There are several distinctly different eras of Floyd. The Syd Barret years, the pre-Dark Side of the Moon era, and then the Roger Waters dominated era.
I personally prefer the pre-Dark Side era, especially Meddle.
“The Syd Barret years...”
I often wonder what it would have been like if Syd Barret hadn’t destroyed his mind with drugs. Rick Wright once said that Syd never wanted to be a rock star, he just wanted to play interesting music and push the boundaries, Roger Waters was the one that would sell his soul for rock stardom.
The movie version of Live at Pompeii just rocks. It’s on YouTube.