Pink Floyd- What's their best?

[WNxScythe]

Yeah so I just discovered Pink Floyd... obviously I'd heard of them plenty (who hasnt!) but a friend of mine who's big into 60's/70's rocknroll type stuff (he likes metal too but not as much as me) said he thought I might like Pink Floyd (cause I do like SOME 60/70s stuff) anyways I heard a couple songs and thought it was extremely good stuff... very interesting ambience they create... can anyone reccommend me their best album (I have to start with one only because of cash shortage)... I think I heard some of yall saying you liked em so thats why I'm asking here...

 

[Scourge of Malice]

everyones going to say something different...

for a starter Dark Side of the Moon is going to be a good choice... Wish You Were Here as well..... those albums will pull you in right away... i like meddle a lot, if only for "echoes"... as I think it's the best song they ever recorded.

 

[BikerMiceFromMars]

Animals

 

[Nico]

Wish You Were Here

 

[deliverance]

yes, pink floyd is great.

i think i would say get the "Wish you were here" album first, it's very good.
then maybe get "A Saucerful of Secrets"

 

[Oblivious Maximus]

Wish You Were Here, Dark Side of the Moon, Animals, The Wall

 

[Darth Kur]

Meddle or Animals.

 

[Spirit In Black]

Wish You Were Here

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Wish You Were Here...Dark Side Of The Moon...

Then go for Animals, The Wall, and Meddle.

 

[The Devil's Steed]

Check out Wish You Were Here first, unless you already heard some songs from Dark Side of the Moon and liked it. If you haven't, Dark Side may be too mellow for you, and cause you to be put off from Pink Floyd for a while. (It happened to me, as it was their first album that I bought)

 

[Unfaithfully Metalhead]

Darkside of the Moon
Wish you were Here
The Wall
Momentary Lapse of Reason

 

[Torquemada]

No way

You should listen Umma Gumma first, amazing album

 

[anonymousnick2001]

Wish You Were Here, Dark Side of the Moon, Animals, The Wall

Agreed.

And check out Piper At The Gates Of Dawn for fucked-up psychedelia or A Momentary Lapse of Reason for more modern instrumentation.

 

[NAD]

I like Animals the best. Starting with Dark Side of the Moon or Wish You Were Here is good advice.

 

[deliverance]

yeah animals is really sweet too.

 

[The Grimace]

Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, and make sure to get the 17 minute trip-out version of 'Interstellar Overdrive'. It's prolly better than the entire actual album.

SID HAD MORE TALENT THAN THE REST OF THAT FUCKING BAND COMBINED!!

 

[speed]

Meddle, and then Pied Piper At the Gates of Dawn.

 

[Freanan]

Hmmm i listened to Dark Side of the Moon because it seems to be the classical album by Pink Floyd - but i fopund it rather boring - just some mellow pop-music kind of thing.
I enjoyed the Wall, or at least parts of it much more.

Can someone please tell me which album is their least "musical", their most "heavy", least mainstream work (as the Wall is less mainstream then Dark Side... (at least according to my single short listening experience of the latter album))?

 

[marginalé]

THE WALL !!!!!! best album ever!!!

 

[marginalé]

you should check out the DVD of 'The Wall' too.. amazing musicfilm.. yes, you can call it a masterpiece