The Wall isn’t a mess. The concept is the life of the character Pink and his eventual breakdown because of what has happened throughout his life.

It’s not about who leads the album. It’s about how good the music is

Best album by the floyd is obviously meddle since it has the best song which is Seamus.

What the f!!??. The Wall isn't a bunch of different unfocused themes! It's different stages of the character's life, different things in the character's life that piled up and explain and led to the breakdown. Different "bricks" in the wall!

Bring the boys back home is all the soldiers coming home and seeing all the kids running up to their fathers and Pink realizing that his father is not coming home.

This is exactly the kind of opinion that I love. One that differs from my own, but which still makes me go "hmm, you make some great points there."

The Wall is so low because it had good singles. What?

Glad you put Atom Heart Mother so high - it's an under-celebrated classic, even by members of Pink Floyd itself. Love it.

I'm glad you and I share a similar appreciation of "Obscured by Clouds". Being squashed between "Meddle" and "Dark Side" it's so overlooked but has a decent amount of quality.

Regarding Piper at the Gates of Dawn, you're confusing variety and contrast with lack of identity etc.

Unpopular opinion, but More is easily one of my favorite albums, and I believe it just has to do with a subjective trippy experience I had while listening to it. Not sure if it's my absolute favorite, because I also love Obscured by Clouds, Animals, and DSOTM. Division Bell is also great. I think More deserves more love (no pun intended).

I love the Final Cut, there is so much emotion on that album from Roger. the wall was ground breaking. Animals is a masterpiece, and Dark Side of The Moon is incredible, especially given when it was released. I can remember peeling away the cellophane of my vinyl in anticipation when it was released and being gob smacked at the end of the first hearing.

Just because an album has a mixed tone from song to song doesn't mean it's quality is lowered.

Worst to Best: 15. More (1969) 14. Ummagumma (1969) 13. The Final Cut (1983) 12. A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987) 11. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967) 10. The Endless River (2014) 9. Obscured by Clouds (1972) 8. A Saucerful of Secrets (1968) 7. The Wall (1979) 6. The Division Bell (1994) 5. Meddle (1971) 4. Animals (1977) 3. The Dark Side of the Moon (1973) 2. Wish You Were Here (1975) 1. Atom Heart Mother (1970) Chronologically: 1. (1967) The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (11) 2. (1968) A Saucerful of Secrets (8) 3. (1969) More (15) 4. (1969) Ummagumma (14) 5. (1970) Atom Heart Mother (1) 6. (1971) Meddle (5) 7. (1972) Obscured by Clouds (9) 8. (1973) The Dark Side of the Moon (3) 9. (1975) Wish You Were Here (2) 10. (1977) Animals (4) 11. (1979) The Wall (7) 12. (1983) The Final Cut (13) 13. (1987) A Momentary Lapse of Reason (12) 14. (1994) The Division Bell (6) 15. (2014) The Endless River (10)

I’ll get shit for this, but Piper At The Gates Of Dawn IMO is the best Floyd album of all time. I listen and respect to all the other albums (besides more ) but I mean the work done on this and the innovation /creation is surreal. I’m not dickriding Syd but his style of playing and creative lyrics are so ahead of its time

Several Species Of Small Furry long named song is literally a masterpiece

Waters wrote Corporal Clegg and Wright wrote See-saw and Remember a Day.

I disagree completely about Ummagumma. When people ask me for my favorite PF album I always say Ummagumma, simply to start the discussion about this little misunderstood gem. Its not my favorite, but its probably top 5 or 6 and I think it is one of their best. Hear me out. Lets start with the live versions. You were quick to dismiss them, and I can see why HOWEVER there is 1 song there that was a single and the first LP it appeared on was Ummagumma. Talking of course about Careful with that Axe Eugene. I am aware how singles were treated at the time, but we know better. Careful with that axe Eugene was an Ummagumma track. That song is DECADES ahead of its time. It has what I can only describe as black metal vocals on it. Not only do they sound like black metal vocals, they serve the same purpose that is to convey a deeply emotional and cathartic feeling. Even if you disagree with me that those are black metal vocals, everyone can agree that they are extreme vocals. Now onto the studio album. It is not entertaining music, but we love progressive music we can agree that music need not be entertaining. On those grounds, Ummagumma can be considered an avant-garde album, especially with songs like Several furry (wont type the rest here xD). Outside of a few weird composers absolutely no one was doing music like that at the time. Surely that deserves some praise. And its not all avant-garde either, you do have cool progressive songs like The Narrow way 3. Overall I think Ummagumma is absolutely their most underrated album and for damn shame. Its a funky little experience, that was creative in many ways. I think you are spot on about Atom heart mother and Alans psychedelic breakfast. It is also one of PFs misunderstood albums and much of my defense for Ummagumma can be extended to it as well :P

The Wall is my favourite album of all time by any artist.

Still blows my mind how Pink Floyd released Dsotm, Wywh, Animals and the wall one after the other. It doesn't get more overpowered than that

More... "The Nile Song" One of the greatest unsung hard rock songs of the time??? No???

Having The Final Cut below Momentary Lapse of Reason should be a crime punishable by death. Maybe.

The Final Cut was so low because it was written by only one guy? ...What?

I have never in my entire life, found someone else who sees atom heart mother as the best floyd album. This warms my heart as I feel like it's never talked about despite how great it is.

Its so great that every list is so different. It just goes to show that this band is loved by so many people with completely different taste. Pink floyd really did make history with their talent. Such a flawless band

Syd barret did only jugbang blues on saucerfull of secrets

Always good to see these discussions. As fans we can all have different taste and preferences but it is always good to see the music remembered and discussed.

Your analysis of the wall made absolutely no sense. It was all connected perfectly because it was about one man’s life

Ummmm....Three DIFFERENT ONES, not Three Kinds... ECLIPSE, not TOTAL Eclipse. Perhaps this was a mix up with the Bonnie Tyler list??

Final Cut is under appreciated imo. I put it up there with the 4 (or 5 if you count meddle) other masterpieces in the discography

This is a great concept- Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

lol More is my favourite Pink Floyd Album :D I listened to it about 50-60 times and it still delights me. Love what you're doin, keep up the work!

1 Dark Side Of The Moon 2 The Wall 3 Wish You Were Here 4 Animals 5 Meddle 6 Piper at the Gates of Dawn

The Division Bell is so underrated

11:05 Remember a day was Richard Wrights piece. 1. Wish You Were Here 2. Dark Side of the Moon 3. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn 4. The Wall 5. Meddle 6. Animals 7. A Saucerful of Secrets 8. Obscured by Clouds 9. Final Cut (too many fillers) 10. Atom Heart Mother (too many mistakes) 11. Ummagumma 12. More 13. Division Bell (boring) 14. A Momentary Lapse (boring) 15. Endless river (fillers)

Im glad and taken by surprise at your number one, great choice! Stumbled on you by chance and funnily im playing your T-shirt on vinyl

The group got less interesting when they started becoming the 'Roger Waters Band' (and then the 'David Gilmour Band' once Roger split). So those first 8 albums where _everyone_ was contributing reign supreme for me.

I Agree fully on Division bell being one of the best PF albums!

Thank you for having the guts to say what you think about The Wall. I don't really love it either, so I thought I was completely crazy until you ranked it where you did!

Hey there, I have just discovered your channel and I wanted to see your opinions... My personal favorite album by Pink Floyd is Atom Heart Mother, and seeing you go through all of them and not seeing it pop up just gave me more and more goosebumps because I had a really hard time believing that there would be anyone else who find AHM to be their best album. You literally made my day with joy, and I had a great time watching this video, thank you!

"The Final Cut" RULES

Dude! Really awesome list! Atom Heart Mother is so good! Obscured by Clouds is top 5 for me though.

15) Ummagumma 14) The Endless River 13) The Final Cut 12) The Piper At the Gates of Dawn 11) A Saucerful of Secrets 10) Atom Heart Mother 9) More 8) A Momentary Lapse of Reason 7) Obscured by Clouds 6) Meddle 5) The Division Bell 4) Animals 3) The Wall 2) Wish You Were Here 1) The Dark Side of the Moon

Thank you for putting AHM at Number 1. Under appreciated masterpiece

Notes, have you given Syd Barrett's two solo albums a listen? Would love to hear your opinion on them. Btw, I just subscribed! :)

I think the Wall is the best. Why? Imo the emotions work best for me. When waters screams in songs like one of my turns, hey you, don't leave me now, ..... That really gets me. The transitions between slow, melancholic and harder music are so well done. I actually love almost every song of this album. And even if heard another brick in the walls solo 10.000 times now, I still think it's Floyd's best. But I think that's personal preference. In my opinion the wall is way better than The Dark side of the moon. The album concept works much better. TDSOTM's songs are individually good. But I think us and them is one of the worst Pink Floyd's songs.

Good discussion and very well argued. But I nearly fell off my chair when you announced your number one!

1. The Dark Side of the Moon 2. The Wall 3. Wish You Were Here 4. Animals 5. Meddle 6. Atom Heart Mother 7. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn 8. A Saucerful of Secrets 9. Obscured by Clouds 10. More 11. The Final Cut 12. Ummagumma 13. The Division Bell 14. A Momentary Lapse of Reason 15. The Endless River

Piper is way too low, your nuts. It would be in my top 5 PF albums.

The Final Cut is a brilliant album. You don't understand it because you are American. It perfectly encapsulates what many of us in the UK were feeling at the time.

like the list! you had good points

When he talked about The Thin Ice I got so happy it's like my favourite Pink Floyd because it introduced me to Pink Floyd so I love it so much

The first gig i went and saw ever was 2018's Roger Waters Us + Them Tour in Melbourne. I'm 15 and it blew me away! C'mon he played Dogs/Pigs (Three Different Ones), One of These Days, Most Dark Side of the Moon (except for Any Colour You Like), Comfortably Numb (which needs Gilmour) and Wish You Where Here/Welcome to the Machine!

"some strange Barrett songs, like Jugband Blues". You must be deaf to think that song doesn't hold a special place in the album. Syd's goodbye track to the band.

Our Pink Floyd tastes are very similar, and I love your take on the Division Bell, which is grossly underrated! New subscriber!

Notes: 21:38 "Summer of '69" is a well-known track by Brian Adams. The AHM track you're floundering around for is Rick Wright's "Summer '68". Interesting list, as always, and one that's certainly split opinions. For what it's worth, I'd have liked to see you squeeze in the compilation album "Relics". If for nothing else, every PF fan should grab the opportunity to hear the astonishingly loose and jazzy "Biding My Time", which can only be found on that little gem of collected odds and ends.

My Worst to Best : 15. Ummagumma 14. More 13. A Saucerful of Secrets 12. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn 11. The Final Cut 10. Obscured by Clouds 9. The Endless River 8. A Momentary Lapse of Reason 7. The Division Bell 6. Atom Heart Mother 5. The Wall 4. Animals 3. Wish You Were Here 2. Meddle 1. The Dark Side of the Moon

I think this guy cares less about the music and more about the ambience it gives him

Since I'm a bit newer to this channel, I did not expect the #1 spot at all, but I respect you for it, because AHM is criminally underrated.

I completely agree with you about The Division Bell!

Please do one on King Crimson!

Animals has always been my favourite.

Acceptable. I'd put Meddle at #1 just because of Echoes. I remember playing the first side a couple of times, but I wore out side 2 of two albums.

5.Animals 4.Wish You Were Here 3.The Wall 2.Dark Side of the moon 1.Ummagumma

How do 'Notes Reviews' guy.... If you like albums like The Endless River or instrumental music played well with contemporary rock instruments synthesiser and tradition instruments, check out the excellent Mike Oldfield. And I don't just mean Tubular Bells as he's done so much more than that. See his discography.

Sorry--this is my last post unless I get replies... Pink Floyd was my number one favorite band in high school, and at 51 I guess I feel the same. However my albums were played so many times that I barely listen to them now, as I can hear any song I'd like to by just recalling it...

I love your assessment of the Floyd albums - I too would place Atom Heart Mother very high on my list

Momentary Lapse and Division Bell being more of a Gilmour album makes sense since Waters wasn't around....

Got to give you credit for Atom Heart Mother. You had brave choices. I don't think I could rank Pink Floyd from worst to first. (my brain doesn't work that way_ However, I thoroughly enjoyed your list, facial expressions, and comments. My friend bought "The Wall" the day it came out. We listened to The Wall that night for 8 strait hours, driving from Texas towards Canada. Beer, sandwiches, and party favors. My point? Mother, Comfortably Numb, and Another Brick weren't hits yet. So our virgin ears heard it all without familiarity or prejudice. Can't put the Genie back into the bottle for you Notes, however I totally understand your viewpoint and empathize with you. Have you had a similar experience Notes? What album did you own before its hits sprang up like mushrooms after torrential rains ? Before you got sick from overexposure?

1. The Wall 2. Dark Side of the Moon 3. Animals 4. Wish You Were Here 5. Piper at the gates of dawn

Ok I lied, this is my last post...Question, have you done worst to best by Yes? Moody Blues? If not could you do those? I love hearing ideas and impressions different from my own!

Thanks for inspiring me to revisited AHM. It's making checking tests amazing today

Top five 5.- Meddle 4.- The Wall 3.- Animal 2.- The Dark Side of the Moon 1.- Wish You Were Here

1.Animals 2.Darkside of the Moon 3.Wish You Where Here 4. The Wall

1 Wish You Were Here 2 Animals 3 Dark Side of the Moon 4 Meddle 5 The Wall 6 Piper at the Gates of Dawn 7 Obscured By Clouds 8 Saucerful of Secrets 9 Atom Heart Mother 10 Division Bell 11 More 12 The Final Cut 13 A Momentary Lapse of Reason 14 Ummagumma 15 The Endless River

I was not expecting Atom Heart in the first place, wow

6. Saucerful of Secrets 5. Meddle 4. The Wall 3. Wish you were here 2. Animals 1. Dark side of the moon I like sporadic songs from the other albums

My list: 13 Ummagumma 3/10 12 A momentary lapse of reason 6/10 11 The final cut 7/10 10 A Saucerful Of Secrets 8/10 09 The Endless River 8/10 08 The piper at the gates of dawn 9/10 07 Atom heart mother 9/10 06 The Division Bell 9/10 05 Wish you were here 9/10 04 Meddle 10/10 03 The dark side of the moon 10/10 02 Animals 10/10 01 The wall 10/10 The wall is my favorite album of all time :)

"More" has always been my favourite.

My list 1Animals 2Dark Side Of the Moon 3Wish you were here 4Wall 5Meddle 6Atom hearth Mother 7Division Bell 8Obscured by clouds 9Saucrfull of secret 10Final cut 11more 12Piper at the Gates of Down 13Momentary Lapse of a Reason 14Ummagumma 12

My list in case anybody cares God tier 1. Animals 2. Wish You Were Here 3. Dark Side 4. The Final Cut (yes, it’s great) 5. Meddle (could be higher but uhh too many great albums) 6. Atom Heart Mother 7. The Wall (same as Meddle) 8. The Division Bell 2nd tier 9. The Piper... 10. Saucerful of Secrets 11. Obscured By Clouds 3rd tier 12. Ummagumma Not good 13. A Momentary Lapse of Reason 14. More

Why does everyone rank Ummagumma so low? It was a musique-concrete classic and is better than The Final Cut, Momentary Lapse of Reason and Division Bell ... And Several Species is one of their best tracks ever ....

Hey Notes, a bit off context, but I’d like your advice on a quick thing. I want to get an a recent album (not necissarly Pink Floyd) for my pa for Christmas, but I don’t have that much of a clue what to get. He is a fan of the older prog/rock, such as Marillion, Queen, Pink Floyd, Transiberian Orchestra, Arena and the less hard/more orchestral/epic parts of Dream Theater. Do you think Similtude of a Dream would be a nice hit or would you reccomend something else recent?

Yes! Atom Heart Mother is also my favorite of Floyd. Sometimes it makes me cry, so beautiful.

15.More 14. Endless River 13. The Final Cut 12. Momentary Lapse of Reason 11. Divison Bell 10. Obsrued by Clouds 9. Ummagumma 8. Piper at the Gates of Dawn 7. Atom Heart Mother 6. Meddle 5. Saucerful of Secrets 4. Dark Side of the Moon 3. The Wall 2. Animals 1. Wish You Were Here

Like me you are more of a fan of David Gilmour ❤️❤️❤️ Roger is too in your face but he is gooooodd

Glad you like The Divsision Bell, one of their most underrated albums!!

My favorites are Wish You Were Here, Dark Side of the Moon, the Pulse live album, and Animals.

My List, starting with the BEST albums: 1. Dark Side of the Moon 2. Wish you were here 3. Meddle 4. A momentary lapse of Reason (contains powerful songs: Sorrow, On the Turning Away, Learning to Fly...) 5. The Wall 6. A caucerful of Secrets 7. The Endless River 8. Animals (Too agressive, too bitter Waters' lyrics) 9. The Piper at the gates 10. Atom heart Mother 11. The Division Bell (Sounds too 90's) 12. The final cut (Waters is not a musician, he is more a lyricist. The music is terrible.)

Cmooon, you put Ummagumma, the most radical rock album ever, to second worst????

Brilliant-well done on having Atom Heart Mother at no1.Been my favourite for years and Ive had umpteen folk saying "but why??" over that time.Its a classic.👍👍👍

What was the song playing during momentary lapse of reason

1. Wish You were here 2. The Division bell 3. Animals 4. Dark side of the moon 5. The endless river

Animals is for me the best Floyd album, just a masterpiece in every way. Keep up the good work Notes. When will you do Rush, Elp or King Crimson.

Major respect to this guy for backing the Division Bell, such an underrated album with arguably their best song High Hopes

You are such a likable guy, and even if I dont agree with the charting, I think you really make your points well

Saying The Wall is overrated and The Division Bell underrated?....this makes me reevaluate my opinion of you....The Wall is one of my favorite albums and it´s a masterpiece as The Dark Side, while The Division Bell is just plain boring most of the time...And I did know that you like Atom Heart Mother, but number one??? Are you serious?? This album is just overblown and the Psychedelic Breakfast is just a bad song. Even the band say that the album is a pile of horseshit.

Not that contentious. I'm very pleased you put Atom Heart Mother first; I wouldn't, and I would swap Animals and Wish You Were Here round. Just love Animals; so well realised and dark. As for The Wall, I'd go further and consign it to the cutting room floor, if not next to The Final Cut. It had a great single with Another Brick, but I find it unlistenable hollow chest beating, especially when you consider when it came out in those post-punk times alongside such real brilliance as Joy Division.

The main reason I'm going to list is because my list is a bit different then most. I DO like all 15 Here we go. 15. Momentary Lapse of Reason 14. The Division Bell 13. The Wall 12. More 11. The Final Cut 10. The Endless River 09. Obscured by Clouds 08. A Saucerful of Secrets 07. A Piper at the Gates of Dawn 06. Dark Side of the Moon 05. Atom Heart Mother 04. Ummagumma 03. Wish You Were Here 02. Animals 01. Meddle