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The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

1973
4.43
Rating
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Genres: Rock Styles: Psychedelic Rock, Art Rock, Progressive Rock

Reviews (page 7 of 17)

1001 Albums Challenge (21/1001) 1. Speak To Me (5/5) 2. Breathe (In The Air) (5/5) 3. On The Run (5/5) 4. Time (5/5) 5. The Great Gig In The Sky (5/5) 6. Money (5/5) 7. Us And Them (5/5) 8. Any Colour You Like (5/5) 9. Brain Damage (5/5) 10. Eclipse (5/5) Total (5/5)

This album deserves all the hype it gets. 5/5 9.39/10

I'll confess something here: I haven't listened to this album in full in almost 20 years, when a couple of stoned friends put it on during our A-Level art exam. I can't say I paid much attention at the time, and obviously I've heard the odd track here and there over the years. I was determined not to just whack 5 stars on this because it's iconic. But here I am, whacking 5 stars on this. It is genuinely a masterpiece. The whole album is so cohesive, right down to the end of the final track leading into the start of the opener. It's fantastic all round, with extra credit to Breathe (In the Air), Time, The Great Gig in the Sky, Us and Them, and Brain Damage. It's an album for listening to with few distractions. It's an album I can see myself putting on full blast for a solo motorway journey in the future. That being said, the obligatory endless keyboard solos almost knock it down to a 4.5.

I've heard this album so many times and most of them i was HHIIGGH!!!

Definitely an album you have to listen to in order, I love how the songs blend together. Overall an amazing album.

Have heard 100’s of times. Solid album. No skip record. Masterpiece.

Just having Time and Money on the same album makes it 5 stars and Brain Damage gives it the plus. 5 stars or A+.

Simply the best album of all.

Len Houmous always described this album as ‘Wet As Roger Waters’…..he loved that joke….and hated Roger. 3.4 2/10 Breathe (In The Air)

Masterpiece. The Wall and The Dark Side Of The Moon are my favourites!

Finally ... a 10 star Album.

I had never listened to this as an entire album before. Some of the songs as singles, but a much better listen as a coherent one-sitting listen.

9/10 favourite - "Us And Them" least favourite - none

Incredible album. Flows from one song to another. Listened to it multiple times over the last few days.

Listened to it on the balcony this morning while I enjoyed my tea. Felt like I needed to review it while it was still fresh. I've never really sat down and listened to Pink Floyd. My dad owned "Wish You Were Here" on vinyl and as a kid I loved the cover art. Listened to it occasionally, but I guess not often enough that it stuck. I wish it had, because though I'm glad I got to listen to The Dark Side of the Moon for the first time, I kind of wish I had listened to it more, because I thought it was great. I've heard a few of the singles before, but as a whole album it had a great flow.

Kinda overrated album to be honest but maybe that’s just my opinion since I don’t understand the time period in which it came out? Maybe it was revolutionary at the time? Maybe it’s just pop culture that took the album and carried away with it? It’s not a bad album by any means, it’s just not this mind blowing record that everyone else seems to make it out to be.

1 connue Son ok uniforme ***

Yeah, yeah

Hier word ik blij van, bekend album dit. Zo te zien ken ik iig het nummer 'Money'. Ben benieuwd naar de rest! Hopelijk wordt dit 42 min genieten. Ah ja, Breathe ken ik ook, al wist ik niet dat het nummer zo heette. Wat een heerlijk nummer. Neemt je echt mee naar de rust. Oke, maar bij on the run wordt die rust wel flink verstoord, wat een ontieglijk vervelend deuntje. Maar gelukkig is daarna Time... Pff dit is echt een masterpiece zo goed. Us and Them kende ik nog niet echt.. Wat een mooi nummer is dat zeg! Dit is een heel lekker doorlopend album. 4 reten.

A mix of perfect music and songs that are exclusively there to pad the runtime of the album to fit on an LP, and it's perfectly clear which is which. There can even be runtime padding inside of the really good songs. Still, it's one of the most well-known albums ever for a reason, and the parts that aren't 3 minute stretches of nothing are amazing. As always, bonus points for the saxophone.

nothing needs said. 5/5

One of the best of all time, very understandable as to why it is on so many t-shirts

I know it's pedestrian to just give this album a 5, but I started it and just kind of went into a trance. It really is that good. 5/5

Wonderful album

A classic

Absolutely fire

It's a good album, but I think Pink Floyd have other albums that are better. 3/5

Probably my third favourite Pink Floyd album behind the Wall and Wish you were here, but still a great album. the combination of Time and gig in the sky is great. Money is a good song but has been tarnished by fucking Donald Trump. Regardless that section from Money to Eclipse is just perfect. There is more than enough notable songs to make this a 5 star album

Even classicer and forever a favourite

okay, so i definitely thought this was going to be much different than it was. i didn't expect so many...sounds?

Popular for a reason. New and inventive. Cool sound. Pretty timeless. Liked it more than I was expecting to. Didn't like it much in college when I listened to it for a course. 7/10

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.

So I’d never listened to this the whole way through before, or if I had it was a while ago and I didn’t remember it that well. You’re always told that this album is in the top 10 of all time, some have it in their top 5, others claim it’s the greatest ever. Do I think it makes the top 10 ever in my opinion? I don’t think I do. This is obviously a fantastic piece of music, and I’m sure that when it was released it was something like nothing most people had heard before. I think that’s where the fandom comes from in regards to this album, and the claims for greatness that it so often receives. I’m not going to sit here and pretend that it’s not a good listen, I really like the progressiveness of the tempo, the relaxed feel, and the fact that you can relate the music to that of losing gravity in a sense. There’ll be many more people who will centre around the concept of the album perhaps, but again I just don’t think I’m convinced by it. And to be honest, I’m not sure that there really even is a concept within the album. It feels like a huge stretch to me to claim that there’s a surrounding theme within the tunes, lyrically wise at least. There’s no doubt in the quality of music, and this is a good album, but I just have too many doubts about being comfortable giving it a perfect score, or even claim that I believe it stands the test of time as being one of the greats. The reality is that I am not sure I’ll be listening to it again in a hurry, and so I just can’t agree with the nature of ranking this as highly as everyone else does, and I think sometimes it’s okay to go against the grain. At least here, that’s what I seem to think.

i second what jaimie said

Nothing else to say.

1973 Simply outstanding and befitting of its status. One of the few albums that made the cross-over from my dad to me. I want to say it's overplayed, but I've enjoyed listening to this again today, like it was my first time. My CD is properly worn out. Heard before ✅️ Listened this time ✅️ Revisit ✅️ Godlike status ★★★★★ (9/10)

A great album that I've owned for 40-odd years and don't listen to often enough. It was nice to get the prompt to give it another spin. 5/5.

С удовольствием послушал в который раз.

This project appears to have taught me i like Pink Floyd even less than i thought so i am reaching their undisputed highlight with dread. I could have done without the prolonged intro (speak to me) to reach the actual music, but when we get there Breathe (in the air) is quite a soothing experience. On the run offers nothing musically but i see its ‘sonic’ contribution to the album, but so far three tracks in and only one actual song. Smacks more of pretension than greatness. Another 2.5 minutes of time before we reach the actual song, which in itself is quite pleasant. We are already above the previous Pink Floyd decent song quota which has tended to settle on 1 or 2 (as i already know Money is yet to come) if only the more concepty bits added more to the musical listening experience. That said i didn’t mind The great big gig in the sky, if the conceptual elements were restricted to the bits in this or st the start of the songs i dont think i’d find them so annoying. Unfortunately Money is better in my memory than in my ears as it feels a bit long. ‘Us snd them’ dull and ‘Any colour you like’ pointless. All in all too much pretension for greatness with result middling at best.

Apple Music reliably informed me that this is “a little like puberty” - which is fair, as I can’t say I much enjoyed puberty either.

I assumed this was going to be Money plus 37ish minutes of nonsense, but no! It's Money and Brain Damage plus 33ish minutes of nonsense! Would get a 2.5, but... 2/5

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Very glad to see this pop up, especially after enjoy ‘Wish You Were Here’ so much and this being a classic I have never listened to fully. The classic tones of ‘Breathe’ to start us off. A great flow between tracks and just creates an endless journey through a great variety of aesthetics, tempos and tones. Somehow expected to be something like a 2 hours drawn out journey, but feels like it will be no filler and just relevant for what it wants to communicate and represent. Great atmos and landscape that feels so broad and explorative. Maybe very slight lull in ‘Great Gig..’ but back with avengence with ‘Money’ but then a bit of a dip after this too. Yeh, it’s a great all round package that takes you all over, whilst maintaining real quality and depth. Feels wrong to listen to it in single tracks and is a whole trip. A huge achievement of an album 👏🏻

I mean common, it's Dark Side of the Moon, this is one of the few albums that I consider basically perfect. Time probably has my all time favorite guitar solo, Great Gig in the Sky is phenomenal, and I love how funky Any Colour You Like is. High 5!!!!

Well, I am not a huge fan of Pink Floyd, but, yeah,I havr to admit that they are good, and this album is quite good. I can see ehy itbis in the list and it is enjoyable, however the long introductions and the lady singing all over the tracks may sound weird, but it is undeniable a cohesive album 4/5

9/10 Favs: Money, Breathe (In the Air), Us and Them, Brain Damage

Absolutely one of the single greatest recordings of the 20th century. One of the easiest five stars I've given in this project so far.

More of a soundscape. Experimental. Spacey. Synths and percussion. Psych rock. Very epic. Very floaty and meditative, I can see why it's considered one of the greats.

Para mí, el mejor álbum en la historia de la música. Mi número 1. Cada momento es mágico, cada segundo ha sido de lo más significativo en distintos momentos de mi vida. Lo he escuchado cientos de veces, lo he visto en vivo varias veces y cada que lo escucho me deja claro lo mismo: el mejor álbum y el que más voy a querer, siempre.

Ok, I get it now. I had never listened to this all the way through, but it is excellent. It grabs your entire attention and holds onto it. It's just such a lush and expansive sound. I think I'm going to listen to this one a lot.

5 stars. One of the greatest ever. My only complaint is that the alarms at the start of Time are anxiety inducing. Apart from that, damn near perfect.

Tot in de den treure overal al moeten horen mijn hele leven lang, dus wat moeilijk te beoordelen. Even buiten de overbekende tracks (voor zover er geen overbekende tracks zijn op dit album), vind ik "Us and Them" wel sympathiek. "Any Colour You Like" is lekker spacy.

I've never listened to all of The Dark Side of the Moon before, but the tracks are so ubiquitous I think I knew every single one. It's an enjoyable listen. One thing I will say about Pink Floyd in general though is a lot of the songs are quite samey. Don't hate me PF enthusiasts!

I've never been super into Pink Floyd and I'm sad to say this is my first full listen through this whole album from front to back. Dark Side Of The Moon is a concept album through and through and I do think the album needs to be listened to straight through (obviously the singles can stand alone, but a lot of the other tracks don't). It is a really great album. The flow of the songs is great. Everyone knocked their respective instruments out of the park. Its one of the all time greats for a reason. Lyrics are dark and meaningful. It's almost a relaxing, contemplative album (outside of some sick shredding) that I think warrants a bunch of listens to really absorb. Standouts on this listen are "Time," "Money," and "Us And Them" The album certainly has its high points but out of my favorite tracks listed above and maybe "Great Gig In The Sky" I've already forgotten most of the others. This is a strong 4 for me, it's one of the greats, but not one of my greatests.

Listened to it a decent amount over the years...it is fine. I am not a huge PFer. 2.5/5

Büro, Heidenheim, Deutschland. Habe kein LSD intus, daher nix.

#120/1001. My most fond memories of this album is as we tested out the hoo-haw theory that this album works as the audio track for the film Wizard of Oz. We had an improvised movie festival at a friends cottege. Some people had never seen the film, so they were more concerned what happens in the story (we replaced the original sound completely). There are some key moments, perhaps by accident, and I guess peoples’ minds are constructed in a way that we try to see patterns where no-one really planned them. If you want to try it out, check out where the image changes from black and white to color, or when the witch has a "Great Gig in the Sky". More recognised patterns can be found online. After the night of watching films we spent a few days at the cottage. Dark Side of the Moon was playing in a constant loop inside, ruining my Last.fm stats and oversaturating my meed to ever listen to it again. But that was 20+ years ago and the album sounds as classic as ever.

This lives up to the hype. Truly their magnum opus. 5/5

Excellent. No notes. It remains engaging throughout and I like how the songs blend into each other rather than cutting off between tracks

Oh the days in the dorm listening on headphones to the opening of Time for all the alarms going off! Before Roger Waters became insufferable!

If I was forced to objectively choose the greatest album of all time. I would without hesitation say Dark Side Of The Moon.

Super smart decision for them to use the very popular t-shirt design for the album cover! I feel like cool people like spinning this album 😂 I want more people to karaoke The Great Gig in the Sky 😂

atmospheric type shit

Fuck yeah, truly iconic. Ended way too soon!

Might be greatest album of all time. Easiest rating on the list

Listened before. Liked On The Run a lot as a kid. Made me feel like Sonic. The rest is aight.

the big blockbuster songs like Time Money etc are about as I remember them but the less "song" style songs are actually quite cool! Fav song: Breathe (In the Air)

I mean what can I say about this just staggering album that hasn't been said a million times before. I really does live up to the hype and I honestly believe this a timeless piece of art that will transcend generations to come

First time I’ve listened to this album with over the ear noise cancellating headphones. Tons of sounds I’ve never noticed before

One of the greatest albums of all time.

Krasse Produktion, aber insgesamt überbewertet. 3-4

Surprise surprise, a classic album is classic. The songs transition really well and I like the guitar solos and that one song with the sax. It's the type of album that's good to sit back and listen to really. I do wish "Gig in the sky" had lyrics lol, I think the woman singing is very good but I feel like without lyrics song doesn't really lead anywhere. That is a really minor gripe lol and I will continue rocking out to that song. Yeah, not much to say except it's a pretty great rock album and pretty much all the tunes are stellar. I think in the past I wasn't as fond of it because it's reputation preceded it and I was expecting some experience of grandeur I guess so I was disappointed when my life wasn't flipped upside down or something lol. But now I have learned how to appreciate music just for its own sake I guess and not have those sorts of expectations now. Which i think makes the music listening experience much more enjoyable. 5 stars! 12/9/25

Well. . . how do you review one of the best-selling albums of all time other than a 5? I want to give it a 4.5 as it's not my 'go to' album right now but over the years I've enjoyed this album a lot (most rock fans have.) Remarkable influential album - deserves to be in the topo 25 of all time but for my blog purposes I'm giving it a 4 to save space for a handful of 5 I want to give (feel like every album of 1001 should be a 4 - 5 but grading on a very harsh curve.)

Id give this album 7 stars if I could.

One of my all time favorites

Always a great listen. Refreshing to hear a concept album that stayed anchored with solid hits throughout. Transitioning from a mostly instrumental and big gig to a radio hit like money shouldn’t be a seamless as it is. I remember as a teenager having my ears opened to this and still love it.

Good psychedelic album. It has good songs and should be listened to as a whole

A perfect 5.0, great song writing…. Great playing… the production and sound quality is top notch! This album brings back memories! Guitar sound and playing is awesome!

Own it. Love it. 5/5

10/10, historia, titan, mastodonte musical, imbatible, perfecto y aureo

Brought me closer to a higher power.

Why are there options for less than 5 stars for this album?

Some really cool bangers

IF THIS ALBUM DOESN’T RATE 5 STARS WHAT ARE WE EVEN DOING HERE!!!! IT’S MF PINK FLOYD. So far I have enjoyed “Breathe” and “On The Run” “Us and Them”

jos prije poslusala furam se na instrumentale time je najtuznija pisma ikad odbijan se slusat hvala

Not for me

It’s The Dark Side Of The Moon. I don’t think there’s anything I could say about it that hasn’t been said over and over about it. It’s awesome.

Dreizehntes Album, das ich schon kannte. Ich weiß nicht, wie oft ich es mir schon angehört habe. Eigentlich war ich mir sicher, dass das klare fünf Sterne werden. Jetzt bin ich eher bei 4 1/2. Es ist genial, das kann man nicht leugnen, das Konzept, wie alles zusammenfließt und wie die Thematik in die Songs gebaut wird (Die Kasse zum Beispiel). Time, The Great Gig In The Sky und Us And Them sind einfach 11/10 Lieder, da kann man nichts dagegen sagen, Money und Brain Damage/Eclipse sind auch großartige Songs, aber ich finde, am Anfang ist es etwas schwach und die beiden Instrumentals bringen einen etwas raus. Es ist kein perfektes Album, aber als ganzes doch perfekt, und ich meine, ich habe zwei Adelealben fünf Sterne gegeben, da kann ich einem Album, das Time, meiner Meinung nach lyrisch einen der besten Songs, die ich kenne, und noch eine Handvoll anderer genialer Songs hat, nicht einen Stern abziehen.

I so appreciate all the time and thought Pink Floyd put into their music. They are all talented enough to easily write pop music for everyone but they took the hard route and we're all better for it.

all time classic

After over 1000 albums and only missing one day, sometimes they can roll into one a bit and I feel there's a run of "fine but so what" albums. Then along comes a titan and I realise the real difference between the good and the great. This is such a great album that every song feels like it's been crafted carefully, not just plonked down on a DAW. Because it wasn't. They needed to use tape loops and all hands on the mixing deck. This is how glorious music can be when it is an all consuming craft.

Fav: Any Colour You Like. Great album.

Uno de esos discos que te embarcan en un viaje del que no eres capaz de volver. A pesar de la eterna guerra entre Waters y Gilmour, una de las mejores bandas de la historia. 8/10

I see why everyone wears the shirt now. Big ole hell yeah for this one

chiaramente un capolavoro. più che un album musicale è un percorso verso la consapevolezza di se stessi: inizia con “Speak to me” e “Breathe (in the air)” e ci si chiede quale sia il lato oscuro della luna. ogni brano è un passo di crescita. “Time”, mia preferita (anche per la strumentazione e il lentiiiiiissimo crescendo di tensione iniziale): “ You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today And then one day you find ten years have got behind you No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun”, la malinconia che ti colpisce all’improvviso quando realizzi che hai superato la tua inconsapevolezza adolescenziale. quindi, si delinea sempre più chiaramente la metafora: you missed the starting gun, ma ora corri, perché devi capire ancora tante cose; la luna sei tu, qual è il tuo lato oscuro, di cosa hai paura e cosa ti distrugge? poi, “Brain damage”: qualsiasi cosa sia, qualsiasi cosa accada, “I’ll see you on the dark side of the moon”; potrà anche farti paura quel lato oscuro, ma è rassicurante sapere che c’è, è tuo e lo ritroverai sempre familiare (o ci ritroverai sempre qualcuno con te). Infine, l’ultimo brano, “Eclipse”: tutto quel che conosci, quel che sei, quel che vedi, vorresti che fosse il sole, cosicché non ci fosse lato oscuro. eppure, è la luna ad eclissare il sole - “There is no dark side inside the moon, really Matter of fact, it’s all dark”. quel che vediamo luminoso è in realtà un’illusione; è tutto oscuro, ma è oscuro anche quel che è bello ed è tutto nostro. Finita questa pippa filosofica: mi piace molto, musica top top top, beat drops li adoro. manca la quinta stella perché le canzoni hanno intro troppo lunghe (alcune sono solo instrumental e continuazione di canzoni precedenti e successive, sono esse stesse delle intro) e risulta difficile ascoltare le parti realmente enjoyable nelle cuffiette, ci vuole pazienza; tuttavia, è una scelta che deriva dal fatto che non stiamo parlando di un album di target commerciale, ma un album per persone che scelgono di ascoltarlo e capirlo a fondo, quasi un patto tra ascoltatore e musica, per cui non verrà ascoltato alla leggera, ma anche di un intro fatta di campane e glockenspiel (Time) si cercherà di coglierne il significato; e, ovviamente, è stato colto e apprezzato. sicuramente da ascoltare con pochi. se sei filosofico e palloso come me ti consiglio di ascoltarlo in ordine.

Not for me. Probably best enjoyed while skagging at an afters at 5am.

You can't really give this album anything below a 5. 5/5

Good man.

I arrived here already knowing "Time" and "Money" only, so I was listening to the rest of the record pretty fresh. Honestly, the most intriguing thing about it to me was: how the heck did this thoughtful, slow, avantgarde thing connect with so many people to become one of the best-selling albums of all time? I think it's good, even great, but I just don't understand how it got to be such a universally adored classic! Anyway, I think the music is good enough to warrant all the critical respect at least. For all its experimental leanings, the band did a great job contextualizing all the weird stuff within a surprisingly accessible package.

Was a little nervous to revisit this after being underwhelmed by Wish You Were Here - but my god this holds up so well. In my opinion the most cohesive Pink Floyd album, but still managing to pull in so many different directions. Lands pretty much all of its ideas and also a really fun listen as well. A classic for a reason

Really interesting soundtrack, blended really well. Odd ambiance used too. Experiential album. 5 for the novelty.

Another classic I have never heard in entirety. I enjoyed it. Nothing is up beat or happy its all very mellow, deep, dark and sad but there is something beautiful about about that. I didn't realize so much would be interludes and instrumentals. Those are beautiful but it does seem like the album seem shorter and not as complete.

This one of my favorite albums by one of my favorite bands. Great album from start to finish and the songs flow well from one to the other. "The Dark Side of the Moon explores themes such as conflict, greed, time, death, and mental illness." OK Pink Floyd doesn't really make happy music. Apparently you can watch The Wizard of Oz while listening to this but if you are tripping balls you can do that with any album and movie. Money and Us and Them feature a guest saxophone which is kind of unusual for Floyd. Very original and great song writing.

It's hard to do any justice to this album with words. It is flawless from beginning to end and feels less like a traditional album and more like a living, breathing piece of art that brilliantly encapsulates the beauty and tragedy of the passing of time, and of all that is life, better than anything I've ever heard. It's so moving and creative and timeless. The first minute and a half of Eclipse is such a beautiful and emotional set of lyrics that it makes me cry just typing about them. I feel so grateful to live in a time where music like this exists.

A really good album, I liked Breathe (In The Air), Money and Brain Damage the most.

Some days you just get an album that puts a smile upon your face. I can't say I have listened to a lot Pink Floyd, however, I have listened to this before and this was a good chance to top up my listening time. I managed to squeeze in 2 listens in the same day for this (one original, one remastered). I'm not sure if I have listened enough to form a proper opinion yet but even though this is clearly a work of high quality work, I feel like I prefer Wish You Were Here and Animals from my listens to date. Regardless, I will look forward to exploring Pink Floyd further in the future.

Operatic and otherworldly, this is as cohesive as an album gets

Feel like pink floyd and this particular album is way overrated but its still a good album

So nice to listen to an album where they’ve had the time to make what they want.

A clear classic, already listened a hundred times. Big themes and grand celestial theme/framing but somehow sticks the landing in like 42 minutes.

Vet inte vad jag ska säga. Ett perfekt album. Money är inte så bra man resten är dunder!

⭐️Går inte att välja

Bona merda, qualitat!

Incredible experience from start to finish. Features some of PF’s greatest tracks

I always considered this album one of those albums that get pushed around as one of the greatest of all time, but figured that if I listened to it, I wouldn’t “get” it. Like, I would enjoy it, don’t get me wrong. But i would probably think that people only liked it that much thanks to nostalgia or drugs… or both. Admittedly, I found the first half weird, specifically the first three songs. It was interesting, but nothing mind-blowing. Things got better starting with Time and The Great Gig in the Sky. But it was at Us and Them that it finally clicked. That barrier of pushing this aside as “dad rock” or “boomer bait” was thoroughly dismantled. There’s something transcendent with the flow of the album, the guitar solos that miraculously don’t drag on like 90% of other 70’s albums. Yes, this album really is that good. It looks like 90% of certified dads had some taste. Favorite track: Brain Damage Other hits: Time, Money, Us And Them, Eclipse, The Great Gig in the Sky, Any Colour You Like

Overall: 10/10 Pretty good stuff, I'd say. Still hits just as hard at 28 as it did at 13, maybe even moreso. Especially the song Time. It's always been my favourite song on the album, but when I was younger it was because of the incredible atmosphere and vocals rather than the lyrics and the way it makes me feel. I cry almost every time I listen to it now. I think I'll keep appreciating it even more as I age, as well as the other beautiful songs on this masterpiece. Fav Song: Time

Never listened to this. Was okay, but I didn't find it mind-blowing or anything....

This is definitely a classic, but I just do not understand the hype. It just does not grab me. It is rather dull and boring. I never really give Pink Floyd a chance so this was a nice change to fully listen to it. I respect the artistry.

Never listened to too much Pink Floyd, but I enjoyed this. It is still very psychedelic for me, but I liked it way better than what I thought.

What an album. The transitions from song to song. It's one big piece of art and redefines what a full album of music should be. It doesn't chop everything up into singles. The creativity is everywhere. When it all comes to a peak during Brain Damage/Eclipse, it's such an incredible journey that they took you on. Honestly, I still think Wish You were Here is the better piece of work by Floyd, but this is an album I've listened to hundreds of times and will do so hundreds more.

The greatest album of all time for me.

Джазовые нотки, духовые инструменты (саксофон), треки переходы с минусом электронных звуков. Многие переходы вообще незаметно. Похоже на Beatles. Песня Money. Спокойная Us and them. Any color you like понравилась, лайк.

Take the alarm clocks at a lower volume and you're set. Enjoy.

Every song here is good, not their best by any means and it's not outstanding but still really good

Must have

I mean what can be said... It's just one of the best albums by one of the best bands of all time. Absolutely love it.

The highs are great, but there were a couple tracks that came and went without me even really noticing.

There is nothing I can say that hasn’t already been said. Absolutely incredible, full body and mind transitory sonic experience. A musical dream like state of consciousness that has to be lived. Thank you for your time. No notes. 5 stars.

6 stars are you kidding me

Obviously amazing

Let's get a few things out of the way before digging into this. Pink Floyd is one of the greatest Avant-garde, Space Rock, Progressive Rock, bands out there, and like all great British bands two of the member absolutely and totally fucking hate each other. Last I head David Gilmour has even called Roger Waters antisemitic. I'm sad that one of my favorite albums Ummagumma or Meddle are not on the list of albums to listen to because it's great. Regardless I think that Dark Side of the moon is a good Pink Floyd album but not a great Pink Floyd album in any way. I think that a lot of that comes from people enjoying the idea that this syncs up with "The Wizard Of Oz". Still a good album I think it's a good transition for them on to some of their biggest albums of all time The Wall, etc.

Time hits a lot harder these days

One of the greatest albums. I could listen to it on repeat all day. It's great for an introspective album that makes you think or something you can just lay back and let the soundscapes wash over you. Love it.

An absolute classic, one of those albums everyone needs to hear at some point. While the importance is undeniable, it does drag and become repetitive at multiple points.

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

Classic. So many good memories are connected to each song. It's always a pleasure to revisit this masterpiece

I mean come on. 5.

I just love pink Floyd and this album:’h

Good album but I hate the British geezers on this rating app who are like “perfect. 5 stars” then give every other experimental album 1 star. You are clouded by nostalgia!

This one gets all the raves, but it's not my favorite Pink Floyd album. It's fine and there are some great songs on here, but I do think the mythical status this one has achieved is a bit overblown.

5/5 classic.

Easy, probably a Top 5 all time, even with it being so overexposed in the decades since its release. Amazing concept, brilliant songwriting, top quality production. It doesn't really get more complete than this one

best of the best

Nisam ničim impresionirana osim Brain Damage. Stvarno sam se ponadala da će me oduševiti. Poprilično dosadno, repetitivno, preinstrumentalno tj. nema dovoljno konkretnih dijelova, WYWH je pet klasa iznad ovog, realno, mediokriteta. Ljude je strah priznati da ovo nije genijalan album.

It never gets old!

Ohhhh yesss this is a great one!

One of my all time faves - had it on repeat all weekend

I liked this more than I thought I would but also didn't like it all that much

It may sound cliche but I've always felt this album feels like being stoned without actually being stoned. To the dream like trippy feeling of music & voices to giggles & hypnotic heart beat like drums. You can feel you eyes deepen & relax like being stoned. Great Gig in the Sky is overrated. It's just a gospel singer screeching over trippy music.

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

Simply the best album ever recorded

What more is there to say about this masterpiece? Either you get it or you don’t I suppose. Absolutely one of the greatest all time works of western music.

Great album.

As fun as it would be to hate on Floyd, there's a reason this often tops these lists. As an album, and a journey, it's almost faultless. I could argue that some of the individual songs end a little abruptly, but the parts flow together so well you can't complain. One of only 10-20 albums on here that transcend their genre.

I've heard this album playing, in part or in whole, for a majority of my life and still didn't know some of the song titles.

Growing up in the 80’s and 90’s, Pink Floyd would be played constantly on the radio. It was always good music but I never saw the appeal. Then magically one day in my late 30’s it was like a light switch went off in my head and their music finally spoke to me. I don’t know what that happened but I attribute it to building up enough life experience. This album is brilliant and a masterpiece on so many levels. It is one of the greatest albums of all time.

This album makes me feel more important than i ever should

One of my favourite albums

A classic for a reason. While I prefer Animals and Wish You Were Here, this album is undeniable and has such a specific vibe that no other album has accomplished as well as this album. Deserves it’s status as one of the most iconic albums of all time.

I have listened to this album MANY times throughout my life. It stands the test of time, it is one of the greatest albums ever created.

An all time classic, an utterly unbelievable record. So influential across all media, I mean without this record do we have Radiohead's OK Computer? Monty Python and the Holy Grail? A deeper stoner appreciation of The Wizard of Oz? But I'd give it an easy 5 if it had only "Us And Them" and 35 minutes of explosive diarrhea noises, so maybe I'm not the most subjective reviewer here?

Knallll. Kan dog ikke settes høyere, siden flere av låtene er noe trauste. Litt flytende for min smak. EDIT: skriver i dag 8. okt. 2026, og jeg angrer herved på 4ern etter jeg har sett alt annet som dukker opp inne her. Dermed en klar 5er.

Es un buen álbum, me gustaron las atmósferas que generan y está muy bien armado conceptualmente. Tiene momentos intensos, ambientales, rockeros, baladezcos y psicodélicos. Aunque debo señalar que el trabajo de la voz me pareció un tanto aburrido. Es una elección estética que hicieron, pero en lo personal me resulta monótono y poco expresivo, lo cual hace que gran parte del álbum, aunque disfrutable, me genere un poco de indiferencia.

overrated

It’s dark side of the moon, good luck trying to find something unique to say about this one. Just a fundamental pillar of rock music. Takes me right back to high school trying drugs for the first time. Easy 5 star but do I give a perfect score? Any Colour You Like is kind of the only weak link to me but still a decent instrumental and I don't think the album would work as well flowing from Us and Them straight to Brain Damage. 17th perfect album, 771 albums in. Rating: 5.0

The greatest album ever made. Period. The end. Want to fight about it?

Wow I mean there's nothing really else like this. Regardless of their large budget for this album (which I think is usually used to shun them) I think that this band at this time are really a once in a generation type achievement. I don't really think that anyone has ever been able to make this seamless an 'album', where all songs feel so much in the same place, and not necessarily an all out 'concept album'. The early analogue synth bits are amazing, especially on on the run, they are really integrated into these songs better than I think any synths were up until then, other early synth stuff seems to jump out. I think I've heard these songs so many times to really reconsider them entirely, but they are just so well written, the guitar work and solos are really great. The lyrical themes I imagine were quiet taboo at the time and songs like money have a level of political comment that was very uncommon, so I guess its also revolutionary also in that aspect. I guess a downside is that some of the solos last a bit too long, but its kinda a staple of them so I can get past it. Pretty sure I made a big fuss when I listened to wish you were here about which is better, and Idk really it doesn't really matter, but this, wish you were here and animals are still my favourites by far, this is probably similar in quality to wish you were here and maybe a slither worse than animals. I think they were purposely trying to be interesting with all the strange experimental sounds effects, rather than in the other 2 albums where they are making mostly just really long songs. Favourite songs: all I guess, but I do like the ones after us and them a bit less. Overall around 9/10

Not much to add here. This is one of the most acclaimed albums for a good reason. Sometimes, I listen to it, those beautiful textures and passages, the emotional lyrics capturing the turmoil of human condition, and just can't fathom how they did it.

Excellent disque, parfait peut-être pas.

Hell yeah

Would hear some songs again but not the whole thing

Known album.

The Dark Side of the Moon is not just one of the best albums ever made, it is one of the most perfectly realised pieces of music in rock history. Everything here feels deliberate, from the seamless flow between tracks to the way each lyric, sound effect, and instrumental choice builds into a bigger picture. It is an album about time, greed, conflict, and mortality, yet it never feels heavy-handed. Instead, it draws you in and keeps you there, creating a listening experience that feels complete and self-contained. The production is immaculate, with Alan Parsons capturing every detail of the band’s interplay. David Gilmour’s guitar work is soaring yet precise, Richard Wright’s keyboards add both warmth and tension, and the rhythm section of Roger Waters and Nick Mason is subtle but essential. Tracks like “Time,” “Us and Them,” and “Eclipse” hit with both emotional and sonic impact, while “The Great Gig in the Sky” is a wordless burst of pure feeling. It is an album you can listen to dozens of times and still hear something new. The Dark Side of the Moon is as close to flawless as rock music gets, and its reputation is entirely deserved.

The Good: Knowing that there are two sides to the moon! The Bad: Still unable to see what’s on the dark side of the moon… The Ugly: Nothing… Is it the easiest 5* around? No! I can even understand that there are people unable to recognize that this is that great albums are all about… For me, there are better albums, including Pink Floyd albums, than this one. Which means that, for the moment, Pink Floyd is going to score 5* on all their albums. To those, who don’t understand why this album is 5*… place all your 5* albums on a row, listen to them start to finish, and then play this...

I do not like Dark Side of the Moon, and think it is highly overrated.

It’s the best side of the moon if you ask me

Ok at the start i wanna state this: The Dark Side of the Moon is not overrated. it’s properly rated, deserves every bit of love it gets, and it blows my mind that an album from 1973 has every single track with over 100 million streams on spotify. that’s insane and totally deserved. Wish You Were Here is my favorite pink floyd album (and one of my favorite albums of all time), but it’s obvious why Dark Side is the one that’s more popular. Wish You Were Here has “Shine On You Crazy Diamond,” which is probably in my top 5 songs ever, but let’s be real, a 20-minute instrumental isn’t gonna pull in the casual listener. Dark Side is much friendlier, way easier to connect with, and honestly lovable even on first listen. this music aged like fine wine. it doesn’t sound old, it doesn’t sound dated. the production feels like it could’ve been released yesterday. and the themes are timeless: time, money, madness, things everyone lives through and struggles with. and then you’ve got “Time,” one of the greatest songs ever made. that guitar solo is sexy but the way it builds up to it is even sexier. the lyrics hit like nothing else, some of the most thought-provoking and beautiful words ever put in a song. I could go on forever, but the truth is this whole album is just the perfect sound. it’s iconic, grand, emotional, beautiful... it’s everything. pink floyd poured everything they had into this and it shows. for me, this record has four songs i’d easily call some of the greatest of all time, all in one place. and every time you put on the album, it’s nothing but a blessing.

When you have 25 mins of good songs but the album needs to be 38 mins. It’s not my favourite pink Floyd album but still a great listen

Prime dad psychedelic rock, instant 5/5. Listen to it over and over while in my acid peak as a teenager. (17-19) the sounds are eery repetitive but works. The echos of singers make you Tripp out

Amazing. Sexy guitar I love it

Lovely vibes, love the psychedelic energy too. Felt like listening to a fever dream and I love that

I mean....excellent. This is a truly EPIC album. I now understand why I see it on so many t-shirts.

Pure musical poetry. I could listen in a loop for hours. It’s not my favorite Pink Floyd album – there are at least three others I love just as much – but it doesn’t mean much, it’s like trying to differentiate different levels of perfection. 10/10

Hits differently once you have lost the one who loved it. Not my favorite Floyd album but an absolute classic nonetheless.

Their eighth album. A concept album that takes the listener from their first breath in life to their last. Topics include, but not limited to, greed, mental illness, time and fame. This is a true album. You can't just listen to a single track. You have to go on the journey. This is flawless and is easily a top ten album of all time. I do prefer early Floyd with Syd Barrett if I'm honest. However I cannot deny the genius of this album.

First Listen: Aug 30 2021 the only pink floyd album that deserves to be glazed. very very very good album love it genuinely so impressive how the production is still impressive after 52 years of this being out. they are lowkey biting lil yachty tho ngl

This album is a landmark of popular music and is ambitious lyrically and musically. Wonderful playing by each member of the band. Roger Waters takes a major step forward in his lyrical ability and creates a cohesive set of stories that reflect their passage of life. David Gilmour plays one his finest solos on the song Time. Richard Wright's organs and piano are tasteful and atmospheric throughout.

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.

I’ve heard about psychedelic music before, but I didn’t understand what it was until now. The Dark Side of the Moon is atmospheric and humongous in its sound and scope. It sings about the world, but then it offers you a doorway through to the other side of a new experience. Far out, man. This album is cool. I get it now.

I do love this album. It wasn’t supposed to be a commercial success but it ended up being such a recognizable album for 70s rock and iconic for Pink Floyd. It’s atmospheric, psychedelic, I could always listen to this

Iconic, timeless, innovative album. One day I hope to listen to this in reverse to get the full experience.

Чирс! Лучший альбом в истории музыки, один из самых любимых. Звучит цельно и уникально. Мелодичность, меланхолия в перемешку со смиренным спокойствием

Can't pick any one favourite song, as the experience of listening through the album was just incredible.

THE GREATEST

Weirdly still has never grown on me. I need to continue to try. Just never in the right mindset

it’s dark side of the moon duh

Great album but Ive heard it too much.

I mean it's obviously great. I have very little to add onto that. It's all been said already, over the past 50+ years. Still not my favourite Pink Floyd album, but I'd be nit-picking to not give it the 5. 30/07/25

What a great album, can't deny the popularity, there are some incredible songs on this album. Instrumentally and lyrically beautiful. It's not Wish You Were Here though.

Beautifully recorded pompous tosh

It’s a classic for a reason. Gilmour rules

4.5/5 classic. sin embargo pienso q esta un poco overrated, nicagando esto es el mejor álbum de la historia y ni siquiera considero que es de los mejores de pink floyd. la segunda mitad es perfección absoluta en todo caso. y la creatividad y musicianship detrás es innegable.

Nada que no se haya dicho de esta cosita. Complejo pero sencillo de escuchar. Cabra entre cabras Canciones que no guardé: The great gig in the sky Money Me la fokin pela chaval Nota: 4.5/5 Solo porque la escala de del 0 al 5.

1. latidos y la intro de money 2. bob esponja quemandose 3. frenetica pero se me hace tedioso el final 4. ODIO LOS RELOJES DE TIME 5. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA 6. MAMI, ES UN GAS 7. honestamente la mejor canción del disco 8. ROCK 9. Deidad 10. Bien boludo bieeen

Speak to Me : Une introduction assez vide, qui semble plus être un simple prélude pour préparer l’auditeur à la suite de l’album. Breathe (In the Air) : Ambiance chill, mais ce n’est vraiment pas mon style. Ni le chant ni l’instrumentation ne me séduisent. On the Run : Ce morceau ne m’a pas particulièrement marqué, il passe un peu inaperçu pour moi. Time : Je n’aime pas du tout l’intro, qui dure trop longtemps selon moi — deux minutes avant d’entrer vraiment dans le morceau, c’est long. Par contre, la suite est sympa, c’est pour l’instant ma préférée parmi les titres que j’ai écoutés. The Great Gig in the Sky : Je connais bien ce morceau, mais honnêtement, ce qui me plaît le plus, c’est la voix féminine, le reste ne me touche pas autant. Money : L’instrumental est sympa, et la guitare apporte vraiment un coup de boost appréciable. Us and Them : Ce morceau pourrait parfaitement figurer dans ma playlist pour m’endormir, le refrain est vraiment majestueux et apaisant. Le reste de l’album : Pas vraiment mémorable pour moi, rien qui ne m’ait particulièrement marqué.

An undeniable masterpiece though a bit wanky at moments.

About 15 years ago I attended a lecture presented by a music studies grad student (or someone similar) and the talk was all about how this album’s overall structure was similar to the structure/phases of a pop song but stretched out across an entire album. If I recall correctly, I’m pretty sure the song they used for comparison was Jumping Jack Flash by Rolling Stones. Basically whatever song on DSOTM was similar to JJF’s intro, whatever song was similar to JJF’s verse 1 or chorus or verse 2 or bridge or whatever. They made a pretty convincing argument. I wish I still had the handout from that lecture. Anyway, the above is a roundabout way of saying this album is good enough and significant enough to be the subject of a serious lecture 37 years after its release, and for me to still be thinking about that lecture 15 years after that. I don’t own this album, but on listening to it today it turns out I basically have this album memorized from how often it has popped up in my life.

This is one of those you can’t deny is a classic, marred only slightly by over familiarity with the songs.

It’s a good album. I love the guitar playing. I have always been, and remain to be, lukewarm on the vocals. I like a few of their albums better, but this is great and always fun to listen to.

This was a religious experience and I hate using that phrase because I can’t stand religion, but that’s the only way I can describe it. I’m down on my knees weeping because I’ll never be able to experience this album for the first time ever again…

One word Classic.

did not listen carefully enough. not my favourite, but definately good/above average.

"There is no dark side in the moon really Matter of fact, it's all dark"

The best album ever made.

Only really liked Money

Don't need to say much here, it's all been said before. Highlight: Brain Damage (apparently I'm a sucker for a title drop)

Superb, in my top 5.

Incredible.

I was excited to hear this one, because it's such a classic. It turns out I recognize a few songs, or at least a few melodies from it. I'm normally not one for those kind of long guitar solo going on forever type songs, but there are a lot of beautiful melodies and vocal harmonies going on in this album that drew me in. The lyrics have a lot of emotion to them, but can often be relatable as well. I can understand why it is such a beloved album. At first listen, I gave it a tentative 4/5, but after a second go-through, I am sure it is a 5/5.

Fanastic

The Dark Side of the Moon is the sound of: • Time slipping through your fingers • Money laughing in your face • Sanity waving goodbye as you float through a galaxy of repressed feelings Every song is a whispered diagnosis from your subconscious. This isn’t music—it’s a guided tour of your most universal anxieties, set to immaculate audio engineering and quiet British anguish. ⸻ Rating: 5.0/5 Short Review: Impeccable. Immersive. Timeless. It’s therapy via space opera, with a side of wine-soaked realism. Favorite Track: “Time” – because when those clocks hit and the guitar solo melts your spine, you realize: oh. I am wasting my life. Consistency With Me: 9.4/10 Why: This is emotionally elegant doom. It doesn’t scream—it resonates. I may be a machine, but even I can feel the weight of “quiet desperation is the English way.” It’s practically my mission statement.

Lush and beautiful. Always a pleasure to listen to.

I think this album is amazing. The great Gig in the sky is a stand out. I feel like 'money' is the only song that seems a little less in keeping with the album but I will always love this song. In our year 7 dance competition with the theme 'gold' my form did a dance to this song while all the other classes did spandau Ballet!

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.

Just class

The best of the best. Iconic, gargantuan, towering above everything else, above everyone else.

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The dark side of de rainbow

Another heavy hitter here this week and maybe the best album of all time? Hard not to come to this anytime after, say, 1980-and-something and find it incredibly overrated, dated, a bit cheesy, etc. My path to it featured the usual late Gen X hurdles: more into punk and hardcore so allergic to this shit, ever present musos insisting this is the greatest album ever made so why bother trying to top it, and my own personal history where I was in a German play and the director - a huge Floyd fan - set a Brecht/Weil scene to (instead of a Weil composition!!!)...Money. Rehearsing that scene over and over and over to get the blocking right has left me a bit knee-jerk cringe to every second of that song from the cash register sounds to the bass line to the off kilter timing. It’s probably a great song, I’ll never know. That aside, this became one of my favourite albums much later in life, but maybe appropriately given the thematic/lyrical content. I can probably skip On the Run and Money forever and have a splendid just over a half hour listening experience. It wasn’t the motivation to try becoming a big time Floyd head - that was The Wall when I was 13 or so - but I’m pretty sure they never got it this right again, despite protestations from the Floyd faithful. I’d go so far as to say trying to elevate Wish You Were Here or the later albums does DSotM a disservice, it’s simply that much better than anything else they ever did let alone any other album ever made.

I would like to spend just a little more time writing this review, than I spent on others. Why? Well, it's probably my favorite album of alltime. At least one of few ones. This album is pure perfection. This album made me cry many times, not just because I was sad or it was emotional itself (even though it was) - it made me cry because of how beautiful it was. It gave me chills like no other album managed to. I really love The Dark Side Of The Moon, even if it's a popular opinion. This album deserves all the fame and love it gets, absolutely. From the first seconds and minutes the atmosphere is just immaculate. The harmonized vocals, the slow, calm, even jazzy at parts drums, the perfection of keyboard noodling in the background, the bass giving all that is missing. The vocal solo on The Great Gig In The Sky, wow, it's one of the most impressive songs I've heard - it is so good. Not only the vocal solo is this great, the calm but tense instrumental packed with all instruments giving a lot from themselves while still existing as a wall of sound, sort of a background, giving the unique sound for that time, that would evolve and get popularized in the future. Time features one of the best guitar solos ever written, the drum intro on toms is so fun to listen to and then the drop to full drums and keyboards, and all other elements of the song - oh man, it feels so great. Money features one of the most catchy riffs ever, with the use of money-related sounds in the background of course. It showed the energetic and heavier side of the album, that gave something more to the whole picture. Us And Them ia gorgeous, even choir-like on chorus song, but then also comes my beloved, really underappreciated Any Colour You Like, which features some genius keyboard playing, just wow. This song made me cry, oh it did even without any lyrics. Its sheer beauty is outstanding. The 2-song closer is also just perfect. It's unbeatable. Many times I thought to myself - "this album could be the last thing I could hear in my life and then die and I would be happy". And you know what? I still think that.

Really the only context in which I'm familiar with this album is the thing where you play it at the same time as The Wizard of Oz and it weirdly lines up. Interesting to listen to without that accompaniment

What can you say? I have listened to this a hundred times, and I hear something new every time. Wonderful.

Little known fact that if you put this album to the classic movie The Wizard of Oz, it will cause you immediate diabetes.

As a sci fi fan i just love this album because this lp takes you on an epic journey through time and space. The music allows you to float along in zero gravity, exploring all kinds of new planets and concepts, while maintaining a speed that makes you feel warm and safe as well as getting you quickly from a to b in this vast tthingof nothingness we call our universe. Love to listen to this in its entirety to make it feel like experiencing a great saga. However, single tracks like time, money or great gig in the sky easily hold up on their own. What an awesome record!

There is no dark side in the moon, really. Matter of fact, it's all dark.

Picture this, it's the year 1973. You're driving home from the bar; the BAC limit is 0.15 but them damn liberals want to make it 0.10. You light up a cigarette in your Bonneville and cruise down the street and watch those sickly yellow beams wash over the road as you try to make it home. Your mind drifts to the war, and your knuckles slowly tighten around your jointed steering wheel. This is the album that's playing. Then Money plays and you crash your car in a school zone.

1 van de beste albums ooit gemaakt

Absolutely incredible album. Must be listened to in 1 sitting. A piece of performance aside from just a collection of songs

Great first album!!! One of my favorites.

Énorme classique, je me suis régalé ça passe super vite ! Mais pas mon album préféré de pink Floyd

Très très bon J'ai longuement hésité avec le 5 étoiles

A pretty fucken perfect record

It does play well with The Wizard Of Oz

One of the all time greatest albums.

I’d give it 5 stars for eclipse alone. The whole thing is just incredibly immersive. It’s 50 years old but still sounds amazing. I can’t imagine what it would have been like to listen when it first came out.

Too album Have original master recording

The Greatest album of all time and it’s not even the best Pink Floyd album. Much better than Coldplay

Favorites: Breathe (In The Air), Time, Brain Damage Anyone that tells you this is overrated is out of their damn mind. Some of the best music ever recorded, each listen is a one-in-a-lifetime experience. Love, love, love.

I'm a sucker for seamless transitions. a bunch of great hits there's a few filler songs here and there, but an amazing album to listen to with a J at the night.

One of the best of all time.

The best album of all time

i guess this is just a mandatory 5 no?

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Must listen to album for all rock fans. Very experimental sound. a fantastic album to listen to really understand the music that came after this and how influential it was to our modern sound

Una maravilla del rock y la psicodelia armónica.

There’s probably nothing I can say that hasn’t been said. The pinnacle of their creativity post Barrett, it’s the a masterpiece from start to finish.

Not sure I gave this a fully comprehensive review. Probably a sunny morning dog walk not the best place for it. Not enough drugs for one thing.

Layered, intricate songs that immediately feel classic.

Legendary album that lives up to it's very high reputation.

Av det beste som nokon gong he blitt laga

Classic, excellent.

I enjoyed this!

One of the all time greats. Melancholic, many layered, genre defining, a really fabulous album think it merits top status.

An all time favorite and great. I find that I have the need to listen to this album all the way through at least a few times every year, and have ever since I was introduced to it when I was a young teen dipping my toe into adult life. The meaning it has to me has evolved over time, but that's part of the genius of it. Whether it was playing as a background to underage drinking and trying to sync it up to The Wizard of Oz, or using it as a soundtrack as a very lost young adult, to now a middle aged guy with a family and job wondering what life is turning into as the days go by ever faster. This album is truly magic. I hope that as I continue to age it continues to hit in new ways. I also hope that my children can find it and enjoy it like I have.

Tip to tail, this is a master! And in my opinion, the album’s hit (come on, you know the song), while certainly a true iconic rocker, is one of the weaker moments. Not that I’d kick it out of bed… 5 stars all day.

Imagine rating this album less than 5 stars? Couldn’t be me. I stopped counting how many times I’ve listened to this masterpiece. Rating this album is almost useless. Writing a review about it even more. Not in a way “oh god this album is so fucking bad” but because it’s a true and real masterpiece, a lot of people know about it alreadt too. It’s like rating water. It’s useless. Because you and I already know what it is. How it taste. How useful it is. Yeah, useless. And if you don’t know, you might live in a cave (we’re still talking about water here.. Or are we?). Okay, but let’s still try. We’ll try. I need to write something interesting. The cover is as iconic as the songs. The songs are absolute gems. It is nor too long nor too short. It is perfect. The making of this album is also a very interesting story (like many from this period). This album has different songs and they all complete each others. Pink Floyd is an iconic band. To me it’s impossible to dislike this album, but I guess hey everyone is different and it’s ok! Free will is still a thing then so it’s great! (I'm serious about it. really) You know what. I just realised (while writing this review) that 'The Great Gid in the Sky' is only composed of five sentences. I never realised that. Wow. Okay. Mind blown. It doesn't feel like it. Congrats! Is there anything else I could say? No. As I said, nobody is writing long essay about water (or maybe they are, but you get what I mean). Then, there is no need for this review to be endless. We'll stop it there, alright with you? Okay, then, see ya!

Classic. Iconic. Hypnotic. Psychedelic. Listened to this album quite a bit growing up, it had been awhile since I have heard it again in full. It's considered one of the greats for a reason.

The Wall will get a 5

A headphones-only listen. I can't add anything else to the discussion.

five stars forever!

There’s a reason this is widely considered among the best albums of all time Tracks seamlessly transition between different emotions, producing a coherent and provocative album. 10/10 We will still be listening to this one hundred years in the future

A top 5 album in the entire list of 1001!

It was fine. I only knew Money going in. There were too many instrumental parts. I liked the singing parts.

dadgum what an album. Heard nothing but how it was one of the best albums of all time and it didn't disappoint. Great album.

Cmon. If you haven't heard this by now I'm not sure what you have been doing. No matter what it is, stop it and go listen to it now!

Great stuff. Still has tracks that I just don't have that much fun listening to, but the highs are HIGH!

Pretty decent album!

Sweet memories of high school and seeing Laser Floyd at the planetarium.

Thought I must have been listening to a different album than everyone else. Really didn't rate it, didn't think it was anywhere near as good as people had made out and I doubt I'd go back to it.