Pink Floyd are a fantastic band. 2nd only for me, to you know who.
I could only describe 1 of their songs as totally unlistenable, and that's 'Several species of small furry animals gathered together in a cave and grooving with a pict'
(The name should be enough to put anyone off!)
But for early, Syd Barrett era Floyd, the 1st album 'Piper at the gates of dawn' is certainly worth a purchase. 'The Gnome' 'Astronomy Domine' and the ever classic 'Bike', standout over the rest imo.
After that one, then next truly essential album would be 'Meddle'. The 23minute epic 'Echoes' is worth the money alone
With 'Wish you were here'/'DSOTM' and 'The Wall'. Nothing really needs to be said about these releases. Absolutely fantastic.
Entering the 80's, a lot of ppl tend to brush off the 2 Studio releases of the band, due to the fact that main man Roger Waters departed, shortly after the release of 'The Final Cut' (one of my personal faves)
After that came 'A momentary lapse of reason' with Dave Gilmour taking the lead role in the band, and bringing Rick Wright back on board, who had been absent on the last record.
Some great tracks on here, 'Sorrow' 'On the turning away' to name just 2. The subsequent live album 'Delicate sound of thunder' is pretty cool too, which includes performences of classics such as 'Time' 'Money' 'Another Brick' and 'Wish you were here'.
But the 90's releases, surpasses Gilmours last 2 efforts for me. 'The Division Bell' and the live record 'PULSE' are superb music collections.
From the word go, the atmospheric 'Cluster One' is classic Floyd sound. Rick Wright takes centre stage on vocals for the beautiful 'Wearing the inside out'.
'Coming back to life' 'High Hopes' 'Keep Talking' and the gorgeous 'Marooned' - are some more moments to treasure from the album.
And as I said, after the huge tour, came the double PULSE album, complete, if you were lucky to get a copy, with the flashing red light on the box. (Mine is still in the wrapper - and sadly, the battery perished a long time ago!) Disc 2 has the enitre DSOTM record being performed, which is mind-blowing stuff, and the equally mind-blowing 'Comfortably Numb' to follow, with Gilmour seemingly playing his guitar solo forever!
So, anyway, what was to be a quick reply to this thread, has now turned into this! So sorry for boring u all! I'll be off now, and i'm gonna whack on 'The Division Bell' - cos i'm in the mood!