Top Ten Pink Floyd Songs for Audiophiles
Posted on April 23, 2008 in Audio by Jeff Starr
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The music of Pink Floyd is an audiophile’s wet dream. It is at once diverse, complex, intricate, rhythmic, mysterious, and downright heavy. The vastly inspiring soundscapes created by Pink Floyd are perfect for late nights spent working on the computer. Given a nice pair of high-quality headphones, the following hand-picked collection of Pink Floyd songs is sure to elevate your listening experience to the next level.
Psychedelic soundscapes and lyrical insanity. 
Experimental psychedelica and more lyrical insanity. 
Intense and contemplative film score. 
Electric, flowing live disc and experimental, explorative studio disc. 
Diverse collection of absolute Floyd treasures. 
Orchestrated psychedelica and thematic experimental trauma, plus hits. 
Some classic hits and other unreleased goodness. 
Coalescing Floyd momentum expressively and emotionally revealed. 
Loosely integrated collection of inspirationally defined Floyd essence. 
Pure artistic expression via experimental exploration and psychedelic enlightenment. 
A nice collection of excellent tracks and unreleased hits. 
Timeless, mysterious, inspiring — Pink Floyd demonstrate their true mastery of the craft. 
Powerfully complex, heaviness manifests in deep, moving sets — Floyd’s finest hour. 
Emotionally orchestrated, intensely dynamic, and flawlessly executed. 
Dance your pants off with several of the most popular Floyd gems. 
Live version of The Wall, featuring two previously unreleased tracks.
An intensely meditative and subjective emotional revelation. 
Even more greatest hits along with a few unreleased tracks to sweeten the deal. 
Scraping the barrel — perhaps useful for the uninitiated folks. 
Melancholy soundscapes perfect for distant mental excursions. 
Live version of Momentary Lapse of Reason. 
Strained adventures into yesterday via intimately performed collaborations. 
Live version of the The Division Bell. 
Experimental soundscapes expressing various bodily functions. Features the classic song, Give Birth to a Smile. 
Melodically challenged if not relatively interesting. 
Historically significant insight into earthly existence during the 1980’s. 
A Theoretically significant, if not philosophically relevant, live concert event. 
Roger Waters at his best — an astounding masterpiece — absolute brilliance. 
Sincere, authentic Floyd emulations featuring plenty of tantalizing favorites. 
Roger Waters greatest hits, featuring demos, live tracks, and remixes. 
Roger Waters explores the world of opera. Great, if you like opera.. 
Relaxing and inspiring, no-frills blues-rock with a spaced-out, timeless quality. 
Halfway decent assortment of relentless 80’s radio rock: "A couple of good songs, but again, swamped in 80’s production, horn stabs, and other embarassments." 
Down-to-earth subjective exploration. 
1978 - Wet Dream 
1996 - Broken China 
1988 - Opel