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- “Wish You Were Here” (Wish You Were Here, 1975) Feels kinda wrong, doesn’t it? To have a relatively straightforward ballad as the crowning achievement of one of history’s greatest progressive rock bands — it’s sorta like putting “Patience” at the top of a Guns N’ Roses list, no?
- “Run Like Hell” (The Wall, 1979) Not like it’s surprising that nobody ever thought to combine the strengths of Chic and Rush before Pink Floyd, but the fact that Floyd did, and came up with The Wall‘s side-four highlight in the process, is forever one for the top of the band’s resume.
- “Us and Them” (The Dark Side of the Moon, 1973) Dark Side’s crown jewel, a slow-burning sway built around a softly flaring Gilmour riff and radiant Hammond organ from Wright.
- “Comfortably Numb” (The Wall, 1979) The ultimate in Pink Floyd as classic rock titans, an absolutely towering power ballad where both elements of that phrase feel individually and collectively insufficient to appropriately summarize the song’s might.
- "Comfortably Numb" From: 'The Wall' (1979) Waters penned most of The Wall by himself, tracing childhood issues to Floyd-era conflicts. "Comfortably Numb" is one of the few songs written with Gilmour, who supplies the music and terrific guitar solo, one of the most celebrated in rock history.
- "Wish You Were Here" From: 'Wish You Were Here' (1975) The members of Pink Floyd were still friendly with Syd Barrett after he left the group in 1968. He even showed up in the studio, somewhat unrecognizable, while they were recording of their ninth album.
- "Time" From: 'The Dark Side of the Moon' (1973) Like many tracks on our list of the Top 10 Pink Floyd Songs, "Time" works better as part of a bigger album concept than as a standalone cut.
- "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" From: 'Wish You Were Here' (1975) "Shine on You Crazy Diamond" was originally released as a two-song, eight-part, 26-minute suite on the band's follow-up to the mega-popular The Dark Side of the Moon.
- Paintbox. As the flip to 1967’s Apples And Oranges, the Wright-sung/written Paintbox fell between the cracks, but deserved better. Like the befuddled narrator – who “must admit I had too much to drink” – the song never quite seems to find its centre of gravity, lurching between ominously clattered acoustics and rattled drums.
- Childhood's End. The young Gilmour never had much confidence with lyrics, but the sci-fi novels of Arthur C. Clarke got his quill scratching, powering the high-water mark of 1972’s Obscured By Clouds and the last song written solely by the guitarist until A Momentary Lapse Of Reason.
- A Saucerful of Secrets. Roger Waters remembers A Saucerful Of Secrets as “a turning point. It gave us our second breath. It was the first thing we’d done without Syd that we thought was any good”.
- Fat Old Sun. Gilmour was convinced this Atom Heart Mother highlight had already been written, but he was wrong – it just felt like you’d known it all your life.
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Sep 20, 2022 · Classic Rock. The 20 best Pink Floyd songs, as chosen by 40 different musicians. By Fraser Lewry. ( Classic Rock ) last updated 20 September 2022. From a recorded catalogue that stretches over more than a dozen albums, 47 years and hundreds of songs, everybody has their favourite Pink Floyd song.
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