The evolution of Pink Floyd through its albums

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Aug 4, 1967

It is the debut studio album, made by Syd Barrett's, founding member and leader, and the principal composer at the time. The album was produced by Norman Smith, who would go on to produce two more albums for Pink Floyd.

A Saucerful Of Secrets

Jun 28, 1968

This is a transitional album, marked by the lack of mental balance and posterior leaving of Syd Barrett and the coming of the new member David Gilmour. The five members participate in this album for first time, in spite of Barrett only participated in the recording sessions because of his mental state did not allow, and finally left the band on April 6, 1968.

Atom Heart Mother

Oct 2, 1970

After Syd's departure, the band decided to continue, releasing this album named Atom Heart Mother for the story of a pregnant woman who had a heart operation and an atomic pacemaker, that Roger Waters read. This album shows the transition from psychedelic to symphonic and progressive rock.

Meddle

Oct 31, 1971

Without having a clear clue of ​​the course they wanted the album to take, the band carried out a number of original experiments that at the end were the inspiration for "Echoes," the album's best-known track. The album succeed in the United Kingdom.

Obscured by Clouds

Jun 3, 1972

This album was the soundtrack for the French movie "The Valley". This album unfollowed the musical line that the band brought up to this point, but it helped a lot to the success in the United States by focusing the attetion to a good part of the pre-Dark Side of the Moon tour.

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Mar 1, 1973

The theme of the album envolves conflict, greed, aging and mental illness, the latter inspired, in part, by Barrett's mental downfall. Moreover, this commercial success reached the top of the Billboard 200 chart for a week, for more than 19 years it remained on the charts being the longest-charting album in musical history, and also became the third best-selling album on the history of music.

Wish You Were Here

Sep 12, 1975

This album is positioned at number 209 on the list of the 500 best albums in history prepared by Rolling Stone magazine. Also, because of its immediate success, the record company EMI could not edit the copies needed to please the demand.
In addition, Band members Richard Wright and David Gilmour agreed that Wish You Were Here was their favorite Pink Floyd album.

Animals

Jan 23, 1977

The album is a direct criticism of consumer society. The songs that make up the album take the different animals as a reference to criticize politics, basically. "Dogs" as the representatives of the law, "pigs" as implacable leaders and "sheep" as mindless pawns.

The Wall

Nov 30, 1979

Pink Floyd fans and music critics refer to this album as "one of the band's best works" and "one of the best in rock history." "The Wall" was a huge commercial success. Reaching number one on charts in many countries and becoming one of the best-selling albums of the decade, the best-selling double album in history and one of the best-selling albums of all time, with a total 33 million copies sold worldwide.

The Final Cut

Mar 21, 1983

The twelfth album called The Final Cut is a concept album that was planned as the soundtrack for the movie "Pink Floyd The Wall". The album is a critique of war, and Roger Waters is the composer, lyricist and singer of the 12 songs. After the album, Roger Waters left the band and did not let Gilmour or Mason use the Pink Floyd name.