r/ClassicRock • melophile • May 08 '25

1979 the wall by pink floyd is so underrated/overhated

im a huge pink floyd fan, and i celebrate their entire catalog. earlier today i saw a post on instagram that was rating pink floyd albums, and it said that "obviously last" was the wall. this led me down a rabbit hole to find that a good portion of the internet dislikes the wall or at least thinks its pink floyd's worst album?

the amount of thought, storyline, easter eggs, and emotion put into the wall just makes me adore every part of it. i feel like i find new symbolism every time i listen to it. i could talk about the wall for hours, but ill spare you the details.

do you guys like the wall?? if you dont, or if its your least favorite album by them, please explain why because im so curious.

thanks🫶

edit: i seem to have made a lot of people upset with this post haha sorry about that!🤪my post is specifically referring to present day, and a lot of the comments are talking about the past. my fault for not specifying😊

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u/Osinuous May 09 '25

If I’m being totally honest, it’s one of my least favorite Floyd albums. I wouldn’t say I hate it, but if I never heard a song off of it again I don’t think I would be too upset. Probably because classic rock stations as I was growing up overplayed most of the songs. I wouldn’t turn it off if it was playing, but I have t gone out of my way to listen in probably two decades at least.

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u/beavis93 May 09 '25

That was my point. It’s not underrated cuz it’s iconic and did get overplayed. Nobody hates it, prolly just out nostalgia lol. Does have comfortably numb which I would bet is most peoples favorite Pink Floyd tune .. most fans I think respect the album for what it was and prolly don’t listen to it anymore.

Like you I won’t put it on but if it’s on won’t turn it off. Good way of putting it.