A Momentary Lapse Of Reason
by Pink Floyd
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A Momentary Lapse Of Reason is ranked 12th 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 55,855.
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A Momentary Lapse Of Reason track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Progressive Rock | 51/100 | - |
| 2026 |  MetalMan67 | Top 62 Music Albums of 1987 | 58/62 | 0 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Top 28 Music Albums of 1987 | 4/28 | 4 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 45 Music Albums of 1987 | 32/45 | 2 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1987 | 66/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum decade 1980s | 95/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1987 | 42/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List Zone 12 Europe British Isles 2 | 97/100 | - |
| 2026 | steve397 | Top 94 Music Albums of the 1980s | 63/94 | 7 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | 1 My Chart All Time 2 | 47/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 299 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,118 | |||
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| ! | 08/08/2026 21:31 |  JR | 1,124 | 81/100 |
| ! | 08/07/2026 13:03 | JamesMowbray | 5,708 | 69/100 |
| ! | 07/31/2026 17:53 | ecocruzr | 223 | 69/100 |
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If we consider the context in which this album was made it is a miracle to have Learning to Fly, Sorrow, One Slip, Dogs of War and On the Turning Away gathered in "Momentary Lapse". In my opinion they are good songs and reflect a great change in Pink Floyd's way to compose and record new stuff. Some people approved it, some people didn't.
It seems to me that this album (and all the efforts around it's creation) is an attempt to say "Hey Floyd fans, forget what newspapers say about this legal battle thing, we are alive!"
This album is all over the place, I really strain to find any direction at all. Learning to Fly could have been released as a single-only and PF fans would not have been worse off for it, it's a great song. Sorrow is also good, for me it's better than it's 1994 counterpart, High Hopes.
Very far from the best pink floyd can do. It has not the magnificent music we used to listen when we listened to pink floyd. Learning To Fly is definitely the best song.
A momentary lapse, was the first Pink Floyd album after the departure of Roger Waters. If, the final cut, was a Waters solo record, then momentary lapse, is David Gilmour's baby, considering that Nick Mason only pays on a few tracks and Rick Wright is nothing more than a hired hand. Even though parts of the LP are fine, it still sounds like a bunch of middle aged millionaires making an excuse to go on tour and make more money. Still, learning to fly, and, on the turning away, are good tracks, but although the rest is mainly fine, you still get the feeling of, so what? But, it is Floyd, so it's still just about listenable, although certainly not essential, and just a bit pointless.
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. (Edited)
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