Originally Posted by Glawster2002:
“I think it was Roger's ego that drove the band to achieve what they did. Interesting you mention The Final Cut, an often derided album. For me their output, from Meddle to The Division Bell, is quite remarkable in its consistency. It is easy to say Album X is better than Album Y but the reality is 99.99% of the bands in the world would be pleased to get to the level of Album X, let alone Album Y!
My personal favourite varies, but Animals and The Wall would always make up two of my favourite three Pink Floyd albums.”
I agree. Pink Floyd have always been a band that I cant consistently name my favourite album, but the two you mention are always in the reckoning.
The Final Cut is pretty much a Roger solo album, and takes some getting into after what went before, but once you get there, it is a fantastic album.
I also agree that the others carried on partly to show Roger that they could survive without him, and they did, especially live, much to Rogers annoyance, putting it mildly.
Although the two albums they recorded were good, they don't reach the levels of what went before.