History YMMV / PINKFLOYD

** The post-Waters albums, ''Music/AMomentaryLapseOfReason'' and ''Music/TheDivisionBell'' got a lot of mixed reviews from fans and critics alike and Roger Waters absolutely panned both albums when they came out. However today, both fans and critics now regard ''The Division Bell'' as one the Floyd's best and ''A Momentary Lapse of Reason'' has gained a lot of fans as well, with many of them seeing it as on par with the band's '70s classics.

* TheInverseLawOfFandomLevity: While not without their goofy and lighthearted moments, especially during the Music/SydBarrett era, Floyd as a whole are known for being a very dark band tackling horrifying subject matter like war, depression, cynicism, and existentialism. The fandom on the other hand love to joke around and absolutely embrace meme culture.

** ''Music/ASaucerfulOfSecrets'': "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" or "Corporal Clegg"
** ''Music/{{More}}'': "The Nile Song" or "Cymbaline"
** ''Music/{{Ummagumma}}'': "Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict"
** ''Film/ZabriskiePoint'': "Heart Beat, Pig Meat" or "Crumbling Land"
** ''Music/AtomHeartMother'': "Atom Heart Mother Suite" or "Fat Old Sun"

** ''Music/ObscuredByClouds'': The TitleTrack, "Childhood's End", "Free Four", or "Absolutely Curtains"
** ''Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon'': "Time", "Money", "Us and Them", or "Brain Damage/Eclipse"
** ''Music/{{Wish You Were Here|1975}}'': "Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Pts. 1-5" or the TitleTrack
** ''Music/{{Animals|1977}}'': "Dogs" or "Pigs (Three Different Ones)"
** ''Music/TheWall'': "Another Brick In The Wall, Pt. 2", "Hey You", "Comfortably Numb", or "Run Like Hell"
** ''Music/TheFinalCut'': "Your Possible Pasts", "The Fletcher Memorial Home", or "Two Suns In the Sunset"

** ''Music/TheDivisionBell'': "Marooned", "Keep Talking", or "High Hopes"

** Singles: "See Emily Play", "CarefulWithThatAxe, Eugene", or "When the Tigers Broke Free"
*** Overall: "Wish You Were Here", "Another Brick In The Wall, Pt. 2", and "Comfortably Numb" are tied for first, with "Echoes", "Time", "Money", and "Hey You" trailing not too hard behind.

* TheInverseLawOfFandomLevity: While not without their goofy and lighthearted moments, especially during the Music/SysBarrett era, Floyd as a whole are known for being a very dark band tackling horrifying subject matter like war, depression, cynicism, and existentialism. The fandom on the other hand love to joke around and absolutely embrace meme culture.

** Pink Floyd fans tend to like other progressive rock bands like Music/{{Yes}}, Music/{{Rush}}, Music/KingCrimson, Music/JethroTull, Music/{{Genesis|Band}} and Music/EmersonLakeAndPalmer. They also tend to like non-prog contemporaries like Music/TheBeatles, Music/LedZeppelin, Music/{{Queen|Band}}, Music/DavidBowie, and Music/TheGratefulDead. In Bowie's case, this is aided by him having been a noted fan of Pink Floyd, considering their early material an influence on his own work, covering "See Emily Play" on his 1973 CoverAlbum ''Pin-Ups'', and performing Syd and Roger's vocal parts on "Arnold Layne" and "Comfortably Numb" (respectively) during the UK shows on David Gilmour's 2006 ''On an Island'' Tour.

** The band's most popular albums, ''Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon'', ''Music/WishYouWereHere1975'', ''Music/Animals1977'', and ''Music/TheWall'', are collectively dubbed the Big Four.