Pulse
by Pink Floyd

Pulse by Pink Floyd
(Live album)
Year: 1995
Release date: 1995-05-29
Overall rank: 3,718th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 327 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1995 (67th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (604th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,718th)

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Pink Floyd bestography

Pulse is ranked 16th best out of 37 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 57,886.

Pink Floyd album bestography « Higher ranked (2,854th)
Soundtrack From The Film "More"
This album (3,718th)
Pulse
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Pink Floyd At Pompeii MCMLXXII

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Pulse track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Pulse rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 3,718th | 1990s rank: 604th | 1995 rank: 67th

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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 327 votes)
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05/26/2026 23:26 Devilwoac  Ratings distribution  1,30097/100
 
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05/14/2026 16:10 Liedzeit  Ratings distribution  2,43474/100
 
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04/10/2026 03:32 RetoK  Ratings distribution  10276/100
 
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04/09/2026 17:38 Adhura  Ratings distribution  1,67177/100
 
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03/09/2026 23:20 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  11,41570/100

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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.2/100, a mean average of 75.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.2.

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80/100
From 08/18/2022 15:35 | #288614
A solid live album, though it's a shame the band didn't put out any official live albums during the classic era in the 70s!
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85/100
From 06/16/2020 14:00 | #253646
I was also lucky enough to see Pink Floyd in concert during this tour (Turin), great live album, unlike subsequent studio albums Waters was not missed on this one.
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90/100
From 06/01/2020 21:17 | #252687
This is one heck of a live album. Okay, so Waters is missing, but the other members really are on top form here and the musicians and backing singers they bring in are top notch.

The first half is made up mostly of songs from Division Bell (this was the tour for that album after all) but the second album features Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety, Wish You Were Here, and Comfortably Numb (with the best version of the solo I am aware of exists. Seriously: check this solo out!!).
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85/100
From 10/28/2019 07:51 | #244192
Amazing Live album
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From 05/27/2018 22:51 | #215681
I was lucky enough to see Pink Floyd in concert during this tour, and we were at one of the dates where they played DSOTM in its entirety. This album captures much of the live experience, which is exactly what a live album should do. There are some great versions here - Hey You, Run Like Hell, Eclipse. One or two cuts don't stand up to the originals (I'm looking at you, Money), but that doesn't stop this being an exciting listen from beginning to end.
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75/100
From 05/22/2018 00:55 | #215378
Since when is Pink Floyd live not good?
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95/100
From 11/09/2017 18:38 | #201075
Absolutely fantastic live album. Superior to Delicate Sound of Thunder in my opinion. Definitely worth a listen if you want to hear Floyd live.
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90/100
From 03/08/2017 06:33 | #187124
Gran álbum en vivo, fue una de mis primeras experiencias con Pink Floyd y a la fecha lo estimo bastante
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From 06/01/2014 03:27 | #113455
The second half includes a full run through of Dark Side of the Moon followed by a killer encore. The first half is pretty good too
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From 11/13/2013 23:03 | #92246
Good / Very Good
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