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Piper at the Gates of Dawn 33 11.91%
Saucerful of Secrets 4 1.44%
More 2 0.72%
Ummagumma 5 1.81%
Atom Heart Mother 8 2.89%
Relics 1 0.36%
Meddle 20 7.22%
Obscured by Clouds 2 0.72%
Dark Side of the Moon 78 28.16%
Wish You Were Here 34 12.27%
Animals 47 16.97%
The Wall 34 12.27%
The Final Cut 2 0.72%
A Momentary Lapse of Reason 3 1.08%
The Division Bell 4 1.44%
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Old 05-23-2017, 03:24 PM   #1 (permalink)
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That's a fascinating story and all (which I'm sure he's heard tbh since it's pretty common knowledge), but the album is still dull. Or was that part of the theme? That life without Syd is boring, repetitive, and pointless? If so, maybe I'm not giving the album the credit it deserves because it nails that right on the head.
If you can't appreciate Welcome to the Machine, Wish You Were Here, and Have a Cigar then there's no hope for you. Not only are they brilliant songs, albeit very dark, but the production is unreal.

When was the last time you listened to WTTM really loud on headphones? My God. People rave about Radiohead and yet that haven't come close to anything like that. Humphries is amazing.

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If you can't appreciate Welcome to the Machine, Wish You Were Here, and Have a Cigar then there's no hope for you loving really really boring music.
I guess that's true.

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Not only are they brilliant songs, albeit very dark, but the production is unreal.
Oh ja, they were certainly masters of production, even when the music was terrible.

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When was the last time you listened to WTTM really loud on headphones? My God. People rave about Radiohead and yet that haven't come close to anything like that. Humphries is amazing.
Probably a year ago? Idk I don't keep track of that kind of thing but I've certainly heard it enough times to know that my opinion is valid.

Oh, and Radiohead sucks ass, but that's nothing to do with Floyd.
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Kid A is better than Wish You Were Here.
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I've had Breathe going through my head for days now. I even wake up in the middle of the night with it going through my head.
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I've had Breathe going through my head for days now. I even wake up in the middle of the night with it going through my head.
That album is gold from beginning to end.
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And now that I've got it going through my head again ...

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And now that I've got it going through my head again ...
Did you know how Waters got all of the spoken word stuff on the album? He wrote all of the phrases down on cue cards and then had random people read them while being recorded.

If I remember right the "I was quite drunk at the time" bit was the doorman at the hotel the band was staying at, at the time.
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Did you know how Waters got all of the spoken word stuff on the album? He wrote all of the phrases down on cue cards and then had random people read them while being recorded.

If I remember right the "I was quite drunk at the time" bit was the doorman at the hotel the band was staying at, at the time.
I wonder if they got paid. The person who said "cruisin for a bruisin" is pretty famous by now!
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Piper's my favourite for the sheer energy, joy and kaleidoscope of sounds.
It still sounds as marvelous and fresh as it did all those years ago back in '69 when as schoolboys we scraped together 50 quid to buy stereo systems and wack on Astronomy Domine at near full volume on the headphones.
What a journey that album is!
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