sleepy jack

Piper at the Gates of Dawn is the obvious answer.

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James

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Their later non-Barett stuff is decent, but fairly dull imho.

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The Final Cut is to me more of a Roger Waters solo album that was perfect for the Early 80's with "Not Now John" and the guitar solos reminding the listener that it's Pink Floyd. I think that the more time moves on, the more listeners will be hesitant to even vote it near their favorites now. There are some great moments which are rendered flawed by some reason like "The Final Cut" (marred by "Would you sell your story to Rolling Stone"...I think this was intended for The Wall, and would have worked far better on it), "Not Now John" (marred by too many uses of the F word), and "The Fletcher Memorial Home" (Too dated now for full effect). Still "Paranoid Eyes" and "Your Possible Pasts" are good songs that still stand up well today.

I think that it's dated now as well as too ego-driven, although the solos in "The Final Cut" and "Fletcher..." still rank up with David Gilmour's finest moments.

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Got this as a Christmas gift when I was a kid, and it still remains one of my favorite Post-Syd albums. Some of their most powerful music is on it, and I have to agree that "Dogs" still remains an excellent song to introduce Floyd to those who have only heard The Wall (Over-rated to me now...) and Dark Side of the Moon.

Bloozcrooz

Wish you were here intro..what an awsome lick

galt

Animals is the best. I love the structure of the three epics bookended by the two versions of "Pigs on the Wing". Makes me want to listen to it now.

But, PF's output from meddle through the Wall is almost flawless. The most underrated album during that time is definitely Obscured by clouds.

JG

Chrysalis

Probably Dark Side of the Moon, but Meddle & Wish You Were Here come pretty close.
Agreed. It's a great album, but horribly overshadowed by their most popular efforts.

TockTockTock

I love Piper at the Gates of Dawn. It just has that avant-garde feel to it, and Syd Barret was a great songwriter. While I still like Pink Floyd's later stuff, I just think this album is their best. Dark Side of the Moon (of course) is my second favorite.

OccultHawk

It's weird because all those things may be valid criticisms but still all the things you mention (and add to it what seems to be an almost racist anti-Japanese sentiment) give the album a unique flavor that just sits really right with me. It's like the chick who's even sexier because of her imperfections. Plus, I love Two Suns in the Sunset. But I also love The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking (easily my favorite Eric Clapton record).

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I can understand where you're coming from. It was something of a daring thing to do, especially when almost everything else was getting geared to MTV in the mainstream when Waters was unleashing his world, which seriously stood out in comparison. In a music world filled with pin ups in floppy hair and cheesy synths, something like The Final Cut just threw a major dark cloud on the Pop Party, and I still view the video to the title track as one of my favorites (Roger in the Psychiatrist's office, shadow of a blind over his eyes).

It is to be applauded for a few good reasons, of course, and when all is said and done it still retains a certain quality. I also like "Two Suns in the Sunset" as well.