Dsotm?

I dont know. But I would prefer to give him DSOTM more than The Wall or The Final cut

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Whitout,
and who denies is what the fightings all about?

DSOTM would be the one I would choose, definitely.

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"Don't you know there ain't no devil, it's just god when he's drunk." Tom Waits

The wall isn't a bad choice.

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"The sound of music in my ears"

“The great error of earlier ethics is that it conceived itself as concerned only with the relations of man to man." - Albert Schweitzer

DSOTM certainly has the widest mainstream appeal.

Maybe you should recommend the "Echoes" compilation album so they can get a cross-section of the various styles.

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Taking away from you for the greater good. (The Audacity of Socialism).

"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery".-- Winston Churchill

"Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant" - Omar Ahmad (founder, C.A.I.R.)

I agree with stratman on the echoes suggestion. My first album was WYWH, and I loved it, but he may not be the same way.

I'd say play 'em DSOTM first, and if they kinda dig it, finish the job off with Echoes. Then they can decide what era they like and explore that time period further.

DSOTM is a really good choice, but so are Obsured by Clouds, Animals, and the Wall. Meddle is very listenable, as well. Just don't try UmmaGumma or AHM.... I'd go with DSOTM for someone who hasn't listened before.

Ummagumma and AHM would scare them.

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Count me in on the journey, don't expect me to stay.

I reckon DSOTM should turn anyone onto the Floyd. Unless they hate them.

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I can see for myself that the sun is sinking
how I wish you were here to see
tell me now, I am wrong in thinking
that you have forgotten me?

And, y'know, I just finished the first side of Piper at the Gates of Dawn, and it works, too.

My first Floyd experience was The Wall, and that got me hooked... so it's either that or DSOTM

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"...Did we do anything after this?"

"I've a feeling we did..."

The Wall was my first, too.

Depends on the person. This guy I used to work with at a record store didn't think mucch of Pink Floyd. He was heavily into industrial/noise music, so I played the live disc of Ummagumma and "Heart Beat, Pig Meat" at the store and he really dug them. He got into them from that. I turned this other guy on to them by making him a copy of The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, and the next day he, liked it so much, that he was passing me notes in class with consisting of lyrics from that album. I suppose the "average" consumer should start off with Dark Side Of The Moon or the Echoes compilation. I noticed "average" people respond to those better.

I wood suggest 'Animals' and/or the 'Relics' compilation for ppl not yet familiar w/ the Floyd

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it's so very lonely

you're a hundred light years from home