The Dark Side of the Moon
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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
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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.
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"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.
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The Dark Side of the Moon is a fine album with a textural and conceptual richness that not only invites, but demands involvement.
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For the first time in the bandβs career, everything flows and nothing is wasted.
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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
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
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Track List
- Speak To Me/Breathe
- On The Run
- Time
- The Great Gig In The Sky
- Money
- Us And Them
- Any Colour You Like
- Brain Damage
- Eclipse
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Fun fact: I listened to this off an adults reccommendation in 2017 and I turned the shit off because I found it weird
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Added on: September 23, 2012