The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (Columbia, 1967), 10/12 A Saucerful of Secrets (Columbia, 1968), 8.5/12 More (Columbia, 1969), 7/12 Ummagumma (Harvest, 1969), 7.5/12 Syd Barrett: The Madcap Laughs (Harvest, 1970), 8.5/12 Syd Barrett: Barrett (Harvest, 1970), 9/12 Atom Heart Mother (Harvest, 1970), 8/12 Meddle (Harvest, 1971), 9/12 Obscured by Clouds (Harvest, 1972) The Dark Side of the Moon (Harvest, 1973), 10/12 Wish You Were Here (Harvest, 1975), 11/12 Animals (Harvest, 1977), 11/12 David Gilmour: David Gilmour (EMI, 1978) Richard Wright: Wet Dream (EMI, 1978) The Wall (EMI, 1979), 10/12 Nick Mason: Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports (EMI, 1981) The Final Cut (EMI, 1983) David Gilmour: About Face (EMI, 1984) Zee: Identity (EMI, 1984) Roger Waters: The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking (EMI, 1984) Nick Mason and Rick Fenn: Profiles (EMI, 1985) Roger Waters: Radio K.A.O.S. (EMI, 1987) A Momentary Lapse of Reason (EMI, 1987) Syd Barrett: Opel (EMI, 1988) Roger Waters: Amused to Death (Sony, 1992) The Division Bell (EMI, 1994) Richard Wright: Broken China (EMI, 1996) Roger Waters: Ca Ira (Sony, 2005) The Endless River (Warner, 2014) David Gilmour: Rattle That Lock (Sony, 2015) Roger Waters: Is This the Life We Really Want? (Sony, 2020) David Gilmour: Luck and Strange (Sony, 2024)

Pink Floyd is a progressive and psychedelic rock band known for their freewheeling suites, evocative concepts and expansive soundscapes. Emerging in a reconstructed Britain following the Second World War, their sound reflects themes of disillusionment and alienation at the margins of society—reminiscent of the poetry of Fifties Beatniks like Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac. Their rise in popularity also paralleled the Sixties counterculture movements, adding more electronics and studio effects to the psychedelic experiments of San Francisco hippies like Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead, as well as echoing the Bohemian musings of New York groups like the Velvet Underground and Pearls Before Swine. While Pink Floyd did not reinvent progressive rock as much as restructure the palette of earlier pioneers, the group did craft rock that transcended what most concise pop songs have achieved.