seriously with a comment like “zero redeeming qualities”. Even if you prefer Gilmour’s solo work over Waters’, you have to appreciate the guitar solo on “The Fletcher Memorial Home”, “Your Possible Pasts”, “The Final Cut” and “Not Now John” (which even features David’s vocals, and the women backup singers that clearly David loved enough to keep using afterwards when he wrote and recorded music without Roger.)
Love most of them. I'd personally rate them as:
1. Wish You Were Here
2. Dark Side of the Moon
3. Animals
4. The Wall
5. Piper at the Gates of Dawn
6. A Saucerful of Secrets
7. Meddle
8. Ummagumma
9. Atom Hear Mother
10.A Momentary Lapse of Reason
The song "the Gold is in the..." from Obscured by Clouds has one of the best Gilmour guitar solos
Pa-leez. That song is an embarrassing cock rock cliche on which Gilmour sounds like a drunken Stephen Stills.
@@voltaire6668 now...can you name any early Floyd songs that have a better solo?
I find that different times in my life that my list changes , so I find that they can ALL be top of the list at sometime , 😉👌 great work cheers for you view
The final cut was definitely a Roger waters solo album
Animals was probably his best contribution
Animals was the last one i heard of theirs and it blew me away.
I absolutely agree with the first 4 ... and in that order !!!! What a friend. Greetings from Buenos Aires. Argentina!!!!
Hey! I'm a new Subscriber. I like your content esp. the Album rankings. If you're a big enough Floyd Fan, I would suggest watching the movies More, The Valley and Zabrinski Pointe. Great list....I'll have to give Animals some more respect...thank you.
With no Beatles/Solo Beatles box sets before Christmas, I finally got the Dark Side of the Moon Immersion box for Christmas!
The so called filler is what ties it together to make it epic
I agree with Pete on The Wall (#4 on my list). Lots of filler.
Side one & two (Disc 1) are perfect. A song or two from side two (vinyl) could of been dropped.
Side 3 & 4 (Disc 2) could of been condensed to one side of an album (vinyl). There's your fillers.
Yeah, I mean it is a rock opera. One of my favorites when I was a teen, I just prefer a lot of their other albums now. There's quite a few really nice tracks outside of the well known ones but I can see it not being to everyone's taste.
I’m struggling to see what the filler is on The Wall. Other than a couple of very short tracks (e.g. Vera) I think it’s pretty much all brilliant.
@@greenygreen5308 - To me side 3 & 4 (Disc 2) except *Comfortably Numb & Run Like Hell* I just plainly skip. I love Disc one (side 1 & 2).
kevin the truck driver, well to me: Hey You; Nobody’s home; Comfortably Numb; In the Flesh; Run Like Hell; Waiting for the Worms; The Trail. These are all brilliant tracks, that’s not bad for (the bad) half of an albums worth of tracks.
Obscured by Clouds is SO underrated. Meddle and Obscured by Clouds. Listen to those two together if you haven’t. These two albums came before DSTM, and musically hinted at it.
It took me 40 years to figure out that Dogs is my favorite Pink Floyd track.
I’m with you on “The Wall”. A couple of superb bursts, but overall, eh. Thumbs up for Meddle and Obscured.
The Wall is mostly kinda dreary... and it's a poor replica of The Who's Tommy. Meddle, Ummagumma, Piper = Excellent!
Agree, too long and too much chaos in that album. A few jewels but that's it.
Syd bysyd honestly id choose Tommy of the wall
the final cut, the wall and the animals are a trilogy. one album complements the other. The final cut is waters at its best. A great album.
too much waters
Far too pretentious.
The lyrics are very dark, sure. But surely not his best, that would be Dark Side or Wish you were here. And also, the fact that he had sole lead vocals on that album worsens it very much. The reason why their albums worked up until Animals is the diversity in vocals. Gilmore and Wright had angelical voices. But Waters dismissed them. He even fired Wright. Final Cut is the peak of Waters' ego, if he wasn't so eccentric maybe he could work as a team with his bandmates
I would say that Dark Side Of The Moon, Wish You Were Here, and Animals are the real Pink Floyd trilogy. Three almost perfect albums that blended progressive rock and psychedelic rock and presented it in a marvellously produced and edited way, to make it more accessible and to give it a unique and ethereal tone. That is my opinion.
@@billkoul9780 Roger Waters is Pink Floyd, the band ended in 1983 with his departure.
Man Pete, you definitely should host a periodic one hour rock show here on your channel. You have Classic DJ written all over you!
I’m with you on Animals, dude. My favorite Floyd record. Not with you on The Wall, however, which alternates between number three and four on my list. All of my favorite stuff is post- Syd, though I like the early material, as well.