Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd lives in the middle ground — 34 moderate songs that balance intensity with control. 11 quiet anchors and 20 songs where they let go completely.

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Avg Intensity

Songs Decoded

Fan Stories

The songs that hit hardest

Astronomy Domine intense

complex texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 1967

Bike intense

complex texture · moderate changes · DR 7 · 1967

Interstellar Overdrive intense

layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 1967

Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun intense

complex texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 1968

Echoes intense

complex texture · frequent changes · DR 9 · 1971

One of These Days intense

complex texture · frequent changes · DR 9 · 1971

On the Run intense

layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 1973

The Great Gig in the Sky intense

layered texture · moderate changes · DR 9 · 1973

Dogs intense

layered texture · moderate changes · DR 9 · 1977

Pigs (Three Different Ones) intense

complex texture · moderate changes · DR 9 · 1977

Sheep intense

complex texture · extreme changes · DR 9 · 1977

Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2 intense

complex texture · frequent changes · DR 8 · 1979

Comfortably Numb intense

complex texture · moderate changes · DR 10 · 1979

Hey You intense

layered texture · mild changes · DR 8 · 1979

In the Flesh intense

complex texture · frequent changes · DR 8 · 1979

Run Like Hell intense

complex texture · moderate changes · DR 9 · 1979

The Trial intense

layered texture · moderate changes · DR 9 · 1979

Waiting for the Worms intense

layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 1979

Not Now John intense

layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 1983

Sorrow intense

layered texture · mild changes · DR 9 · 1987

The controlled burn

See Emily Play moderate

layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 1967

Jugband Blues moderate

layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 1968

Any Colour You Like moderate

layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 1973

Eclipse moderate

layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 1973

Money moderate

complex texture · moderate changes · DR 7 · 1973

Time moderate

layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 1973

Have a Cigar moderate

layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 1975

Shine On You Crazy Diamond moderate

layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 1975

Welcome to the Machine moderate

layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 1975

Another Brick in the Wall, Part 1 moderate

layered texture · none changes · DR 5 · 1979

Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2 moderate

layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 1979

Bring the Boys Back Home moderate

layered texture · moderate changes · DR 7 · 1979

Empty Spaces moderate

layered texture · mild changes · DR 5 · 1979

Goodbye Blue Sky moderate

layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 1979

Goodbye Cruel World moderate

smooth texture · none changes · DR 4 · 1979

Is There Anybody Out There? moderate

layered texture · mild changes · DR 4 · 1979

Mother moderate

layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 1979

Outside the Wall moderate

smooth texture · none changes · DR 4 · 1979

The Happiest Days of Our Lives moderate

layered texture · moderate changes · DR 6 · 1979

The Show Must Go On moderate

layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 1979

The Thin Ice moderate

layered texture · moderate changes · DR 6 · 1979

The Wall moderate

complex texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 1979

Vera moderate

layered texture · mild changes · DR 4 · 1979

The Final Cut moderate

layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 1983

The Fletcher Memorial Home moderate

layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 1983

The Gunner's Dream moderate

layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 1983

Two Suns in the Sunset moderate

layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 1983

On the Turning Away moderate

layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 1987

Yet Another Movie moderate

layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 1987

A Great Day for Freedom moderate

layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 1994

High Hopes moderate

layered texture · mild changes · DR 8 · 1994

Keep Talking moderate

layered texture · moderate changes · DR 7 · 1994

Poles Apart moderate

layered texture · moderate changes · DR 7 · 1994

What Do You Want from Me moderate

layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 1994

The quiet ones

Arnold Layne safe

smooth texture · mild changes · DR 4 · 1967

Brain Damage safe

smooth texture · none changes · DR 4 · 1973

Breathe safe

smooth texture · none changes · DR 6 · 1973

Us and Them safe

smooth texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 1973

Wish You Were Here safe

smooth texture · none changes · DR 7 · 1975

Nobody Home safe

smooth texture · none changes · DR 4 · 1979

Stop safe

smooth texture · mild changes · DR 3 · 1979

Learning to Fly safe

layered texture · none changes · DR 6 · 1987

Coming Back to Life safe

smooth texture · none changes · DR 6 · 1994

Lost for Words safe

smooth texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 1994

Marooned safe

smooth texture · none changes · DR 4 · 1994

The Wall — Fan Stories

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Comfortably Numb

After my surgery the morphine kicked in and my husband put this on my headphones. The guitar solo hit during the exact moment the pain went away. I will never hear that solo without feeling relief.

Karen — Seattle

Wish You Were Here

"How I wish you were here"

My best friend died in 2019. We used to play this song on his porch with cheap guitars. I cannot play it anymore but I cannot delete it from my phone either. It just sits there.

Robert — Phoenix

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