Ok...I haven't weighed in yet, so move out of the way.
First, I'm a fan of all eras of the band. At one time, I ranked AMLOR (Gilmour 'solo') and The Final Cut (Waters 'solo') as my two favorites. There's not too many people out there with taste like that.
Some comments on others comments so far:
- Corporal Clegg is not a highlight? Huh? I love that song.
- Nobody likes The Trial? It's always good, but sometimes when
I listen to it , it totally blows me away.
- DSOTM and The Wall are by no means their only 'classic'
albums. Piper, WYWH, and Animals are widely hailed as
classics also. Plus, you have millions of fanboys/fangirls who
will claim just about any PF album a masterpiece. Their back
catalogue is one of the most popular in the entire music
industry.
The title of this poll is 'Favorite Album' not 'Best Album', so I'm going with A Momentary Lapse of Reason. It was the first Floyd cd that I bought, and I practically wore it out. All of the songs except Dogs of War are standouts to me, and I just can't ignore the album that sucked me in to the magical world of Pink Floyd. If we were voting on Best Album, I would say Meddle.
Although no one asked, I think the greatest work the band ever did is Echoes, with the combined Shine On suites at #2. I'm a sucker for epics, especially when they are so unique and well structured. Even though Echoes and Shine On are TOTALLY AWESOME, I have found 2 other side long tracks that I think are even better: "Close to the Edge"- Yes and "Supper's Ready"- Genesis. I find it hard to keep my jaw off the floor just thinking about the aforementioned 4 songs.