One of the three a-bit-pompous-good mid-period Pink Floyd albums (Dark Side, Wish You Were Here, and this) that are, I think, their creative peak (with WYWH being the best).
Still has Waters' self-pitying, high-school senior concepts, but they hadn't yet gotten ridiculous (hi, the Wall)…and the band is playing great, and collaboratively.
Has some of Gilmour's best work, too…
(My original copy from long, long ago, still perfect.)
@dnanian hard agree on everything you said here. I have a soft spot for a couple of the albums before this period, especially Meddle. But those three albums (DSotM, WYWH and Animals) are where they peaked. The Wall was ridiculous, but was definitely at the tail end of their greatness. Comfortably Numb and Run Like Hell stand up extremely well, for example
@scottearle I mean, with the Wall, there's something to be said about creating something that incredibly bombastic out of a stupidly clichéd storyline. It's an achievement of sorts.
@dnanian not just clichéd, but definitely Waters disappearing up his own arse for a while. When The Wall first came out I rushed to buy it, and loved its individual parts - but as a whole, it’s very self-indulgent. But it still reminds me very much of life in 1980/81 or whatever. Which is ironic considering that it’s Waters looking back at the 1940s for the most part. It’s a “difficult” album, I think. I should listen to it now (it’s been a while) though :)
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