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An insanely incredible album
Absolutely masterpiece, definitely going to listen to it again
Talented but would enjoy this better high
Love it
Some gorgeous moments, but I found The Dark Side of the Moon to be a bit ponderous on a first listen, particularly during the instrumental tracks. I think the hype of this being one of the best selling albums ever may have raised my expectations a bit too high, but I understand why someone might love this.
simply the best
it's The Fucking Dark Side of the Moon deserves to be one of the 1001? i don't know, you tell me
I doubt I'd be doing this project had I not discovered Pink Floyd.
Sometimes people use Right Place at the Right Times to suggest that the level of effort and skill put into something doesn't matter. For some things, that may be true. But for music, often you have to have made the Right Thing at the Right Place at the Right Time. As you can probably guess, I think this is true of DSotM. So much has been said about this album that I struggle to add much. So I will say that I am always surprised how natural the album sounds. All four members of Floyd worked their butts off (including Nick Mason's underrated experiments with sound effects and sequences) yet the album has a relaxed vibe. They made a 7/8 song sound relaxed and natural. That's hard to pull off. It's not my favourite Floyd album, but it's still worth a 5. Tangent: Apparently this album is really good to put on when making love. I wouldn't know. What I find interesting is that people readily admit to trying it. What must it feel like to be someone who it didn't work for? Favourite Song: Time Least Favourite: One the Run (Speak to Me is too easy) Strong Bad Demerit Count: 1 (No, I don't count Great Gig in the Sky)
The album art still still adorns dorm room walls for a reason.
88% Best: Time; The Great Gig in the Sky; Money; Us and Them; Brain Damage Must-Hear? Sure
Amazing
**The Dark Side of the Moon** by Pink Floyd, released in 1973, is widely regarded as a landmark in rock history, celebrated for its conceptual unity, innovative production, and enduring cultural impact. Below is a detailed review focusing on the album’s **lyrics, music, production, themes, and influence**, as well as a balanced assessment of its strengths and weaknesses. ## LYRICS Roger Waters, the band’s primary lyricist, crafted lyrics that probe the existential anxieties of modern life. The album’s words are concise yet profound, exploring topics such as **madness, mortality, time, greed, conflict, and alienation**[1][2][3]. Waters’ writing is often lauded for its philosophical depth, offering reflections on the pressures and absurdities of everyday existence: - **"Time"** laments the fleeting nature of life and the regret of wasted youth. - **"Money"** critiques materialism and capitalist greed with biting irony. - **"Us and Them"** explores division and conflict, both interpersonal and societal. - **"Brain Damage"** and **"Eclipse"** address insanity and the search for meaning. While Waters’ lyrics are generally admired for their substance, some critics have noted a tendency toward **verbosity and introspection** that can border on the obvious or self-indulgent[4]. Nonetheless, the album’s words are a major factor in its emotional resonance and timeless relevance. ## MUSIC Musically, *The Dark Side of the Moon* is a masterclass in **progressive rock** composition and arrangement. The album is structured as a continuous suite, with each track flowing seamlessly into the next, reinforcing its conceptual unity[1][5][6]. - **Instrumentation:** The band blends traditional rock instruments with **synthesizers, tape loops, sound effects, and non-traditional sounds** (heartbeats, clocks, cash registers), creating a richly textured soundscape[1][5][3]. - **Performance:** David Gilmour’s **guitar work** is expressive and melodic, notably on tracks like "Time" and "Money." Richard Wright’s **keyboards** add atmospheric depth, while Nick Mason’s **drumming** is both precise and dynamic. Gilmour and Wright’s **vocals** provide emotional contrast to Waters’ more narrative delivery. - **Harmony and Melody:** The album features lush harmonies and memorable melodies, particularly in "Breathe," "Us and Them," and "The Great Gig in the Sky," the latter highlighted by Clare Torry’s wordless, emotionally charged vocal improvisation. Some critics have found minor flaws in the performances, such as occasional **weakness in Gilmour’s vocals** or the argument that "The Great Gig in the Sky" could have been edited for brevity[7]. However, these are generally considered minor quibbles in the context of the album’s overall musical achievement. ## PRODUCTION *The Dark Side of the Moon* is renowned for its **groundbreaking production techniques**, overseen by engineer Alan Parsons and the band themselves[1][5][6]. - **Multitrack Recording:** The album made extensive use of multitrack recording, allowing for intricate layering of instruments and effects[1]. - **Sound Effects:** Innovative use of **found sounds** (e.g., spoken word snippets, cash registers, clocks) enhances the thematic content and creates an immersive listening experience[5][3]. - **Studio Experimentation:** The band employed **tape loops, synthesizers (notably the EMS Synthi AKS and VCS 3), and quadraphonic mixing**, pushing the boundaries of what was technically possible in the early 1970s[1][5]. - **Cohesion:** The production contributes to the album’s sense of unity, with crossfades and recurring motifs tying the tracks together into a single, uninterrupted journey. The album’s **sonic clarity and depth** set a new standard for rock production and made it a favorite for audiophiles and headphone listeners[8][3]. ## THEMES Thematically, *The Dark Side of the Moon* is a meditation on the **human condition**. The album’s central concerns include: - **Mental Illness:** Inspired in part by Syd Barrett’s breakdown, the album explores the fragility of the mind, especially in "Brain Damage"[8][6]. - **Time and Mortality:** "Time" and "The Great Gig in the Sky" confront aging, death, and the inexorable passage of time[2][8]. - **Materialism and Greed:** "Money" satirizes the pursuit of wealth and its dehumanizing effects[7][3]. - **Conflict and Division:** "Us and Them" addresses war, social division, and the futility of conflict[7][2]. - **Existential Anxiety:** The album as a whole is suffused with a sense of existential dread, but also moments of beauty and transcendence[5][2][3]. Unlike many of their progressive rock peers, Pink Floyd focused less on fantasy or mythology and more on **relatable, universal anxieties**, making the album both cosmic and deeply personal[3]. ## INFLUENCE *The Dark Side of the Moon* has had a **profound and lasting influence** on music and popular culture: - **Commercial Success:** With over 50 million copies sold, it is one of the best-selling albums of all time, spending a record 15 years on the Billboard charts[2][8][3]. - **Cultural Impact:** The album’s prism cover art is iconic, and its music has become ingrained in the collective consciousness[6][3]. - **Influence on Artists:** Its innovative production and conceptual ambition influenced countless artists, from Radiohead to The Flaming Lips, and helped establish the **concept album** as a major artistic form in rock[8][6]. - **Audiophile Benchmark:** The album is frequently used to test hi-fi equipment, thanks to its exceptional production values[8][3]. ## PROS AND CONS | Pros | Cons | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | **Thematic and musical unity**—tracks flow seamlessly, reinforcing the concept[1][5] | Some lyrics can be **verbose or overly introspective**[4] | | **Innovative production**—pioneering use of sound effects and studio technology[1][5] | Minor criticisms of **vocal delivery** and occasional overindulgence in arrangement[7] | | **Philosophical, relatable lyrics**—explores universal anxieties[2][3] | "The Great Gig in the Sky" considered by some as unnecessarily long[7] | | **Memorable melodies and harmonies**—standout tracks like "Time" and "Us and Them"[7] | Waters’ dominance in concept can overshadow other members’ contributions[4][3] | | **Iconic cover art and visual identity**[6][3] | The album’s success sometimes overshadows other Pink Floyd works[9] | | **Enduring cultural and musical influence**[8][6][3] | Some listeners find its mood too somber or introspective for casual listening[9][4] | ## CONCLUSION *The Dark Side of the Moon* remains a **landmark achievement** in rock music, notable for its **lyrical depth, musical sophistication, and innovative production**. Its exploration of existential themes, combined with seamless musical and conceptual unity, has ensured its status as both a critical and commercial triumph. While not without minor flaws—occasional lyrical excess, some perceived overindulgence in arrangement, and a somber tone that may not appeal to all—it stands as a testament to the power of the album as an art form and continues to inspire generations of musicians and listeners.
us and them is amazing. so cohesive
A classic, for reasons that don’t resonate with me. Fine enough.
Highlight Song/s: Time, Us and Them, Any Colour You Like and Brain Damage One of the things that are most interesting about this album to me, is that they put some experimental stuff within the first couple songs on one of the most sold albums ever. Just going off of other top sold albums, you'd think they would put tracks like Time and Money first on the album; songs that have that popular or commercial sound to it. But NO they don't do that. I love how Eclipse transitions into Speak to Me, so the album only really ends when the listener decides it does. Amazing lines on this album: "Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way" (Time) "And after all, we're only ordinary men" (Us and Them) "And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes" (Brain Damage) "And everything under the Sun is in tune" (Eclipse) and probably the best line ever "I'll see you on the dark side of the moon" (Brain Damage)
Another concept album?? I think?? I’ve heard a few of these songs before and while I think it’s a “good” album It’s not something I would listen to otherwise. I also fell asleep about halfway through listening but I’m not gonna relisten 3.5 stars
Yeah people are right, this one rules. I know it might sound crazy, but yesterday was literally the first time I’ve listened to this album ever, lol! It actually wasn’t what I was expecting? I thought it was much more traditional rock - but this was very vibey and instrumental and experimental. I dug it bigtime. Listened to it three times, it was that good. Can you believe it? This album that everyone considers one of the best ever WAS amazing??
Too much jamming and noise.
Money. Overhype. I prefer Wish You Were Here.
Most likely belongs at the very top of this list!
Transcendent.
Esta bien de fondo para leer
Classic headphones rock !
These are songs that i can't use as a background music because they would distract me from whatever i should be doing.
5/5 for it's time, it's a bit dated now but u can still appreciate the musicality and how it helped shape a generation and a half
the 1st song sounds like a spooky film hahaha i like the guitar, is funkeh. love when it goes "weUhhhhh" i wouldnt mind being on whatever these guys are on, vibes innit. Time was like an assault to my ears at the start, don't hate it though hehe I guess I can see why they still sell shirts with this album cover on lol' i liked the album but wouldn't really go back to listen to it???
The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd is one of the most iconic albums of all time in a couple of different ways. On a surface level, the album cover is what catches the eye; the beam of light passing through the prism, coming out the other side as a rainbow. But that’s only the album’s cover. The 10 songs that make up the 42 minute runtime of DSOTM are some of the best songs of all time. With more popular hits such as Money and Time; to more instrumentally driven tracks like Speak to Me and On the Run and … Any Colour You Like. Every single track on this absolute masterpiece of an album is good. Literally every single one. Every non-instrumental track has lyrics as complex as the melody, or vice versa. Which is insane, because each track is so good in its lyrics and melody separately, but combining them to make an amazing song, let alone 10 whole bangers, is absolutely insane. I literally don’t know what to say. This album is a masterpiece. It’s not even my favourite Pink Floyd album, because I don’t know which one is, but you have to give props to one of the most famous and influential records of all time. The Dark Side Of The Moon, this one’s for you. I love you so so so very much.
Needs more listens. More 3.5 in rating.
It's been a long time since I listened to this whole album all the way through. This is a really good album, but I don't think it's their best. I feel like The Wall and Wish You Were Here are both better albums. For this one, you kind of have to be in the right mindset to really appreciate it. And I don't mean you need to be high, although that's probably how this was intended to be experienced. I mean all the parts of this album are there - guitars, bass, keys, vocals are all great. I think that it's biggest weakness is that because of the feel that they were leaning into with the whole album, it feels a little lazy and sleepy. But again, that's probably the point. Not a prefect album by any means, and it is certainly overrated, but it is still a great record. 4/5
Extraordinary
Classic Album and one of my favorites. Listened to this earlier in the week, happy to listen again.
Ain’t nothing I can say about this that hasn’t already been said. It’s as good as doing your washing and finding a crumpled up tenner in your pocket that you’d forgotten about.
Another undeniable album. I didn't like it the first time I listened to it full as a teenager: it was too mellow, too dull, with too many 'weird' bits between the songs. It was annoying to skip through on CD and the amount of praise they got in online music circles seemed way too much. But yeah, I was wrong. It's incredible and it really feels like an 'experience' album.
Pink Floyd. One of my favorite band. This is one of their best album. Still tripping on their music. Great album.
A classic.
Magic !
If this ain't list worthy I don't know what is.
It's a very nicely produced album with a big emotional swing; and I can see getting lost in it. But, I don't think individual songs really work by themselves. It's a great album but I wouldn't go back to listen to any individual parts of it for entertainment, and couldn't put it on in the background either, as its too interesting for other things to be happening during it, unless you're alone and not doing anything else.
#12 The Dark Side Of The Moon ~ Pink Floyd So let's get this straight. Is this the best Pink Floyd album? No. Is this album kitsch and cliched as hell? Definitely. Does this make it a bad album? Hell no. Is this album an incredible masterpiece? Yeah, yeah it pretty much is. My honest feelings is that I think some people take this album a little bit too seriously, and that Pink Floyd's immediate later album is a bit better. However this doesn't take away from the fact Dark Side Of The Moon still sounds incredibly insane as the day it first released, bathed in a multitude of studio effects, tape recordings, ambiguous lyrics and warped, distorted guitar solos to provoke as much auditory stimulation as possible. It is magnificently bloated, excessive epic in sound, and it's just incredibly enjoyable to listen to. Even if some of the lyrics are a bit self-indulgent, it's just really damn nice to listen to. It's just so pretty.
This would be a fifteen out of five. One of the true unmatched masterpieces of modern music.
This is an obvious 10/10 in terms of things everyone knows. Love the album, want something less known.
All time classic
Glorious album 10
Maybe I just want to see the bright side of the Moon
"The emperor is naked" This is mindnumbingly boring. And I dont need the sound effects to understand that "money" is about money and "time " is about time. Money is a pretty ok song though, and the art work on the cover is epic.
One of the greats
When I received this record as my to listen to before I die, it confirmed I am living a meaningful existence because I've listened to this one countless times and hold it dear. "...and if your head explodes with dark forebodings too, I'll see you on the dark side.of the moon".
i mean come on
I knew this was an important album coming into listening to it. I really liked it - I must admit it’s maybe not fully my thing, but I really appreciated the craftsmanship of it and the musical journey it took me on. Very well produced and put together.
Strange but actually really enjoyed it
Just brilliant all the way though, especially us and them, eclipse and brain damage. 5 stars
I like the gay triangle record, but it didn't change my life.
Already heard this one nice to see it pop up 4.5 stars
Probably one of the best production jobs ever. AOR gold, etc. No original thoughts about this one I guess.
Is this one of the best albums ever? Yes.
Listened to the album before. It's alright, but I think the art is more memorable than a lot of the music.
Tremendous. Can listen to it over and over
Always listen to this album from beginning to end One of the best albums of 1973
One of the greatest albums of all time hands down
One of my favorite albums of all. One song leading into the next weaving a narrative that will up end expectations to those new to Pink Floyd. It also creates a self awareness check that helps you appreciate your own life in a new light. Highly recommend.
5/5 no notes
Best of all
The most Transcedant album of all time. Not my favorite Pink Floyd or even in my top 3 but still you gotta appreciate it where it took the band and how it’s still probably there most wide known album. also they accidentally synced it with the wizard of Oz perfectly. My favorite Pink Floyd guitar solo ever is in Time. Us and them also amazing. Every song is a trip
I'm less familiar with this particular Pink Floyd album. I had it on my mp3 list so I would hear the tracks randomly, interspersed with other music, but not as an album, which meant that I didn't really like them much. It does work as a full album and I think if I was more familiar with it, I would rate it more highly. As it stands, I like it but prefer some of their other work more. Rating: 3
First three songs were buns Good from time on Intresting concept where all the songs morphed.
I forget how much i do enjoy this album. My friends in high school used to talk about floyd all the time. Cant imagine listening to this when the sun is out tho, this is a strictly nightime band. Lucky for whoever did their art direction for all their covers cuz they probably singlehandedly are responsible for the lasting impact of PF
overstimulated turns ascended, i’m always surprised at just how popular a band as experimental and politically radical as pink floyd got, always a fun listen and it just gets better as the album continues good stuff
It's flippin' Dark Side Of The Moon.
some of the most iconic, catchy, and accessible psychedelic songs ever. I'm more of a fan of The Wall, but there's no experience like listening to some of these songs for the first time. Money, Great Gig in the Sky, Time, any color you like, ... and more. instant 5/5 when i saw this come up.
Tatsache, ein Meisterstück! Wie sie immer alle gesagt haben.
Top notch
Easiest five stars yet.
A journey !
What a beautiful musical poetry that speaks to me ! This album clearly has a huge influence and Money is a major tube of that decade !
A beautifully haunting classic from one of the most influential band ever…. but personally, I lean more toward Wish You Were Here.
Deserves points for managing to be a compelling album despite having a number of tracks that aren't conventionally-structured songs. On the other hand, at least two tracks are outliers that don't fit in as well as the rest: "The Great Gig In The Sky" and "Money", the latter of which breaks from the other songs thematically and musically sounds like it wandered in from another album.
I resent rating this highly, because I got so annoyed looking at this website's top rated albums and them all being the most predictable crop of albums you could possibly imagine. Like what is even the point in doing this exercise if we all just discover that Abbey Road and Dark Side of the Moon are the greatest albums of all time. I could have told you that decades ago. Like, wow the general public hate Throbbing Gristle and love The Beatles, shock fucking horror. (I know it's about musical discovery, I'm being glib). I don't think this album is heads and shoulders better than any other similarly fantastic albums, and it gets wanked over far too much. BUT - it is excellent and I love it lols. 5*
Classic, but not my jam.
What could I say that hasn't already been said a million times.
Who hasn’t heard this?!
A little daddish. I liked the gig in the sky. Will isten to again
Simply sensational. Cliches are a cliche for a reason and Dark Side is worthy of all the accolades. Whereas chump ass busters like G. Newman and C. Kopech may think that "Money" doesn't belong--and perhaps they're right--I still like the song. As I've listened to this album for decades now, my favorite tracks change. But listening to Dark Side always is a great way to "tick away the moments" of any day.
now we fucking go. A classic from start to finish. Beam it into space so that the aliens know we're cooking with gas down here.
I never got "Money". Still don't. 5 STARS
It's an impeccable slog, which sounds like one of the things money might described as being.
Peak Floyd. I have nothing novel to add, but will note that this was one of the first CDs (along with Piper At the Gates of Dawn) my parents bought me to go along with the CD player they bought me for Christmas one year back in the 80s. My dad would probably detest this album, but he was enough of an audiophile to recognize its quality.
I've always been a hater but I have to admit that this record is basically flawless. Yeah, I'll pick up a copy if I see it in the bin at a thrift shop.
Ive heard this so many times I'm tired of it. But it still gets a 5.
Yea, fine. It's a great album. But I think I prefer nearly any other Floyd album to this one when I have the occasional itch to listen to some Floyd.
Money!
this album is fantastic, it goes so fast even with the longer tracks, it’s structured perfectly and its pacing is on point, from the start to finish, a pivotal album in progressive rock, so good
A true classic, and one of if not the greatest rock album of all time. Listened to the entire thing through, and then did it again cos I didn't want it to end. Easiest 5 stars i've given. 5/5
I’ve been meaning to listen to this for years, and it did not disappoint
I wish I could like it. I've tried but this doesn't speak to me. Did like a couple songs... But just seems dated.
An easy 5 stars. Perfect sequencing with each track flowing into the next.
Masterpiece!
mid
Yah this would be one of those several times where the list gives me an album I don’t even need to listen to again cause I know it extremely well just from being a massive rock n roll and heavy metal fan. It’s very hard to go this long in life without hearing this album at some point. Now I should preface this by saying I’m not a Pink Floyd koolaid drinker. I think they are great but I don’t think they are/were the best. That being said this album, as a whole and as a front to back experience, might be their best album. It’s definitely the most famous album not just of their discography but also of all time. It’s completely iconic and mind blowing. The only real criticism that I will say, is the album works so well as a whole that individually the songs are not as powerful. Like the only song I’d listen to off this album by itself is money. That’s the only real self contained song. But I don’t think that hurts the album very much.
It would be 4.5 stars, but I think they have better albums so I cant give it the highest rating.
This is the 2001 space odessy for me.
I mean come on..... nothing needs to be said about this one
Perfect album. Great songs and performances. Themes of fear and existential dread. Timeless.
It’s not an album I love but I ended liking a couple from it; Best; Breathe & Us and Them Worst: on the run & the great gig in the sky I know I’m the odd one out; I honestly don’t understand why it’s loved
Another Pink Floyd masterpiece.
#Rally Review - Day 2## Do I really need to write a review for this one? Jamie: "Aw yea haven't really heard a bad song by Pink Floyd ay"
Yet another universally acclaimed Pink Floyd album where I am stuck at a loss for what to even add, I liked the first half a bit more I guess? That being said any album would be blessed with either side of this.
This is about as close as it gets to a perfect album. This could be my favourite album. No critiques worthy of note, if at all. The time is gone, the songs are over, thought I’d something more to say.
i've always been one of those faggots that says 'erm yeah i actually prefer wish you were here to dark side of the moon' but it is undeniably one of the best albums of all time. i think that overexposure is probably the only reason i dont prefer it. i'm not writing a full review because it would just be me fellating them all the way through. vocals, instrumentation, mastering, songwriting, lyricism. yeah it's good innit
My favourite track is the one where it sounds like SpongeBob has run afoul of the ANC.
Previously my favourite pink Floyd album and unfortunately this re-listen didn't do it justice. Im sure I'll return at some point and love it just as much as I used to but this time around it think im enjoying wish you were here a bit more. That's not a good thing for an album since im dropping a point. Still phenomenal though. 9/10
The album I avoid answering with when asked "What's your favourite Pink Floyd album?" because it's too obvious an answer. While I personally prefer Wish You Were Here this is undoubtedly peak Floyd. Following Syd Barrett's departure (ejection?), the band were a bit creatively lost and in the woods as to where were going. They meandered around a little and some incredible work came out of their experimentation (Saucerful of Secrets, Meddle, Obscured By Clouds) as they each tried their hand at songcraft. This album marks the peak of the group's collective creative output before Roger Waters became the lead (and eventually sole) creative driving force behind Pink Floyd. The best song on this album is arguably Time and it's the only track where every member of the band has writing credits (and also one of the only songs where Richard Wright is on vocals!). Technically this album is magnificent, the production and engineering is marvellous, the interviews with the roadies are cool and while the theming/concepts explored here aren't as nearly as deep or interesting as when this first released in 1973 or when I heard it at the age of 12 it's still a pretty holistic and fun as a concept album. I prefer Side B to Side A personally and that's the closest I can come up with in terms of criticism for this album. It literally never gets old, it is the gold standard for the album experience for me and it's extremely dear to me. I can't find the words to express just how much I love this album.
The
Just not a Pink Floyd fan. Favorites: the great gig in the sky Rank: 4/10
BEST. ALBUM. EVER.
Okay okay so I don’t know where I am right now I think I took a wrong turn after the second scarecrow but this album is playing in my earbuds. The way “Breathe” started just as the wind kicked up in this maze felt like the universe was syncing up with my brain or something. It’s like the album knows you’re freaking out a little bit and is like hey hey man just breathe it’s gonna be okay and suddenly the corn didn’t feel so menacing anymore. But then dude then “On the Run” came on and I straight up sprinted because it sounds like robots chasing you through time and I was 100 percent convinced someone was behind. Like it adds to the thrill, it wants you to feel the chaos and then boom you’re in “Time” and the clocks go off and I swear I ducked because I thought they were real. This band isn’t just making music they’re messing with your soul and your sense of direction and maybe your relationship with mortality. This album makes you feel like a tiny person in a giant swirling galaxy of emotions and it’s terrifying and beautiful and I love it. If I never make it out of here please tell my family I gave Dark Side 5/5 pumpkins because it carried me through this haunted corn dimension and honestly that’s all I could ever ask for.
Neman pojma šta više reć. Odličan je album i to je to
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.
its dark side of the moon
Perhaps the best album of all time.
Not something I listen to very often, but undeniably a great album.
Definitely the best Pink Floyd out of the five I have listened to.
Look, there a reason it's sold so many copies. It's a masterpiece. For me it isn't my favourite Floyd album but you can't not give it 5 stars as it's pure perfection.
If I could give this a 4.9 I would, perfect album but it doesn’t top wish you were here
Amazing classic. Not much beats pink Floyd.
Obra de arte
I gave "Wish You Were Here" a 4 on this list because this album exists. This is one of the few automatic 5's on this list and after listening to the album again its 100% merited. For this particular genre of music you will be very hard-pressed to find an album better than this.
Bra album, sjøl om Money e ganske irriterande
duh - no notes
I listened to this once years ago and wasn't impressed. This is the album that everyone claims is immaculate? Years later and now 450 albums into this challenge, I see it differently. I do like it, I think it's well done and flows really nicely.
Riktigt bra
Famous album cover! I've heard of the band and album, but didn't know any of the songs. I thought it was good, I can see why it's considered great, but I wouldn't seek it out to relisten.
It’s often said that this album is impossible to evaluate, such is it’s status in rock history. Of course this is not true; at the end of the day it’s just a record and you listen to it like you do any other. The biggest disservice to it is probably done by those things over hype it beyond reason. Drop the hype and listen honestly and it’s still an amazing record. Part of the achievement is leavening the prog excess with some decent pop songwriting (Money and Time are pop songs, despite the production and the odd freaky time signature). Is it perfect? No, mainly because of what are unquestionably filler tracks, On The Run and Any Colour You Like. Is it good? Yes, very. The trick is not too overanalyse it, and certainly to ditch they hype which doesn’t help the album and which it can’t live up to anyway. Just enjoy the accessible pop moments and immerse yourself in the soundscape; think of it as a sound sauna with great production.
Lo re mil escuché varias veces. Un gran álbum con el que no dejo de sorprenderme. Nota: 4.2
Serieus goed
My first Pink Floyd album on this list, and it's the one I'm supposed to like because it's the greatest album of all time. I've never listened to The Dark Side of the Moon before. I have heard some of The Wall, and I don't hate Pink Floyd, I just never bothered to listen to them before. It's good. This might be the first album I have listened to that had to be heard as an album. That alone ups the rating for something on an album list. Time and Money are the only tracks that do well without the others. That may be why I liked them the best. Best album ever? No Will I listen to it again? Yes, but not often. It's not background music. It demands attention. It is worth giving a 5? Yes
This is more than just music, it's an experience. I can casually enjoy a lot of music but this album takes the next step and actually effects me. It is memorable and an all time favorite. A masterpiece.
I have a weird relationship with this album. When I was growing up in the 90s and getting into music, this was one of those untouchable classics that represented some of the Best Music Ever™ according to adults. But when I listened to it as a teenager, I didn't enjoy it: it was boring, self-indulgent, and not very memorable. Quintessential boomer music that was praised because it always had been. So with that in mind, we'll see how I feel as a more developed music listener... UPDATE: Wow, these dudes really put clock and cash register noises in some songs, called them "Time" and "Money" respectively, and white people were like "OMG GREATEST ALBUM OF ALL TIME." Not saying this was a bad album, I definitely understand how big a record like this must have been at the time. But I feel like we've gotten much better records from PF and other bands since. So while a good album, I'm feeling it's a bit overrated. Guess if you weren't there in 1973 then you missed out on good music.
I doubt I have much to add to the discussion of Dark Side of the Moon. I certainly don't have the energy to do so - "Shorter of breath and one day closer to death." It is rightly popular and has sold many millions. I don't have the strength to verify the story that a German vinyl pressing plant existed solely to churn out copies of the album, but I can believe, given the number of copies I've seen around. The sales were definitely sufficient to make the band huge, securing them the totemic Lear jet, and making them the image of indulgent and indulged rock stars. The sort of arena prog that punk was supposed to displace. But Pink Floyd aren't prog. Certainly not on this record. Coming from psychedelia, they were performing epic instrumentals before the term prog was coined. There is nothing epic here anyway. The longest track is under eight minutes and its a slow jam, not a technical workout. The record is harmonically straight-forward, often vamping between two chords. Richard Wright brings in some jazzy 9ths, but easy to digest. And rhythmically? Nick Mason is never showy. The riff of Money is so catchy that you barely notice the time signature. Gilmour and Wright are virtuosic players, but also virtuous, observing the virtue of good taste. Nothing ever feels like an exercise. There is room to discuss favourite Floyd albums and some of the contenders can be faulted for indulgent, but Dark Side of the Moon remains the best - the world's favourite - Floyd album because it avoids these traps. While not merely a collection of songs, it is not a concept album either. It sits pleasingly between the two - too coherent to be broken down into tracks, but not knotted up on storytelling. The story, in fact, is the simple story of everyone's life: time, money, conflict, decline. The shape of a life rather than any person's life. The Wall gets specific and The Final Cut more specific still, but the generality of Dark Side makes it easy to relate to. Talking Heads Fear of Music is an interesting comparison. That is another album where the writer focuses sharply on concepts of modern living - Compare Air with Breathe; Life During Wartime with Us and Them; Heaven (where they play your favourite song ad nauseum) to the endless climax of The Great Gig in the Sky. Byrne's obsessions are tetchy and paranoid. Waters' are universal. Sad, contemplative, maybe even hopeless, but gentle. Almost reductive. However, we all think about these things (some of us all the time) and, even the instrumental breaks - the panicked On the Run - capture the process of rumination. The snatches of other voice remind us of thinking. Thinking isn't - or shouldn't be - isolating, it is a conversation between ourselves and the things we've read and seen, the people we've spoken with. This isn't just Roger Waters's angst on record, it's everyone's. ELP parodied Fanfare for the Common Man, but Dark Side of the Moon is for the common man. That's why everyone has a copy. Even my ma, a old punk, used to listen to it in the dark. And a German town is very thankful. Okay, perhaps not everyone. I went to see Future Bible Heroes in London in 2002. Stephin Merritt asked the small audience what the English way is. I was the only one in the two-hundred strong crowd (strong probably isn't the right word for so many indie weeds) who got his Floyd reference (itself a reference to Walden). Or I was the only one who shouted it out when asked for clarity on the line. The least awkward of the two interactions I've had with him. 5 The Dark Side of the Moon has many faults and all of them were apparent to me the first time I listened to this album, at about 15 or 16, and disliked it. ‘Boring’ I would have said ‘what are everyone’s parents talking about?’ I know what I mean. It is sort of boring; everything except On The Run is taken at a middle-aged 60-70 bpm and On The Run has its own special way of being boring. Lots of solos - bloody saxophone and organ as well as guitar. Pompous too; it’s about your whole Life and Everything (‘that’s the beat of a heart at the start of the record you know!’ as someone’s uncle is always telling you). It’s about Time and Money too; isn’t it time you bought another copy? ‘The 30th Anniversary Vinyl if you can manage to find it - the dynamic range on that one; the soundstage…’ as someone’s single uncle is always telling you. No matter which of Pink Floyd is singing they all sound like a weary English schoolmaster. Hmmm. I seem to have almost talked myself into not giving this 5 stars so I’ll stop. 5/5
Standout Songs: Breathe (In the Air) Time Money Us and Them Brain Damage Have always loved this album, and Pink Floyd in general. Nice getting something I recognize and enjoy.
This is my favorite album. It has a little bit of everything on it. And what can go wrong with David Gilmore playing. Absolutely nothing
Incredible album. Duh
Great album. There are some good songs by themselves, but so much better when played in order.
Absolutely sublime
Love embodied
Top 10 album of all time. Genius. Never gets old.
It's a masterpiece that never gets tiresome to listen to. Although not my favorite Pink Floyd album, it still rates as one of the greatest rock albums of all time. I first listened to this album when I was 13 or so, and to revisit the song "Time" when I am now 56 certainly puts things into perspective. We spend most of our days focused on our daily activities and petty worries as life rushes by, "and then one day you find...." you're one day closer to death. The song "Us and Them" seems just as relevant today as it was over 50 years ago, as we are caught up in petty squabbles. One should put on this album and reflect on your life and just maybe be a better person before you go to "The Great Gig in the Sky".
One of the best albums of all time. Kudos to the sound engineers involved as well.
A classic.
The trio of this, Wish You Were Here, and Animals is perfection.
I liked the part when Pink Floyd went to the moon and said, "wow this really is the dark side of the moon."
ok
Pink Floyd is shit.
Deserves it's status as one of the best albums of all time.
Omggg, YEEES! Beautiful!!! 😍 All the stars!!! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Time" is absolute jam!
I feel a little bad for thinking this was basic "dad" album. I was wrong.
Музыка настолько мощная, что даже подавляет. Для фона совершенно не подходит, только для вдумчивого прослушивания в полной тишине и покое. 8,5 из 10.
There isn’t much to say about Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side Of The Moon that hasn’t been said already. This isn’t just an album, it’s a moment, a point in time where music came together to form something far greater than itself. The Dark Side Of The Moon is what other artists aspire to create, it’s what has become the darling of so many, and what has influenced so many more. I can continue to go on with the loose adjectives, and how it takes very literal moments on the record (items that immediately spring to mind are the bashing chimes of a grandfather clock on Time, or the crass cha-chings of an old-time cash register on it’s most recognisable track, Money), but I use this time to cut to the chase. This is one of the greatest albums of all time, and something I am so finally glad I got around to listening to in full. Favourite tracks are the aforementioned Money, the ethereal Great Gig in the Sky, and Us and Them (which also turned into one of my favourite moments on the cut). Wherever you look, it’s expertly produced, and even 42 years from its release, timeless. A masterpiece in every sense of the word, and for the very first time: Five stars.
Spectacular
Even before playing this I know it's a 5. There are not many albums this good
Nothing to add that hasn't been said before. Simply one of the greatest albums ever made.
There is no such thing as a perfect album. Oh wait, there is. Universal concepts. A true concept album
I don’t know why it was such a shock when this generated but I relistened to it for the first time in a while. It was better than I remember, this album above all is beautiful sonically. “Breathe (In The Air) is actually a really great kickstart to the record “Time” is one of the greatest songs of all time. “The Great Gig In The Sky” is beautiful, “Money” has one of the greatest bass lines of all time. “Us And Them” is my favorite track here. “Brain Damage” has one of the most cathartic album title drops of all time and it’s two song suite with “Eclipse” is better than “Us And Them” imo despite individually both being worse than that song. I love this album, though I don’t connect with it in the same way many do and therefore it is not quite as high up in my humble opinion as the general consensus leaves it and it also isn’t my favorite Pink Floyd album. With that said this is easily a 5/5
Awesome album about the human condition. There’s not one bad song on this album although the lyrics can get a little depressing sometimes.
A masterpiece. Would give 6 stars if I could. Everything I like about music. Inventive, rich and deep. More like this.
One of my favorite classic rock albums. Best on vinyl.
One of the best rock albums of all time. Love this album. Highly layered songs, that are extremely intricate. Great compositions from start to finish. Yes this is over indulgence but I'm ok with it here. Love this album!
A classic and deservedly so.
Call me a basic boi in a college dorm if you must but there's a reason all them posters is there. Social commentary, tasty choirs, and every track runs into the next?? They really nailed it
A classic, albeit overrated, album. It has its solid moments, but it also has its weak spots. If I were going to reach for some Floyd to listen to, this wouldn't be it. Standout track: Time
they shoulda packed it up when Syd quit, as Gilmour was a lousy replacement. they were a great space rock band but this album marks the beginning of a journey up their own ass. dull, painfully literal stuff. pick up Relics, a comp of their early singles and film work, instead.
Classic
Exceptional album!
Classic. "The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older." Great album to drive with all the windows down on a country road. Perfect from start to finish.
Reading reviews and seeing the breakdowns about how this is the best produced album ever, and I don't know that I could disagree. Perfect. The layering, the way each song flows into each other, the way the album can repeat into itself with the heartbeat. I remember listening to the Great Gig in the Sky on full volume in the car during a rainstorm during a breakup. That shit hit hard.
Possibly my favorite album of all
Right off the bat: I don't love this. A lot of it is boring, and as someone who doesn't smoke weed, and possibly more importantly did not smoke weed as a teenager, this album doesn't have those associations that maybe a lot of other people seem to have. So is it overrated? Yes. Is it also very good? Yes. I regularly ding albums for not having shape, well, this one DOES. In spades. The boring stuff fits into a larger whole, even when it gets annoyingly noodly. The fact that this had singles is kinda wild, it really is one complete piece. No individual song is particularly GOOD, but the whole thing together, man. Respect where it's due.
Че пидоры чтоли 8/10
Day502 - a masterpiece that’s just as good driving or sitting in your room chilling
fav: the great gig in the sky least fav: on the run
Top 5 records of all time. Incredible!
I find myself giving this a 5 mostly because I've been far too generous with 4s recently. I have listened to it in full a couple of times before and have always enjoyed it for the most part. It's definitely a single piece of art more than it is a collection of songs though. There's not a single song on the album that I would add to a playlist. That's not necessarily a bad thing but I think I prefer albums with one or two great songs carrying six or seven average ones than eight above average songs that flow well together. The opening "song" and 'On the Run' are both forgettable which makes for a pretty bad start. 'Time' and 'Money' are probably the best songs on the album. The last four songs could have been a single song and I wouldn't have noticed. The album cover is legendary. Possibly the most recognisable one of all time, or at least top 5. But I think that is part of the problem. It's so legendary that it's almost impossible for it to live up to the hype. All that being said, it's certainly an experience and a good one at that. Is it perfect? No. But it comes close.
i had a DSOTM patch on my bag at school. comfortably the coolest thing 17 year old me ever did
There is an undeniable perfection to this opus however its artistic grip is suffocating and creepy. My main reaction is not wonder but avoidance because I feel like “I get it”.
Yay!!!!!!great album
Never really fully got into the Floyd. Whilst undeniably good sonically, I think I prefer the backing vocal to the lead - The Great Gig In The Sky is amazing. The lyrics don't really resonate with me either plus this is to blame for far too much prog rock on this list
My favo(u)rite album! That said, I am copying a review I found on Song Meaning site some years ago as even though I don't agree with all of it I do agree with most of it. Will say that I think this is a rare album with not a wasted second on it. Also On The Run is way ahead.of it's time as an electronic tune, almost dance music. "To understand Eclipse you must interprete the album: the album reflects life as it is. Breathe: First your heartbeat begins/grows, you start to breathe and you are born. You get exposed external sounds and influences (like adult's voices saying things you cannot yet understand) but you get also exposed to your mother's cares and worries ('smiles you'll give, and tears you'll cry') and good advices ('balance on the biggest wave, you race towards an early grave'). Time: You grow up and enter into the ratrace of society, you realize passing of time and experience first disappointments ('no-one told you when to run..') and what it means to get older ('every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time'). Money: The materialistic phase of your life, working and earning money, not thinking much of the greater things in life. Us and them: The elderly phase of life: you have seen it all, and you feel you have done your part. You become narrowminded and start talking about 'us' and 'them'. Like many elderly people do, you retract socially in a more inner circle of close family and friends. Society as a whole becomes less important, because you realize you will not be part of it for a long time anymore. Brain damage: In the next phase your brain degenerates, you become detached from the outside world and 'real' people do not see anymore what you think. You loose touch with reality, your mind starts doing its own ways, but it feels to you like the rest of the world is doing strange things ('when the band you're in starts playing different tunes'). You get locked up in an institution or an elderly home, but more importantly, you get locked up in your head, sometimes even purposely by 'making the cut' (lobotomy). Eclipse: The end. Finally, all actions and apparent contradictions and conflicts in life are resolved and disappear at the point of death (=the sun is eclipsed by the moon: the night falls for your brain). Even time itself disappears ('all that is now, all that is gone, all that's to come'). At this point everything melts together and you find/realize/experience that 'everything under the sun is in tune' and that all struggles were constructs of your conscious brain). Then the heartbeat stops. You're gone... I see no messages or judgements, or philosophies about darkness, just a tale about the phases of life. It helps me to realize what lies ahead for all of us. The Dark Side of the Moon is one of those rare works of Art where message, form and performance have come together in a perfect marriage."
Straight up one of my favourite albums of all time. No questions about how many stars.
How do you even talk about this thing without sounding like a stoned college kid? It’s like someone cracked open the universe and pressed it onto vinyl. Haunting choirs, existential dread, cash machines, clockwork all working together like some fever dream of logic. It’s prog rock that feels earned, like a thesis instead of a jam session. Makes most albums feel like demo tapes. Holy hell. Spins: All Day Playlist Additions: - All The Songs
As good as it fucking gets, but not their best album. This is when prog became music. Introspective, scathing, all-encompassing and intensely relatable.
What can I say about this album that hasn't already been said? A classic album if ever there was one. It's still as fresh and relevant today as it's ever been.
Many of the albums on this project I have either never or rarely listened to… not this one!! *May* not be my favorite Pink Floyd album (depends on the day) but definitely a classic.
Dark Side of the Moon treats its audience with respect. It trusts that people are patient and are willing to wait for good things. Structure is everything to this record, imagine if they’d tried the CD era trick of kicking the album off with this LP’s big single ‘Money’? The track listing is intelligent and rewards people for listening to it as a whole. Pink Floyd are not experimental in the sense that bands like Throbbing Gristle or Suicide are experimental, but they manage to take some relatively awkward ideas and make them palatable for a very broad audience. It is this element that makes Dark Side of the Moon one of the most exceptional albums of all time. The ability to make something pretty surprising translate it in a way that any human being could appreciate. The triumphant wall of sound moments pressed up against the modest, gentle moments are perfection. The general mix and tone of every element of this album is unbeatable. The tension between the relatable down to Earth vocals and the cinematic out of this world instrumentation is phenomenal. Basically, this is a great album.
Easy 5
I'd not listened all the way through before and this is such a coherent and enjoyable piece of work. Superb and beautiful.
pretty good. i’m young so this was a bit dated for me but a few hits on there forsure.
Girl we’ve been knew. FIYAH
Perfect album to listen with closed eyes. It goes by very quickly.
One of my all-time favorites. A classic in the truest sense.
boring
tops songs: eclipse, time, breathe feels a bit harsh to call this two star but not my genre
A perfect album. A perfect example of a perfect album. Opening heartbeat, bass, samples, blending into each of the next. Musically epic, this album is gushed over for a reason to the point of being a cliché. Ive loved this album and knew I'd be excited when it showed up on here. What I wasn't expecting is that it took longer for me to get to actually listening to this than any of the other albums I've been given so far. I think this was in large part because of my history with and reverence for the album. I'm not going to "review" this. That'd be silly at this point. I'll just happily chime in with everyone else- 5/5.
This entire album is smooth and beautiful. It is an entire vibe that needs to be consumed in one sitting with the lyrics sitting in front of you. It is a masterpiece.
Good music, just not my type of sound or preferred lyrical style.
Repeat listen
It's cliche but I almost feel forced to rate this album a 5. It's great for a reason and deserving of the plaudits. 9/10 (4.5/5)
Het is niet het beste Pink Floyd album, maar dit is gewoon het beste album ooit gemaakt (Volg je hem nog?). Geweldig hoe alles op elkaar aansluit, het tackelt veel sociale problemen en laat je ook nog even het gevoel hebben dat je high bent
It’s a 4.5 and I’m rounding up. No, who am I kidding, it’s a 5. I’ve listened to this album so many times, but this close listen was different. There’s a flow, a swing, a mood that keeps the energy high and constant. I think using similar-ish chord patterns across some songs do something that makes the album feel like a dream. Will continue to return for listens again. I also remember feeling particularly proud in high school when I used the lyrics of “Time” as an away message; I’ve never forgotten that and also the lyrics are even more haunting the older I/we get—which I guess is the point of the song. in
This album, weed and headphones = perfect teenage cocktail.
all-timer. do the kids still get high and sync it up with the wizard of oz? anyway, this one's an all-time medley up there with Abbey Road's back half.
Prime cut—album as Event. Best create a calendar hold; PF requests your undivided attention.
Pink Floyd just doesn't do it for me. I don't feel like they're doing anything revolutionary with this album. It's interesting and inventive (I guess for its time?), but not something I feel the need to revisit.
I have always been and always will be bored by this.
Pink Floyd is a good rock band and this is a good album
Angsty beautiful. Swings between deep drama and dark poetry
Their most popular album is clearly the best in Pink Floyd’s catalogue. The daily album project has given me more Pink Floyd to chew on than I’d ever been interested enough to previously get into - I don’t love all of it but there’s no question this album kicks ass front to back.
Revolution
Yeah, cool.
Unfortunately… triangle rainbow album good. Amazingly atmospheric and every song melts beautifully into the next. You find something new in every listen. It really deserves the hype.
Ashamed to admit I’ve never actually listened to this all the way through before today. I feel like you HAVE to listen to it as an album in full. Many of the songs don’t work as well stand alone with their big extended intros and whatnot. Was definitely really good but people cream their jorts over this album and I think that’s a little extreme.
This is a big one. Almost 200 albums into this and this is the first Pink Floyd slab of music I’ve really exposed myself to. Obviously I’ve heard many a Floyd song (look at me shortening band names), but I’ve never dove into a full length project of theirs. This is the one that I am not fully sure if it will hold up, or if it’s the album cover that dragged them this far. Hell, I had dark side of the moon pyjama pants when I was like 10. I had never heard this thing. I just thought prisms and light refraction was cool. With that tragic admission, let’s take a tab and try to forget I said that. Down the rabbit hole. Speak to Me - Perfectly dramatic intro. Like a portal to a mystical realm. Overhearing the last voices you’ll ever hear. Breathe (In the Air) - Errm what else am I supposed to breathe? Oh. Probably some sort of burned narcotic. You rascals. Excellent melody. I like this song a lot. On the Run - this sounds like the afterlife if it was made for a Sega console. Not a song per se, but the infinite black is palpable here. Time - I wonder if this song will be about Clocks. OH AHHH OH GOD AHHHH. I was almost asleep. I should’ve never chose to invoke squatters rights in this cavernous grandfather clock factory. They’re just so well made. It’s been years!! Is this another great song, or are my ears still ringing? The cacophonous blast of time measurement tools, to the cosmic soup, right into a laid back and meaningful rock performance that still maintains the darkened atmosphere. This is incredibly lush and that “ever year is getting shorter” refrain is so incredibly beautiful. The Great Gig in the Sky - The melodies are so haunting. I wouldn’t think that this bombast would fit in the cavernous realm that has been constructed thus far, but they do. This track has taken me out of it ever so slightly, but it holds up as an individual track and keeps the flow going. Especially as it fades. The angelic roadies need to pull up all that fuckin wire. We may be in the sky, but you still gotta plug those amps in. Money - The song that was the most accessible to young me, and one I can remember loading onto my iPod nano to impress my Dad, and to enjoy the rock n roll tones. Nostalgia colours this emergence, but it’s still an excellent rock song. A lot of energy, and a criticism of the money hoarding that has only gotten worse with time. Us and Them - Who is the Us and who is the Them? Sure I’m part of the us if I’m saying it, but I didn’t say it, they said it. But to them, they are us, and perhaps to them, I am them. This is a real head scratcher. I don’t know how to review this song. I like the saxophone. It feels very ethereal. Like you crest the horizon and feel the infinity of space stretch out before you. Hovering weightless. Any Colour You Like - Fuschia. No wait uhhh. PURPLE. yes!! When does my colour show up? I suppose we were due an extended guitar solo song. Brain Damage - Who are you calling damaged? I’ll have you know my doctor said I’ll make a full recovery from that time I accidentally got shipped airmail to Azerbaijan. Don’t ask. What a summer. I will say those crates are NOT handled with care. The inside of that thing looked like an explosion at a Smucker’s factory by the time I landed in Baku. Eclipse - The songs transition so seamlessly, that I can barely finish my inane ramblings before I am once again confronted. Wow. I made the mistake of looking at a lot of the online discourse surrounding this album beforehand and it made me feel ill. This album is so talked about, and so famous, that the discussion seems to be regarding anything but music. I’m very guilty of that in every review (including this one) but I do tend to listen to these albums for me. What do I think of them? How do the songs occur to me as that first listen? Then you get a raw (see half-baked) thought, and I move on. I will say that the eternal shared quest of 20-something white males to be the smartest guy in the room has ruined conversation around this album because it’s excellent, and I think the new “intellectual” take is that it’s overrated. This thing was enthralling at the start. The sounds are so lush and the atmosphere is all encompassing. I found myself visualizing space frequently and just tuning into each bizarre line of dialogue or beautiful melody. I was more distracted near the album close, as it felt the atmosphere was lifting. Almost as though we were ending our journey by crashing into the sun. Dark Side of the Moon takes somewhat mainstream rock and looks at it through this cosmic progressive lens that leaves us with something truly unique. Don your technicolour solar radiation blockers and breathe in the rarified air. We’re on the Dark Side of the Moon. Which moon? Brother, I don’t even know what galaxy we’re in. 4 HIGHLIGHTS: Breathe (In The Air), On the Run, Time, Money, Us and Them
yeah no this is perfect
fine
Favourite songs: Breathe (In The Air), Time, Eclipse
In the past I listened to loose numbers but was never very impressed. After many stories that this album is so great I gave it another go from a high quality source, this time listening in one piece. I like it better now, although i dont consider it one of the best albums I have heard. Anyway, I’ll keep trying… four stars
мелодия из звука кассы - это хорошо
One of the Greatest Albums ever created!!!!
I mean, it’s dark side…
5- Stars (13/15)
I’ve tried several times, but I can’t bring myself to give this 5 stars. It’s a great album, of course, and there are many bangers on here. But this album also has On The Run (I hate that song). But the production is awesome, and the overall sound is incredible.
Incredible. Flows start to finish. Saga
One of the greatest albums of all time
Everything under the sun is in tune.
Brilliant album from start to finish, it's one of my all time favourites
A classic for sure.
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The first song is just construction noises and laughing it literally sounds like my brain when its having a mental illness episode Okay so second song, that is why pink floyd is associated with people who take drugs as a hippie way of living right? This feels like right out of the livingroom of a stoner. It is vibey though. What is with the random talking and stuff? I have no context so it feels like its supposed to be deep and meaningful but i can hear footsteps and what sounds like an annoucnement. It feels like we are in outerspace and i dont know why we are there (i checked the name and it says on the run....so i guess THAT is the context??) Okay this one is called Time please god don't let it be just 6 mins of a clock ticking or i might actually go insane good god the fucking clock noises scared me and both of the cats WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS ALBUM??? Is this music???? I literally have no clue what is going on or why people would listen to this voluntarily. Idk if this is a test of paitence or what but i wanna turn it off so bad i am so bored. The guitar is....kinda vibey? Like a western style. THANK GOD SOME LYRICS. Is this Pink Floyd? Like singing. This doesnt sound like him somehow. OOOOOOh harmonies. I like the harmonies. Very funky guitar. The song is very poingnant i guess like the lyrics. Just a song about growing older. Random lady adlibbing over it is kinda cool. I like the lyric part of the songs. I don't think i am a fan of experimental music, i am finding. Okay i like the piano and the uhhhhhhh waaaooooo noise. MORE SPEAKING?? What is he saying bro. WAIT I KNOW THIS SONG!!! i heard it online lol. A lot of people used this on tiktok and shorts for a while. Its a gospel vibe?? I am so confused about it honestly. Pink Floyd what the fuck is going on. This lady sounds like she is just screaming. I looked up the lyrics because i wanted to know if i could read what the dude is saying but nope. Its got like 5 lines. Will this lady ever stop screaming? I like the major to minor changes in chords. Now its just major. Update, the lady is still screaming :) I think she will do that the whole song. Do people put this on out loud in their house? Listen to it through their headphones?? Why????? Its like, nothing but a lady doing high pitch scream singing. How is this enjoyable to people? I am weirdly mad about it lol. It feels all wrong. This isn't music. This is just noise. Art is subjective sure, but how can people call this music? I guess the instruments and vocals count, i am more talking about the tracks of clock chimes and the first one of contruction noises. TIME TO CHANGE THE VINYL SIDE. Omg wait we did this one in our music exam??? no way. I remember this from that. Oh god what genre was this we had to put down? I think we had to listen to either the time signature or was it the bass? I remember not liking this in the music exam either. I really don't like this album i am actually actively annoyed by it.
Timeless classic
An amazing album that nails the atmosphere throughout. Clare Torry's vocals are incredible and certainly carry many of the songs, I only wish she had a heavier feature.
Meehelpen not my fav. Only us and them was ofcourse very nice, but knew that kne ready.
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I don't like it as much as Wish You Were Here but still a pretty damn great album. Favorite: Breathe (In the Air), Brain Damage Would I listen to it again: Yes
Fenomenalan album koji prerijetko slušam. All you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be. Divotica
jako dobro, shvaćam zašto je ljudima prejebeno itd.
No introduction needed! Homosexual tetrahedron knows no limits 🌈But all jokes aside, Brain Damage into Eclipse is magical
5/5
Heard this for the first time last year and loved it (surprising myself, considering how much I don't like prog), but delighted to have it come up so I can do a thorough review. Love the audio panning and song phasing throughout. Speak to Me - LOVE the build, the panning, the unsettling dialogue and laughs, the screaming - incredible start. Breathe (In the Air) - the type of dreamy prog I can get behind. Reminds me of Comfortably Numb/ same sort of transcendent feel. On the Run - obsessed with the futuristic and frenetic sound. Feels like an intense sci-fi video game. Time - love the straightforward rock coming in after an atmospheric start, and how the song then gets dreamy again before the guitar solo. The Great Gig in the Sky - love the dialogue over dreamy piano at the start, and the guitar slide the same as Comfortably Numb. Tremendous vocalising. Love the transition from a hard to soft sound. Money - classic - love the time signature - cool to have a straightforward song on such an experimental album, but then the dreamy fade out blends it in to the cohesive whole in a great way. Us and Them - gorgeous riff when the guitar comes in, then the unexpected minor chord is a cool throw-off. Feel like the fade out would have been new at the time? Love the unexpected harmony on "who is who" and "round and round". Any Colour You Like - this is the weakest one on the album for me - the sort of dreamy prog I switch off on. Brain Damage - "The lunatic is on the grass" - incredible opening line. Love the little guitar squeals responding to each line. Also love to see an album title featured in a song! Eek - the laugh in the second verse gave me a heart attack. Eclipse - A Jean-Michel Jarre sound to the instrumental at the start - great sense of building on the previous track, and bringing in similar vocalisation to The Great Gig in the Sky, making a really satisfying end to the album. The final sung words to, rounding off the theme. And then the Irish accent of the doorman! Perfect.
Ei mitään itselle. Oli itsellä myös näemmä ihan väärä kuva tästä pumpusta.
Already time for this?! Wow!! That came along quickly!!!! I mean… 5/5, what a remarkable album. Speaks very aptly on the human condition and all it entails. Also wasn’t expecting to enjoy the music/instrumentals of it so much. My expectations going in were that it would be great but not necessarily to my taste. However, I really throughly enjoyed it and can see why people say it’s the best ever, GOAT. It’s not my favorite album of all time, but I can completely recognize the genius behind it and the fact that it so gorgeously flowed from one song to the next. And for 45 minutes, that felt like 10. Magic, purely. :) I really loved the horn in Us and Them. It was SOOOO beautiful. Really, though, I do actually think all the musical elements of it were some of my favorite parts of the whole album. Along, of course, with some magnificent songwriting. Just lovely, all around. Also loved his voice at certain points (not always, but certain points). Almost simpler than I expected. It was easily understood, as well. Thought it would be out of reach, only for those deeply involved in music and its creation. Yet alas, I was proven wrong, and the common layperson can indeed appreciate this album. 5 glorious stars. Let’s go!!
I'm gonna be honest, I've never listened through a full Pink Floyd album before, I hadn't really considered myself a fan, past the one or two songs I knew. However, having sat through this whole thing now... it was one of those albums I wish I could experience again for the first time. I definitely see why it's considered one of the most influential albums of all time. Besides the songs I already knew, Us and Them was probably my favourite, that one felt like a religious experience.
Can I give it extra stars? This is the album I’ve been using as a benchmark for top rating.
I am not frightened of dying. Any time will do. I don’t mind. Why should I be frightened of dying? There’s no reason for it, we got to go sometime.
du rock comme on en fait plus, a ecouter d'une traite ou rien
One of the all time greats! 6/5
See all reviews. This one is it.
Banger
A no brainer.
A classic masterpiece, ahead of its time, deserves the praise. I can digest PF easier than other prog rock artists, it's not my favourite genre.
wow
Not high enough for this
finally an album that deserves to be on this list 100%
Absolute classic
An album that still marks a generation, The Dark Side of the Moon doesn't need many words to convey its message. The album is filled with well-produced songs and beautiful melodies, demonstrating that feelings don't always need words to be expressed. Although classic rock isn't as popular as it once was, its songs will forever remain etched in the minds and hearts of those who listened to them.
Classic
Another 5 star album that I've listened to many, many times. It's not my all-time favorite Pink Floyd Album, that would be Meddle, but this is a great one.
I'm not a big fan of Pink Floyd. I often don't get the hype. This is, however, a stellar album from start to finish. 5 stars.
Not for me to much saxophone
Pure gold
I’m just over it, so over it.
Too many fuckin horns
Here we go! Perfection
5+
Too much self indulgent stuff in between. Not a great listen. Even the hits are kinda mid. Obviously some great stuff but as a whole… nah
Best track: "Us and Them," the perfect blend of Rick Wright's composition and Roger Waters' lyrics.
Boomer music, sounds great for the 70s so the high rating on global reviews is justified. I recall listening to this album just because of its high praise 1-2 years ago for the first time, and I just thought it was neat for having the tracks to blend and mesh into the next. Personally its not my favorite, so I'll give it a 4 on production quality and notoriety.
Absolute classic. One of the best albums of all time.
The instrumentals on this album were truly incredible. Totally listening again. Favorite Tracks: Money GGITS Us & Them Rating: 9.8/10
EXCELLENT!
5/5, absolute masterpiece
I know a lot of people that have spent more time listening to this album than they did dating their spouse. I burned out on it in the 70s but that doesn't mean that IT burned out. 5 stars.
About the easiest 5 stars there will be on this list. Just a masterpiece, plain and simple, which I enjoyed just as much today as the first time I heard it.
Pretty cool
4.5 stars
Pure quality
++*: The Great Gig in the Sky ++: Speak to Me, Breathe (In the Air), On the Run, Money, Brain Damage, Eclipse +: Time, Us and Them, Any Colour You Like 7,9/10
Really freakin good. Met or exceeded pretty much all of my expectations. 4 stars.
I listened to this like four times, and didn’t fully pay attention any of those times cause I had things to do. I’m a working woman, gosh. So I may have to come back to this to fully appreciate it but it seemed to me, really good but didn’t quite hit the level of hype I’ve heard on this album. I mean it’s the best selling record ever right? And I’m not sure I get that yet. Nevertheless it was a good album
I remember first listening to this album when I was 14. I listened to a lot of Pink Floyd in those days. I didn’t really know what to listen to but I’d heard of Pink Floyd and how they were this “progressive rock” band which appealed to my teenage brain that strongly wanted to be different and weird. Little did I know that The Dark Side Of The Moon was one of the best selling records of all time lol. Regardless, this is a fundamental album to my music taste from the very beginnings of my musical journey so getting to return to it today after way too long of a time was a wonderful privilege. I can’t imagine giving this record anything less than 5 stars, and frankly it’s a wonderful break from the onslaught of annoying 70s rock I’ve gotten before this. It’s a good reminder that 70s rock can be and is good, and sometimes even delicious.
Nur geil
Pretty good.
I remember listening to this in my room in Bexhill when I was about 16 and was kind of blown away.
Good tunes with a lot of pretentious 'meh.
absolutely obsessed with how each song transitions into the next the whole album feels like one long song in the best way. favorite song: time
Great album. Classic!!!
OMG! Ich mues gar nüd lose zum äs 5i gäh. Nur scho de Aafang mit em Fraue-Schrei. Ich liebs und han (fascht) all LPs. Ämel bis zu de Tränig... The greatest gig in sky muemer sich mit Chopfhörer und luut inezieh...zum Brüele schön. Sowieso, die grandiose Stereo-Effekts sind mit Chopfhörer mega. 10 Pünkt
he zum für dark side wort finde isch chli komisch. ich hans zu gern und s het mich zu fest prägt mit so 15i. es het für mich bim erste mol lose tönt als wärs us de zuekunft obwohls 40johr her gsi isch. d idee mit de lüt ums studio befroge unds als kryptischs intro neh isch genial. breathe findi soooo geil. de em9 akkord wo clasht, wie de gilmour singt, d orgle wo abgoht. de mason wo hindere chillt. on the run au nöd oke wie cool ichs find für das dases nume e drum machine isch und en synthi wo amne regler umegspielt wird. time isch es eeewigs intro mit de timbales und wenn s fill fertig isch wird tschuutttet. de gilmour cha soooo singe. gitarresolo insane. shorter of breath and one day closer to death. hard. great gig in the sky beste song ufem album?? d chords sind sooo coool. rick wright aaanegfitzt. sie singt sooo geil. de bass isch au hammer. money isch soooo guet. alli soli. jedes lick stimmt de text isch hammer dases in 7/8 isch isch sooo guet. au afoch wie eim das album so ade hand nimmt chrank. us and them so langsam aber suuuuper super schön. de rick wright het afoch schöni akkordfolge gschriebe. und de delaaay. mann wie schön. super. check wenns eim zu langsam chönt sii. aber super super super schön. es tönt au sooo huge mit de bgvs. any colozr you like no funky? langsame spacefunk? huere hard? gitarreparts reded ebe echt alli mitenand finds sooo geil. brain damage und eclipse sind vilicht die beste 6 minute musig wos git. punkt. füfi. so perfekt. de text isch so satisfying. gsang de puls wo witertribt d akkörd wo chreised. und de ganz schluss FUCK. macht süchtig.
SOO ENDLICHHH sicher scho sit zwei jahr nümme am stuck glost ACHH wie smooth de übergang isch uf breathe, I forgor de ahfang vo time, für min jump scare währendem seminararbet schriebe hahahah würkli das album het eifach sooo beruhigendi passagene great gig in the sky isch fantastisch, au wenn ich amigs gern wür lyrics dezue lese FOIFOIFOIFOFIFOIFFFF han am ahfang nöd gwüsst, öbs für mich sicher es 5i isch aber pppuuuuu also und jz hemmer na die letschte 3 songs und ich gnüsses nachlii
There's no point reviewing this. I don't even know where I would start.
Best Ever!
Really liked: 'Breathe (in the air)', 'Time', 'The Great Gig in the Sky', 'Brian Damage', 'Eclipse' Did not really like: none Interesting songs: 'Speak to me' I really like this album, there are some great songs in the album. I think that this album deserves all the love it got. My favourite song is 'The Great Gig in the Sky'. My mom and dad went to a cover band of Pink Floyd not too long ago. I already knew the album and some songs of it.