Pink Floyd: Albums Ranked Worst to Best 

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

This is a BALLSY ranking! I disagree with much of it, but I respect that you kept true to your takes despite them being so against the grain!

Finally someone who gets it! I can't think of anyone else willing to put The Division Bell over The Wall. Also, it's great to finally hear a review of The Endless River by someone who's into ambient electronic music. I still think it's masterful as an ambient album, but everyone judges it on its merits as a rock album. The Division Bell was already great as a final Pink Floyd album, so it's really cool to see them take it somewhere new while still calling back to the past. I especially love Surfacing on that album

My ranking: 15. AMLOR 14. Ummagumma 13.The Final Cut 12. Obscured By Clouds 11. More 10. The Endless River 9. The Division Bell 8. TPATGOD 7. A Saucerful Of Secrets 6. Atom Heart Mother 5. Meddle 4. DSOTM 3.The Wall 2. Wish You Were Here 1. Animals

YES! I've already liked your videos, but you putting Atom Heart Mother in the top3 was the best thing I've seen this week. This is actually my favourite PF album and I was so happy to see you liking it too.

I've listened to Atom Heart Mother recently for the first time and I think it is a fantastic disc, largely underrated, perhaps because PF members hate it (with no reason I think) and never have played its songs in concerts (and the fact that it was the previous one before DSOTM, and was shadowed by it)

While I don’t fully agree with you, I do respect your opinion because you’re not just bashing the albums, you actually go in depth of the reasons why do or don’t like that particular album.

Well done, you did a better criticism of the wall than he who shall not be named.

Yes!!! It’s Pink Floyd!!! I’m very happy that you did a ranking on these guys. They are one of my absolute favorite rock bands ever, alongside Yes. The Dark Side of The Moon is easily my favorite album from them. I know that it is an obvious pick right there but I love that album so much because not only is it a very big standout in their catalog for me, but it also changed rock forever. Other albums from them that I think are worth people’s time include Wish You Were Here, Animals, Atom Heart Mother, The Wall, Ummagumma, and a few others.

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

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

Oh my goodness I’m so happy this is a thing now! Love this band so so so so much, probably my favourite progressive rock band of all time! Wish You Were Here and Animals are easily my favourite from these guys, with AHM, DSotM, The Wall, Meddle and Ummagumma as runners up!

I think I remember you mentioning this idea for a video a loooooooong time ago. So glad you did it, was a great watch! I imagine you know I'm a big Pink Floyd fan. I haven't listened to ALL the albums, been meaning too, but i've listened to a bunch, and this ranking is pretty solid. I especially laughed at The Final Cut being dead last. I took one listen to that album a few years ago and noped out. Couldn't even finish it. Also THANK YOU I feel almost the exact same way about The Wall. Honestly after reading on Wikipedia a lot of the background history of why Roger Waters felt the way he did back then and making it, it just kind of put a bitter taste in my mouth about the whole thing. Only difference I had in opinion was on Animals, as it's my second favorite, right up there above DSOTM, but behind WYWH. Animals imho is still the greatest societal commentary ever put on vinyl. Very very relevant. Whenever I think of the Capitol Riot this year, I always think of one of my favorite lyric's from Sheep: "Wave upon wave of demented avengers March cheerfully out of obscurity into the dream". Animals is just damn good. Dogs in particular. As for your thoughts on DSOTM and WYWH, I agree 100%. DSOTM is a masterpiece in album crafting, and WYWH is just chefs kiss perfection. Those 3 albums have a permanent place in the CD changer of my car lol. Also liked the love Meddle got. Love that album, and Echoes is such a cool song. I really am interested in hearing Atom Heart Mother since you ranked it so high. Honestly one of their albums I have not heard yet. Overall great video fam, and it's great to see how confident you are in your presentation. You rock dude!

Great guide and although I'd have a different ordering, which I'd be surprised if two people familiar with the catalogue would ever agree on anyway, in broad terms it's pretty spot on. My personal favourite is Ricochet but it's also the first I experienced, so all others are benchmarked to it.

Nice review. I've been going through the albums recently, some great stuff I hadn't heard before but there is still a lot that is a tough listen in the early days. Top marks for being one of the few Americans I've watched who pronounced St Tropez correctly too 🤣👏

I was so happy to hear you talk about #3-5-all fantastic records and definitely closest to my own aesthetic when it comes to Floyd, even if hearing #2 on vinyl was a really cool experience-but hearing you talk about "Bike" was in particular a *YES, YES EXACTLY* moment. That song has the weirdest power to it, and such power. (That said, while I love the Barrett era, I think their scene pals' Soft Machine were a lot more consistent at doing largely the same thing across their first two records, although they got way jazzier and more abstract way faster. Check 'em out if you haven't! :3)

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

Your take from 6.55 is probably the funniest thing I've seen on this channel, and I've spent hours and hours on it now. A couple of strong recommendations while I'm here: Slow Bongo Floyd - Brenda Salmonds And Fun-Da-Mental - Seize The Time I feel you'd get a lot out of those records. Keep on brother

putting Obscured by clouds at 14 offends me :P I love this album.

My Top 5 would be.. 1. Wish You Were Here 2. Animals 3. Dark Side Of The Moon 4. The Wall 5. Meddle

For me, Obscured by Clouds immediately is ranked higher than 14 because of Burning Bridges and Mudmen. Those are two of the most beautiful songs I’ve ever heard.

My Top 10 Floyd albums: 1: Dark Side Of The Moon 2: WIsh You Were Here 3: Animals 4: The Wall 5: Atom Heart Mother 6: Division Bell 7: Meddle 8. Obscured By Clouds 9. Piper At The Gates of Dawn 10: The Endless River To be honest, The Wall has always been a tricky one for me, as in tricky to place it in a ranking list. And the reason I say this is because, while there are some super great songs on the album, such as Happiest Days Of Our Lives, which, let's just be honest, really only works if coupled with Part 2 of Another Brick in the Wall, and Comfortably Numb, Young Lust and The Trial, the rest of the album is less concentrated and WATERED DOWN (you see what I did there? watered down? HA-HA! That's the only Pink Floyd joke i'll ever make). The Wall looks like a beast of an album but you can actually slice the tracklisting in half, condense it in other words and it would have made for a more juicier/more concenrated album in my opinion. I placed The Wall at Number 4 in my ranking list but seriously, I almost put Atom Heart Mother above The Wall. I could have gone either way with that really. There is only one song which I HATE on Atom Heart Mother, and tha is Alan's Breakfast, it is the most pointless waste of air-time ever recorded in a studio in my opinion, I already can't stand when people eat too loudly as it is, let alone a 13 minutes of eating noises and dishes being clinked, absolute garbage!!!! But the rest of the album is AMAZING!

Love the list. Could you ever do Bowie? I know these projects take a lot of time and thought.

My ranking 1. The Wall 2. Wish You Were Here 3. Middle 4. Animals 5. The Piper at the gates of down 6. Dark Side of the moon 7. Atom heart Mother 8. The Final Cut 9. The Endless River 10. The Divison Bell 11. Ummagumma 12. A Saucerful Of Secrets 13. Obsocured by the clouds 14. More 15. A momentry lapse of reason

Nice! Don’t really know why, but getting into this video, I was very confident that your take would be pretty close (if not exactly of course) to mine, notably with atom heart mother that high, the wall that “low”, etc And wish you were here is just a must from my childhood, so I would accepted something else than no1 from someone else, but here we go! 😀

Awesome video, I love this band - much like you I don't listen to them often at all but they mean a lot to me as they were likely my grandads favourite band and he passed away last year from Covid 19 and he was my closest family member in terms of spending time with me and helping me out with anything, few months later in college we had to do a Pink Floyd Tribute Gig as an assignment and yeah though Dark Side is overplayed, hearing Time and Money and Breathe like (amongst loads of other Floyd songs from their other albums) just hit home with me since I hadn't listened to them since he died Nowadays I slightly prefer Yes, I like their 70s set of work so very much, but Pink Floyd always has a special place in my heart and I enjoy most of their catalogue (I've not heard the final cut or the wall yet though)

I'd love to see a Moody Blues one! Been meaning to get into their stuff for a while

My ranking probably 15.A Momentary Lapse Of Reason 14.More 13.The Endless River 12.The Division Bell 11.The Final Cut 10.Ummagumma 9.Obscured By Clouds 8.The Wall (gotta agree with you) 7.The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn 6.A Saucerful Of Secrets 5.Atom Heart Mother 4.Meddle 3.Wish You Were Here 2.Animals 1.The Dark Side Of The Moon

Dude, going through a Pink Floyd stage at the moment so this was a pleasant surprise. Edit: Have you listened to the Dark Side of the Moog series by Namlook and Schultz?

I like to think about how ambient house music by The Orb and The KLF takes a lot of influence from Pink Floyd (along with Brian Eno and Tangerine Dream).

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

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

My ranking: 1. Triangle album 2. Another brick in the wall 3. ???

ALL 15 ARE 5 STARS IN MY HUMBLE OPINION. This is just how I rank them for my personal enjoyment 15. The Final Cut 14. The Wall 13. A Momentary Lapse Of Reason 12. More 11. The Endless River 10. The Division Bell 9. A Saucerfull Of Secrets 8. Obscured By Clouds 7. The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn 6. Animals 5. Dark Side Of The Moon 4. Meddle 3. Ummagumma 2. Wish You Were Here 1. Atom Heart Mother

Love the deep dives just subbed!

“Saucerfull of Secrets” and “Atom Heart Mother” higher than “The Wall”? ✌🏻✌🏻MUCHO RESPECTS!! 👍👍

I wanted to wait till the end of the video to give my thoughts, and here they are: First, I must congratulate you on the correct choice of number 1. Wish You Were Here is indeed the right choice there. :) Second: given that you put The Final Cut dead last, it makes me think you would hate Roger Waters' solo discography too. Or at least some of it. Another band that might be right up your alley to do one of these, eventually, is ELO. I don't know how familiar you are with them, but they seem to be, what with their use of electronics, especially on their mid-period. But then Jeff went back to a more radio rock inspired sound, so... Also, I can't help but wonder about your top 10 Pink Floyd songs. Especially since those would have to also be drawn from their non-album material, which wasn't included in this video.

Based Endless River placement, incredibly underrated

My w2b: 15. Ummagumma 14. Momentary Lapse of Reason 13. Endless River 12. Obscured by Clouds 11. Division Bell 10. More 9. Atom Heart Mother 8. Meddle 7. Saucerful of Secrets 6. Piper at the Gates of Dawn 5. Dark Side of the Moon 4. Wish You Were Here 3. Final Cut 2. Animals 1. the Wall

Great video! I enjoy your takes on the albums. I ranked them about four years ago, so you have inspired me to maybe revisit and re-rank them as some of my views have changed. Subscribed!

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

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

i don’t care, personally i love the final cut and think it’s extremely overhated and under appreciated

I think Edgar Froese once said that Tangerine Dream during their first four albums wanted to do what Floyd did on Saucerful of Secrets --> space rock (without the rock though )

Atom Heart Mother is my favourite

this is the stuff i've been waiting for

23:00 what r the worst pink floyd tracks 2 u?

The album The Wall got me listening to Pink Floyd. I'm obsessed with the album The Wall

The Wall, Dark Side, Wish You Were Here, Animals, Meddle and Atom Heart Mother are the best!

While I dont agree with a lot of your choices, I still respect that you lm made this video! Thanks for sharing a unique opinion its very appreciates My ranking is 15. The Endless River 14. Ummagumma 13. AMLOR 12. More 11. A saucerful of secrets 10. The division bell 9. Obscured by Clouds 8. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn 7. Atom Heart Mother 6. The Final Cut 5. Meddle 4. The Wall 3. Wish You Were Here 2. The Dark Side of the Moon 1. Animals

My opinion changes a lot on how I rank these albums pretty much every time I re listen to them. For now though 15: Obscured By Clouds 14: More 13: The Final Cut 12: A Momentary Lapse of Reason 11: Piper at The Gates of Dawn 10: The Endless River 9: A Saucerful of Secrets 8: Ummagumma 7: Atom Heart Mother 6: The Division Bell 5: Meddle 4: The Wall 3: Wish You Were Here 2: Animals 1: The Dark Side of The Moon

My top 5 is: 1. Animals 2. The Wall 3. Wish You Were Here 4. The Final Cut 5. DSOTM You can tell I loved this ranking

My ranking my opinion coming 3 world contry discover them 1994 and to colect all their lp was hard 15. The Endless River 14. A Momentary Lapse of Reason 13. Piper at the Gates of Dawn 12. Atom Heart Mother 11. Ummagumma 10. More 9. The Division Bel 8. Obscured by the Clouds 7. A Saucerful of Secrets 6.The Final Cut 5. Meddle 4. Wish You Were Here 3.The Dark Side of the Moon 2 . The Wall 1Animals

I think I would have Animals over Wish you were here, probably due to over playing WYWH, I also think (and this is probably sacrilegious) that Dub side of the Moon is a better listen for me than DSoTM. I would also like to state publicly that I still wish to have the entirety of Echoes played at my funeral for several reasons far to lengthy to go into here.

Here’s my ranking: 1. WYWH 2. Animals 3. The Wall 4. DSOTM 5. Meddle 6. AHM 7. The Final Cut 8. Obscured By Clouds 9. The Division Bell 10. A Saucer Full Of Secrets 11. Piper 12. Endless River 13. More 14. Momentary Lapse

Disagree, but respect the list. Piper at the gates of dawn is number one for me for sure!

Funny, I never really heard Pink Floyd on the rock radio stations here in DC. I guess DC101 just has bad taste in rock? Anyways, Pink Floyd is easily my favorite band of all time, and they have so much nostalgic value since I discovered them in High School. Listening to Dark Side as a wee 15 year old kid blew my mind, and The Wall blew my mind even more! I put on Pink Floyd on long trips, or working on long projects and I am set for said trip or long project. I guess my top 5 ranking as of 2021 would be 1. The Wall 2. Wish You Were Here 3. Dark Side 4. Animals 5. Atom Heart Mother

respect the final cut hate

That Piper ranking was a gut punch lol, I respect the reasoning tho

I enjoy your insights especially the TD album rating vid but dang kiddo you’ve missed sum of the Ummagumma marks partially because you are not emotionally attached to it and partially thru lack of research Thas ok tho carry on great job

30:45 r u OK with me or others being able 2 listen 2 it regularly?

Really interesting rankings! Appreciate how you explain why you rank them as you do. For anyone interested in another view: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kCo-tnXXlBk.html

By the way, which one's Pink?

My ranking is 1. Animals 2. A scaucerful of secrets 3. Meddle 4. Atom Heart mother 5. Dark Side of the moon 6. Wish you were here 7. Piper at the gates of dawn 8. Umma gumma 9. The wall 10. Thé division bell 11. Obscured by clouds 12. More 13. Endless river 14. Momentary lapse of reason 15. The final cut

I totally respect placing Atom Heart Mother this high. It's probably their most underrated album? It sounds imperfect and that's part of the charm. The title track is really good, then you have 3 more personnal songs composed and sung by 3 different people (note that Waters says "if i was a good man" in it... man, this guy.) and then Alan's breakfast adventures, which may sound at first as experimental but is in fact a 3 part songs linked with sounds. I'm impressed that nobody knows about Summer 68. What a track! Overall, a great listen. As for the Wall, I think it's overrated as F. That's the typical "i say this album is the best despite having never listened to it but i say it because of the public image it got" kind of album. Kinda like There Is Nothing Left To Lose of the Foo Fighters, which is very boring but hey it got two singles that made the band famous! Well The Wall is the same, except that it's not that the album is boring, it's really hard to listen to. It's not pleasant at all. Roger was having some kind of mental breakdown and made everyone suffer because of it, including the listener. Like Gilmour says, Roger came with an un-listenable 3h demo and the band worked hard to make it sound good as they found the concept interesting, and Roger forced his way and took all credits for it. What is funny is when Pink is described as some kind of dictator for no reason except a self insert of Roger, recognizing that he became a douchebag for the band but still embraces it. This album sounds too personnal for reasons like this. Why would Pink say this, or think about this memory, etc, all can be summed up as "it's Roger". Sounds like a huge caprice, "let me talk about all the tiny, least relevant things that come up into my mind, because i'm highly emotional that i scream like a bird on stage, because idk, i have issues." Or something. So yeah, The Wall is overrated. It is good because it has great tracks and it is its own unique thing. But don't expect people to actually listen to it, all. Plus as soon as you listen to an album like Amused To Death, trust me, you don't want to listen to Roger Waters whining and virtue signaling for 10 years afterwards, even if The Floyd is here to elevate the listening level.

imagine putting the endless river over pipers gates dawn smh wonky based asf on the meddle ranking tho

Great rankings man you look so much like johnny green wood from Radiohead😂 also obscured of clouds is definitely way higher for me!!

Finally someone who appreciates Atom Heart Mother as much I do myself. And Alan’s Psychedelic Breakfast ❤❤❤

The songs on A momentary lapse of reason are much better and more interesting live.

Hell yeah

There is actually a section of the endless river that is very clearly based on us and them

40:20 did u play kazoo as a high schooler?

Obscured by clouds is great

It’s good that music is subjective, but putting the wall at 8, and behind division bell is a bit concerning

That's the lowest I've ever seen the wall in any pink floyd ranking. It's my favorite lol

30:30 why did they give u nightmares?

15) Ummagumma 14) The Final Cut 13) The Endless River 12) A Momentary Lapse Of Reason 11) More 10) Obscured By Clouds 9) Piper At The Gates Of Dawn 8) Atom Heart Mother 7) A Saurceful Of Secrets 6) The Wall 5) Animals 4) The Division Bell 3) Meddle 2) Wish You Were Here 1) Dark Side Of The Moon Our lists are pretty similar, although i'm very suprised how low you put Obscured By Clouds, as it is a pretty solid album, the only bad song is Absolutely Curtains, the last track, which is absolutely awful. Also i love how much you like A Saurceful Of Secrets and The Division Bell, two very underrated pink floyd albums, in my opinion, take care mate :)

30:45 I just listened 2 it in full yesterday x I had no issues getting thru it I'll prob b able 2 listen 2 it regularly

Atom Heart Mother just isn’t that good imo. Song writing pales in comparison to other Floyd works of the time, the suite is good but is absolutely bloated and lacking in enough ideas to fill its 20 plus minutes and come on, Alan’s Psychedelic Breakfast? I get that it’s a nice acoustic instrumental but the breakfast sound effects and sound bites just make it sound really stupid. The horns throughout the album sound really cheap as well. Okay album but not great imo. Great video tho!

I'm shocked that you still like "Money" after soooo much overplay of that song.

Carbon Based Lifeforms - Stochastic (2021) ?

Blow up your sales with a Saturday morning as Friday night

Can’t agree with all of this but I respect the Atom Heart Mother placement a ton

21:35 u should do a beatles worst 2 best ranking!

My ranking 1# the wall 2# wish you were here 3# dark side of the moon 4# animals

11:28 why did he wanna sue them??

mention Bike cmon mention Bike 15:34 Awwwwh yeah Satanic ducks

15. Ummagumma (1969) = 0/5 14. The Endless River (2014) = 1.5/5 13. More (1969) = 1.5/5 12. A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987) = 2/5 11. The Division Bell (1994) = 2.5/5 10. Atom Heart Mother (1970) = 2.5/5 9. The Final Cut (1983) = 2.5/5 8. A Saucerful of Secrets (1968) = 3/5 7. Obscured by Clouds (1972) = 3/5 6. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967) = 3.5/5 5. The Wall (1979) = 4/5 4. Meddle (1971) = 4/5 3. Animals (1977) = 4.5/5 2. Wish You Were Here (1975) = 4.5/5 1. The Dark Side of the Moon (1973) = 5/5

Piper is still my favorite

More has some bangers on there imo

The Final Cut is great, The Wall sound is so insanely overproduced it gets so boring compared to live versions; especially since it excludes "what shall we do now"

This will b good

Piper > anything else

1. DSOTM 2. Animals 3. WYWH 4. Meddle 5. Everything else

As soon as you put The Division Bell above The Wall, I lost interest 🤦‍♂️

45:15 u should check out devil doll

Hey Pi was that Sheep 🐑 playing at 4:42

wonky slush

wow, super weird list lol