The Piper at the Gates of Dawn | A Saucerful of Secrets | More | Ummagumma | Atom Heart Mother
Meddle | Obscured by Clouds | The Dark Side of the Moon | Wish You Were Here | Animals
The Wall | The Final Cut | A Momentary Lapse of Reason | The Division Bell | The Endless River
- Channel Hop: After nearly two decades on Harvest Records, this was Pink Floyd's first album to be released in the UK under Harvest's parent label, EMI.
- Feelies: The U.K. limited vinyl edition included two posters.
- Limited Special Collector's Ultimate Edition: The limited-edition U.K. vinyl release included posters and guaranteed ticket applications to the band's run of shows in the country.
- Newbie Boom: Similar to The Grateful Dead and "Touch of Grey" released that same year, the band picked up a new, younger fanbase with this album and the success of "Learning to Fly" on MTV. Fortunately, the band didn't suffer as nearly many problems with this new fan base as the Dead did with the "Touch Heads", and successive generations of fans have gotten along pretty well with older Pink Floyd fans.
- Rarely Performed Song: "Learning to Fly" and "Sorrow" were the only songs to survive in the band's set lists after the album's supporting tour.
- Troubled Production: David Gilmour had problems with writer's block and brought in numerous musicians to help, while Nick Mason and Richard Wright (the latter of whom was still not an official member) themselves didn't do much due to what Gilmour described as self-confidence issues in Mason's case (Gilmour said that Waters had a talent for "making others feel worthless") and Wright having been brought aboard too late in the album's production (largely at the insistence of his wife Franka) to do much besides add some extra keyboards and backing vocals. Finally, at the same time the album was produced, Roger Waters filed a lawsuit against Gilmour and Mason over ownership of the Pink Floyd name. Eventually, both Gilmour and Waters agreed to a settlement after the album's release; both Gilmour and Mason retained the rights to the Pink Floyd name, while Waters would receive the rights to The Wall and the Pink Floyd Pig and he was also released from his contract with Pink Floyd manager Steve O'Rourke.
- What Could Have Been: Co-producer Bob Ezrin suggested incorporating rap onto the album; Gilmour, however, shot the idea down.
- Working Title: Working titles included Delusions Of Maturity, Of Promises Broken, and Signs Of Life — rumor had it that the latter was rejected because it would make it too easy for critics to quip that the album showed "no signs of life".
