If this is as bad at it gets, we’re in pretty good shape. “The Nile Song” is a full-steam-ahead rocker that bridges the gap between the reckless abandon of “Interstellar Overdrive” and the beginning of the steadier (though equally fertile) Gilmour/Waters era. And for all of its flaws, when More hits, it hits hard. It’s likely that Barrett’s presence would have made the record a more consistently relevant one, though it’s even more likely that things would have unraveled at the seams. Barrett’s heavy drug use is often cited as a reason for him leaving the band, so it’s richly ironic that their first album without him is the original motion picture soundtrack for More, a French film that depicts the unraveling effects of drug addiction. The results are wildly uneven, with psych-tinged, pastoral folk ballads pressed up uncomfortably against avant-garde sound experiments. Pink Floyd’s third album is also its first without erratic founding member Syd Barrett, and it finds the band leaning heavily on recent addition David Gilmour.
In honor, we take this opportunity to reflect upon the long, fruitful career of a band that was always too smart and too daring to live forever. With the release of their fifteenth album, The Endless River, the powers that be have declared the end of Pink Floyd. They did more than write songs they projected personal yet universal thought patterns into the world, altering the history of music, art, and expression. At the center of every delicious pop melody was the ashy taste of personal excoriation: Syd Barrett, Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Nick Mason, and Richard Wright each took a turn burning their interior selves to the ground, all before they built themselves up again. This endless conflict, however, influenced some of the most moving and beautiful rock music ever recorded. Yet, such talent inevitably warrants a touch of madness, as proven by the group’s extraordinary highs and excruciating lows. Throughout their sordid career, the band fought against label expectations, their own fame, the interior of their minds, and each other. Each member was a savant in their own right and extraordinary as both a performer and composer. Spanning six decades, 15 studio albums, and five band members, the legendary UK outfit’s career is both elevated and stained by the excess of genius.
Today, we revisit our definitive ranking of every Pink Floyd album from worst to best.Īnd so, the final bell tolls over the career of Pink Floyd. Set the controls for the heart of every Pink Floyd fan: We’re celebrating Roger Waters’ highly anticipated return with a week of Floydian features that will make you wish you were here forever.
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