[VAXman(Admin)]

Originally posted by Yesspaz
Sorry it's been so long since I popped in. I went on a little vacation.

I don't think I can agree with a lot of what was said above. Post-Waters Floyd doesn't sit well with "purists"? What self-proclaimed purists? I guess "The Final Cut" is "pure Floyd"? I'll agree they missed a step with "A Momentary Lapse of Reason," but the "The Division Bell" is the best Floyd album since "Animals." If it'd been recorded in 1978, between "Animals" and "The Wall," it'd be considered a classic. And the best Floyd was Atom Heart Mother, Ummagumma, and Echoes (assuming you meant Meddle)? Well, there's no accounting for taste, but I'd say their creative peak was Meddle through The Wall, minus "Obscured by Clouds."

Yes, sorry, Meddle... I think I read one of the other posts mentioning Echoes (the track from Meddle) and it just stuck in the head.

I like The Wall. I'm one of the few that was able to see it performed live. I was nearly kicked out of college for painting the entire The Wall cover on the dorm hallway wall (the tilework looked just like the bricks on the cover and I was "inspired"). I'm just more fond of their creative experimental period and that was long before The Wall.

Obscured By Clouds was scored for a movie soundtrack (The Valley). Movie: Boring... Soundtrack: just OK

FYI, it wasn't me who said anything about being a purist. The Division Bell is a fairly good album. I even got FRC tix to see the tour at Giant Stadium. The only drawback, and I think I said this once before, was the pyrotechnics. FRC next to the heat of the explosions was a bit too much.