ThatвЂ™s unfortunate, too, as Pink Floyd bootlegs from 1968-1972 are something of an addiction for me.

I will also refrain from ranking Pink FloydвЂ™s live output, as that strays beyond the limitations of this column. Most of this oddball material was recorded 1965-1970 and was released as a part of the 2016 box set The Early Years, 1965-1972. As such, there is a significant portion of their output which will not be included in the ranking at the end, though I will address it in the body of this essay. Unlike other artists I have covered or will cover in this column, Pink Floyd has a huge amount of material which either never saw official release or was released in unusual ways.

At the same time, donвЂ™t expect this to be a one hundred percent worshipful lovefest, as I have some (strong) opinions which are heterodox among the Pink Floyd fandom. I have a deep, intense love of their music, and Richard Wright is probably my single biggest influence as a musician. Jethro Tull and Pink Floyd were my two primary introductions to progressive rock, and those are my second- and third-most-listened-to acts, respectively, according to my Last.fm profile, trailing only The Beatles. The second-most successful prog act is Genesis, with roughly 100 million sales and significant non-prog output. Their global sales tally somewhere between 200 and 250 million records since their debut in 1965, placing them eighth all time among recording artists. Pink Floyd is the most commercially successful progressive rock act by a wide margin. The context in which albums were made is important, and that is an element often missed in a ranked list. IвЂ™m opting to explore albums chronologically, as opposed to a ranked-list format. IвЂ™ve included a TL DR and ranking of albums at the end. Welcome to another installation of Deep Dive, where I take a look at the extended studio discographies of some of the biggest names in progressive rock.

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