Wish You Were Here and The Division Bell are the albums that speak the most to me.
Animals is pretty strong as well, but the music is what really makes the statement I think.

omg im so happy everyone thinks animals too, dogs is truly amazin but all the lyrics thru the whole album are amazing!

Piper. I love Syd's lyrics!

Ha ha, charade you are!

'Nuff said.

Animals is great lyrically, however I've found that if you don't at least have a basic idea of what Animal Farm is about or what Roger was trying to parallel with that album, you'll miss a lot of its deeper meanings.

I read Animal Farm 176 years ago when I was in school. Great book, I highly recommend it to anyone who hasn't read it.

(07-30-2010 07:13 PM)Floydy Wrote:  I read Animal Farm 176 years ago when I was in school. Great book, I highly recommend it to anyone who hasn't read it.

Remember, all animals are equal.


Except the pigs.

(07-30-2010 08:35 PM)Electrophile Wrote:  

(07-30-2010 07:13 PM)Floydy Wrote:  I read Animal Farm 176 years ago when I was in school. Great book, I highly recommend it to anyone who hasn't read it.

Remember, all animals are equal.


Except the pigs.

Pmsl

(07-30-2010 07:30 AM)Electrophile Wrote:  Animals is great lyrically, however I've found that if you don't at least have a basic idea of what Animal Farm is about or what Roger was trying to parallel with that album, you'll miss a lot of its deeper meanings.

In fact, the Animal Farm thing is a bit pulled out of context. He did base parts of it on the novel, but to a way lesser extent than some people say. The album is perfectly understandable without any Animal Farm background.

My favourite album, lyrically, is The Wall. I think you all can understand that (without necessarily agreeing...). Animals and Dark Side of the Moon are Roger's other brilliant efforts, and The Final Cut maybe belongs to that list too. But the only album I actually find better than these latter three, is Piper at the Gates of Dawn. I simply love Syd's way of making himself seem like the happiest person alive, while the lyrics actually have a really dark, emotional meaning.

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. Now if only they did an album based on 1984 .

Best lyrically? tis a hard one, most of the albums they did were good at creating images on the lyrical content. I'm gonna go with Dark Side, not only did I love the sound but how the lyrics really mean something. I will always appreciate how Time makes you sit back and think that it's best to do it now or else rot in old age wishing you had have done something. But the most fantastic piece of Dark Side has to be the combo of Brain Damage and Eclipse. No other Floyd song makes me sit down and think about what the lyrics are talking about. Is the Dark Side all in the head of the insane? or a part of all of us, that safe haven we go to?. Well whatever it is the song will continue to make me think and argue out what is the dark side of the moon... Animals is pretty good aswell .