Pink Floyd top New Zealand 'album side' charts
Written by Matt   
Monday, 09 February 2015

The Sound, New ZealandBD visitor Steve Gregory has been in touch with another example of Pink Floyd dominating "listener vote" charts, this time in New Zealand, and a poll with a fun difference.

Over to Steve: "I thought you may like to know that last Friday (February 6th) which is Waitangi Day in New Zealand (our National day) a popular local classic hits radio station The Sound revealed the most popular 25 album sides as voted by the listeners - which were then played in their entirety as they counted then down - great concept.

"Floyd dominated with 6 album sides (24% of the total) - twice as much as nearest rivals The Beatles and Dire Straits - including taking the number one spot. They came in as follows:"

  • 1 - The Dark Side of the Moon - Side 1
  • 3 - The Dark Side of the Moon - Side 2
  • 4 - Wish You Were Here - Side 1
  • 8 - Wish You Were Here - Side 2
  • 12 - The Wall - Side 1
  • 18 - The Wall - Side 3

Our thanks to Steve for the info. With the nature of Pink Floyd's music, this is a great idea for a poll, and in some situations makes much more sense.