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The Top 100 Pink Floyd et al Songs/Studio Albums Ranked

Pink Floyd et al

Top 100 Songs

Syd Barrett (guitar, vocals), Roger Waters (bass, vocals), Richard Wright (keyboards), and Nick Mason (drums) founded this psychedelic/progressive-rock group in England in 1965. Their early years were celebrated as quintessential psychedelic rock, especially their debut album, Piper at the Gates of Dawn, in 1967.

When Barrett’s mental stability came into question, singer/guitarist David Gilmour was tapped initially to supplement but eventually replace him. The new lineup would rise to astonishing heights with 1973’s Dark Side of the Moon, the longest-charting album in the history of Billboard and one of the best sellers of all time.

1979’s double concept The Wall was another iconic album for the group and even gave them an unexpected #1 pop hit with “Another Brick in the Wall Part II.” However, Waters increasing efforts to control the band led to their fracture. They released one more album, 1983’s The Final Cut, as a foursome, but it felt more like a Roger Waters solo project.

After Waters left the band, Gilmour, Mason, and Wright released two more studio albums as Pink Floyd. Each was supported by massively successful tours. Waters, meanwhile, recorded solo albums and fought with the band over legal rights to the name Pink Floyd.

Pink Floyd’s final studio album came in 1995, although 2014 saw the released of Endless River, which presented some of the instrumental pieces not used for the 1994 album The Division Bell. Keyboardist Richard Wright died in 2008.

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Top 100 Songs

Dave’s Music Database lists are determined by song’s appearances on best-of lists as well as chart success, sales, radio airplay, streaming, and awards. Appearances on compilations and live albums are also factored in. Songs and albums referenced on this page are by Pink Floyd unless noted otherwise.

DMDB Top 1%:

1. Another Brick in the Wall Part II (1979)
2. Comfortably Numb (1979)
3. Wish You Were Here (1975)

DMDB Top 2%:

4. Money (1973)
5. Time (1973)
6. Shine on You Crazy Diamond (1975)

DMDB Top 5%:

7. See Emily Play (1967)
8. Learning to Fly (1987)
9. Us and Them (1973)

DMDB Top 10%:

10. Brain Damage (1973)
11. Eclipse (1973)
12. Hey You (1979)
13. Run Like Hell (1979)
14. Arnold Layne (1967)
15. Have a Cigar (1975)
16. Speak to Me/Breathe (1973)
17. Young Lust (1979)
18. Interstellar Overdrive (1967)
19. Welcome to the Machine (1975)

DMDB Top 20%:

20. Astronomy Domine (1967)
21. Echoes (1971)
22. High Hopes (1994)
23. Keep Talking (1994)
24. Empty Spaces (1979)
25. One of These Days (1971)
26. On the Turning Away (1987)
27. Mother (1979)
28. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun (1968)
29. One Slip (1987)
30. What God Wants Part I (Roger Waters, 1992)
31. Take It Back (1994)
32. Radio Waves (Roger Waters, 1987)

Beyond the DMDB Top 20%:

33. Fearless (1971)
34. Sheep (1977)
35. Not Now John (1983)
36. Dogs (1977)
37. Lost for Words (1994)
38. Bike (1967)
39. The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking (Roger Waters, 1984)
40. Goodbye Blue Skies (1979)

41. What Do You Want from Me? (1994)
42. Free Four (1972)
43. Sunset Strip (Roger Waters, 1987)
44. Julia Dream (1968)
45. The Tide Is Turning (Roger Waters, 1987)
46. Sorrow (1987)
47. Louder Than Words (2014)
48. The Happiest Days of Our Lives (1979)
49. The Great Gig in the Sky (1973)
50. The Trial (1979)

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51. Murder (David Gilmour, 1984)
52. Déjà Vu (Roger Waters, 2017)
53. Breathe Reprise (1973)
54. Each Small Candle (Roger Waters, 2000)
55. The Dogs of War (1987)
56. Pigs (Three Different Ones) (1977)
57. Your Possible Pasts (1983)
58. In the Flesh (1979)
59. One of My Turns (1979)
60. Smell the Roses (Roger Waters, 2017)

61. We Shall Overcome (Rger Waters, 2010)
62. The Nile Song (1969)
63. Who Needs Information? (Roger Waters, 1987)
64. Folded Flags (Roger Waters, 1986)
65. Blue Light (David Gilmour, 1984)
66. Vera (1979)
67. Careful with That Axe, Eugene (1968)
68. Pigs on the Wing (1977)
69. Nobody Home (1979)
70. Coming Back to Life (1994)

71. Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict (1969)
72. Stay (1972)
73. Jugband Blues (1968)
74. A Great Day for Freedom (1994)
75. Perfect Sense, Part I (Roger Waters, 1992)
76. Goodbye Cruel World (1979)
77. Perfect Sense, Part II (1992)
78. The Show Must Go On (1979)
79. In the Flesh? (1979)
80. Outside the Wall (1979)

81. When the Tigers Broke Free (1982)
82. The Thin Ice (1979)
83. Remember a Day (1968)
84. The Hero’s Return (1983)
85. Waiting for the Worms (1979)
86. On an Island (David Gilmour, 2006)
87. The Post War Dream (1983)
88. Apples and Oranges (1967)
89. Wearing the Inside Out (1994)
90. The Fletcher Memorial Home (1983)

91. Don’t Leave Me Now (1979)
92. Another Brick in the Wall Part I (1979)
93. It Would Be So Nice (1968)
94. Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door (Roger Waters, 1997)
95. Poles Apart (1994)
96. Matilda Mother (1967)
97. Amused to Death (Roger Waters, 1992)
98. Too Much Rope (Roger Waters, 1992)
99. The Powers That Be (Roger Waters, 1987)
100. Hello I Love You (Roger Waters, 2007)

Pink Floyd et al: Studio Albums Ranked

Dave’s Music Database lists are determined by album’s appearances on best-of lists as well as chart success, sales, critics’ ratings, and awards. Also factored in are the status of each album’s songs in Dave’s Music Database for songs.

1. Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
2. The Wall (1979)
3. Wish You Were Here (1975)
4. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967)
5. Animals (1977)
6. The Division Bell (1994)
7. Meddle (1971)
8. Atom Heart Mother (1970)
9. The Final Cut (1983)
10. A Saucerful of Secrets (1968)

11. A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987)
12. Is This the Life We Really Want? (Roger Waters, 2017)
13. Ummagumma (live/studio, 1969)
14. More (soundtrack, 1969)
15. Amused to Death (Roger Waters, 1992)
16. Obscured by Clouds (1972)
17. Radio K.A.O.S. (Roger Waters, 1987)
18. The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking (Roger Waters, 1984)
19. On an Island (David Gilmour, 2006)
20. The Endless River (2014)

21. When the Wind Blows (Roger Waters et al, soundtrack, 1986)
22. Rattle That Lock (David Gilmour, 2015)
23. Music from the Body (Roger Waters & Ron Geesin, soundtrack, 1970)
24. David Gilmour (David Gilmour, 1978)
25. About Face (David Gilmour, 1984)

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First posted 9/15/2011; last updated 3/28/2023.
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