A Momentary Lapse Of Reason
by Pink Floyd
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A Momentary Lapse Of Reason is ranked 12th best out of 35 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 59,380.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/24/2026 16:42 | Bluedog | 165 | 73/100 |
| ! | 01/14/2026 18:04 | Exist-en-ciel | 7,521 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/31/2025 01:36 | iann97 | 1,951 | 74/100 |
| ! | 12/19/2025 22:19 | mrmcrook | 1,028 | 77/100 |
| ! | 12/05/2025 15:53 | Siromynian | 1,629 | 78/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.7/100, a mean average of 66.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.3.
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Strangel 01/29/2025 11:00 | #307304
I blame this album for being the reason that it took me so long to get into Floyd. It was the first album I heard of theirs as a teenager and it was boring to my virgin ears. As the years have passed I recognise that it was just a very uninspired Floyd album and that impression rubbed off on the casual listener. Glad I took the time to delve into their back catalogue.
I'm not crazy about this album since the absence of Roger Waters's songwriting was felt right away. That said, there is still very good guitar on songs like Sorrow and On the Turning Away. But the Division Bell ended up being a much better record.
Probably their worst album by most people's judgement. Learning To Fly is a nice song, and One Slip is tolerable but nothing to write home about. The rest of it is just... meh.
Very underrated and deserves many more listens from real fans.
Squonk007 06/15/2021 09:31 | #270658
Whilst I'm a big Gilmour fan the album is sadly lacking as a Floyd album. That missing spark is Roger.
Not up to floyd standard, but there are still some enjoyable moments. The division bell is clearly the better of the gilmour lead floyd incarnation.
I was so excited at the time on hearing this was coming out. How the joy turned to disappointment. No matter how many times I listened to it, it wasn't going to grow on me. There day in the sun was over. This album was relegated to the bottom of the pile never to see the light of day again.
Not as consistently good as previous albums, but it still has some excellent moments. Learning to Fly and On the Turning Away are obviously great. Voters here seem to be sleeping on Sorrow, and that's a shame. One of the band's finest songs ever right there.
jeremy9 12/19/2019 08:46 | #245812
It's not a very good album but it is still Pink Floyd Album
Their first album post Roger and you can easily see that it has Dave Gilmour's more melodic sound and gone is some of Roger Waters craziness - nevertheless, still a fantastic album with superb solo's throughout.
Love the drive on Dogs Of War and the final track Sorrow amongst other top tunes
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