PHONOSYNTHESIS Pink Floyd

PHONOSYNTHESIS Pink Floyd 1967-1983

Members: From 1967, Roger Waters, Nick Mason, Richard Wright and David Gilmour. In 1985, 2 years after Final Cut, Roger Waters leaves the group.

Genres: Progressive rock, Psychedelic rock.

Group timeline (production between the first and last LP): 16 years with Roger Waters.

LP's produced: 12 LP's (Two doubles, 14 in total): 119 songs = 10 hours with 5 minutes 30 seconds in 16 years of production approx.

Production density per year (average): 7.43 songs, 38 minutes. Shortest song: 00:39. Longest song:  23:44.

Global average length of a song: 5:05. Note: The band has the longest song and the extremist difference between the shortest and longest song. The band that has the lowest Phonosynthesis densities, but with a few with higher ones.

Sales (LP's, CD'S, singles, digital format included): 114.1 million.

Track 1.- Phonosynthesis The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. 1967. 11 songs. Shortest song: 2:11. Longest song: 9:41. Average song: 3:48. LP total time = 41:52 (2,512 s). Phonosynthesis duration: 9:41 (581 s). DRF = 4.32. Note: A year before The Beatles White Album  and their experimental song Revolution 9, Pink Floydcreates a longer song, Interstellar Overdrive (9:41) that even though it isn't completely experimental, it stands out for its free improvisation, stereo panning of the cymbals, etc.

Track 2.- Phonosynthesis A Saucerful of Secrets. 1968. 7 songs. Shortest song: 4:13. Longest song: 11:52. Average song: 5:37. LP total time = 39:25 (2,365 s). Phonosynthesis duration: 11:52 (712 s). DRF = 3.32 (very low density). Note: Pink Floyddenotes a style completely removed from the typical POP short songs structure, which we can see in the average songs of this LP.

Track 3.- Phonosynthesis Sound Track from the Film More. 1969. 13 songs. Shortest song: 1:07. Longest song: 7:13. Average song: 3:27. LP total time = 44:56 (2,696 s). Phonosynthesis duration: 7:13 (433 s). DRF = 6.22. Note: First short song in Pink Floyd.

Track 4.- Phonosynthesis Ummagumma. 1969. Double record. 9 songs. Shortest song: 4:55. Longest song: 12:59. Average song: 9:14. LP total time = 86:11 (5,171 s). Phonosynthesis duration: 12:59 (779 s). DRF = 6.63.

Track 5.- Phonosynthesis Atom Heart Mother. 1970. 5 songs. Shortest song: 4:31. Longest song: 23:44. Average song: 10:25. LP total time = 52:06 (3,126 s). Phonosynthesis duration: 23:44 (1,424 s). DRF = 2.19 (Very low density). Note: Atom Heart Mother might have the longest instrumental orchestral track of a Rock group in this time (23:44). Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast (13:00), probably the first song made with soundscapes.

Track 6.- Phonosynthesis Meddle. 1971. 6 songs. Shortest song: 2:16. Longest song: 23:29. Average song: 7:47. LP total time = 46:46 (2,806 s). Phonosynthesis duration: 23:29 (1,409 s). DRF = 1.99 (Hyper low density).

Track 7.- Phonosynthesis Obscured by Clouds. 1972. 10 songs. Shortest song: 2:30. Longest song: 4:03. Average song: 4:03. LP total time = 40:30 (2,430 s). Phonosynthesis duration: 4:03 (243 s). DRF = 10.00. Note: First Pink FloydLP with homogenous songs time. This is the denser Phonosynthesis of the band.

Track 8.- Phonosynthesis The Dark Side of the Moon. 1973. 10 songs. Shortest song: 1:30. Longest song: 7:46. Average song: 4:17. LP total time = 42:59 (2,579 s). Phonosynthesis duration: 7:56 (466 s). DRF = 5.53. Note: The sound engineer Allan Parsons imprints in this record a new sound in Rock.

Track 9.- Phonosynthesis Wish You Were Here. 1975. 5 songs. Shortest song: 5:17. Longest song: 13:38. Average song: 8:53. LP total time = 44:28 (2,668 s). Phonosynthesis duration: 13:38 (818 s). DRF = 3.26.

Track 10.- Phonosynthesis Animals. 1977. 5 songs. Shortest song: 1:23. Longest song: 17:03. Average song: 8:20. LP total time = 41:41 (2,501 s). Phonosynthesis duration: 17:03 (1,023 s). DRF = 2.44. Note: Two short songs of less than two minutes in a record where the average song is 8:20. The most extreme LP in the band.

Track 11.- Phonosynthesis The Wall. 1979. Double record. 26 songs. Shortest song: 00:39. Longest song: 6:23. Average song: 3:07. LP total time = 81:09 (4,869 s). Phonosynthesis duration: 6:23 (383 s). DRF: 12.7. Note:  Pink Floydcome back in producing short songs, 8 of them are les than two minutes and only 8 go over 4 minutes. This LP is the first where the band becomes massively known.

Track 12.- Phonosynthesis The Final Cut. 1983. 12 songs. Shortest song: 1:19. Longest song: 5:14. Average song: 3:37. LP total time = 43:27 (2,607 s). Phonosynthesis duration: 15:14 (314 s). DRF = 8.30.

Track 13.- Phonosynthesis Pink Floyd 1967-1983. 119 songs = 10 hours with 5 minutes 30 seconds, condensed in a 23 minutes 44 seconds track. DRF: 25.51. Note: The second lowest Total Phonosynthesis density of the bands.