If you didn’t fancy The Wall you should try Animals (’77).
Animals is the best. Sandwiched between “Wish You Were Here” and “The Wall”, if often gets missed. “ Dogs” is my top 10 all time favorite songs. I play it tuned down a half step in D9..
HAAAA ... don't get me started /grin ... I love "The Wall" ... it's "Wish You Were Here" and particularly that "Animals" dreck that I don't like. Don't get me wrong ... "Dark Side" and "The Wall" are two brilliant albums, but what came in between them were banal and rather pedestrian.
I saw Floyd in 1975, the "Wish You Were Here" tour ... except that the album hadn't yet been released, and so they played "three new songs", as Waters put it, before launching into the entirety of "Dark Side of The Moon" .. then an encore of "Echos" (from the 'Meddle' album) ... WOW !!! Good Stuff :)
Then came "Animals" ... a tediously depressing album with a dirge like theme ... ughhhh ... the life had been sucked from The Floyd and they were feeding on their own carcass as a band .... I hated that album ...
Then came "The Wall" ... a brilliant effort, and their final brilliant effort :)
~ MM ~