[Chevolution]

Meddle, no argument!

[Zulu]

Meddle is my number 1 every time.

[Paparazzo]

Tough decision. I'd go with:
Animals
Wish you were Here
Meddle
The Wall.

Have to throw in The Wall because it has so many childhood memories.

[mightysurveyor]

1. The Wall
2. Animals
3. Wish you were here
4. Dark side of the moon
5. Final cut

After seeing Waters doing The Wall live it really jumped into pole position

[James T Kirk]

Originally Posted by Temaz

The Wall for me.

The Wall is the one that will blow your ears off and make you want to die.

So yes, it's The Wall for me too.

[Armin_Tamzarian]

1. Meddle
2. Dark Side

[James T Kirk]

Just discovered this, but The Wall album appears to be up on YouTube.

Complete, and apparently unhindered by boring copyright stuff:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLA66VsYbHE

[cloptrop]

Ive been going through them in chronological order , I skipped ummagamma by mistake Ill get on that one next but Atom Heart Mother has been the first really good one for me , its no wish you were here but its a start. I was beginning to think they just had the few albums Id heard that were good.

[Bluefoam]

Meddle for me...

There are some great memories attached to that album...

[K.Flyer]

Does anyone remember watching Live in Pompei in the "movie room" of McGonagles when they put it on a few times in the early 80s ??

[howtomake]

Originally Posted by JerryHandbag

The Obscured by Clouds soundtrack is the most recent Floyd album I've discovered, starting to like it a lot.

For me that album really straddles the old and the new sounds, but probably because of the timing that I got into them, who knows.

Would still have to say that I probably return again and again through the decades to Animals more than the others, but I really can't pick a favourite. Then again like everyone else I do love Wish You Were Here, ah can't decide, all could easily change.

[nlgbbbblth]

The Obscured By Clouds and More films are well worth a look - bought them both recently.

[JerryHandbag]

Originally Posted by James T Kirk

Just discovered this, but The Wall album appears to be up on YouTube.

Complete, and apparently unhindered by boring copyright stuff:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLA66VsYbHE

Be great if the Earls Court 1980/81 gig could be remastered and given a DVD release at some stage.

[eviltimeban]

Originally Posted by cloptrop

Alot of real Floyd fans will tell you its not the dark side.

Well that's sort of missing the point, because, and let's face it hardcore fans, its most probably IS their best album, it certainly was up to that point and most albums after it were in its shadow.

It might be "hip" to say its not their best, but the music, lyrics, performances and packaging all clicked into place on this one, can't really say that about the others.

But having said that! I do think some of their other albums are up there. Mine would be:

- Obscured By Clouds: Sort of like a mini-Dark Side, sounds much the same, lots of organs and sweeping slide guitar. And its probably the only post-Syd Floyd album that's made up of "normal" length songs. Burning Bridges and Childhood's End are great songs, all in all its a great skinning up record.

- Animals: This is awesome purely for Dogs, which is just amazing. Sheep is great too, but Dogs alone is worth it. Its like a more palatable Wall (an album I never really loved).

- Meddle: Everyone goes on about this album but its not their best by a long way, still good though. However I prefer the Pompeii version of Echoes.

- Division Bell: I always think this album is better than it is, but there are some good tracks on it. High Hopes, Marooned, Poles Apart - nice Gilmour-y stuff and big guitar workouts, gets tiring after a while and some of the songs are a bit dodgy!

- Wish You Were Here: Again not as good as people think, most of the synth sounds are very dated, however Shine On You Crazy Diamond can't be ignored. The "side 2" songs aren't that great, with the exception of the title track. The live version of Shine on the "Immersion" CD is awesome.

- Piper At The Gates of Dawn: No Floyd fan should be without this album, where it all began. It sounds awful, i mean its mixed awfully, but it does show you what all the Syd Barrett fuss is about.

[howtomake]

Originally Posted by eviltimeban

- Wish You Were Here: Again not as good as people think, most of the synth sounds are very dated, however Shine On You Crazy Diamond can't be ignored. The "side 2" songs aren't that great, with the exception of the title track. The live version of Shine on the "Immersion" CD is awesome.

But but but but the bass on Have a Cigar, c'mon