Delicate Sound Of Thunder
by Pink Floyd
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Pink Floyd bestography
Delicate Sound Of Thunder is ranked 21st best out of 38 albums by Pink Floyd on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Pink Floyd is The Dark Side Of The Moon which is ranked number 2 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 55,826.
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Delicate Sound Of Thunder track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Delicate Sound Of Thunder rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 47 Music Albums of 1988 | 40/47 | 1 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 67/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 78 Music Albums of 1988 | 39/78 | 3 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Decade 1980s Pt 3 | 50/100 | - |
| 2026 | svk4ever | Live Killers | 50/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 12/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Moondance | My top 100 live albums | 56/84 | - |
| 2026 | byuzak | Top 47 Music Albums of 1988 | 14/47 | 4 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1988 | 28/100 | - |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 99 Music Albums of 1988 | 51/99 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 67 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 211 | |||
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Delicate Sound Of Thunder ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 04/10/2026 03:32 | RetoK | 102 | 76/100 |
| ! | 03/29/2026 13:12 | Deckard | 267 | 80/100 |
| ! | 12/26/2025 20:08 | DJStuart79 | 5,983 | 59/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.2/100, a mean average of 70.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.7.
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Pointless cash in live album. Dull, dull, dull.
Much as I like Pink Floyd a lot, this was a bit of a strange compilation (yes I know it's live but in my view a compilation) in as much as after the first track, the next six tracks are from A Momentary Lapse of Reason. I bought this on tape when being able to play tapes in a car was 'state of the art'! I still have the tape but it doesn't really get played much now, mainly because I have all the Floyd albums on vinyl. My guess is that this album was produced to help shift more copies of Mommtary Lapse of Reason, perhaps trying to convert the Waters pack to the other side. Not really a true compilation then but a money genearating ploy, my view anyway.
Crazy Diamond is predictably great but Dogs of War and On the Turning Away (love that outro solo) are also highlights for me, but yeah, I agree with the other members that there are too many dull moments on this one.
A pretty boring live album to be honest. Pulse is much better.
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