With the help of their breakthrough albums Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall, Pink Floyd became one of rock's biggest acts. Formed in London in 1965 by vocalist-guitarist Syd Barrett, keyboardist Richard Wright, bassist Roger Waters and drummer Nick Mason, Pink Floyd created experimental rock with meandering songs, anti-pop arrangements and lyrics about alienation and despair. Though Barrett was responsible for writing most of the songs on their eerily psychotic debut, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, soon after he became a recluse as a result of mental instability and was unable to write. David Gilmour joined the band in 1968 and would become, along with Waters, the band's primary songwriter. Pink Floyd didn't enjoy huge stateside success until the release of Dark Side of the Moon in 1973. The album remained on the Billboard 200 chart for a record 741 weeks, and 1979's The Wall topped the charts for 15 weeks and spawned the 1982 film of the same name. In 1987 Pink Floyd (minus Waters) released A Momentary Lapse of Reason and captured a new generation of fans with a massively successful world tour. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.

Reviews

• The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
• Wish You Were Here
• A Saucerful of Secrets
• Ummagumma
• More
• Meddle
• Atom Heart Mother
• Relics
• Obscured by Clouds
• Dark Side of the Moon
• Animals
• The Final Cut
• The Wall
• A Momentary Lapse of Reason
• Delicate Sound of Thunder
• Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live: Pink Floyd 1980–81
• The Division Bell

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