Pink Floyd discography, part 1

Pink Floyd (or THE PUNK FLOYD, as they should be called) have made a career of making overrated music interspersed with occasional greatness.  They're no worse than Journey, so I'll concede that the band deserves its accolades.  But if you're like me, you just want to hear good music! Likely on used vinyl.  Here, now, is their entire discography as best as I can piece it together, complete with mini-reviews.  I'll do a post on their singles in a few days, as well as one on Syd Barrett's solo work.  I will not be profiling the other bandmembers' work, because... I don't really care.

-The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967): A classic.  The (inferior) U.S. version of this album was also released as half of the 1973 double-LP, "A Nice Pair."  The 2007 deluxe edition includes the stereo mix, the mono mix, five of the early (non-album) singles, two alternate versions of "Intersteller Overdrive," a stereo "Apples & Oranges" and an alternate "Matilda Mother."  That last song was remixed in 2010 (and fades out almost a minute later) ans is only available on the compilation "An Introduction to Syd Barrett."

-Tonite Let's All Make Love In London (1967): Not an official release by the band, but a soundtrack containing two cuts: "Interstellar Overdrive" and "Nick's Boogie."  Later issues of the soundtrack, as well as the EP "London '66-'67," contain the full-length version of the former track.

-A Saucerful of Secrets (1968): A near-classic.  The (inferior) U.S. version of this album was also released as half of the 1973 double-LP, "A Nice Pair."

-More (1969): One great song ("Cymballine") and lots of the atmospheric ambience found on "Ummagumma," "Obscured By Clouds" and many other disks.

-Ummagumma (1969): See above.

-Zabriskie Point (1970): another non-canon soundtrack. Later reissues contain bonus tracks.  Blah.

-Atom Heart Mother (1970): Never heard it.  But if this will change my opinion on The Floyd, leave me a comment!

-Meddle (1971): Side two does everything that "Ummagumma" attempts, but beautifully.  Side one is quite good but tends to go pretentious ("You'll Never Walk Alone"?!).  One song ("One of These Days") appears in a remixed version on 1983's "Works."

-Obscured by Clouds (1972): What?

-The Dark Side of the Moon (1973): almost as good as side two of Meddle. Alternate mixes of "Brain Damage" and "Eclipse" are on 1983's "Works": they are actually fold-downs from the quad version of this album.  The 1981 compilation "A Collection of Great Dance Songs" contains a re-recording of "Money."

-Wish You Were Here (1975): Tune to any Midwestern classic rock station and -- by FCC decree -- they will have played this entire album in the course of a day. Yawn.

-Animals (1977): Quite good, and bonus points for being featured on WKRP in Cincinnati.

-The Wall (1979): One good song and many others. A live performance from 1981 (Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980–81) was released in 2000.  Double yawn.

-A Collection of Great Dance Songs (1981): Contains alternate edits/mixes of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" (parts 1, 2, 4 and 7) and "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" (combines intro from the single mix with the album version which fades out during the "if you don't eat your meat" ending). Also includes a re-recording of "Money."

-The Final Cut (1983): As bad as the one before and the ones after. Later issues of this album have an extra track, "When the Tigers Broke Free."  Two cuts, "Not Now John" b/w "The Hero's Return" were released as a single. The former has its chorus censored ("f--k all that" to "stuff all that"), while the latter has an extra verse.

-A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987), Delicate Sound of Thunder (1988), The Division Bell (1994), Pulse (1995), The Endless River (2015): WHY?!

Other releases:
-Relics (1971): contains several early singles, plus a previously unreleased song, "Biding My Time"

-Works (1983): contains several early singles, plus a remix of "One of These Days"; alternate mixes of "Brain Damage" and "Eclipse" (fold-downs from The Dark Side of the Moon quad version, which is now available as part of the "Immersion" box).  Also includes "Embryo," from the compilation "Picnic – A Breath of Fresh Air."

-Shine On (1992): This is a boxed set including seven albums, plus a bonus disk, "The Early Singles," containing both sides of the group's five non-album singles released 1967-1968.

-Echoes (2001): The Best of Pink Floyd: Only notable because the songs segue. Nice for a dreamy road trip (so long as you're not driving).

-1965: Their First Recordings (2015): Early recordings.  I assume these six cuts will appear on the "Early Years" box.

-The Early Years 1965-1972 (2016): This likely rounds up much of the stray material here. We'll see!

-There are also Immersion edition boxed sets of The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here and The Wall containing demos, outtakes, alternate mixes, etc.

-Additional compilations (all the material in these is covered above): 1967: The First Three Singles; The Best of Pink Floyd: A Foot in the Door; Oh, by the Way; Discovery.