It's dense with detail, but leisurely paced, creating its own dark, haunting world. Pink Floyd may have better albums than Dark Side of the Moon, but no other record defines them quite as well as this one
The music that comprises The Dark Side Of The Moon are compositions that simply describing by mere words do them no justice. It's an album that must be heard by any admirer of not just Progressive rock, but music in general.
"The Dark Side of the Moon" ... transformed Pink Floyd from ambitious art-house hipsters to international superstars, while influencing virtually every rock band of the past forty years.
The Dark Side of the Moon is a fine album with a textural and conceptual richness that not only invites, but demands involvement.
Sex Education
Instructions for use: Dear AOTY newcomer, this album MUST be your first contact with "old music", your very first "rock classic". Or one of your first, anyway. If you're under 16, it's better. Are you ready for your first auditory orgasm, are you ready to take an interstellar slap straight from the 70's galaxy?
So, you're discovering "The Dark Side of the Moon", and you're going to love it. But like, you're gonna be fucking into it, though. (This ... read more
Perfect in almost every day, only not magnificent song is any colour you like, but that's still great.
"Life's barely long enough to get good at one thing. Yeah, so be careful what you get good at."
Brilliant, pure utter fucking brilliance, I'm surprised I even considered re-visiting The Dark Side Of The Moon. At first I was conflicted listening to this album because well I just came from Wish You Were Here and Animals just seeing the utter brilliance of those 2 albums essentially being near perfect concept albums and well this album IS a concept album, just one that's hard to peek ... read more
1 | Speak to Me 1:05 | 80 |
2 | Breathe (In the Air) 2:49 | 93 |
3 | On the Run 3:45 | 81 |
4 | Time 6:53 | 96 |
5 | The Great Gig In the Sky 4:43 | 93 |
6 | Money 6:22 | 94 |
7 | Us and Them 7:49 | 97 |
8 | Any Colour You Like 3:26 | 90 |
9 | Brain Damage 3:46 | 95 |
10 | Eclipse 2:10 | 95 |