Best Pink Floyd album outside of the "Classic Era"
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Topic: Best Pink Floyd album outside of the "Classic Era"
Posted By: Master of Time
Subject: Best Pink Floyd album outside of the "Classic Era"
Date Posted: May 09 2013 at 21:47
| I defined "Classic Era" as the era in which the albums are consistently rated at around 4 stars, though there may be an album/albums that are lower within the selection. |
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Posted By: RedNightmareKing
Date Posted: May 09 2013 at 21:50
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More. I don't understand why everyone dislikes it, it's a gem of '60s psychedelia.
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Posted By: Aussie-Byrd-Brother
Date Posted: May 09 2013 at 22:08
I'm with RedNightmareKing here....I've said it before and I'll say it again, `More' is such an acid-fried, delicate, shimmering beauty, and the last full-blown psych album the Floyd made. So special to me 
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: May 09 2013 at 22:23
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A Saucerful of Secrets ------------- 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: pfloyd
Date Posted: May 09 2013 at 22:44
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Ummagumma. Love that album. The Narrow Way is amazing. ------------- check out my art: http://alexanderbennett33.wixsite.com/portfolio 
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Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: May 09 2013 at 22:50
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The Division Bell ------------- |
Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: May 09 2013 at 22:57
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Momentary Lapse of Reason. It's a gem and it's the first official Gilmour take over. I love the tracks NOT YET ANOTHER MOVIE, SORROW and TERMINAL FROST You actually have to have a momentary Lapse of Reason not to live this album. :) f**k Waters. Loved the Gilmour show! ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: May 09 2013 at 23:08
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The one with Syd ------------- Curiosity killed a cat, Schroedinger only half. My poor home recorded stuff at https://yellingxoanon.bandcamp.com |
Posted By: Eria Tarka
Date Posted: May 09 2013 at 23:32
| Piper, with Saucer close behind |
Posted By: jude111
Date Posted: May 09 2013 at 23:32
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For me it comes down to More and Ummagumma, both from 1969. I'll go with Ummagumma, because you get the great live album *and* the studio album (which I always thought was highly enjoyable).
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Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: May 10 2013 at 00:09
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The Division Bell. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: May 10 2013 at 00:22
I looked at the list of titles here for approximately 0.73 seconds and went straight for 'Saucerful'. Me and Saucerful go waaay back to the 'good old days' 
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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: May 10 2013 at 00:33
| Either ASoS or The Cut. The former is really dated yet spellbinding. The latter is really cold yet very mature. No vote. |
Posted By: Aussie-Byrd-Brother
Date Posted: May 10 2013 at 01:33
Hey Nick, I noticed there's a new Superman movie called `Man Of Steel' coming out, pretty sure it must be you in it if you're throwing a comment around like that in here lol!  But I get it, man, as much as I love the Waters led albums, the Gilmour stuff, especially on `Division Bell' has a lot of humanity and warmth to it. 
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progbethyname wrote:Posted By: Stool Man
Date Posted: May 10 2013 at 01:43
Ummagumma is my favourite including the 'classic era' albums  (well, sometimes I prefer Atom Heart Mother, but these two are it for me) ------------- rotten hound of the burnie crew |
Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: May 10 2013 at 01:51
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Ummagumma ------------- Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: May 10 2013 at 03:29
This. ------------- 
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: May 10 2013 at 03:52
| Ummagumma - some great stuff on that one. |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: May 10 2013 at 04:12
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I love everything with the Pink Floyd brand on ------------- Curiosity killed a cat, Schroedinger only half. My poor home recorded stuff at https://yellingxoanon.bandcamp.com |
Posted By: Stool Man
Date Posted: May 10 2013 at 06:01
Even the awful recent compilation with rubbish artwork?  ------------- rotten hound of the burnie crew |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: May 10 2013 at 06:11
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I think Ummagumma is the best album out of these, and because of that I'm voting for More. I love that album, and even if I gave it a 4 - it feels like a scoundrel that I somehow always return to. More is perhaps the Floyd album I think I've played the most over the years... Strange. ------------- “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: Mormegil
Date Posted: May 10 2013 at 06:42
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+1 for Piper.
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Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: May 10 2013 at 06:45
I see it for the first time, but effectively I'm not a fan of compilations by any band. ------------- Curiosity killed a cat, Schroedinger only half. My poor home recorded stuff at https://yellingxoanon.bandcamp.com |
Posted By: MFP
Date Posted: May 10 2013 at 09:35
| Ummagumma followed by ASoS. |
Posted By: Earthmover
Date Posted: May 10 2013 at 09:46
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A Saucerful of Secrets. -------------  |
Posted By: Prog Sothoth
Date Posted: May 10 2013 at 10:54
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: May 10 2013 at 11:02
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Saucersaucerfulful of Secretsetsetsets
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Posted By: Metalmarsh89
Date Posted: May 10 2013 at 11:03
| Ummagumma! |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: May 10 2013 at 13:04
It was tough...between "Piper" and the universally hated "The Final Cut". I've said before that I much prefer "The Final Cut" to "The Wall", but how could I not go for the crazy genius of Syd  I voted for "Piper".
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: May 10 2013 at 14:29
| Ummagumma is the best |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: May 10 2013 at 15:21
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Ummagumma for the Live album, it's wonderful. Second goes to Saucerful Of Secrets.
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Posted By: KingCrInuYasha
Date Posted: May 10 2013 at 15:36
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The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn. Fantastic album, and probably my personal favorite of the band's output. I don't think I would have appreciated, let alone liked, a lot of music I listen to today if it wasn't for that album. ------------- He looks at this world and wants it all... so he strikes, like Thunderball! |
Posted By: The Mystical
Date Posted: May 10 2013 at 19:34
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1. The Division Bell 2. Saucerful of Secrets 3. Momentary Lapse ------------- I am currently digging: Hawkwind, Rare Bird, Gong, Tangerine Dream, Khan, Iron Butterfly, and all things canterbury and hard-psych. I also love jazz! Please drop me a message with album suggestions. |
Posted By: The-time-is-now
Date Posted: May 11 2013 at 09:45
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A saucerful of secrets. -------------  One of my best achievements in life was to find this picture :D |
Posted By: otto pankrock
Date Posted: May 11 2013 at 18:38
| Always had a soft spot for Umma Gumma |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: May 11 2013 at 18:46
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man this is the hardest one of these polls....but i'll go with Piper
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Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: May 13 2013 at 20:53
| The Division Bell for me, as good as anything they ever did. Though I did consider Ummagumma, specially for the live album, though the studio one has some rather hard to digest moments (but still some very nice ones too). |
Posted By: Cthulhu42
Date Posted: May 14 2013 at 08:47
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I know it gets a lot of hate, but I've always loved The Final Cut. |
Posted By: silverpot
Date Posted: May 14 2013 at 13:20
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AMLOR for me. A remarkably good album although I understand why so many people dislike the eighties production. The live album is great though. |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: May 14 2013 at 15:50
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I'm truly surprised that so many voted for Division Bell......a very mediocre record imo. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Mr Greeen Genes
Date Posted: May 14 2013 at 23:32
| I really have no interest in The Final Cut, Momentary Lapse of Reason and Division Bell. Out of them I guess I dislike Division Bell the least... But the other 4 albums in the poll, the early ones, are all 4/4.5 star albums in my opinion. Ummugumma > More > Piper At The Gates of Dawn > A Saucerful of Secrets. |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: May 15 2013 at 04:01
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Side one of Ummagumma is awesome but overall went for Division Bell - The grass is greener.... the air was sweeter.... ------------- 
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Posted By: Green Shield Stamp
Date Posted: May 15 2013 at 15:01
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The Final Cut. One of my favourite Floyd albums (including the classic era albums) ------------- Haiku Writing a poem With seventeen syllables Is very diffic.... |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: September 05 2017 at 06:41
| More with ASoS close second. |
Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: September 05 2017 at 08:27
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Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: September 05 2017 at 13:56
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Always thought 'Momentary Lapse of Reason was sufficiently realized. ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: September 05 2017 at 14:22
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I got Saucerful first followed by Piper, Ummagumma and More but I love all four. Got no time for the later three albums. ------------- 
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: September 05 2017 at 14:33
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Yes, I went and did it! I voted for Lapse! ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: September 05 2017 at 15:49
hisss.....  Saucerful of Secrets owns the outside the classics for me... ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: September 05 2017 at 17:17
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1967 - 1971 = classic era according to me -------------
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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: September 05 2017 at 17:37
| In my opinion this poll missed the boat on a few albums. I would say the classic era is from DSOTM to the Wall. I know that's only four albums that span only about six or seven years but those are by far their best selling albums. So with that in mind the few right after Ummagumma but before DSOTM are missing(imo). |
Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: September 07 2017 at 13:54
| Ummagumma. But Division Bell is pretty awesome. |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: March 27 2018 at 02:15
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Ummagumma. ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: March 27 2018 at 02:38
| A Saucerful. |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: March 27 2018 at 06:45
| I think I would add Atom Heart Mother, OBC and Meddle also.Not sure why they weren't included. Anyway, probably Ummagumma but I haven't heard it in a while. |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: March 27 2018 at 06:51
| ^Well, I think in Atom Heart they really took a giant step, they change to psychedelic orchestra to prog orchestra. Although there are long pieces in Ummagumma, no-one of them has the same greatness & maturity as Atom Heart. Also, if there had been Atom Heart or Meddle, they would have easily win this poll. |
Posted By: DeadSouls
Date Posted: March 31 2018 at 10:21
| Piper |
Posted By: MortSahlFan
Date Posted: March 31 2018 at 10:40
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PF is my favorite band... I (and probably many others) would have picked Meddle otherwise, which I think is the start to great Pink Floyd up until The Wall.... The Final Cut isn't one for simple listening pleasures, but lyrically, and thematically (the post-war dream theme) it's good.. Momentary Lapse has awful production, and no songs that get me.. Same with TDB -- the only song I won't change is "What Do You Want From Me?" |