Essential 5 - Pink Floyd

Everyone who knows me knows this was coming sooner rather than later. Pink Floyd is by far my all time favorite band. It has defined my musical taste for a while and will continue to do so.
This essential 5 was extremely difficult to do but I mercifully narrowed it down. Needless to say, there will be many honorable mentions. Here it is, enjoy.





5. Learning To Fly - Momentary Lapse Of Reason (1987)





4.One Of These Days - Ummagumma (1969)




3. Money - Dark Side Of The Moon (1973)





2. Comfortably Numb - The Wall (1979)





1. Dogs / Pigs (Three Different Ones) / Sheep - Animals (1977)





The reason why I chose three songs for the top spot is because Animals as a whole is such an overlooked masterpiece. That's what happens when you have to be the following act of probably two of the top selling records of all time, Dark Side Of The Moon and Wish You Were Here. These three songs alone are epic but together they are spectacular.


Honorable Mentions

Time - Dark Side Of The Moon (1974)
Take It Back - Division Bell (1994)
Echoes - Meddle (1971)
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Part I-V) - Wish You Were Here (1975)
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Part VI-IX) - Wish You Were Here (1975)
Wish You Were Here - Wish You Were Here (1975)
Arnold Layne - Arnold Layne (1967)