Reddit reviews Comfortably Numb: The Inside Story of Pink Floyd
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Da Capo Press
Fantastic book. I can also highly recommend Comfortably Numb, a newer biography.
This book. I can't recommend it highly enough... I've been pimping it all over this subreddit. It definitely takes some of the shine off the individuals in the band - they all have their faults - but it only made me love the band more.
http://www.amazon.com/Comfortably-Numb-Inside-Story-Floyd/dp/0306817527
If you’re a Floyd fan, i recommend the book. It’s very comprehensive and well put together. Here’s a link https://www.amazon.com/Comfortably-Numb-Inside-Story-Floyd/dp/0306817527
> WYWH album, Animals, DSoTM, The Wall, and The Final Cut
Great start and awesome albums to get into Floyd. From here, I’d go to Meddle as that is one of my favorite albums. If you like songs like Echoes or One of These Days, I’d go even earlier to Saucerful of Secrets.
Saucerful is their second album and when David Gilmore (guitarist) first joined the band. It has heavy space rock/psychedelic type sounds and songs. I particularly like the songs Let There Be More Light, Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun, and Saucerful of Secrets on that album
It’ll sound very different based on what you’ve already listened to, but Piper at the Gates of Dawn is their original, Syd Barrett-driven album. Interstellar Overdrive, Lucifer Sam, and Astronomy Domineering are all great.
If you haven’t stumbled upon it yet, check out the Live at Pompeii movie. It was recorded before and during their Dark Side of the Moon sessions and is a masterpiece of their early work. It’s a live “concert”/recording they play at Pompeii with no one to watch but their recording crew. My favorite versions of Echoes and One of These Days is on that DVD.
If you’re looking for more about the history of the band and it’s members, I recommend this book as it follows the band from before they formed a band to when Gilmour, Waters, Mason, and Wright formed back up for their performance at Live 8.
Let me know if you have any other questions
Edit: I’ll also add that while I’m not a huge fan of Ummagamma, the live recordings on those are great. Also, Obscured by Clouds is a very interesting album that was written as a soundtrack for a film.
I read the book "Comfortably Numb: The Inside Story of Pink Floyd". It's very interesting.
http://www.amazon.com/Comfortably-Numb-Inside-Story-Floyd/dp/0306817527