They released one more album, 1983’s The Final Cut, as a foursome, but it felt more like a Roger Waters solo project.Īfter Waters left the band, Gilmour, Mason, and Wright released two more studio albums as Pink Floyd. The new lineup would rise to astonishing heights with 1973’s Dark Side of the Moon, the longest-charting album in the history of Billboard and one of the best sellers of all time.ġ979’s double concept The Wall was another iconic album for the group and even gave them an unexpected #1 pop hit with “Another Brick in the Wall Part II.” However, Waters increasing efforts to control the band led to their fracture. When Barrett’s mental stability came into question, singer/guitarist David Gilmour was tapped initially to supplement but eventually replace him. Their early years were celebrated as quintessential psychedelic rock, especially their debut album, Piper at the Gates of Dawn, in 1967. 3 on the Billboard 200, Piper is recognized as a classic, Dark Side is one of four albums to be certified at 20-times platinum, and the band’s catalog is essential listening for any rock fan.Syd Barrett (guitar, vocals), Roger Waters (bass, vocals), Richard Wright (keyboards), and Nick Mason (drums) founded this psychedelic/progressive-rock group in England in 1965. But 47 years later, as Pink Floyd’s finale reached No. has long faded from the public’s memory. And while the Monkees certainly enjoy plenty of nostalgia for their singles, it’s safe to say that particular Monkees album - Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. 1 album in America when Piper at the Gates of Dawn entered the chart at No.
3 on the chart and moves nearly 170,000 copies in its first week, according to Nielsen Music - a hugely impressive feat for any act in 2014.Īs a point of historical comparison, the Monkees had the No. Although Taylor Swift‘s juggernaut 1989 and Foo Fighters‘ Sonic Highways outsell it for the week ending Nov. Pink Floyd releases The Endless River, a mostly instrumental affair billed as their final album. 3 and Division Bell became Pink Floyd’s first album to debut at No. Although the Waters-less follow-up efforts, 1987’s A Momentary Lapse of Reason and 1994’s The Division Bell, were met with critical dismissal, both fared better than Final Cut. When Roger Waters bid goodbye to Floyd with 1983’s The Final Cut, classic rock was becoming passé and that album peaked at No.
Pink Floyd: More Unreleased Material May Be Coming 1 in 1980, being certified at 10-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. 1 in its second week, Animals peaked at No. Pink Floyd continued to enjoy high-charting albums as they continued to roll out classics. It would go on to sell more than 20 million copies in the U.S. 95 on the Billboard 200 in March 1973, it reached No. The result was an album as sonically adventurous as it was accessible - an album that appealed equally to mainstream rock fans and progressive-minded outsiders. 46 in August of 1972, about a half-year before Dark Side‘s triumph.īy the time Dark Side came out, Barrett’s whimsy had been excised from Floyd and their propensity for extended instrumental jams had been (temporarily) reigned in. Atom Heart Mother peaked at 55 in 1970, and Obscured hit No. However, More eventually did chart on the Billboard 200 - but only after Dark Side‘s massive success.įloyd’s next four albums - Ummagumma, Atom Heart Mother, Meddle and Obscured by Clouds - started creeping to higher peaks on the Billboard 200. Their third album, More - the soundtrack to a 1969 film about heroin addiction in Ibiza - failed to initially hit the Billboard 200 as well. Their next release, A Saucerful of Secrets, didn’t chart on the Billboard 200 at all. While their classic debut, the Syd Barrett-helmed Piper at the Gates of Dawn, enjoyed adoration from fellow musicians and a cult following, it debuted at No. But prior to the massive success of Dark Side, the psychedelica/space rock outfit didn’t fare well on the U.S. sales were for the band in their early days, especially considering that The Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall went on to become two of the best-selling albums of all time in America. 1 albums to their low-charting early material to the one Pink Floyd album that missed the Billboard 200 entirely (listed in the DNC column).Įven longtime Pink Floyd fans might be surprised to see how grim U.S. In the prism-inspired illustration below, we’ve listed all of Floyd’s 15 studio albums, from their four No. In honor of the group’s swan song, we’re looking back at the incalculably influential British band’s history on the U.S. Pink Floyd‘s farewell album, The Endless River, debuted at No.
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