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BuckyB93
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3 years ago

It's a tough call on my end... what say you?

The poll is in order of album release date and not in order of any preference.

Edited by user 3 years ago | Reason: Not specified

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MACS
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3 years ago

I like songs on all of their albums... but I like more songs off The Wall than any other album.

And Comfortably Numb is an absolute masterpiece... and probably the best guitar solo evah!

BuckyB93
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3 years ago

Spent many hours on the weekends in college (after I i finished my homework of course) under the influence of mind altering substances... melting into a into a bean bag chair while listening to Floyd, Beatles, Cream, Who, Paul Simon, Peter Gabriel and some good local college bands

Now days, I don't need mind altering substances to appreciate the music. Plus I'm too old for mind altering substances

DrMaddVibe
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3 years ago

Love all of PF...The Wall is a masterpiece. The production, the songs and everything about it...a perfect album. To my ears thats saying a lot because it beat out Animals and DSOTM.

RiverRatRuss
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3 years ago

Love all of PF...The Wall is a masterpiece. The production, the songs and everything about it...a perfect album. To my ears thats saying a lot because it beat out Animals and DSOTM.

DrMaddVibe wrote:

I Agree with DMV!!! Try saying that 5 times real fast!!! 🇨🇮

Mother do you think they'll drop the Bomb!

MACS
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3 years ago

Love all of PF...The Wall is a masterpiece. The production, the songs and everything about it...a perfect album. To my ears thats saying a lot because it beat out Animals and DSOTM.

DrMaddVibe wrote:

Yeah... DSOTM and Wish You Were Here are also really good and a tough call for #2.

Gene363
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3 years ago

Love all of PF...The Wall is a masterpiece. The production, the songs and everything about it...a perfect album. To my ears thats saying a lot because it beat out Animals and DSOTM.

DrMaddVibe wrote:

YES! Because, Another Brick In The Wall.

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izonfire
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3 years ago

No denying the masterpiece that is The Wall.
Truly the height of creativity and refined talent.

Dark Side of the Moon and Animals are both truly amazing.
Each song takes you on a psychedelic journey.

And while all of their music before the breakup was truly earth-shattering to me,
one song between their experimental origins and their creative peak
is a work of art in it’s own right -

Echoes

tailgater
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3 years ago

Floyd is that rare band that is so good, that the favorite album is likely the one you happen to be listening to at that moment. Even the Final Cut has those moments.

Abrignac
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3 years ago

#10

Sorry Bucky, but I can’t cast a vote. Like has been said above all albums were masterpieces in their own right.

Palama
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3 years ago

#11

Back-in-the-day, we used to listen to “DSOTM” all the time, especially when we got together at my h.s. classmate’s parents house with his Bose 901s (…probably Series I or II…). He’d blast his stereo after we were a 6-pack each in and play air guitar, air bass, air drums, air synthesizer, etc. Nice open beam ceiling and the speakers were set up correctly so the first time we tripped out to the album, we freaked out when some parts sounded like they were coming from behind us.

By the time “WYWH” came out, he hung out with his new girlfriend (…later wife…) so never got to hear it through his stereo system.

MACS
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3 years ago

#12

Those 901's were badass.

I still have the 601's. They're in the garage, as I've said... and that Sony receiver is only (I think) 100 wpc. Ain't even giving them half of what they can handle but they sound great.

Palama
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3 years ago

#13

MACS wrote:

While I thought the direct / reflecting technology was interesting, I was never a real fan of Bose speakers. For me, the lack of solid bass was the major drawback. The 901s were great for classical (…which I never listened to…), jazz and soft rock but put on a 3-piece power rock group and that low end punch was seriously lacking. And, iirc, the top end wasn’t quite there but it’s been a very l-o-n-g time since I’ve listened to them.

However, after I left Sony in 1988, I worked as a Christmas seasonal for the local Bose store and after a few weeks of demonstrating them, learned to appreciate the technology behind them. Also got to meet Dr. Bose so that was pretty cool. Did consider buying 201s or 301s as satellite speakers with my temporary employee discount but bought a really nice stereo rack instead.

That little Sony receiver can kick butt! Really surprised at how much clean power it can produce (…yes, 100 wpc…). I think once you set up your system again, you won’t need / want to buy a “better” amp or receiver.

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bassman45
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3 years ago

#14

Was lucky enough to see them at Soldier Field,77 or 78.Have to go with DSOTM.

BuckyB93
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3 years ago

#15

Palama wrote:

Yeah.. in college I had a motorcycle for motor transportation (this guy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2zXaJiJNIQ but color was midnight blue. Only a 400cc bike but it served it's purpose). With head phones on, underneath a full face motorcycle helmet, a portable CD player in the breast pocket while riding the bike from Madison to Green Bay on the country back roads... the stereo effects during the song transitions and in the songs themselves on Dark Side was like the sounds were traveling from one ear to the other through my empty cranium or circling around in the helmet.

Zepplin (Whole Lotta Love, for example) and the Beatles also did a lot of this where the music and sounds seemed to surround and swirl around your head... especially if your point of reference was inside a fully enclosed helmet.

Any wind noise was drowned out by the music while visually you were just watching miles and miles and hours of hours of corn fields go by. Pretty mesmerizing without the use of mind altering substances.

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Whistlebritches
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3 years ago

#16

DSOTM ..........followed closely by all the rest

Sunoverbeach
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3 years ago

#17

Like Darth Vader, I'm going Dark Side. Nothing listed is far behind it though. Also, an honorable mention for Ummagumma

tailgater
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3 years ago

#18

Who here has watched the Wizard of Oz to DSOTM?

The best parts are all within the first time through the album.
It's a trip.

My favorite part is Great Gig in the sky, playing while Dorothy is running from the tornado.

This isn't GGITS purposely lined up with this scene for the clip. This is where the two (song and movie) happen to line up if you start them together.

Watch the tornado get more intense as the song rises.
Watch the song drop low and slow when dorothy gets knocked out.
And see how the song ends (side one) and side tow begins at the exact moment Dorothy enters Oz (in technicolor).

I get chills.