Pink Floyd: Favourite/ Least Favourite Cover Art
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Topic: Pink Floyd: Favourite/ Least Favourite Cover Art
Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Subject: Pink Floyd: Favourite/ Least Favourite Cover Art
Date Posted: May 31 2012 at 16:42
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Floyd are one of those bands to not only have a catalog of wonderful music, but to also have some pretty amazing album covers as well. Which is your favourite and which is your least favourite? Favourite:  Least favourite:  ------------- 
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Posted By: Mr. Maestro
Date Posted: May 31 2012 at 16:51
Favorite: Least favorite:  Messy and generally unremarkable...kind of like the album itself. ------------- "I am the one who crossed through space...or stayed where I was...or didn't exist in the first place...." |
Posted By: colorofmoney91
Date Posted: May 31 2012 at 17:43
Favorite: Least favorite:  ------------- http://hanashukketsu.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow - Hanashukketsu |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: May 31 2012 at 17:48
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Favorite: The Division Bell Least: Obscured By Clouds Runners up: Fav - Animals, Ummagumma Least - More, Meddle ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: May 31 2012 at 17:50
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favourite More / least Division Bell |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: May 31 2012 at 18:01
------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
colorofmoney91 wrote:Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: May 31 2012 at 19:49
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Fave - Momentary lapse Least - Final Cut ------------- |
Posted By: Kotro
Date Posted: June 01 2012 at 04:02
 ------------- Bigger on the inside. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 01 2012 at 05:55
^This is not the cover I am familiar with ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: June 01 2012 at 06:15
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^ which one are you familiar with then?
...I have no choice for best, but the worse is definitely this one:
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Posted By: Mr. Maestro
Date Posted: June 01 2012 at 07:39
Good grief. This hurts my eyes.  ------------- "I am the one who crossed through space...or stayed where I was...or didn't exist in the first place...." |
Posted By: dreadpirateroberts
Date Posted: June 01 2012 at 08:02
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^ woah, amazingly bad. Least fav is Final Cut' Fav is Wish you Were Here which always drew me in, the emptiness behind the figures, and of course, the slight case of fire ------------- We are men of action. Lies do not become us. http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/" rel="nofollow - JazzMusicArchives. |
Posted By: MokRodrigues
Date Posted: June 01 2012 at 21:29
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Favourite: The Dark Side of the Moon (simple and classic) Least: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn |
Posted By: Prog Sothoth
Date Posted: June 01 2012 at 22:23
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Favorite: 'Relics'. 'More' would be my favorite image-wise, but it's hindered by the "soundtrack to the film etc." words and the EMI logo. Least favorite: 'Delicate Sound Of Thunder'. The whole "ponder the meaning of this image" thing was getting out of hand at this point. That Masters Of Rock one is brutal, but in a craptastic sort of way. DSOT was just plain silly. |
Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: June 01 2012 at 23:32
  What were they thinking? I assume this was a single, right?-------------
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Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: June 01 2012 at 23:37
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I like the More album cover as well - very psychedelic. Has anybody seen the movie? I still need to get around to it someday.
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Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: June 01 2012 at 23:48
I don't believe you. ------------- |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: June 02 2012 at 00:11
I've seen it. It's pretty shallow in my opinion. It's about a loser who loses it and eventually just loses. It's got an original plot, but no true aim, from where I'm standing. A lot of drugs in there. On the topic: For the most favorite: I'm stumped a bit. Can't choose (unless I really have to choose if this is not a democratic regime we have here) between "Obscured by Clouds" and "A Saucerful of Secrets". Looks like God is planting the seeds of the planets in the universe (those orange round symbols), as the group sails away on the boat. And then there are bottles (of alcohol, I suppose) ... and the figures on the upper left corner and on the right side:  And then there is this blurry image of the silhouette of a tree against the background of the vanilla sky and orange sun. Very folky, somewhat atmospheric:  Least favorite:  It fits the concept, but it looks just as cold as the concept is. My least favorite, but still a favorite.
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Posted By: ten years after
Date Posted: June 02 2012 at 02:23
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For my favourite
1/ DSOTM is beautifully simple.
2/ Saucerful is beautifully complicated
=3/ Ummagumma and Atom Heart Mother are amusing
Least favourite is
Wish You Were Here which I find totally boring and cannot understand why people like it.
Meddle is the other Floyd cover I don't like. It is unpleasant (slightly preferable to boring in this context).
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Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: June 03 2012 at 00:16
That cover was for the the the most recent Floyd remasters campaign - Why Pink Floyd? Some covers were slightly modified such as this one and The Wall. The text on the cover of The Wall was changed to red from black and as for this cover, the text was completely taken out and there is obviously no black border surrounding. -------------
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Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: June 03 2012 at 00:21
Still sounds interesting though. Do you have a physical copy of the film or did you just watch it online? I think I'll do that, since it isn't exactly a movie you'd commonly find in stores.  -------------
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Posted By: Stool Man
Date Posted: June 03 2012 at 11:14
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Favourite: Atom Heart Mother runners up: Relics, Ummagumma Least favourite: The Wall (except for the fact that I was able to put the clear sticker on my window) ------------- rotten hound of the burnie crew |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 03 2012 at 11:20
 ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: June 03 2012 at 11:58
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^ Ah, right - same image different format - I thought you knew of a completely different cover image I wasn't ware of. ------------- What? |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: June 03 2012 at 12:10
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Favourite - The Wall Least - More ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: June 03 2012 at 12:13
 uhmm... ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: June 03 2012 at 12:16
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Faves: Wish, AHM, Obscured Least: MLoR and Delicate Sound ------------- |
Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: June 03 2012 at 12:26
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Pink Floyd are just about undefeatable on the album covers front. So many great covers. Favourite: Atom Heart Mother Least: The Division Bell And that Masters of Rock one is cringeworthy. ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: June 03 2012 at 12:32
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Favorite: Animals Least favorite: The Piper... seriously, I hate that cover honorable mention to Ummagumma which is a bit terrible as well |
Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: June 03 2012 at 12:34
Sweet jesus. I've never seen this...and now I wish I havn't You may have found the absolute worst |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: June 03 2012 at 12:40
^ worse still, I own a copy.  ------------- What? |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: June 03 2012 at 12:41
Why do some of us show so much love for a cow's butt? 
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Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: June 03 2012 at 12:44
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Released in 1974, I assume this is well before the days when the Floyd (or Waters) had absolute control over what was released in their name. It really is rather awful, isn't it? ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: June 03 2012 at 12:45
Hey matey, cow's butts are what the Welsh economy is run on Seriously, I regard that cover as absolutely iconic. Don't ask me why, though. ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: June 03 2012 at 13:07
The really horrible bit (aside from the dayglo t-shirts and sub-Warhole colourisation) is the awful superimposing of Syd's face on David's body:
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Posted By: Earthmover
Date Posted: June 03 2012 at 18:57
Actually, that's a man, not sunlight.
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Posted By: smartpatrol
Date Posted: June 04 2012 at 01:18
Not much of a Floyd guy, but this is an awesome cover ------------- http://bit.ly/1kqTR8y" rel="nofollow">  The greatest record label of all time! |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: June 04 2012 at 03:26
I was delivering what I perceived, doesn't mean that I actually think it's sunlight. How do you see a man in there?
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: June 04 2012 at 04:20
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How do you not? ------------- What? |
Posted By: Earthmover
Date Posted: June 04 2012 at 04:29
Not that I'm against your perception, but I read it on the official Pink Floyd facebook page recently. However, I would rather like if it was sunlight, but yeah, it's a man.
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 04 2012 at 04:35
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A man in a tree. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: June 04 2012 at 11:44
How do you? Man, it's all blurry. OK, let's have this discussion somewhere else.
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 04 2012 at 11:50
Why? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: June 04 2012 at 11:57
| ^ Or not. We are just talking off-the-topic. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 04 2012 at 13:59
I don't mind. It's kind of on topic but is there anything else to say? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: June 04 2012 at 14:03
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Fave: Muuhh (Runners up: More, Meddle) Least fave: Final Cut ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: June 04 2012 at 14:16
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Wish You Were Here/The Wall
------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: June 04 2012 at 18:30
Simple - you squint. ------------- What? |
Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: June 04 2012 at 21:03
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Yeah, I didn't realize it was man in a tree till down either. Thanks for pointing that out guys! It's my least favourite cover, but it's still pretty interesting.
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: June 04 2012 at 21:33
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Least = Atom Heart Mother (really??....a cow)
Fav = Animals -------------   
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Posted By: FromAbove
Date Posted: June 11 2012 at 16:57
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My Favorite is either A Saucerful of Secrets, Atom Heart Mother, or Ummagumma. I can't really pick. Least favorite is The Wall. At least The Final Cut had some thought in it. |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: June 11 2012 at 18:26
^ Yes, exactly. The picture of those military uniform shoulder pads on the cover of a war-themed album - very appropriate.
Maybe it's not a tree. Maybe it's night sky with some sparks in the foreground. S#$%w it. Whatever. |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: June 11 2012 at 18:28
I downloaded it a long time ago. If you are interested, send me a PM.
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: June 12 2012 at 01:00
So no "What-ev-er" - it's a man in a tree - you can see "what-ev-er" you sodding well like, you can see pink pigs flying over the surface of Cirus Minor for all I care, but it's still a man in a tree. ------------- What? |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: June 12 2012 at 01:13
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A man in a tree? Sorry, I don't see it either. ------------- |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: June 12 2012 at 01:21
------------- What? |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: June 12 2012 at 13:47
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At this stage, I would wish to add a very intelligent comment to this debate: It's a man in a tree. ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org |
Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: June 12 2012 at 14:53
 Yep, it's a guy in a tree, I can see it myself now. -------------
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Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: June 12 2012 at 14:59
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I'd also like to add that my second favourite Pink Floyd album cover is
the legendary Wish You Were Here cover. I hope to visit the site of the
photo shoot one day. I think it's in California, if I'm not mistaken?
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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: June 12 2012 at 15:21
Relax, man, I believe you. I don't care what PF websites say, more than so do I not care about what Wiki says. But if Storm himself said so, I'll go with that.
Not my least favorite. Probably their worst ... which are two different things. |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: June 12 2012 at 17:22
------------- What? |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: June 12 2012 at 20:52
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^ Until that day I'll just look for credible sources myself.
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Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: June 12 2012 at 21:56
So you don't trust wiki or the PF website? ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: June 13 2012 at 00:56
 ------------- What? |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: June 13 2012 at 01:15
Wiki is a place where anyone can write anything about anything, although I see a lot of citing, and that's good ... which is not to say that those articles are written by professionals. PF websites? Depends, really. There may be official and unofficial ones. Depends on who is writing and what source he is using as his reference. Until I don't find out where the info comes from, I won't seriously consider it unless it's something I already know.
I really have no idea what gave away the "offensive" part ... . Oh, well. Since you did cite Storm as a reference, that's where I would take your word for it and not go any further, just to get things clear here.
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: June 13 2012 at 01:20
------------- What? |
Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: June 13 2012 at 06:07
It's a man in a tree. ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 13 2012 at 06:23
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: June 13 2012 at 09:21
That is an eyesore and I would never have approved of it so I dont get it Least fave though is 2nd the blurry man hanging in the tree.... 1st place least fave the cover of Final Cut - so bland - an extreme closeup of a medal - blah
Best cover OF PF EVER DSOTM no need to post it as you all know it ------------- 
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: June 13 2012 at 09:29
I cant believe people cant see that its a man in a tree!!!! I dont own the album, but As soon as I read about it on my iphone official Pink Floyd application I searched it and checked it out. The man is there as plain as day. And Gilmour quotes that the slide was put in incorrectly and was too blurry but it was just what they needed to add a mystery to the cover. It also looked psychedelic so it was fate really and they went for it. Interesting cover though pretty bad.
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Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: June 13 2012 at 12:39
After owning the album for 20 years, I had a revelation last night: Yes, there is definitely a man in a tree on the cover of Obscured by Clouds.  ------------- |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: June 13 2012 at 13:27
This thread is not a great place to have this conversation. I can't believe I fell into this trap.
OK, everybody above, listen up: I believe you! A yellow dude in an orange shirt ... in a tree. Let's move on.
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 13 2012 at 13:29
^Nah it was joke. It's the sun. Well done everyone for keeping up this greatest of japes. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: June 13 2012 at 14:16
...  ... [farting]
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Posted By: Hawkwise
Date Posted: June 13 2012 at 14:24
 Fav  Least Fav ------------- 
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Posted By: Cthulhu42
Date Posted: June 13 2012 at 17:27
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Favourite: Atom Heart Mother Least: Obscured by Clouds |
Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: July 01 2012 at 07:36
Favourite:
 Least favourite:
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Posted By: lmaorofllollmao
Date Posted: July 01 2012 at 23:35
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Favorite: Ummagumma Least: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn ------------- EATTTT YOUURRR BEEEEEETTTSSSSS!!!!! 
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Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: July 01 2012 at 23:58
Ok, so there's Wright, Mason and Waters, but who tf is that other guy? Is that supposed to be Barrett? It sure ain't Gilmour. Not even a very good Barrett. ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: Of Illuminati
Date Posted: July 04 2012 at 08:28
can't choose a least fav, but this is my all time fav Pink Floyd cover ahrt: |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: July 04 2012 at 08:30
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I don't know why you couldn't have chosen a smaller pic...but I also like that cover. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: July 04 2012 at 08:54
 They've superimposed Barrett's head on Gilmour's body from this photo:
 et viola! Pure adulterated crap:
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Posted By: progresssaurus
Date Posted: July 04 2012 at 09:26
Thank you for explanation, really funny art compilation :-)))
But somebody like it - see here ...
http://forum.neptunepinkfloyd.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=22406#p586139" rel="nofollow - http://forum.neptunepinkfloyd.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=22406#p586139
Maybe it looks better in vinyl format and quality of sleeve for somebody with special psychedelic feeling.
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: July 04 2012 at 10:05
...actually it is an okay compilation because of the inclusion of Candy And A Current Bun, Apples and Oranges and It Would Be So Nice which weren't available on LP at that time. ------------- What? |
Posted By: progresssaurus
Date Posted: July 04 2012 at 10:15
But imagine it in greater format, maybe you fall in love with this sleeve too
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: July 04 2012 at 10:17
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^No he wouldn't ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: July 04 2012 at 10:22
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^ no I didn't, because that's the format in which I own it, and I can assure you it's much, much, worse when it's 12" square. ------------- What? |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: July 04 2012 at 10:31
Now it's really hard for me to take you guys seriously when it comes down to that cow ... .
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Posted By: progresssaurus
Date Posted: July 04 2012 at 10:31
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: July 04 2012 at 10:59
 ------------- What? |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: July 04 2012 at 11:00
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What? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: July 04 2012 at 11:01
------------- What? |
Posted By: progresssaurus
Date Posted: July 04 2012 at 11:04
so sorry
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Posted By: Upbeat Tango Monday
Date Posted: March 14 2016 at 02:27
I've always wanted to be a necromancer!  Favorite: Dark Side of the Moon Least: More ------------- Two random guys agreed to shake hands. Just Because. They felt like it, you know. It was an agreement of sorts...a random agreement. |
Posted By: Intruder
Date Posted: March 14 2016 at 13:30
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Back on topic:I want to say The Wall or The Final Cut is my least favorite cover, but both say so much about the music inside the album. I also want to say Momentary Lapse or Division Bell, but I know that it's the music on both that I find lacking.....in fact, the cover may be the best thing about Momentary (though I have been softening on both albums over the years). You see - these are my four least favorite Floyd albums, and I've been throwing out the baby with the bathwater....dismissing the covers 'cause I don't dig the music. When being more objective, I find that the Ummagumma cover - though I like both the studio and live sides - leaves a lot to be desired. And it's the only one besides Piper that features the band members on the cover. The more the members of the band got out of the way of the music, the better both music and cover became. Having said that, my fave cover: Animals.....also my favorite Floyd music. See - it's tough to separate the cover from the sounds. ------------- I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there..... |
Posted By: starless2112
Date Posted: April 14 2016 at 23:23
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Favorite: Animals Least: The Final Cut
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Posted By: Pastmaster
Date Posted: April 15 2016 at 01:03
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My favorite Pink Floyd album cover is probably either Wish You Were Here or Momentary Lapse of Reason. Least favorite is easily Final Cut.
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Posted By: Cookie13
Date Posted: April 15 2016 at 04:38
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Favourite; Wish You Were Here Least favourite; The Wall ------------- "Clipside of the pinkeye flight I'm not the percent you think survives I need sanctuary in the pages of this book." Son Et Lumiere - The Mars Volta |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: April 15 2016 at 04:46
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Favourite: Ummagumma Least favourite: The Wall ------------- 
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Posted By: A_Flower
Date Posted: April 15 2016 at 08:06
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Favorites: Wish You Were Here, Ummugumma, Dark Side of the Moon, Animals, Atom Heart Mother, A Momentary Lapse of Reason, A Saucerful of Secrets, the list goes on... Least Favorite: The Final Cut. This is also probably my least favorite Floyd album. ------------- User Banned for this Post |