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The discography of the English rock band Pink Floyd consists of 14 studio albums (one of which is a mixture of live and studio), 3 live albums (not re-counting the mixed album), 8 compilations, 4 box sets, 1 EP, 26 singles, 25 music videos, and four video albums.

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Pink Floyd discography
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The four members of Pink Floyd's classic line-up; (clockwise from top left) Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Richard Wright and Nick Mason
Releases
Studio albums 14
Live albums 3
Compilation albums 8
EPs 1
Singles 26
Video albums 4
Music videos 25
Box sets 6

The discography of the English rock band Pink Floyd consists of 14 studio albums (one of which is a mixture of live and studio), 3 live albums (not re-counting the mixed album), 8 compilations, 4 box sets, 1 EP, 26 singles, 25 music videos, and four video albums.

Formed in 1965, Pink Floyd initially earned recognition for their psychedelic or space rock music, and, as they evolved, for their progressive rock music.[1] They are known for philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative cover art, and elaborate live shows. One of rock music's most successful acts, the group have sold over 250 million albums worldwide,[2][3] including 74.5 million units sold in the United States alone.[4]

As a psychedelic band led by Syd Barrett in the late 1960s, Pink Floyd had moderate mainstream success and were one of the most popular bands in the London underground music scene;[5] however, Barrett's erratic behaviour eventually forced his colleagues to replace him with guitarist and singer David Gilmour.[1] After Barrett's departure, the band released Ummagumma. The album was released as a double disc, the first disc containing songs performed live, the second containing new studio-recorded songs. Singer and bass player Roger Waters gradually became the dominant and driving force in the mid-1970s, until his departure from the group in 1985.[1] The band recorded several albums, achieving worldwide success with The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), Wish You Were Here (1975), Animals (1977), and The Wall (1979); all except Animals reached number one in the US. The Dark Side of the Moon is one of the best-selling albums in the world[6] and The Wall is the highest-certified multiple-disc album by the Recording Industry Association of America.[7] In 1986, Waters declared Pink Floyd "a spent force" and sued to dissolve their partnership and retire the name Pink Floyd, but the remaining members, led by Gilmour, continued recording and touring under the name Pink Floyd.[1] Following an out-of-court settlement, the band enjoyed worldwide success with A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987) and The Division Bell (1994).[8]

Contents

Albums[edit]

Studio albums[edit]

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[9]
AUS
[10][11]
AUT
[12]
FRA
[13][14]
NLD
[15][16]
NOR
[17]
NZ
[18]
SWE
[19]
SWI
[20]
US
[21]
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn 6 15 46 10 43 87 131
A Saucerful of Secrets
  • Released: 28 June 1968
  • Label: Columbia (EMI), Tower, Capitol
  • Format: Mono LP, Stereo LP, cassette, 8-track, CD
9 10
Soundtrack from the Film More
  • Released: 13 June 1969
  • Label: Columbia, Tower, EMI, Harvest, Capitol
  • Format: LP, cassette, 8-track, CD
9 2 153
Ummagumma (live + studio)
  • Released: 7 November 1969
  • Label: Harvest, EMI, Capitol
  • Format: LP, cassette, 8-track, CD
5 10 11 74
Atom Heart Mother
  • Released: 2 October 1970
  • Label: Harvest, EMI, Capitol
  • Format: Stereo LP, Quad LP, cassette, stereo reel-to-reel, 8-track, Quadraphonic 8-Track, CD
1 30 11 12 13 55
Meddle
  • Released: 5 November 1971
  • Label: Harvest, EMI, Capitol
  • Format: LP, cassette, stereo reel-to-reel, 8-track, CD
3 24 7 5 70
Obscured by Clouds
  • Released: 2 June 1972
  • Label: Harvest, EMI, Capitol
  • Format: LP, cassette, 8-track, CD
6 44 1 4 46
The Dark Side of the Moon
  • Released: 23 March 1973
  • Label: Harvest, Capitol, EMI
  • Format: Stereo LP, Quad LP, cassette, 8-track, Quadraphonic 8-Track, CD, Hybrid Multichannel SACD
2 2 1 1 4 2 1 16 47 1
Wish You Were Here
  • Released: 12 September 1975
  • Label: Harvest, EMI, Columbia/Sony, Capitol
  • Format: Stereo LP, Quad LP, cassette, 8-track, Quadraphonic 8-Track, Mini-Disc, CD
1 1 2 1 2 2 1 14 70 1
Animals
  • Released: 21 January 1977
  • Label: Harvest, EMI, Columbia/CBS, Capitol
  • Format: LP, cassette, 8-track, Mini-Disc, CD
2 2 2 1 1 2 1 3 3
The Wall
  • Released: 30 November 1979
  • Label: Harvest, EMI, Columbia/CBS, Capitol
  • Format: LP, cassette, 8-track (all territories outside Europe), Mini-Disc, CD
3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 29 1
  • US: 23× Platinum[23]
  • UK: Platinum[26]
  • FRA: Diamond[22]
  • GER: 4× Platinum[24]
  • CAN: 2× Diamond[28]
  • POL: Platinum[30]
  • AUS: 11× Platinum[27]
The Final Cut
  • Released: 21 March 1983
  • Label: Harvest, EMI, Columbia/CBS, Capitol
  • Format: LP, cassette, Mini-Disc, CD
1 3 3 1 3 1 1 1 6
A Momentary Lapse of Reason
  • Released: 7 September 1987
  • Label: EMI, Columbia, Capitol
  • Format: LP, cassette, Mini-Disc, CD
3 2 3 4 4 2 1 3 2 3
The Division Bell
  • Released: 28 March 1994
  • Label: EMI, Columbia
  • Format: LP, cassette, Mini-Disc, CD
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Live albums[edit]

List of live albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[9]
AUS
[10][11]
AUT
[12]
FRA
[13][14]
NLD
[15][16]
NOR
[17]
NZ
[18]
SWE
[19]
SWI
[20]
US
[21]
Ummagumma (See studio)
Delicate Sound of Thunder
  • Released: 21 November 1988
  • Label: EMI, Columbia
  • Format: LP, cassette, CD
11 4 15 10 6 2 4 14 4 11
Pulse
  • Released: 5 June 1995
  • Label: EMI, Columbia
  • Format: LP, cassette, CD
1 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 1
Is There Anybody Out There?
  • Released: 27 March 2000
  • Label: EMI, Columbia
  • Format: cassette, CD
15 3 8 4 2 4 50 3 19
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or weren't released in that country.

Compilation albums[edit]

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[9]
AUS
[10][11]
AUT
[12]
FRA
[13][14]
NLD
[15][16]
NOR
[17]
NZ
[18]
SWE
[19]
SWI
[20]
US
[21]
The Best of the Pink Floyd
  • Released: 1970
  • Label: Columbia
  • Reissued as: Masters of Rock (1974)
  • Format: LP
Relics
  • Released: 14 May 1971
  • Label: EMI, Capitol
  • Format: LP, cassette, CD
32 29 23 152
A Nice Pair
  • Released: 18 January 1974
  • Label: EMI
  • Format: LP, cassette, 8-track
21 36
Masters of Rock
  • Released: 1974
  • Label:
  • Format: LP, cassette, CD
4
A Collection of Great Dance Songs
  • Released: 23 November 1981
  • Label: EMI (Europe), Columbia, Capitol
  • Format: LP, cassette, 8-track, CD
37 18 38 5 5 31
Works
  • Released: 18 June 1983
  • Label: EMI, Capitol (US and Canada)
  • Format: LP, cassette, CD
64 68
1967: The First Three Singles
  • Released: 4 August 1997
  • Label: EMI
  • Format: LP, cassette, CD
Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd
  • Released: 5 November 2001
  • Label: EMI (Europe), Capitol
  • Format: LP, cassette, CD
2 4 2 2 2 2 1 3 3 2
A Foot in the Door – The Best of Pink Floyd
  • Released: 7 November 2011
  • Label: EMI
  • Format: CD
14 15 25 30 56 12 8 7 26 50
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or weren't released in that country.

Video albums[edit]

List of video albums, with selected certifications
Title Album details Certifications
Live at Pompeii
  • Released: September 1972
  • Label: Universal Home Video
Delicate Sound of Thunder
  • Released: 13 June 1989 (VHS, Laserdisc)
  • Label: CBS Music Video Enterprises
La Carrera Panamericana
  • Release: 2 June 1992
  • Label: SMV
Pulse
  • Released: June 1995 (VHS, Laserdisc)
    July 2006 (DVD)
  • Label: EMI, SMV
  • US: 8× Platinum[23]
  • UK: 2× Platinum[26]
  • AUS: 10× Platinum[35]
  • AUT: Platinum[36]
  • BRA: Diamond[32]
  • CAN: 2× Platinum[28]
  • DEN: Gold[37]
  • FIN: Platinum[38]
  • FRA: Diamond[39]
  • GER: 3× Platinum[24]
  • NZ: 12× Platinum[40]
  • POL: 3× Platinum[41]
  • POR: 4× Platinum[42]
  • SPA: 2× Platinum[43]
  • SWI: 3× Platinum[44]
London '66–'67
  • Release: 1995
  • Label:
Pink Floyd The Wall
  • Release: 7 February 2000 (DVD)
  • Label: SMV
  • AUS: 10× Platinum[45]
  • BRA: Platinum[32]
  • FRA: 3× Platinum[46]
  • GER: 2× Platinum[24]
  • POL: Gold[31]
The Making of The Dark Side of the Moon
  • US: 3× Platinum[23]
  • UK: Platinum[26]
  • AUS:  4× Platinum [35]
  • CAN: 5× Platinum[28]
  • GER: Gold[24]
The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story
  • Release: 16 November 2004
  • Label:
The Story of Wish You Were Here
  • Release: 26 June 2012
  • Label: Eagle Rock Entertainment

Singles[edit]

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
[9]
AUT
[47]
FRA
[48]
GER
[49]
IRE
[50]
NLD
[51]
NOR
[52]
NZ
[53]
SWE
[54]
SWI
[55]
US
[56]
US Main
[56]
"Arnold Layne" 1967 20 30 Non–album single[1] and The Piper at the Gates of Dawn 40th Anniversary CD
"See Emily Play" 6 25 10 134 The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (US vinyl and 40th Anniversary CD)
"Flaming" The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (UK vinyl and all CDs)
"Apples and Oranges" Non–album single[1] and The Piper at the Gates of Dawn 40th Anniversary CD
"It Would Be So Nice" 1968 Non–album single[1]
"Let There Be More Light" A Saucerful of Secrets
"Point Me at the Sky" Non–album single[1]
"The Nile Song" 1969 More
"One of These Days" 1971 Meddle
"Free Four" 1972 Obscured by Clouds
"Money" 1973 10 49 13 The Dark Side of the Moon
"Us and Them"/"Time" (Double A-side) 1974 101
"Have a Cigar" (featuring Roy Harper) 1975 Wish You Were Here
"Wish You Were Here" 18
"Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)" 1979 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 The Wall
"Run Like Hell" 1980 46 30 18 53
"Comfortably Numb"
"Money" 1982 37 A Collection of Great Dance Songs
"When the Tigers Broke Free" 39 23 The Final Cut N.B. When The Tigers Broke Free originally released as a non-album single. Only included on The Final Cut on CD from 1994 ownwards
"Not Now John" 1983 30 20 7
"Your Possible Pasts" 8
"The Hero's Return" 31
"Learning to Fly" 1987 71 10 70 1 A Momentary Lapse of Reason
"On the Turning Away" 55 34 1
"One Slip" 50 5
"Sorrow" 1988 36
"The Dogs of War" 30
"Comfortably Numb" 24 Delicate Sound of Thunder
"Time" 34
"Take It Back" 1994 23 50 75 33 7 73 4 The Division Bell
"High Hopes" 26 4 7
"Keep Talking" (Double A-side) 1
"Lost for Words" 21
"What Do You Want From Me" 16
"Wish You Were Here" 1995 13 Pulse
"Young Lust" 2000 15 Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980–81
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or weren't released in that country.

Box sets[edit]

List of box sets, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[9]
NOR
[17]
US
[21]
FRA
[13]
Shine On
  • Released: 2 November 1992
  • Label: EMI (Europe), Columbia
  • Format: CD
Oh, by the Way
  • Released: 10 December 2007
  • Label: EMI
  • Format: CD
Discovery
  • Released: 26 September 2011
  • Label: EMI
  • Format: CD
112 175 55
  • CAN: 2x Platinum[28]
The Dark Side of the Moon Immersion Edition
  • Released: 26 September 2011
  • Label: EMI
  • Format: CD, DVD, Blu-ray
Wish You Were Here Immersion Edition
  • Released: 8 November 2011
  • Label: EMI
  • Format: CD, DVD, Blu-ray
The Wall Immersion Edition
  • Released: 28 February 2012
  • Label: EMI
  • Format: CD, DVD
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or weren't released in that country.

EPs[edit]

List of extended plays
Title Album details
London '66–'67
  • Released: 19 September 1995
  • Label: See for Miles
  • Format: LP, cassette, CD

Music videos[edit]

List of music videos
Title Year Director[57]
"The Scarecrow" 1967 Unknown
"Arnold Layne" Unknown
"Astronomy Domine" 1968 Unknown
"See Emily Play" Unknown
"Arnold Layne" Unknown
"Apples and Oranges" Unknown
"Paint Box" Unknown
"Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" Unknown
"Corporal Clegg" Unknown
"One of These Days" 1971 Unknown
"Money" 1973 Wayne Isham
"Welcome to the Machine" 1975 Gerald Scarfe
"Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)" 1979 Alan Parker
"What Shall We Do Now?" 1980 Gerald Scarfe
"Waiting for the Worms" Gerald Scarfe
"The Trial" Gerald Scarfe
"The Gunner's Dream" 1983 Willie Christie
"The Final Cut" Willie Christie
"Not Now John" Willie Christie
"The Fletcher Memorial Home" Willie Christie
"Learning to Fly" 1987 Storm Thorgerson
"The Dogs of War" Storm Thorgerson
"On the Turning Away" 1988 Lawrence Jordan
"Take It Back" 1994 Marc Brickman
"High Hopes" Storm Thorgerson

Bootleg recordings[edit]

Notes[edit]

1^ These singles later appeared on the Pink Floyd compilation The Early Singles.

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