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Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

Originally posted by nick_h_nz nick_h_nz wrote:

I find it more humorous that anyone could be upset, confused, or otherwise by someone celebrating a 47th anniversary.
I'm neither upset nor bemused. I smiled when I saw the title. Every day it's hundreds of potential anniversaries for an album here. Myself look forward to celebrate Guapo's Five Sun's 19th anniversary the 13th of January 2023. And after that, April 29th Nonagon Infinity, my favorite King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard-album turns seven!
I wasn’t meaning you! Personally I don’t really care about any anniversary of an album, unless it has some personal connection. As you say, everyday is an anniversary for hundreds of albums. So let people celebrate those they wish. For whatever reason, the OP wanted to celebrate WYWH, and I’m entirely down with that. It’s a wonderful album, which is not only my favourite Pink Floyd album, but one of my favourite albums overall.

I remember when I first heard it, I was completely confused. The only Pink Floyd music I knew was either from The Wall or Momentary Lapse of Reason. I wasn’t even sure if I liked it, when I first heard WYWH. It took awhile to sink in, because it was so different from what I was expecting, and there wasn’t ever a time it suddenly clicked. It just grew on me, and got under my skin, and into my heart. And one day I realised that despite my initial misgivings, I didn’t just like it, but loved it.
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

I was a bit young to appreciate it when it came out (13) and in fact remember thinking how tedious it was when it was being played in a school class room by some older students. Now I love it and would put it right up there. Rick's synths still sound as beautiful as ever and the somewhat overused word 'masterpiece' must surely apply here.



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Thank you all for sharing your experiences. I made this topic so that those who have experienced the release and remember at least a couple of details can share what they felt when listening to it.

I'm 20 years old and in my city (except for people in my family) I don't know anyone to talk to about progressive rock and this forum is for me a great source of learning because of the amount of cultured users with whom you can interact. It seemed to me that it could become interesting because this album is not only the first truly important reinvention in Pink Floyd's discography but it brought a new sound, a new energy and a new way of composing to the psychedelic rock world.
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My favourite album ever. Indeed better (for me) than Dark Side.
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One of the very few albums that I loved from the first listen.  Absolutely, gorgeous album that still gets several spins a year.  Even listen to the versions on various live albums. 

DSOTM and WYWH are 1 and 1A in my fav all time albums.  Currently WYWH is 1A


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WYWH and Animals to me are Pink Floyd’s creative and technical peak. When WYWH came out, I found it to be a redemption. DSOTM, while absolutely great, had such a commercial aspect that a lot of people thought the band had totally sold out. WYWH had such a strong artistic component that it released some tension for those who followed the band from it’s early days-we knew that the band had matured rather than having transformed into something else. And DSOTM was so overplayed by radio and by friends that I saw no point in purchasing a copy until a couple of decades had passed-I was hearing it more than anything in my collection as a collateral effect of my being a bystander on planet earth. I was unfortunately overseas during the WYWH tour, and was delighted when they played the album when the pig flew over Cleveland Municipal Stadium.

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^ Indeed my two favorit albums from Floyd too. And indeed I find them better than Dark Side.
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