The Dark Side Of The Moon

Good songs hidden behind a load of sampling and solos. Would not want to listen to it again.

En kuule sitä mistä kaikki hehkutus kumpuaa. Siis ihan hyviä biisejä, mut ei vaan iske. Paikoin tylsää ja liian pitkiä kipaleita. Erikoista kilkuttelua siellä täällä.

Beyond overrated. Lacking in any kind of heart or soul 5/10

I hate PF

just dont get it

Amazing album. I don't like it.

I know this is popular, and I should like it. I can appreciate the tone, musicianship, production, but it's a very difficult listen for me.

I wish I liked this, I really do.

Wow! One of the big ones. In my generation (I was born in '79), talking about listening to Dark Side Of The Moon, is like teenagers talking about sex: Everyone talks about it, no one really tried it. The same can be said about Neil Gaimans comic "The Sandman" and Stanley Kubrics movie "2001: A space Odyssey". Across cultural media (movies, music, books etc) every generation has theese larger-than-life-works that most people from the same generation agrees on being some of the best art ever created. Often theese works are completely obscure to the following generations. I think it's because the consumption of cultural products is actually a creative effort. If a music album hits you in your youth and it resonates with you, it kinda becomes a part of your worldview, maybe even a part of your identity. This absorbtion of cultural products is timebound. It's a kind of zeitgeist, that can't be re-experienced by later generations. I think my generation's Dark Side of The Moon is Nirvanas "Nevermind". When I start to talk about Newermind with younger people they get the same distant stare in their eyes, as I have, when my uncle lectures me about The Dark Side of The Moon. I can appreciate what Pink Floyd did with "The Dark Side of the Moon", I can even enjoy the music. But I just don't feel it. Top track for me, no doubt: Money. Nb: The album cover is so iconic. As recognisable as the Batman logo. :)

I first came across this album after hearing that it syncs up perfectly with The Wizard of Oz (spoiler alert: it doesn't! Stop lying to yourself, it really fucking doesn't). So now, after hearing 646 supposedly essential albums, how does this one, separated from the pointless gimmicks fabricated by stoned, and obviously bored Floyd fans, stack up against the rest? Well, within it's 10 track, 42 minute run time, there are only like 4 actual songs, the rest is fillered with obnoxious noodling, pointless synth oscillations and the same crappy Kenny G style saxophone playing that made Wish You Were Here so vomit inducing. Shout out to Doris Troy, Lesley Duncan and Lisa Strike for providing the backing vocals on some of the songs, and being the only reason this album (barely) earns a second star.

I have listened to this several times and still don’t get it. I like a handful of their somgs but cannot enjoy a full album.

…maybe if I listened to it while I was high vs while I was stone cold sober getting ready for work?

I can see why some people will love this, but it's not for me

I haven't heard this album before and I could've continued that way

Top 10 most over rated albums of all time. I've never liked this album. It borders on being an ambient New Age album. Don't understand the attraction. Money and Time are good though... 2.

Mouais

Seeing all the hype for this album made me have quite high expectations for it. However, what is was was really nothing. Sweet, sweet nothings. I have never seen such love for such bland, bodyless music.

I was so excited to see this album come up as I have never heard it cover to cover. As a work of auditory art, absolutely timeless. As a musical album? Two good songs and a bunch of weird bullsh*t.

pretty artst. not something I would normally listen to

I mean. . .I've heard it all. . . It wasn't exactly interesting

Other than Money, there isn't a single song I would purposely pick out to play for myself, or anyone else, for that matter.

Cool sounds, but not my taste

Meh

Wankery pretension run amok. Why are the tracks, so needlessly long.

Maybe it’s because I’m a lyrics person or maybe I just didn’t get the concept but this was not good. I had high expectations for this since it’s one of the most well known rock albums but I was very disappointed

not really my thing

Coming back to this after hearing the rest of Pink Floyd's work is interesting. I am definitely not into Pink Floyd as much as I was when I was younger, Breathe is still one of the best psyc rock songs ever made. I think I just listened to this too much when I was younger to feel like it's higher than 3 stars.

Ok

I was quite surprised to find that I recognized nearly every song on this album! I've always wanted to give Pink Floyd a real chance, but I can't say that this album sparked much interest in me. None of the songs really stood out to me as noteworthy, and I don't enjoy when songs use sound effects/random noises in their instrumentation (there are exceptions when it is well done like with Gotye, but here it is just obnoxious. Referring to Money in particular). One thing they did do incredibly well is making the entire album blend together. I always appreciate when an album feels more like an experience than a random listing of tracks, and they pulled that off perfectly here. The low rating probably reflects more on my own taste in music than it does the actual quality of the album.

Bleh

I like myself some Psychedelic Rock however a bit boring in all. Money was a good song. 2/5

I know everyone thinks this is one of the best albums ever, but I just never liked it.

1 star for money, 1 star for the rest. Shite and I've never got them.

Clearly influential but boring

I've never understood pink floyd. I understand that a lot of other people love their work but i'm not one of them

What is this? Some kind of concept album? It sounds like Dire Straits on dope. The sounds are too much at once -- like a kitschy disco record or some Dave Matthews type shit. Tell me you like that soul vocal on The Great Gig in the Sky with a straight face. This one isn't as bad as Wish You Were Here (1 star) but its dorkier than The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (3 stars) so the rating I'm giving it nestles it rightfully between the two. And hopefully this is the last Pink Floyd record I have to listen to for a while.

Ik heb dit vroeger wel vaker geprobeerd te luisteren. En al heeft het een hoge kunstwaarde. Ik kom er niet doorheen. Hoogtepunt is de zang in Time. Je kijkt toch een beetje uit naar die stem op dit album.

Another one of those albums that feels like the emperor’s new clothes. If you admit you find it boring then you have zero taste in music and everyone will push you into the mud and make fun of you. So more people say they like it. It’s another concept album from the band but not as good as their others. There’s still good songs here and there’s a light show you can go see they’ve been milking for 80 years but make sure you’re high to listen or watch.

5/5 iconic Album cover. 2/5 vibes for me. Money is really good but the rest became a bit of a blob of sound to me at times. Some really clever use if stereo audio, and some.prog sounds I know I like better in different albums from the period. A bit surprised by how little I liked what most would consider a Seminole album.

I just can't seem to get into Pink Floyd. I honestly don't get it. A lot of people approach this album with sheer reverence, but it seems to me that there's plenty of random filler and blase songs in here, along with random weirdness. I like some of the instrumental stuff. The Great Gig in the Sky is good. Please stop giving me prog rock.

meh

classic but anxious?

Ugh. Sucks and I hate it. Props to a really cool and iconic album cover though. That saves it from a 1 star rating.

I'm so bored.

boring tbh

Not a huge fan no vibes just sounds

mehh

Pink floyd never did it for me and this hasnt changed...

What's all fuss about? Boring. Pretentious.

He de reconocer que es un buen disco, de un buen grupo, de buenos músicos, con creatividad, genialidad compositiva y con gran importancia histórica. Pero... Vahhh

Production: 9/20 Songwriting: 7/20 Innovation: 14/20 Bangers: 0/20 Emotional response: 3/20 =33 Piss off Dorothy

not great with hearing aid. should listen again over speakers

It's difficult to properly listen to something we've all heard a billion times before. We've all been told this is one of the greatest albums so many times, yet I don't think I like it that much to be honest. My brother loves this album. I can take it or leave it. I mean, it's okay, inoffensive enough, but I never understood why it gets so much praise heaped upon it. Maybe familiarity has bred comtempt here.

Världens mest överskattade album från världens mest överskattade band. Ett konstprojekt som helt enkelt inte är särskilt spännande. Väldigt daterad ljudbild. Svag sånginsats. Låtar som bara pågår utan riktning eller sväng. Samplar vardagsljud för att någon upptäckt samplingstekniken och tycker det är roligt snarare än att det tillför något. Obegripligt att detta hyllas. Vad är det som någonsin varit progressivt med detta. Mossigt och trist! Även om omslaget är lätt igenkännligt så är det faktiskt rätt fult.

Boring

Absolutely terrible production and little to no effort in the songs Do not recommend if you don't like slow songs that lack effort and production Though this album is seen as a "timeless classic" for me this will only be memorable because of how bad it is Though people may adore this album and pink Floyd's music this album isn't for me which leads me to giving it a 1/10 as it had potential but didn't reach it at all It's like shit to my ears

I’m forever hearing about what a classic this album is, the best album of all time.It came out when I was in high school and barely registered except for a stoner guy who wore colorful knitted vests. For me there’s nothing you can do with this album. You can’t dance to it or sing along to it but is perfect for a weed induced laser show.

I’ve basically been conditioned not to like this album. let me explain: One day, my friends and I smoked a lot of weed. Maybe a bit too much. Maybe it was some bad stuff… or maybe it wasn’t even pure weed? I honestly don’t know. At some point, someone decided it would be a great idea to put this album on. I remember sinking deeper and deeper into a spinning chair, getting dizzier by the minute, until I eventually threw up - all to the soundtrack of On the Run. To this day, I can’t listen to this album without feeling a strong urge to puke all over the place. My brain clearly filed it under “trauma-inducing cues” On the plus side, it actually gets a lot better on the B-side (which we apparently never made it to on that day because we were too busy scrubbing vomit off the floor before my friend’s mum came home) So I’ll leave you with this question: What rating do you give an album that literally makes you throw up?

Long and boring.

someone described it as a cacophony of nonsense and i couldn’t agree more let’s stop pretending to like things that are bad

Incidental music and nothing more. I dont understand the hype.more emperors clothes I guess

This album is a crime against humanity. The worst thing ever done by humans

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To be honest Roger Walters has completely destroyed my opinion of the Floyd because the first thing I think of them is. Eurgh. Having tried to be unbiased listening to this I’d say it’s an interesting piece of prog rock, I think they were innovative for their time but I think they have since been clearly surpassed certainly in terms of pushing the boat out and I’d hazard a guess that there were other equally experimental prog bands of the time who didn’t quite receive the same mainstream glory. I like their early use of sampling speech and Time and Great Gig in The Sky are highlights for me. Overall I’d say this is a fairly boring record end to end and the Floyd are highly overrated. I’d rate this as a 2.5/3 if I could really be unbiased but just because I want my own tiny tiny tiny tiny bit of own back it’s a zero for me Roger. Eat that.

Not for me

Pink Floyd is the audio equivalent of a black light poster. 1 star.

Christ, it was so easy to be considered influential in the 70s.

overrated

Il existe des albums que l'histoire de la musique a décidé d'ériger en totems intouchables, en monuments sacrés devant lesquels chaque nouvelle génération est sommée de venir se prosterner. "The Dark Side of the Moon" de Pink Floyd est sans doute l'exemple le plus flagrant de cette dictature du bon goût institutionnalisé. Encensé, vénéré, disséqué à l'infini par une armée de critiques et de fans convertis, cet album représente pourtant tout ce que je déteste : une décennie engluée dans sa propre suffisance, un genre musical boursouflé de prétention et un groupe qui, à deux exceptions près, ne m'a jamais inspiré que le plus profond des ennuis. Pour résumer, "The Dark Side of the Moon" est un interminable tunnel de quarante-trois minutes éclairé par les néons blafards de la complaisance artistique. Mais commençons par le coeur du problème : l'album lui-même. "The Dark Side of the Moon" est un concept-album, nous dit-on. Un disque qui explore les thèmes universels de la vie, du temps, de l'argent, de la folie. Vaste programme. Malheureusement, l'ambition ne fait pas le génie. En lieu et place d'une réflexion poignante, on a droit à une succession de cartes postales sonores sans âme, de vignettes pseudo-philosophiques qui énoncent des platitudes avec une gravité risible. Le tic-tac des horloges sur "Time" ? Une allégorie sur la fuite du temps d'une finesse digne d'un élève de terminale. Le son des caisses enregistreuses sur "Money" ? Une critique anticapitaliste si évidente qu'elle en devient inoffensive. Tout est surligné, appuyé, comme si le groupe craignait que son auditoire ne soit pas assez intelligent pour saisir la "profondeur" du propos. La musique, loin de sauver ce naufrage conceptuel, ne fait que l'aggraver. Chaque morceau s'étire en longueurs insupportables, chaque solo de guitare de Gilmour, bien que techniquement irréprochable, suinte une propreté clinique qui me laisse de marbre. C'est lisse, c'est poli, c'est désespérément propre. Où est la fureur ? Où est la faille ? "The Great Gig in the Sky", avec ses vocalises stratosphériques, est le paroxysme de ce maniérisme : une performance vocale impressionnante, certes, mais totalement vide de substance émotionnelle à mes oreilles. On dirait une démonstration technique, pas un cri du cœur. L'utilisation systématique de bruitages – battements de cœur, rires, dialogues enregistrés – loin de créer une immersion, ne fait que renforcer l'artificialité de l'ensemble. C'est un décor de théâtre, une reconstitution sonore méticuleuse mais sans vie. Vient ensuite le groupe. Pink Floyd, pour moi, est un vaisseau fantôme. Une entité froide, distante, presque désincarnée. Leurs mélodies planantes ne m'évoquent aucune image, leurs textes sentencieux ne provoquent aucune introspection. Ils sont les architectes d'une musique cérébrale, mathématique, qui s'adresse à l'intellect mais oublie totalement les tripes. Les deux seules et unique fois où le groupe a réussi à m'interpeller, c'est avec l'étincelle chaotique de l'ère Barrett et avec l'album "The Wall" car pour la première fois et depuis bien longtemps, la façade s'était fissurée et derrière la technique, on sentait une névrose bien réelle, une colère sourde, une douleur palpable. Cette distance, cette froideur, est l'apanage même du genre que Pink Floyd a contribué à définir : le rock progressif. Et quel genre insupportable ! Le "prog" est le triomphe de la forme sur le fond, de la technique sur l'émotion. C'est une musique de bons élèves, obsédés par les mesures asymétriques, les structures complexes et les suites à tiroirs. C'est pompeux, car cela se drape dans les oripeaux de la musique classique pour se donner une légitimité artistique. C'est prétentieux, car cela prétend "élever" le rock au-delà de sa condition primaire. Mais le rock'n'roll, dans son essence, n'a pas besoin d'être "élevé". Il est une énergie brute, un cri primal. Le rock progressif, en voulant le complexifier, l'a stérilisé. "The Dark Side of the Moon" est l'archétype de cette dérive : un disque qui a honte de ses racines rock et qui se cache derrière des arrangements orchestraux de pacotille et des ambitions philosophiques de comptoir. Enfin, il est impossible de juger cet album sans le replacer dans sa décennie, les années 70. Une décennie qui, pour moi, symbolise une impasse musicale. Entre les dinosaures du rock progressif comme Pink Floyd, Yes ou Genesis, et le soft-rock californien, la musique populaire s'était embourgeoisée. Elle était devenue une industrie de l'ennui, produisant des disques surproduits, interminables et parfaitement inoffensifs. Heureusement, dans l'ombre de ces mastodontes, la colère grondait. L'explosion punk de 1976-1977 n'est pas un hasard. C'est une réaction épidermique, violente et nécessaire, contre tout ce que "The Dark Side of the Moon" représente. Les punks ont jeté les longs solos de guitare à la poubelle, ils ont dynamité les concepts-albums fumeux, ils ont remplacé la gravité par l'urgence. Un morceau des Sex Pistols ou des Ramones contient plus de vie, de rage et de pertinence sociale dans ses trois minutes abrasives que dans la totalité de la discographie de Pink Floyd. En conclusion, "The Dark Side of the Moon" n'est pas pour moi une expérience musicale, c'est une épreuve d'endurance. C'est le son d'une époque qui se regarde le nombril, d'un genre qui se perd en conjectures et d'un groupe qui a troqué l'âme contre la perfection technique. Cet album est une prison sonore, un chef-d'oeuvre de l'ennui dont le succès planétaire reste, à mes yeux, l'un des plus grands mystères de l'histoire de la musique. Quand je l'écoute, je ne vois pas la face cachée de la lune ; je vois simplement le vide intersidéral d'une musique qui a oublié l'essentiel : faire vibrer. Et pour cela, ma note ne peut être autre qu'un cinglant et définitif 1 sur 5.

Beautifully recorded pompous tosh

A band and album that manages to be pretty much the precise opposite of everything I love about music. Still, quite a skill to make music this complex and experimental sound so boring and joyless.

This is the 2001 space odessy for me.

Ett konstprojekt som helt enkelt inte är särskilt spännande. Väldigt daterad ljudbild. Svag sånginsats. Låtar som bara pågår utan riktning eller sväng. Samplar vardagsljud för att någon upptäckt teknik och tycker det är roligt snarare än att det tillför något. Obegripligt att detta hyllas. Vad är det som någonsin varit progressivt med detta. Mossigt och trist! Även om omslaget är lätt igenkännligt så är det faktiskt rätt fult.

Pink Floyd is shit.

Was für ein schlechtes Album… die ersten vier Lieder sind bloß irgendein Gedudel… mir rätselhaft, wie dieses Album sooooo toll sein soll

I expected more from it

Dark indeed. Listening to this just made me feel a bit miserable. Overblown indulgent rock stuff. Not for me.

I was told it was supposed to be one of the best albums ever. Sounded like a load of noise, nothing special about it in the slightest

Terrible

There was nothing I liked about this album. But maybe that’s because I wasn’t stoned when I listened to it…

Meh. Watered down prog for the mainstream

Initial thoughts: psychedelic and performative. Songs 1-3 are pretty much just sounds? I recall like 3 songs that have lyrics, but they’re separated by tracks/intros/putrid that seem to blend into each other. The lyrical songs don’t really standout for me. Ultimately, this isn’t an album I’d listen to again.

Annoying

Blocked

Using this space to talk about Janis Joplin instead. Music that really moves you, stirs feeling. Lot of good tracks, what an album (Pearl)

Sounded like the 70's would have felt. Glad I wasn't there. It had a very drugged vibe. Not feeling it.

pretentious crap

I guess it had its time, right now I think i am not able to take enough substances to make me enjoy it

Shit

Rrrrruuubbbish!!!!

Fucking boring. Not for me

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Amazing!!!

Though not as deep as Wish You Were Here, nor as vibrant as Animals, The Dark Side of the Moon was an infinitely entertaining and ever enjoyable exploration into the sound that would make Pink Floyd a household name. I love this album.

Great record

Amazing album!