The Dark Side Of The Moon

One of the best Albums ever.

It’s Dark Side of The FUCKING Moon, everybody and their mother knows this album. As soon as it popped up, I knew it was gonna be a 5. I was right. It’s so amazing, every detail. There’s nothing new left to add.

Gotta love a bit of the Floyd. Their albums are always like an aural journey and this is possibly their finest. As a slight music geek Money always has a special place in my heart for the rare use of the 7/4 time signature which works so well to provide an ebb and flow to the intensity. Lovely stuff

There's nothing I could say that hasn't been said already. A masterpiece, an all timer that was on the charts for 988 weeks.

A classic. This was my go-to album for getting stoned for a long time.

For over fifty years it has consistently, been considered, quite possibly, the greatest album of all time by generation on generation. It never outstays its welcome. Musically interesting and varied enough. Lyrically we are all fascinated with madness to a degree. An example of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts. Brilliant and, quite possibly, perfect.

It's a classic

whats there to say really? its a classic. wonderful notes of jazz and psychedelic

one of the best albums ever

One of the best albums of all time.

Ni siquiera es necesario escucharlo para saber que es uno de los mejores álbumes de la historia de la música.

This is my all-time favorite album.

love dark side

One time when I lived in Denver I was walking downtown and I had a DSotM t-shirt on underneath my jacket and this hobo-looking guy comes up to me and is all, "Hey man, you like Dark Side? What's your favorite song on the album?" I could tell he was testing me, like I wasn't a *real* fan or something. I just shrugged and said "I like 'em all" and kept walking. Because what a stupid fucking question. Dark Side, more than any other album, is meant to be listened to as a continuous suite. But homeboy keeps on and goes, "Oh, really, you like them all? There isn't one song you like more than another?" He was kind of hostile, like he was expecting me to say "Money" and then he would point and laugh at me with all his hobo friends. So I thought about it for a second and start playing the album in my brain and was like, "Breathe." Because that was the first song I could think of (besides Money) and I really just wanted to get away the fuck away from him. And I think I caught him off guard because then he was like, "Oh, yeah, Breathe, that's a good song." And I was like, "Right on," then we went our separate ways. Anyway, Denver hobo, if you're reading this, my real favorite song is "Time."

Classic. One of the greatest albums ever!

Masterpiece

I like. Would listen again.

The drama and mythology surrounding Pink Floyd can sometimes upstage the music, but there’s a reason this album is a classic. Really great listening experience (especially with a good set of headphones—“On the Run” has some fun stereo panning). I like how all the songs flow into each other, but it doesn’t feel repetitive or boring because the songs are so well done. It’s a well-done concept album. Lyrically, the songs are thematically similar in exploring feelings of loss, alienation, and existential dread, but each song covers a different angle (the rat race, aging, war, insanity, etc.). Technologically, the use of synthesizers must have been mind-blowing when the album first came out, and they still sound great today. Favorite songs include “Breathe,” “Time,” “The Great Gig in the Sky,” “Money” and “Brain Damage.” It’s worth singling out Clare Torry’s performance on the album, especially on “Great Gig.” What a phenomenal voice and performance on that song—you really feel like she’s fighting death.

An absolute classic. 2014 road trip solidified that for me. 6er and hot dogs and whiskey every night. The cacophony of sounds before breathe is great

Classic , not a bad track

Obviously the pinnacle of prog rock.

One of the best in the history of rock

I’ve already heard this.

perfect

An absolute masterpiece from top to bottom. Fun, inspirational, great when high and equally great when not. Do I need to listen to it again? I am sure I've heard it 1000 times on its own lol. But - great album nevertheless. 10/10.

I was a little kid when this came out and permeated junior high school for me. It’s almost hard to listen separate from the raging return of what it was like then.

A classic

Always one of my favorite albums. It made me a little emotional listening to Any Colour You Like because the funky guitar made me think of Robbie. Also “see you on the dark side of the moon” reminded me of something he used to say like “I’ll see you tomorrow and if I don’t I’ll see you on the other side”.

Great album, thematically cohesive and original. Running out of good things to say about this one. Listen to it on acid/shrooms you’re welcome.

It's a really good album but I've heard it a million times.

Klassiker, klar!

All time favorite!!

C'est pour ce genre de choses que je me suis lancé là dedans... Donc tout le monde semble au courant auf moi : c'est un des meilleurs albums jamais enregistré. J'ai du mal à imaginer le choc que ceux qui ont écouté ça en 1973 ont pu recevoir. De quoi devenir fou. Quel incroyable album, cohérent et teu du début à la fin du premier au dernier battement de coeur. L'intro qui plante le décor de tout ce qu'on va entendre et qui mène au premier accord de "Breathe (in the air)". Un des trucs les plus planants que j'ai entendu. "The Great Gig in the Sky", "Time", "Brain Damage", "Eclipse" qui nous laisse là hébété. Quel voyage incroyable. Quelle putain de perfection.

Masterpiece! Un des meilleurs albums!

Aaaaaah enfin d’la bombe! Meilleur album de Pink Floyd et meilleur album de rock progressif, point barre

💖 us and them 🗣️ 🔟

A classic.

Well, yes

prima, 1973, -> 5

A classic. On my playlists all the time. Great sound that is ageless. I did not to listen to it until I was in my 20s, and at that time I was very resistant to new music, especially because the association of this album was that one was a stoner. When I was able to really listen to the sound, lyrics and theme, I was enthralled.

Classic! One of the best albums ever made.

Heard it. Love it. Have it on vinyl.

It's one of the GOATs for a reason.

Perhaps the most iconic album, enjoyable and rich

So I never really need an excuse to listen to this but I'm glad to be given one. Admittedly I am biased due to a lifelong love of this album but 5 stars for me.

This is a phenomenal album! Perhaps I'm biased because I've already listened to it many times... but there's a reason for that. First off, this is one that begs to be listened to as a complete album—I rarely put on simply one or two tracks from it in a mix—since each track melds into the next, each sets the stage for the opening of the next scene. Second, this is so different from almost everything else that the album is timeless—I never even paid attention to the release date before this listen and was surprised to see it was released in 1973. The instrumentation, techniques, vocals, recording color, and general impact don't sound like anything from the 60s, 70s, or any other specific era—one exclusion being the track, “Any Colour You Like,” which is delightfully groovy. Third, the recording quality is pristine, with every element beautifully captured: guitars, saxophone, organ, drums, sampled loops, synthesizer, vocals, and whatever else I might have forgotten to list are all crisp and clear, full-bodied and hitting the entire range of their auditory capacity naturally, and it's all assembled and layered together masterfully—nothing muddled together, every note ringing out crisp and clear for the listener. Fourth, their use of the stereo sound stage is a masterclass in the art, creating interesting and hypnotic effects, placing the listener in a dark, blank room, surrounded by the band for a solo performance. Part of how they accomplish such clarity in the mix (going back to the previous point) is how they take advantage of the whole stage, all the way from the far right to the far left. Fifth, I don't know if this is true or not, but it feels like their use of sound sampling left a permanent imprint on the industry—they don't use the samples only as effects to add atmosphere or texture on the side; they use them as instruments, as part of the melody themselves. I think others did similar things earlier, but it feels like everyone that does it now is starting with Dark Side of the Moon as their baseline. I don't put this album on all the time because I feel it deserves the listener's full attention, but wow, I enjoy it more and more each time!

I'll tell you what: I think this album has a chance to gain some popularity. This Floyd chap seems to have found something that really works here, and if people give it a try I think they'll like it. ---- Pretty surprising how well this holds up given that it's...holy shit, this album came out 50 years ago! It's hard enough to make an artsy album that works the day it comes out, but the fact that it still works 50 years later is incredible. A million artists have tried to make music that evokes an emotional response like this, but few have succeeded; this one just has that je ne sais quoi.

There is nothing new to be said.

I am probably a bit biased with this review, but this is one of m favorite albums of all time. I think this album is a masterpiece that took a lot of creative and musical talent to make. One thing I've always loved about the album is how the songs seemlessly blend into eachother. It creates a complete listening experience, that makes me want to listen to it in full. I could say so much more about it if I had the time. It's a 5/5 and not many pieces of music come close to it in my opinion.

This is, without a doubt, one of the few perfect albums that exist. Every track is great (even “Speak to Me,” which is just a minute of sound effects), with a few certified bangers. The lyrics are poetic but specific and meaningful. The album flows so elegantly, making it the fastest 45 minutes of music that exists. The album is actually fairly sparing in production and yet sounds so enormous and beautiful, a testament to the brilliant performances and engineering. In fact, this is likely what makes it the most beloved prog rock album—it doesn’t veer into excess or pretension. A long time favorite, there simply is no album I would rather have to ring in the new year. One of only two albums I’ve gotten so far that deserve a ranking higher than 5/5 (the other being “Songs in the Key of Life”).

Probably should just hand copies of this out at the DMV

A true classic. What is there to say…. Perhaps a perfect album?!

I have nothing to value to add to the conversation around this album as everything that's already been said about it has been set. Consider one of the greatest albums of all time and rightfully so. I will say that the intro to Time will always catch me off guard. Beautiful psychedelic album!

Well it's a classic, listen to it regularly so nothing new for me 😬

El mejor disco de pink Floyd es glorioso de principio a fin de sinte un viaje sicodelico mientras tus oidos simplemente se deleitan de tal obra maestra escucha este disco cuanto antes es glorioso merece estar en esta lista

Yeah what else can be said. Fantastic album. Sometimes I stray into the weirder proggy Pink Floyd but as a concept album this narratively fits so well. I love the great gig in the sky, brain damage. Honestly if anything I probably don’t like Money as much as everything else just bc I’ve heard it so much. Great album

Masterpiece!

Maybe not The GOAT, but right up there with the best available. Tremendously good and enjoyable and now I think it is better overall than Wish You Were Here (song for song). Generally bitesize Floyd pieces, covering a wide range of accessible and interesting topics and styles with the now famous time signature changes. A blast and a delightful present this Christmas Day from the 1001+ generator.

The high water mark for all music ever made

One of the greatest of all time. So many good memories attached to this album

One of the best albums of all time. Easy 5 Stars.

01) Speak To Me/Breathe - 9,5 02) On The Run - 9,5 03) Time - 10,0 04) The Great Gig In The Sky - 10,0 05) Money - 10,0 06) Us And Them - 10,0 07) Any Colour You Like - 10,0 08) Brain Damage - 10,0 09) Eclipse - 10,0 TOTAL: 9,88 (99/100) I never actually listened to this album, and I call myself a music lover. Despicable. But this is exactly why I wanted to do "1001 albums...". I have 962 more albums to go, but this is definitely one of the most important ones. It deserves every praise it has received.

Pink Floyd is legendary for a reason! Amazing album from beginning to end.

Un album philosophique, tant sur le plan matériel que des paroles. On y exploite toutes les facettes du son, musical comme quotidien. The Great Gig in the Sky demeure un chef-d’œuvre.

As it turns out, dads are right some times. I vibed out to dark side of the moon in my teens. In my twenties, the concept of the very serious rock band was entirely unappetizing. Now in my thirties, having not listened to this in maybe 15 years, I once again vibe out. I still feel like I would find some of their later work (the wall) self serious, or even pompous. I guess I will find out sooner or later. 4.6

The Dark Side of the Moon is not just a rock album, it is an epic musical journey that explores the human condition in all its facets. From the existential angst of Time to the soulful lament of The Great Gig in the Sky, this album is a sonic masterpiece that showcases the band’s creativity and innovation. I love to listen to it on high-quality speakers or headphones, as it reveals new details and nuances every time. It may not appeal to everyone, but for me, it is the perfect album to unwind with after a long day. I like to turn off the lights, pour myself a glass of whisky, and immerse myself in the sounds and emotions of this classic album, 5 stars.

The Goat of classic rock albums 10/10 would always listen to

How do I even review this? Its one of the greatest albums of all time for a reason. The only thing I could complain about is that when I listened to this today, my headphones started stuttering in the middle of the great gig in the sky. That was a bit annoying.

Is there anything else to say about this A++++ album?

Yes

Bra album, sjøl om Money e ganske irriterande

Fortjene statusen sin

What a way to see off the week! Though neither of the contain my favourite Floyd track, this is one of my two favourite Floyd albums. As a comment on life in general it is as relevant today as it ever was. Starting off with the heart beat of speak to me and progressing through breathe and on the run this album contains the well known tracks of Time and Money. It is just a superb album and a classic of it genre. You know what is coming next. 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

Ultimate Dad music, one of the first albums I ever listened to. Not quite forced to listen to it more times than I care to think about, as it was one of the best albums my Dad had out of a very bad bunch. The other one I used to ask to hear was Gustav Holst's Planet suite. Then I grew up and never listened to Dark Side of the Moon again. I can't say the same about Holst, as I have a copy of it. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying its bad in any way, it's just that I don't need to hear it as I know it well enough. Nice to give it its once a century play since the parents have passed on. Roll on to the 22nd century for the next play! But seriously it is a stone cold classic and deserves nothing less than a 5.

Both overrated and under appreciated. Only works as a complete piece with side A and side B being the only real seperation points. Personally I love this album. Nothing else like it. Pop art in musical form 10/10

One of the best albums of all time!!!

This my favourite album ever. It is a musical masterpiece and it clearly shows as its the best selling album ever.

What's that thing on the cover? Is it a prism or a prizm? Whatever your argument is for the spelling, there's no denying this album is a classic. Normally, the intro song doesn't really work for me. But in this case, it allows for you to build the anticipation of what you're about to receive from this album. Or, it should just be a mechanism to allow you some time to sit down after you've put the needle on the record and settle in to be blown away. In the old Maxell ad, I've always envisioned that this album is what they were playing. Imagine that irony!

Epic. Quintessential. OG. One of the most interesting and amazing albums of all time. Still holds up today.

Didn't have time to listen to this one, probably didn't miss much, right? Just kidding, obviously one of the best albums of all time.

i mean

💰

The Wizard of Oz soundtrack is amazing.

top ten all time

Absolute classic - a beautiful balance of prog weirdness with accessible musicality. Might just be their best album.

The lunatic is in my head! If this is not a 5 star album, skip the 5 star category. Breathe and Time beyond any comparison

Masterpiece

I mean, this is one of the best rock albums ever recorded.

5/5. Man, although I wouldn't say all the songs on here are perfect, it's really hard for me to deny the 5 this deserves. Unique instrumentation, wild and spacey lyrics while also being real, a feeling of dread spread throughout the album. For an album about life, it truly hits home the depressing state we all go through even back in 1973. Personally bias of course but this is definitely one you have to listen to before you die. Plus we love the anti-capitalist mindset they were preaching.

Awesome album. It had been a LONG time since I listened to it all of the way through. I’m glad I did.

I mean it's "Darkside of the moon" one of my (and everyone else's) favourite albums. I remember hearing it for the first time (or actually taking notice to it) when I was around 12. I was with my dad, driving to visit family and he had brought it as one of the "car CDs". Normally his selection was pretty dull but once we left the city there weren't that many good radio stations. I remember really connecting with "Time" and that existential dread as well as the "Great gig in the Sky" as I played a lot of piano. Anyway, I haven't listened to this for a long time and decided to see if it was still as good as I remember. The answer is a clear yes. The theme is clear the whole album and just listening to it as singles doesn't do it proper justice so it really benefits of being an album. I try to find a favourite song or part but just can't, it changes each time but all parts are great. There is no part of the album that feels dull or bad or something that could be removed. I think this is as close to a perfect album one can come really.

Yes!! Love this classic!

its reputation speaks for itself

Its Dark Side of The Moon.

Nothing to see here .....

One of the most important albums ever.

A classic. It both sounds timeless and trapped in time. A 70s record I love. High in concept, but still big on engaging music. Builds in beautifully, and the run from time to us and them is insane. Any colour you like is the weakest song on the album but brain damage instantly comes back up to form. I’ve listened to this once every 5 years and every time my love for it grows. I’ll have to come back to it more often!

A masterpiece from the beginning to the end.

Obra maestra, de los primeros grandes albumes que escuche, esta perfectamente hecho sinceramente 10/10

one of the best of all time, i think wish you were here is better but this deserves all the praise it gets

There is a very small number of albums I will say this about. But Dark Side of the Moon is an album all serious albums aspire to be, most of them falling far short. There are few albums this carefully crafted, this unified in concept, this technically masterful. It's creative in ways that are nuanced and restrained, which makes it more universally accessible without getting too proggy or losing any of its fire. It's a dark and haunting odyssey of an album that is fascinating down to its finest details. It's hard to even tackle the details, because the album is so richly rendered. Soaring, ethereal moments linger with softly unsettling moments and even flashes of humor. The subject matter ponders themes that are dark but essentially human - madness, mortality, materialism, war, the malaise of daily life - in ways you rarely hear in music, frequently with surprising lyrical economy. The music very much speaks for itself. Fave Songs (All songs, from most to least favorite): Money, Time/The Great Gig in the Sky, Speak to Me/Breathe (In the Air), Us and Them, Brain Damage/Eclipse, Any Colour You Like, On the Run

One of the most important albums in terms of how my taste in music has been shaped through childhood. I have incredible memories hearing “Time” for the first time waiting in line for the Corkscrew at Cedar Point and synchronizing this album with The Wizard of Oz with my family. I’m still blown away by the production quality for 1973 and it’s single-handedly helped me fall in love with psych rock as a genre.

Bro it’s a masterpiece

Their second best and most iconic album

Phenomenal, of course

Simply brilliant

One of the best albums of all time. Easy 5 stars.

Objectively the most perfect album of all time.

Easily regarded as one of the best psychedelic rock albums ever, "Dark Side Of The Moon" is filled with some of the best spacey grooves a guy can ask for. There's plenty of songs most people will recongnize from somewhere sometime or another. This is a staple for any person looking to dip their feet in some rock classics.

I could probably have reviewed this without even listening to it ! It’s a really important album to us at a very seminal point in our teenage years and I love it ! I even used to have the album, until Scott sold it 😢 It has to be 5*

Its somewhere between a 4 and a 5 for me.

Groundbreaking and still sounds amazing. Some of the tech wrangling is a little grating now but it makes up for that with the quality.

So good

top 5 best rock albums of all time.(Maybe number one rock album to listen with headphones on!) 50 years in, still a timeless classic.

95/100 Based on this scale: 1 star - 0 to 19 2 stars - 20 to 39 3 stars - 40 to 59 4 stars - 60 to 79 5 stars - 80 to 100 Absolute fucking masterpiece. End of story.

I mean it's hard not to give this a 5. As a lover of the full album experience, few albums nail it as well as Dark Side does. Hard to imagine not playing it through front to back everytime. 'Us vs Them' I think might be my favourite on here.

Landmark album! Incredible what they achieved on this record. So influential, ground breaking and timeless. I’ve listened to this record tons of times, but that experience never diminishes. 9,5 out of 10

Favorite tracks: Breathe (In the Air), Time, The Great Gig in the Sky, Money, Us and Them, Brain Damage, Eclipse Least favorite track: On The Run

Pretty iconic

cant give less then 5 starts to Dark Side!

Album legendaire d'un groupe légendaire, dinguerie a ecouter dans le bus

One of the best. Psychedelic rock. Probably the most famous album in history. Best to listen to on shrooms? When i was younger i was obsessed with "Money". I think i still am.

Obviously goated.

5, obviously

As a teenager who had recently tried my first reefer (I did not inhale), one day I decided I'd sit down and listen to DSOTM from start to finish - then immediately restart the CD to listen again countless times for years to follow. The album changed what I thought music could be, and changed my whole life path in ways I may never understand. As a mid-30s adult who hasn't touched any reefers for over a decade and listens to electronic bleeps and bloops music almost exclusively, with each revisit DSOTM continues to change what it means to me, sometimes challenging to self-reflect and other times reaffirming my life path in powerful new ways. tl;dr - The greatest and most important album I've had the chance to experience in 30+ years of life

Classic Pink Floyd, at their peak.

Piece of art.

Easiest 5 of my life.

Génial. Un chef d'oeuvre. Rien n'est à jeter. Le début est un peu éthéré, mais tout est génial.

De los mejores álbums de la historia !!

All-time great

Great

Perfect

I mean you can easily make the argument for this being the best album of all time.

One of the greatest albums of all time. Not a single song is a mistake or misplaced. This is how you do albums

I was expecting to like this album and I liked it even more than I expected.

Everything under the sun is in tune but the sun is eclipsed by the moon.

Awesome

They're really trying to get me back into this lol. I'm very familiar with this album I've listened to it front to back countless times. Probably near 50. It's a 10/10 album for me. Not much else to say!

Fantastic album with Standouts in Breathe, Time, The Great Gig In The Sky, Money and Eclipse.

So this particular slice of perfection comes with incredible depth, particularly considering how young the band were when they put all this together. I sometimes like to imagine that they didn't even create this album, but "discovered" it somewhere in their heads, waiting to be recorded. It's just too good for mere humans to have made this. If I was doing scoring properly, this would get a 5, as it's perfect from start to finish, but the dozen or so other albums I already ranked 5 would all have to be reduced to 4 stars.

An album that deserves all the dick riding. So grand and loud but also quiet and empty. Everything seems so intentional, even the tracks that are nothing but empty space find a way to belong. Fantastic, spacey, cavernous, psychedelic

One of my tops of all time!

C'mon, it's a banger.

Easy ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Speak to me - 7/10 Breathe(in The Air) - 8/10 On The Run - 7/10 Time - 10/10 The Great Gig in the Sky - 10/10 Money - 10/10 Us and Them - 7/10 Any Colour You Like - 7/10 Brain Damage - 9/10 Eclipse - 9/10 TOTAL - 84/100

Absolute masterpiece

Nice

so so

Masterpiece

Great concept album filled with songs that stand strong alone.

It's dark side.

Unquestionable 5.0

Well, no need to listen before commenting on this one - Dark Side Of The Moon has been a 5/5, 10/10, top-tier, all-time-favorite, desert island record for me since high school.

Five stars. If I’m honest though, it’s because I want to love it, not because I really do. I almost love it though, so I’d rather round up from 4.5 than down. I don’t have critiques or anything like that, it’s just kind of an ugly puppy is all, you know? It’s basically about the terror and madness of life and they’re kind of too good at conveying it at some points. I’m glad I gave it another listen through and surely will again, but just not one I’d often put on.

one word - wow. if you haven't already heard it yet, you need to get on it asap. Every track is a bonafide classic

Classic. Huge influence. Nothin but good shit.

One of my favorite albums, changed my life back in the day.

Masterpiece. I loved every song. The instrumentation, lyrics, SFX, all of it was great!!

I listed to this album first in high school so conjures memories and feelings of being a depressed and socially awkward teen. Which isn't fair to the album, as it is breathtaking.

One of my favorite albums of all time. Classic.

Classic album for a reason

Pretty great album, starts bit slow and melodic but the middle is incredible.

Truly one of the greatest albums of all time.

One the absolute best

yes

There are albums, and then there are timeless classics. Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon" undoubtedly belongs to the latter category. It's not only one of the most iconic albums in history but also rightfully so. From the moment you press play, you're taken on a mesmerizing musical journey. The seamless blend of rock, progressive, and psychedelic elements creates an otherworldly sonic experience that transcends time. Each track flows into the next, forming a cohesive and thought-provoking narrative that explores themes of life, death, and the human experience. The album's groundbreaking use of sound effects, innovative recording techniques, and Roger Waters' introspective lyrics make it a true masterpiece. "The Dark Side of the Moon" isn't just an album; it's a profound work of art that has left an indelible mark on the music world. Its enduring popularity and influence on subsequent generations of musicians are a testament to its greatness. It's an album that continues to captivate and resonate with listeners, and for that reason, it rightly stands as one of the most iconic albums in the history of music.

the best

All time great

It’s been a long time since I’ve listened through this record of really heard anything off it. Coming at it with fresh ears and putting aside any jaded preconceived notions about popularity or context, it really hits hard as a beautiful piece of art. Even the oft-referenced iconic album artwork pairs perfectly with the record and adds to the experience. Every song is great, and even the less-structured interlude pieces (Speak To Me and On The Run) are constructed so deliberately they fit into the narrative of the album. Waters’ lyrics walk us through life from beginning to end, while musically the band punctuates each track with soundscapes which tell as much of a story as the words themselves. This is an album that thematically describes the shared experiences each human has taken for granted as being a sort of mundane fact of reality, but pairing it alongside these sweeping arrangements and epic, ethereal climaxes really drives home how miraculous existence is. For me, the “secret” sauce in Pink Floyd is David Gilmour. Roger Waters takes lead vox on the closing Brain Damage/Eclipse suite which is undeniably fantastic, but this album really grabs me because of Gilmour’s versatility, both in his smooth vocals and incredibly mastery of the most pleasant guitar tones ever put to work. Long story short? Sometimes something is extremely popular because it is extremely good. This is a deeply moving, masterful piece. I’d be surprised if at any point in life I’m able to revisit this without beginning to well go by the time the soaring sax part on Us And Them comes in. Thank you, 1001 albums, for briefly freeing my irony-poisoned brain and helping me enjoy listening to popular music again.

Masterpiece

Top 3 Songs: 1 - Time (4) 2 - Us and Them (7) 3 - Breathe (2)

Very little can be said about this album that hasn't been said a thousand times already. From the opening beats of Speak to me to the final notes of eclipse this album is 5*

Was never much into Pink Floyd, but after listening to this album twice today I have a newfound appreciation for them

GOAT

Pink Floyd jsem kdysi považoval za značně vyhypeovanou kapelu, ale jejich série alb ze 70. let mi postupně přirostla k srdci a tenhle kousek obzv.

Perfect

a lot more psychedelic than I normally listen to but cmon it's pink floyd. It's a classic and for good reason - it's weird and conceptual and makes me feel like i'm high and in space but strangely, it still works. I'm a sucker for the more musical songs like Money but the strange and funky instruments and sounds are so intriguing. Love the way the vocals are produced too btw. Overall, just a good ol' classic.

I first listened to this album early in highschool when I had a big progressive rock phase. I had liked a lot of the more technical Prog like yes and king crimson so I decided to give this one a go. found it boring. I spontaneously decided to relisten to it again last year. and then I listened again. and again. and then listened to most of pink floyds discography. it feels kind of basic but this album is just so good.

Total banger.

Is it possible to go higher than 5 stars? This is just a perfect psychedelic rock album. I am not even a Pink Floyd fan and this is just lush, well constructed, anthemic, and timeless.

fuck yeah

One of my all time favorites. Over the years, I've had this on tape, CD and now vinyl. I've done the dark side of the rainbow, of course. Total classic.

Nice background music. Some tracks are very instrumental which I like.

I have always and will always love this album. Visionary, beautiful, unique; it has a voice and it's not afraid of indulging in itself. Infinitely listenable.

Its an experience I love how all of the songs are made to fade into each other

one of the alltime bests

absolute masterpiece

Didn’t have to listen because I’ve heard it 1000’s of times, but did anyway because of course

Already knew I loved it but I was due for another listen

Fun fact: on this listen, my record player was stuck and I didn't realize it, so I started it four times and eagerly awaited those familiar pulses four times before I realized. Also my player was on 45 rpm throughout all of "Speak to Me". This is why siblings shouldn't get to borrow your record player over the summer. Anyways the fact that I already had this album on vinyl should start to clue you into my opinion. Fun fact 2: By coincidence I also happened to revisit the last two tracks of Division Bell today. Now THAT'S a weird one. Album #1. Was pretty nervous about this project seeing as I've tried similar large-scale music discovery initiatives before and they haven't persisted long, and this promises to take almost four years, but when I clicked the button and saw this album I let out an audible chuckle. What are the chances that the album most often crowned as the greatest of all time should happen to be my first review? DSOTM requires no introduction, not to me or anyone else. But while I'm here I'm tempted to reminisce about my history with Dark Side, if not Floyd as a whole because that would take much, much too long. But I can tell you how I remember first encountering Pink Floyd through this album on a sleepover with a friend in fifth grade, putting it on shuffle on Spotify and laughing off the confusion. Buying it on vinyl at Best Buy in sixth grade and listening to it with my mom, and being jump-scared by the chimes in "Time". Putting it on one time when I was sick and younger, lying down on a couch and falling in love with music. I now have eight dusty Pink Floyd records and two posters in my childhood room. My middle school yearbook quote came from this album. I wanted to name my dog Floyd. To this day, I cannot enter a busy airport and not listen to "On the Run". I've ignored Floyd a lot in recent years--probably a reaction to how pretentious and obsessed I was with them previously, as well as current Roger Waters--but you can't deny this. Probably not Floyd's best album, probably not even their most significant cultural impact, but this was formative. Looking forward to this project, which I now realize will involve a lot of looking back, which I'm learning to be okay with. Wish I'd something more to say, except bring it on.

“The Dark Side of the Moon is a little like puberty: Feel how you want about it, but you’re gonna have to encounter it one way or another. Developed as a suite-like journey through the nature of human experience, the album not only set a new bar for rock music’s ambitions, but it also proved that suite-like journeys through the nature of human experience could actually make their way to the marketplace—a turn that helped reshape our understanding of what commercial music was and could be.” Perfect description. This is what I truly think this list of albums to hear before I die was made for.

Pas le meilleur album Pink Floyd mais un des meilleurs de tous les temps 6/5 si je pouvais

One of the classics and best Floyd albums.

Love it, one of the best!

Should be in the top 10 of everyone's favorites.

Don't think I'd ever listened to the album as a whole before, absolutely great, a classic for a reason.

Masterpiece!

A masterpiece that still holds up after 50 years.

Oh you bet. Let's go spegettio

was already a favorite album though. :)

Classic

hell yeah! another one i know!! i mean on this album there is "the great gig in the sky" i cannot rate it any lower

This record is an absolute masterpiece. There isn't a bad song on it. It's one of those records that feels like such an experience even time you listen to it. Flawless.

5 out of 5. Great album from beginning to end.

Easily one of the greatest albums ever recorded.

Epic album!

Great depth of sound and fluidity between tracks. One of the most complete albums I have heard.

Already loved this album.

Time-Great Gig in the Sky-Money is such a good 3 track run it's actually unbelievable

This is an all-time great. Innovative use of samples and synthesizers and reverb and whatever studio techniques aside, this is a profoundly emotional album. Where psych records can often feel muddy or just stoned, Dark Side is immersed in a clear feeling of longingv for or grasping at something, not in spite of but amplified by its dreamy nature. The reverb and production and sampling and bouncing pans all give the feeling of bewilderment, while the lyrics and the composition drive the clear emotional content. Breathe longs to relax. Time vacillates between a dead and a yearning regret. The overall theme lends itself to the oft-stated theme of mental illness (or the pressures of being a young band expected to both rebel against society and also comply with its wishes for more music). The hearts of the songs exert themselves to express something totally clear, but the echoes and the voices clamour for our attention, too. In the end, bursting through the sonic maelstrom and the deeply felt malaise, Brain Damage/Eclipse makes triumphant peace with itself, and perhaps with the band's relationship with its industry, and even their old friend, Syd: "If the band you're in starts playing different tunes, / I'll see you on the dark side of the moon."

Awesomo

A prog psych masterpiece that is as great as it is ubiquitous.

Nothing else left to say about this record. A perfect 5 if there is such a thing.

Unsure on whether to give 4 or 5 stars, think it will only grow on me the more I listen so have given 5. A timeless sound

I love Dark Side Of The Moon and think it deserves every bit of praise it gets, not much to say on it that hasn't already been said. This is also a revisit for me since I have heard it before and I think it was even better now than the last time I heard it

its dark side of the moon. what more is there to say

Some would say this is the greatest rock album ever recorded. One could argue the point, but it's without doubt in the top five.

BEST!

Can I give it 10 stars?

Beautiful amazing haunting. I accidentally got way too high before I rode my bike to target to wander around and listen to this and have some alone time. It was an experience lol. Very interesting juxtaposition. I love this classic

Considered one of the best for a reason. Theres nothing else like it. Timeless

It may not be in my top 5 of best Pink Floyd albums, but the groove and feel of this epic album is an emotional rollercoaster of sounds and feelings. Everyone should have to listen to this album at least once.

Very good

Legendary prog album.

Hard to pick the standout tracks here because all are awesome and they follow one another seamlessly.

Alright... I'm sold. It's a classic.

I mean duh, it’s Dark Side of the Moon

Easily one of Pink Floyds best, if not the best, albums in their catalog. 5/5

Great album

classic innit?

One of those albums you can get lost in, which is a very rare thing these days.

Monumental, smooth prog. What's not to like?

This album is so ingrained into the classic rock genre. If I went a year without listening to a single song from the album, I would be fine with that. It's not that I'm sick of it, it's just always around. Every piece of this album is a classic moment in time for me. I've played it so many times, and there's a reason it's been overplayed. But to be fair, some DJs would put on side 1 or just side 2 so they could go take a break for 20 minutes: bathroom break, pot break, whatever. Even so, they couldn't do that if the music itself didn't hold up. As much as Waters wants to release his "own" version of this album, it was an effort with the entire band. He didn't do it alone. It was definitely the sum of its parts to make a classic rock masterpiece.

I have never listened to this album from start to finish, though I've heard many of the songs on the radio. Wow. It is the definition of seamless. The way all the songs on side one blend together, and ditto on side two. Masterful. And incredible when you think that DJ's put individual songs on the radio and they still sounded great without their connections to the other songs. I always thought the sound effects on Money (even Time) were a bit much but not when you hear the different effects and loops together in one go. Those pieces were some of my favorite parts of the album - the effects in On the Run maybe being the best of all. And the whole theme/concept and the lyrics are incredible. This is songwriting at its finest. Probably my favorite Pink Floyd album of their big three.

Any time an album I know inside and out comes up on the 1001 albums I still give it my minimum two listens. In this case, I listened to the 50th anniversary remaster in Dolby Atmos. It sounds amazing. As to reviewing the album, it's one of those where so much has been said, but I'll throw in my thoughts anyway: It's an absolutely perfect album, start to finish. Sure, the instrumentals can get a little out there, but they work too. We start with Speak to Me: the iconic heartbeat, "I've been mad...", the money sounds, the laughter, the building machine noise, the screaming...and then we begin. Breathe is a beautiful mood with outstanding lyrics ("For long you live and high you fly, but only if you ride the tide / and balanced on the biggest wave, you race toward an early grave"). On the Run is certainly the strangest track, but it maintains the mood that makes this album a journey (and the sound was pretty groundbreaking). Time is absolutely amazing, with one of my favorite Gilmour solos. Again, Waters' lyrics are excellent ("And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking / racing around to come up behind you again" - such imagery), and then we return to initial mood with Breathe (Reprise). The Great Gig in the Sky is breathtaking - Wright's beautiful piano composition coupled with Clare Torrey's amazing vocals. Her singing evokes such imagery...I heard it once described as the five stages of grief in vocal form. Money is a classic rock staple - gotta love a hit song in 7. Us and Them is beautiful with incredibly powerful lyrics (and a great sax solo). Any Colour You Like is a groove that takes us into Brain Damage and Eclipse (which MUST be played together). Brain Damage gives us vivid imagery of madness, followed by Eclipse - a song that gives me chills EVERY. FREAKING. TIME: "And all that is now / and all that is gone / and all that's to come / and everything under the sun is in tune / but the sun is eclipsed by the moon." So amazing. Then of course, the final line: "There is no dark side of the moon really. Matter of fact, it's all dark" and the fading heartbeat. Absolute perfect classic.

Water is wet.

the fivest ever

Of course this is a perfect album. What more can I say? Personally, I prefer Wish You Were Here and think it's a better album but that just tells you how good Pink Floyd were at the time.

It’s Dark Side of the Moon. If only someone could make Roger Waters realize that so he’d stop messing with it.

Classic

easily one of the greatest albums of all time

Perhaps the greatest album ever recorded

Down and out It can't be helped But there's a lot of it about With, without And who'll deny It's what the fighting's all about Out of the way it's a busy day I've got things on my mind For want of the price of tea and a slice The old man died One of the top 10 best albums of all literal time. In thousands of years, this will still be remembered as a great human achievement. 100/5

Easyyyyyyy

It's hard to say anything novel about this album. I'll just say that it always hits harder than I expect, given all the hype. But ya know... it really is that unique, especially when you situated it within its historical context. It's a true classic. Even the art is some of the most important, influential in pop music history. I don't even know how to approach evaluating this "objectively". It changed the world dramatically before I was even born.

one of the greatest albums of all time - listen to it at least once a month (if not more) The older you get the more poignant 'Time' Becomes

A pretty good weekend

I don’t think there is anything I can say that hasn’t been said. It deserves all the praise it gets and more. Perfect.

Perfect album

BEST SONGS: - On the Run - The Great Gig in the Sky - Us and Them

Absolutely amazing from start to finish. the details and almost story telling sends chills throughout. it was incredible and no complaints!

In 1998 J and S and I rented Wizard Of Oz and queued up the lion's third roar then hit play on this CD. It was trippy, man. For real. Do it. The album that's almost become a meme. Two or three of the big songs are probably playing on your classic rock stations at this very moment which completely kills the vibe of this album listening to a one off of Money followed by Aerosmith and .38 Special. Gak. It sounds completely different and wrong when shuffled in with other 70s songs. This is an album in the truest sense - I hear or think of it as one 45 minute suite. Play it in it's entirety, at high volume or in headphones and don't stop it. It is that good. Rather, all-time great. 10/10 epic 5 stars obviously.

4.5/5 almost perfect, very few flaws

One of the best records ever produced. I can still remember listening to „money“ for the first time. A great experience

Is any explanation even needed? I have considered 'The Dark Side of The Moon' to be my favorite album of all-time for quite some time now, and a re-listen only solidified that opinion. I don't even know where to start talking about this album. Just listen to it. All in one sitting, no interruptions. I think then you'll understand how I feel about it.

Any album that is closing in on its fiftieth anniversary and still charts is an easy five-star.

GOAT

The Dark Side Of The Moon is one of the most seminal psych/rock albums of history. Centred around the ideas of madness, with themes of conflict, greed, time, death, and mental illness. Built upon experiments from previous live shows and recordings, cohesively pieces, across the two sides of vinyl, continuous pieces of music. The first exploring the nature of the human experience and the second highlights the common traits shared by humanity, namely mental illnesses, conflict and personal relationships. By modern standards the hyped psychedelia of the album is a little overhyped in my opinion, however I can certainly see that this album has paved the way for modern psychedelic rock and trance. I enjoyed listening to this album in it's entirety for the first time and would love to have this sitting on my vinyl shelf. Best: Money Worst: Speak To Me

didnt even need to listen, this is clearly a 5

It’s been a very long time since I’ve listened to this one and on a re listen it is truly a beautiful piece of work; the transition between tracks, the eb and flow, it just works. Plus the base line in Money, the singing in Great Gig, and the guitar solo in Time are amongst the best of the best. Then you get the perfect finish with Brain Damage/Eclipse. Easy 5 stars.

its just good start to finish

It's so rich with memories, so full of talent, and such a masterwork that it can be difficult to revisit. The memories were full of joy, so much so that I miss them now.

Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” is proof that a prog rock concept album can be done right. It clocks in at just 42 minutes, and “Time” is not just an amazing song but also something that Pink Floyd was the master of. The longer tracks don’t wander aimlessly for too long, instead being built with purpose. From the stark and iconic cover art to the space created by the opening and “The Great Gig in the Sky,” it is an excellently crafted piece of rock music.

Sonic nirvana.

This album lets me know that prog rock, when executed well, can be amazing. It’s hard to put into words what has been accomplished here. The only criticism I have is that Money has been massively over played. It’s a great song, but like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, I’m not nearly as excited about it as it deserves due to over exposure. I don’t listen to Pink Floyd much anymore and I enjoyed Money this time round. I don’t think I can pick a favorite song off this album. Of them all, I feel Time encompasses its concept perfectly. Between the constant ticking of the toms and the lyrics I feel as though I’ve experienced the full breadth of a life, a retrospective time lapse sequence, in less than 7 minutes. “No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun” is such a fucking brilliant line, invoking a sense of regret. And for it be followed immediately by Gilmour’s mind blowing guitar solo!!! Gilmour is the master of the bend and he puts it on such a display here, like treasures artifacts in glass cases at The British Museum. I could go on and on, but I’ll spare you. Top 10 album of all time for me no doubt.

✨🌈💎🌈 ✨

Classic, and it get's better with every listen

A go to

Not my first listen Peak classic rock Lyrics are existential but beautiful Love the song transitions Interview segments add to the atmosphere Favourite tracks: Time, The Great Gig In The Sky, Us And Them, Brain Damage, Eclipse

One of Pink Floyd's best. "Us and Them" is my favorite.

Speak to Me- N/A Breathe- 4.7/5 On the Run- N/A Time- 5/5 The Great Gig in the Sky- 5/5 Money- 5/5 Us and Them- 4.8/5 Any Colour You Like- 4.3/5 Brain Damage- 4.7/5 Eclipse- 5/5 Total: 4.8/5

I mean come on, it's Dark Side

Capolavoro

Saying outstanding is simply not good enough.

5 star album, no question. This record made vouch a big impression on me. I was seventeen when it came out, and i used to listen to it on my headphones constantly. The chiming clocks at the start of Time seemed to me, to be the most awesome sound that I’d ever experienced. Fifty years later, I’m 67 and it still sounds bloody fantastic. Should be taught at schools all over the land, so the poor little sods don’t have to listen to some of the garbage we all have to endure in 2023.

The epitome of the perfect album. Not much else to say.

Normally I'd be a lot less interested when an album has all these cerebral, self-indulgent instrumentals that sound like filler, but not so much when they actually elevate the rest of the record, which already sounds so lush. As an entire body of work this is really strong. Sort of like a greatest hits album where you have several distinct hits, but even better because here, every track fits so well with one another to create a complete experience. It's atmospheric, sonically diverse, and has a lovely sax too. This transcends music - it's art. As pretentious as that sounds, it's true!! And those transitions between songs? Sublime.

Glorious. Best PF album. This is an easy 5. The only thing I like more on this list than an easy 5 is a surprise 5.

Stone cold classic. I've loved this album since I was a kid. I've listened to it countless times over the years. Some people say it's overrated, but I think it actually is the best Floyd album (The Wall is the overrated one) Those Gilmour/Wright harmonies. While they are perhaps better known for their prowess with their respective instruments I absolutely love the their voices on this album. What can I say? This has been a favorite of mine for close to 30 years. What a streak I've been on. 3 5's in a row. I'm probably in for some dreck now.

Peak

пизды все получат

Пинк Флойд уже тоже стала группой, которую прям даже тяжело. Считается, что ты идёшь вразрез с мнением большинства в таком случае. Мне потребовалось 3 или 4 раза прослушать альбом целиком, чтобы что-то для себя прояснить. Это - один из замечательнейших альбомов, которые написаны как альбом. И уровень эпичности, который нагоняется весь альбом, возрастает до небес к концу пластинки. Великая космическая симфония, что-то такое. Под такую музыку только с планеты и съёбывать.

впервые послушал целиком и понял, откуда такая легендарность (до этого слышал money и пару лайвов). еще сегодня плеер с наушниками приехал и я уже знаю, какой фнак файл будет скачан первым

One of my top three favorite albums by my favorite band. This was a easy five-star

What can I say? A rich, deep album that let's you skim the surface or dog deep into lyrics and instrumentation. Love it!

I mean everyone knows this album by the cover at least. It's one of the few very iconic albums and I think that it is a good album. It's good, very good to say the least but it's nothing more. It is just very good but doesn't achieve the greatness of other albums even Pink Floyd ones. Both Wish You Were Here and Animals are better. Only a few songs achieve the greatness of other Pink Floyd albums like Wish You Were Here or Animals. Those songs are Speak to Me/Breathe in the Air, Great Gig in the Sky and Brain Damage/Eclipse. All in all the album's not what I would consider a 10/10 or even a 9/10 Not bad but very very overrated. But because I give the next best star if a part is started and this would be 4.25/5, it's 8.5/10 (5/5) Best Song: Speak to Me (yes it's my fav.)

Fantastic album

gay triangle

Maybe my favorite album ever front to back.

One of the finest albums ever recorded

A classic.

Certified classic

The album to listen to as a whole. This is a very well designed album, they are putting a lot of thoughts into building the spacy psychedelic feel(The woozy sound effects, some sparse instrumentals). The use of sampling might be a little bit too straightforward, but using them in rock music was really ahead of its time. I wasn’t paying attention to the lyrics at all, tho. And the cover art is one of the best. 4/5

It's just a stone cold classic album. No filler, artists at their peak, beautifully composed and recorded.

Do I even need to say anything?

Cream of the crop of amazing music from the 70s. Timeless and mesmerizing.

I can definitely see why this is a must-have album by a lot of critics. My first listen and it was a good one. 5/5

Great album!

brilliant album, brilliant songs, brilliant cover. legendary album, legendary songs, legendary cover. i can talk about the greatness of this album for a very long time, but i won't, i'll just say again that it's great. added tracks: full album fav track: all 10/10