Ummagumma (studio album) by Pink Floyd

Ummagumma by Pink Floyd
Year: 1969
Overall rank: 1,332nd   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 726 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1969 (41st)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (139th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,332nd)

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Ummagumma is ranked 11th 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 71,269.

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69/100 (from 726 votes)
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65/100
From 08/18/2022 15:28
A very messy album that comes with a good live disc and a bad studio disc. Unfortunately there's some very unlistenable stuff on here!
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From 02/13/2022 19:02
Ummagumma was my initial entrance into the music and creative mind of Pink Floyd. It was undoubtedly weird and different, but that's exactly what I loved about it. I played it often and regularly back in the day, and I still give it a listen every now and then. I love it.
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From 11/28/2021 19:11
64.44

Me voy con el sentimiento de que este album no aporta en nada. Las mejores canciones me parecen las versiones live en el primer disco. Hay canciones instrumentales muy largas con sonidos improvisados y demasiado olvidables. De hecho, me parece que en el disco 2 solo puedo rescatar Grantchester Meadows, que de por sí me contrapone el hecho de que dura 7 minutos y medio. No he disfrutado este disco y no lo volveré a escuchar en un futuro cercano. Aún así me llena de esperanza el saber que estoy cerca de llegar a la mejor época de la discografía de Pink Floyd.
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From 01/12/2021 17:42
A respectable live album ruined by a hodgepodge of meaningless drivel. Every member sounds like they are bullshitting their way through the album
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60/100
From 12/19/2020 02:52
Just not a cohesive collection of sounds...makes about as much sense as this live-ish double album's title: UMMAGUMMA.

Few would favour UmmaGumma to any 1970's Floyd album that would follow, nor to any other relevant 1969 rock release.
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85/100
From 11/27/2020 02:40
Great album. I can see why a lot of people don't like it and the members of Floyd hate it as well. (they don't like most of the albums they did). But I love it .
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65/100
From 07/07/2020 12:33
I went with the consensus on this one. I respect the artistic side but a very difficult listen.
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From 06/09/2020 11:54
The Narrow Way, Pt. 3 is one of the very best Floyd tracks ever imo
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From 06/09/2020 11:53
I'm the opposite to many, I think the live tracks are much weaker than their studio counter-parts, besides 'Careful With That Axe, Eugene', which is much better than its rare studio version and any other live version I've heard. Still, they are damn good.
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55/100
From 03/09/2019 12:35
Best track: "Grantchester Meadows"
Weakest track: "The Grand Vizier's Garden Party"
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