The Dark Side Of The Moon

This has to be one of the best albums ever made. Every time I listen to it, I legitimately picture floating in space and landing on the moon. Dark Side of the Moon merges, pop, rock, jazz, and prog to make a concept album that people are still trying to replicate. Best Songs: Breathe, Time, Us and Them, Brain Damage Worst Songs: NA

It's a good record. I try every year to 'get it' in the way people go absolutely crazy for it but to no avail. I actually tried a couple of weeks ago but even will a double whammy it still reminded me of when the party gets boring. I will keep trying but right now it's a 3

Perfect album without a wasted second

🔥 🔥 🔥

EXCEPTIONAL. no wonder it’s part of 100 best albums of all time.

A classic for an effin reason. Gorgeous listen. Definitely not the first for me.

Great listen

this shit was boring and goofy

Classic. Worth a listen. Not my favorite.

sooooo boring idk

Fuck... i finally understand why

I almost always choose Animals or Meddle over this when I want Floyd on the hi-fi. Or sometimes it's Wish You Were Here, or a smattering of tracks off The Wall. But, I put this on occasionally. For me, this is like a 4.5. Undeniably an all-timer.

A masterpiece that I've heard a billion times and never gets old.

"All you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be” Hmmm… not much to say about *the* great existential music album, though I must say it didn't quite hit as hard as I expected given that I haven't listened to it in its entirety in years. Conservative 4-star it is (I will regret this in a few months).

Has more pop elements than i remembered. Some “experimental” sampling but way more “normal” than I recalled (or maybe my ideas of pushing limits in music has expanded?). Very lush and layered and melodic. Overall, enjoyable.

This concept album rules (guy who heard this for the first time). 5 stars

Det är vad det är. Men lite överskattad utöver brottarhitsen?

amazing

Fantastic album. There's a reason everyone likes Pink Floyd.

A journey of an album that has the ability to convey significance, even in its smallest moments. There is a lot here culturally. I am familiar with nearly all of the songs and I can’t help but picture The Wizard of Oz playing silently in the background. Cutting through all of that, I find myself enjoying a prog rock album more than other prog rock albums of that time. They manage to find a level of modernity that others don’t conjure.

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon Already an all time favourite but it’s been a little while since I listened to it in full. Just shut my eyes and laid down with good headphones on and oh boy is this thing stunning. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Really good album - probably my favourite ? 8/10

Yep, it’ll pass.

Pues pink floyd, ta bien, siempre ta bien pink floyd

ya la escuche( lo volví a escuchar) fav ssong: time the great gig at the sky us and them

it's dark side of the moon

Great

Still underrated, I don't know how this can be possible

Probably a top 3 selling poster/t-shirt image, everyone knows this album even if they haven't heard it. Lots of interesting tracks that jam on for a while. Money is maybe the most recognizable track.

Meh. Intet ekstraordinær oplevelse for mine øre. Fin nok, men en anelse for hypet. Hørt 2 gange, og det er glemt igen idag.

Jeg har hørt det her album en 3-4 gange før. Endnu en gennemlytning har ikke rykket på min mening om det: Det er verdenshistoriens mest overvurderede album. DSotM er heldigvis ikke lige så dræbende langt som The Wall, til gengæld har det heller ikke en eneste sang jeg har lyst til at høre.

Great album. Iconic album. Makes me wanna eat some mushrooms 🤣

I love so much of this album and also think it smells its own farts too often as well which just stops it from being a five star album. If they tightened it up and rained it in for parts it would be an amazing album for me.

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

It’s an undeniable classic

I actually listened to this not long ago. What needs to be said

No need to listen....

8,67

nice vibe aber muess mer glaub eher als album lose wöll so experience style

5/5 no notes!

Assortment.

wow so good, forgot i was listening to just took me on a journey

A classic album. Not my favorite, but very good never the less.

The Classic

Masterpiece

Excited to get this one! I listened to this album many years ago and really liked the songs "Time" and "Money" but outside of those two - they're the only songs I remembered. Listening through this masterpiece again, it still absolutely holds up. Pink Floyd seems to weave progressive rock and jazz elements flawlessly. What's even more crazy to me is this album's proximity in time to "Tommy" which I listened to about a week ago for the first time. This album was made 4 years later and seems to pack a lot more sounds and interesting studio techniques than I would've expected for 1973. I absolutely love the use of saxophones in this one! If I have one criticism it's that some of the tracks seem to be a little filler-esque and don't really do much to add to the totality of the album. That being said, this album absolutely holds up to the first time I heard it almost 10+ years ago. Standout tracks for me are "Time" and "Money again. Some other standouts to return to would be "Us and Them" and "Eclipse".

Certainly a contender for the best album of all time.

> the Beatles Not even much of a pink Floyd fan but this album is great

4.5/5 great album but just personally not my complete taste

I have nothing to add that hasn't been said already. Subjectively, this might very well be the greatest album ever made, and it deserves all the praise it gets.

Knew it already but did not have the time to listen to it all the way through this time 😅

Timeless Classic. Perfect from the first to last song. Time is imho one of the best Floyd tracks.

So yeah this album is great n all but it is just a bit overrated. On the run is a pointless track and actually quite annoying.

Ok maybe it is the best album of all time, maybe it isn’t But the sound & vibe of this album was ahead of its time & shaped a lot of music/ production methods afterwards

Fuck yes! One of the best albums of all time! This is probably my favorite album by Pink Floyd and this has to be one of their if not their best albums!

I like. best songs - great gig (obviously), brain damage(dev) 3.5

Interesting. Concept album.

Nothing needs to be said.

It’s just not for me.

Joe has threatened divorce over this rating but it’s just not a 5 for me. Very solid 4 though!

I’m shocked this was not on my list of 25-30 albums that got honorable mention on my Top Ten of all time list. This is my favorite Pink Floyd album, as I suspect it is for most fans. Kinda like of people (I assume) picking Sgt. Pepper as their favorite Beatles album (not in my top five). Other PF fans prefer The Wall or Wish You Were Here. Jeff White’s fave is Animals — it takes all kinds. I’ve never paid much attention to the lyrics on DSOM, although I know much has been written about and analyzed them. It’s the music and production here that’s amazing. The songs are catchy, fun to sing along to, and David Gilmour’s guitar work is superb. The female singing on The Great Gig in the Sky is a highlight and gives me chills each time the vocal part hits. It sounds fantastic in surround sound, with lots of great effects on Money and Time. Hearing Money on Top 40 radio was great in high school — a shortened version but great nonetheless.

Another one of the albums that got me to move from top 40 to indie/alternative stuff in middle school. And probably still the classic rock album I put on the most. Just an absolute classic from top to bottom. As I think more about this, I remember that sixth grade was incredibly difficult for me. A new school, roughly 3x the size of my elementary school, with new cliques to navigate. A lot of my friends seemed to adjust quickly, and I didn’t. School was harder and I didn’t coast to the best grades anymore. I was in the middle of puberty. I felt like everything was changing too rapidly to keep pace and that made me terribly sad. And at the end of the school year my dad announced we were moving. Against that backdrop, this album came into my life. There has rarely been a sixth grade American child so primed to 100% *feel* “The sun is the same in a relative way, but you’re older / Shorter of breath, and one day closer to death.” “Time” and “Money,” especially, got their hooks into me. (I have tried to make a career of “do goody good bullshit.” “Money” may legitimately have been my introduction to class consciousness.) You can have alarm clocks on a pop record? You can use a cash register as a drum machine? You can have a “Breathe” verse at the end of “Time”? I was awed at a record with instrumental tracks. I didn’t understand having a guest vocalist (say, on “the great gig in the sky”) and that just fed into the mythos of this album: you can do that? I heard this before Abbey Road so the two-part “medley” of songs at the end also blew my mind. This album changed how I thought about albums and music in general, and it has been a steady companion since. There will not be an easier 5 in this project, because I think no album better meets the criteria.

Probably biased, since this is one of my top five favorite albums of all time, and A Great Gig in the Sky is one of my all-time favorite songs.

"Please leave a review" well I doubt they need my blessing. Best tracks: The one where they say Dark Side of the Moon. The one with the guitar. The one with the man from 1857 wittering on. The one with the heartbeats. The one that goes dunuhnuhnuhnuhnuhnun wibble wobble wibble wobble. The one where they complain about the thing they are to this day receiving unimaginable amounts of from this record.

Still so awesome! I saw them in concert in about '73 right after they released this album.

Standouts: • On the Run • Time • The Great Gig in the Sky • Any Colour You Like • Brain Damage • Eclipse

Day 97 - March 21st, 2025 I'll hold you hand when I say this, but you can like this album without being a Roger Waters dick sucker. 5/5

Просто очень проникновенно и красиво 9/10

Epic.

After something like 20 years and numerous attempts to like Floyd, this suddenly just clicked for me. But does this mean I'm old?

One of my legit favorites man

period

I don’t think I ever got all the fuss with Pink Floyd and I still don’t really. I mean it’s ok but nothing to get all giddy about.

Firstly, I like Pink Floyd and I like this album, but is it one of the best of all time? The album is beautifully designed, there is a theme and the songs flow together seamlessly and collectively it elevates the quality of the album. It is another of those albums that is pretty timeless and I totally get why people rave about it. The music is solid and some of the songs are really good. The guitar work and the female backing vocals are especially good. On the downside there are no absolute killer tracks that you would expect from a top album and a couple are a let down. I think Pink Floyd have better songs and potentially better albums. Was toying with a 5 star but the use of the saxophone losses them a mark!

Not listened to much Floyd ever, nor this one that I recall. As album writers I have to give credit where it’s due, this and Wish you were here are really well crafted in terms of variety and flow. However, the songs often have a similar quality and don’t really standout on their own. So the sum of its parts makes up somewhat for the lack of individual shining lights. Which is the opposite of most albums on the list. So it’s a nice listen, and it’s bordering a 4* for great craft; but at the same time it’s not something I’m really clamouring desperately to listen to again. So 3* it is for today.

Dramatic. I don’t see the big deal.

"Why should I be frightened of dying? There's no reason for it You've gotta go sometime" Seeing that black triangle made me smile like I would upon seeing an old friend. This is one of my most listened albums ever. I could listen to it one million times and it never gets old. Everything about this album is timeless even down to the album cover which might be the most iconic album cover of all time. All the songs on this album flow together so perfectly its really one of the greatest album listening experiences the medium has to offer. This isn't even my favorite Pink Floyd album, I just love this band so damn much that I can rave about them nonstop. Similar to Nevermind, I'm gonna rank every song on this album from best to least best.. 1. Time 2. Brain Damage/Eclipse - Lumping these two together.. 3. The Great Gig in the Sky 4. Breathe (In the Air) 5. Us and Them 6. Money 7. Any Colour You Like 8. On the run 9. Speak to Me - kind of an unfair placement but I had to include it..

10

May be controversial but I only enjoyed it, nothing more.

Case in point, re: music I do not like. Annoys me, has always annoyed me, will always annoy me. Probably because I don't do drugs and never have, I guess. Two stars for its historical significance and inescapability, I guess.

Filled with classics and with an incredible flow, this can only be 5 stars.

The album that makes you question existence and if you left the stove on.

Essential listening. One of my favorites, can and probably will listen to the end of my days. Favorite Songs: Time / Money / Brain Damage

They replaced better songwriting with flashy accoutrements. Very good. Not their best. Rating: 8.75 Favorite Song: Time

9.5/10 Generational album. One of the first albums I was told I needed to sit and listen in one sitting. I like how it all weaves together and thinking about how life changing this album has been for so many over the years it’s such a cool piece. It isn’t my favorite Floyd album but always enjoy spinning it for a bit. Favorite Song: Time

One of my favorite Floyd albums. This is one of the first albums that I recall someone using recorded sounds within the music. Floyd does it so well with nice tie ins to the song. This album reminds me of the only live show of theirs I got to see, which opened with Time. The stage was black with just Nick’s glowing drum sticks opening the song flying around in the air with clocks ticking in the background.

Such an iconic and important album in the history of music and rock

This album is one of the best executed concept albums I have ever heard. Not only is it musically and instrumentally superb, but the lyrics fit the songs and what the band is trying to accomplish with this album really, really well. I love how the songs flow into each other. Personal enjoyment would probably be 4/5 for me but this is a masterpiece so it will be getting a 5.

been a while since I've listened to this album. it is still excellent. love the way the tracks flow together. some of their best lyrics on on here- "Breathe", "Time", and "Us and Them". the instruments are focused and compliment each other. fantastic album start to finish.

El mejor álbum de Pink Floyd y uno de mis favoritos. Poco más se puede decir sobre este álbum que no se haya dicho antes. Canción destacada: The Great Gig in the Sky

All time great album

Not really my type

Jeg har alltid vært glad i Pink Floyd, men har snodig nok aldri hørt på denne klassikeren før nå. Flott produksjon, musikalitet og et godt utført konsept. Time er den klare favoritten min. De går veeeldig mye rundt grøten. Jeg hadde ikke særlig glede av hverken saksofonen eller den dama som aldri sluttet å gaule. Skal tro om det er forsvarlig å gi fire av fem stjerner, men jeg forventet 𝘮𝘦𝘳. Kanskje jeg bare er hakket kontrær.

Iconic and still resonates today.

Something, something classic; something, something masterpiece. Something words about something and saying new somethings. Words and things about places and actions that must be taken to listen because matters much something. First time story with anecdote something something. Wizard something works words and words try something and do. Best something so something on the words yea.

I’ve listened to Dark Side a LOT. It was on almost non stop at age 19, and is one of the seminal albums of my life. This morning, I got to listen to it with my almost 4-year-old son, who loved it. While it’s a far cry removed from the times I listened to it in college after consuming copious amounts of marijuana, it meant way more to me this way.

Muita sons aleatórios que não sinto que acrescentou algo de relevante a não ser mais tempo. Mas o som, a música, a voz é muito boa, deveria ter muito mais disso ao invés dos sons aleatórios....

Very original. Better than I gave it credit for. Big fan of "time"

Iconic album, excellent songs with great buildups, choruses, dynamics, and varied instrumentals. Standouts: Breathe, Time, Money, Us and Them, Eclipse, 5/5.

Sit back and enjoy the ride. I don't know where you will end up, but the journey is the reason.

Still unbelievably good

Best Floyd Album.

Some awesome songs, but a few which drag towards the end

I expected more from it

Very good!

Classic album. Good songs that work well together.

I actually liked this quite a bit with the star being Us And Them. Chill album that I'd listen to again on a relaxing Sussday

Revolutionary for the time? Maybe, but it ain't winning me over.

Absolutely legendary album in the realm of psych rock, and prog rock. Ive listened to this one at least 50 times over the years. Its reputation, and billboard records really speak for this one. Not a skip here. Maybe On the run, but even then, it helps the atmosphere.

5/5 no notes

Probly THE best album of all time.

Intellectually, I understand the significance of this album…. But I think you have to be in the mood to listen to it.

You want to know the truth? I don't even completely hate this. What I do hate is that there is like 15 minutes of space-age noodling and video game noise between each song. Very few songs would be worth slogging through that mess to get to, and these songs are certainly not it. Money still totally sucks though.

I would fully expect this album to be on this list as it has been revered since it's release. It's not really my thing and I heard it for the first time only recently. The musicianship and sound are fantastic. Some of the tracks are very good but others are just nonsense.

I don’t know what to say, it’s Dark Side Of The Moon, it’s exquisite. If you don’t like it, there might be something wrong with you. Or maybe you’ve experienced…brain damage

I have yet to meet anyone that doesn’t own at least two copies of this. It’s a classic. It is great. It’s also both easy listening and complex. One of the finest of all tome

looked up the summary of this one on wikipedia while listened since i knew most pink floyd albums have a good concept behind them. this one did not disappoint, and knowing the concept certainly helped! i would likely give this a 5 on a relisten.

yes, yes, yes, this is SO my shit, as much as it is not

I was literally wearing my DSOTM shirt when I got recommended the album. This is by far one of the best albums of all time.

Epic

I mean it's Dark Side of the Moon.

I was dreading this one. It has a personal connection with someone I loved and lost early in my life. Also its prog and I'm racist against prog. The album opens beautifully, Breathe (In the Air) lagubriously drowns its steel guitar in reverb and leaves you feeling like you're floating on the air. On the Run beats Juan Atkins to the punch by 8 years and I reckon would still make a great 3am interlude at Berghain. Nonetheless it is prog and some of the beautiful engineering and production are overshadowed by boring self-indulgent solos (Breathe, Great Gig in the Sky). I've already commented on the self-indulgence of Mott the Hoople singing about the pressures of fame, and while it feels a bit more believable in the eighth album of one of the biggest bands in history the lyrical themes are still a bit meh. Money's angular 7:4 rythym is smoothed over by a tenor sax solo. The seamless transition to a 4:4 blues rock-out bit is pretty cool though. Us and Them is overwrought and forgettable. Any Colour You Like would have been better without the guitars as another proto-Detroit techno number. I'm convinced Pink Floyd did a number on people by bracketing some good but not great prog with two beautiful tracks at the start and two at the end. Brain Damage evokes a frisson with each verse and Eclipse resolves the album with an almost Beatles like capo. This will probably be the last time I voluntarily listen to this album. I'm glad I did but it's still really painful.

A cornerstone in psychedelic prog rock

I’m back bitches (probably just for one day, but still) I happened to listen to the whole album in the airport which was actually very fitting. Breathe (in the Air) made me melt, On the Run had sick airplane sounds, Money made using my delayed flight voucher at McDonald’s feel very cool, and The Great Gig in the Sky made the middle seat almost romanticizable. This album experience brought to me by Pink Floyd and easyJet was everything I could’ve hoped for—dreamy, fun, tens at some points and euphoric at others. All in all NICE VERY GOOD

Ueppaaaaa. Bim sunnige, verkaterete Sunntigsspaziergang hani Lust becho mal wider chli Pink Floyd z lose, ballere mer mis Lieblingsalbum The Devision Bell ufd Ohrmuschle und frög mich, wenn denn echt mal es Pink Floyd Album bide 1001 chunt, und ZAGGGGG - DA ISCH EIS!!! Absoluti Jahrtuusig Band, jedes Lied isch en Spass und ich han bis jetzt selte es Lied vo ihne ghört wo ned e absoluti Beriicherig i mim Musikalische Lebe isch. Mit The Dark Side Of The Moon ischs glaubs biz ähnlich wies d Viki wege Radiohead gseit het. All die Hipster Boys wo au Pink Floyd für sich entdecked "Und wege dem Album so viel über sich selber lernet - e beriicherig vom persönliche Self". Aber hey. Ich glaub langsam ich ghör sehr zu dere Stereotypisierte "bizli kreativ, biz alternativ, chli wanna-be-hipsterig"-Kategorie und ich denk das isch okee. To be stereotype is the new special. Oder so ähnlich. Viellicht au ned. Ufjedefalls chani mini faszination für Pink Floyd ned verstecke und schüttle locker und ohni zögere mini 5 für-pink-floyd-ufgspahrte Puntos us em ärmel! Ich han hald so viel wege dem Album über mich selber glernt. E beriicherig vo mim persönliche Self. LG Stereotypimon

Pink fucking floyd anno 1973. hitted au on mondays. Ach wie gern ich dem albumprozess live debi gsi wär oder zumindest als bigbrother per cctv zuegluegt het. Ich glaub die hend - gopferdeli siech namal - spass gha. Han s gfühl mir cha das album entweder gechillt im hintergrund la laufe und es isch eifach cosy oder aktiv inejumpe und mit vill ufmerksamkeit einiges entdecke. Ich glaub ich selber drifte denn oft wieder dezue ab. Das album isch: - De inbegriff vunere musikalische reis und ere variabilität im ne album ohni a qualität z verlüre oder erzwunge z wirke - und die variabilität isch notabene nöd nur zwüsche tracks aber au innerhalb vum ne track erstuhnlich gross und interessant. - hed e wunderschöne name - eis vo de ziitlosigste cover ‚Speak to me‘ zu ‚breath‘ übergang isch episch. ‚Time‘ isch so ziitlos. Wowzers. ‚The great gig in the sky‘ hani zum sunneuntergang vum züriberg gluegt, wie passend <3 Ccccccinco puntos

the band, the myth, the legend gay triangle mitem grosse entrance ih mis lebe nachere längere absenz vo de busy streets vom rocky rock album klöpp - und was füren entrance dases da anelegged han mich nie gross mit de pinke brüedere usenandgsetzt welli als skorpion und underdog lover natürlich eh abneigig gege zu bekannti sache entwicklet han (kei gueti eigeschaft!) drum bini umso meh froh hani mir das stück mal chönne ih voller längi gönne und was sich scho nachem erste lose klar ih mim urin abzichnet hett isch de fakt das das album en grosse re-listen wert mitsich treit sogar en überraschend elektronische touch hani da vernoh und woni den gmerkt han das disc no. 2 eifach sgliche isch aber live (ih mine auge sehr skippable für en ihstiger) hani mich umso meh gfreut und mirs normale album (disc no. 1) namal gönnt drum gits vo mir min lieblings farbruhm für das schöne album -> C M Y K

amazing. ich bin mer am überlegge merch devo chaufe, irgend en coole tschäpper oder en hoodie vilicht? oder doch eifach s'album cover als vinyl im zimmer ufhänke? glaub ich wär de erschti wo das wür mache klare fall vo 5/5

Favorite track(s): time, money, us and them (they're all good) Will I revisit?: already knew this album Current rating: 10/10

I mean.. come on. What can one say at this point about such an omnipresent, iconoclastic piece of work? Well, let me make the attempt. Every good word uttered about The Dark Side of the Moon is wholeheartedly earned. Immersive and expansive are terms that only begin to scratch the surface of what this record is and what it has to offer. As an album experience, I would argue Dark Side is unmatched in its sequential completeness and its heady, through-line intensity. From the ominous tolling of Time to the batshit vocal performance that leaves me breathless on Great Gig in the Sky to the one-two outro punch of Brain Damage/Eclipse closing the album with a preposterous amount of grandiosity, there’s nothing quite like The Dark Side of the Moon. With headphones, Dark Side is like staring into the void for 40 minutes, coming out on the other side with something that resembles a lesson. And the lesson I continue to take from it is that.. life, while cacophonous and just straight looney at times, is all we have and it’s precious. Don’t overthink it because of the ubiquitous emblem. Don’t discredit it just because of its popularity… 5/5..10/10 is not enough for this album.

Så bra ihopsatt and det nästan lurar en att tro att det inte är tråkigt.

The Dark Side Of The Moon is the 2nd Pink Floyd album generated in the two weeks I’ve been on this musical journey. I like it quite a bit better than The Wall. Greatest of all time is a bit far-fetched, but it’s up there as Pink Floyd’s best. Top 3 Tracks: 1. Brain Damage 2. Time 3. Us and Them 8/10

Somehow I have avoided hearing this album in full until now. It's a subtle masterpiece upon first listen. You can hear the care that went into the sessions and I really enjoyed the second listen. It's a bit TOO gentle for me to go 5 here, but absolutely a 4.5.

It’s a defining and seminal work of art, a true masterpiece that flows, peaks when it should and feels head and shoulders above its peers of 1973. It has a bit more saxophone than I’d wish for and Clare Torry’s vocals are… a lot. I can already feel myself going back and forth with my future self questioning if I was trying to be too objective or contrarian here but if I’m putting on a Floyd album, it’s more likely to be Wish You Were Here or The Wall, and I probably even prefer the less abstract concept of Animals. This is undoubtedly one of the greatest albums ever made by one of the most exceptional bands to walk the earth, but to me it’s sat in (the very top of) the second bracket of my personal favourites.

A really enjoyable listen, actually a great album with more amazing songs than I was expecting.

The word "iconic" is an adjective that describes something widely recognized and highly representative, often serving as a symbol or embodiment of a particular concept, style, or era. It goes beyond mere fame or notability, carrying a sense of cultural or historical significance that makes it immediately identifiable and memorable.

3/5

Abstract, almost feels like a precursor to modern techno thru 3 songs. “Time” spiked my anxiety Fuck Pink Floyd for that song. Second half carries the album to me. Feels innovative but very random/haphazard. The chaos of some of these songs combined with a structured album loop is interesting. After reading the description much of the nature makes sense. Great album, not seeing anything memorable enough to deserve some of the hype.

Speak to me 2/5 Breathe 3/5 on the run 3/5 time 3/5 the great gig.... 2/5 money 4/5 us and them 4/5 any colour you like 3/5 brain damage 3/5 eclips 4/5

I mean, it's Dark Side of the Moon. Five stars.

My fav Pink Floyd, gets better with every listen.

Pretty wacky and cool

I had an earlier period in my life where I reflexively hated post-Barrett Pink Floyd. More recently I've mellowed so I was looking forward to listening to this afresh to reappraise it. That said I still think most of this is a load of pretentious old nonsense. I don't care for the music and the lyrics are mostly makes-you-think shallow tritenesses. Time does get me, to be honest, and I like Brain Damage, Eclipse and the quotes from interviews which have been worked into the intros and outros here and there, i.e. the parts which Pink Floyd didn't write. (Although the skill of sampling is using the old to say or reinforce the new.) Anyway, three tracks that I enjoyed but overall still doesn't do much for me.

A fuckin masterpiece

One of the finest albums ever made, one of my prized possessions, the wall is better though fight me on it

If there was a list of albums I wish I could hear again for the first time, this would be at the top. Floyd is one of my favorite bands and this album is a masterpiece. Easy 5 stars for an all time classic

Brilliant!

Didn’t even need to listen

Not sure why, but Money just annoys me. Otherwise great album.

What is there to say about this album? Everything about it has already been said before, it's ascended above pop culture and has become this thing that's always been there. Everyone likes it and it gets its flowers on pretty much any platform, including here.

I can tell why this is so eternal. What a great mix of atmospheric trip-space and 70’s classic rock- prog elements. Themes are transcendent.

Absolute classic. Easy 5/5. Nothing more to say than that, really.

The LP - the object itself - is very familiar to me from childhood, but I don’t think I ever heard the entire thing, maybe just track one from the second side and then either I wandered off or the record swapped after the money shot. There are fewer songs than I expected - no criticism. The “you’ve got to hear it as a suite” crowd have a point: it’s a luxurious, pillowy, lie-down and drift-in listen, rich with minute baroque flourishes. Everything sounds clear and gorgeous. The lyrics match Waters’ reputation for pretension, but are tolerable: the big themes are rubbed, but there’s enough concrete detail, slang and chewy narrative voice - samples thrown in, but mixed loud enough to matter - that it’s a hang-out with a group of overgrown students. Waters’ mournful stoner voice doesn’t quite overstay its welcome. Makes me wonder what would’ve been had Can with unlimited time at Abbey Road and Alan Parsons.

Reviewing this seems redundant, so some ramblings: - Alan Parson's contributions are stellar, aptly described as "right on" - I've always hated the clunky and oafish "Money"; fortunately it is redeemed immediately by the exceptional "Us And Them" - "Brain Damage/Eclipse" is as perfect an album closer as I can think of. The prog Abbey Road medley - I felt reckless, so listened to the recent Roger Waters re-do. I do not recommend trying this at home; it's pretty bizarre, featuring doomy mildy-incoherent spoken-word interludes where the instrumental parts used to be, and sombre narrations in place of the songs. If his aim was to claim all the credit for himself it fails spectacularly, serving to highlight the high degree to which Gilmour and Wright were essential to this album (Mason has always been a lazy git) - I went too far and checked out The Flaming Lips/Henry Rollins version. Total waste of time. At least the Easy Stars All-Stars dub interpretation is fun. - I have never seen "The Wizard Of Oz" and have no wish to start now - Prisms don't work like that

8/10

oh SO GOOD. I get the hype

Given the time at which this came out, it gets credit. I like the use of sounds relevant to the respective song titles.

I was being chased by friends I haven't seen in so long I don't know if we could be considered friends anymore. One, John T. rried to give me a torn up jersey. The rest fades. It's reoccurring.

Nothing left to say that hasn’t been said.

For those who live for guitar solos I can see where this would be awesome. It's difficult to separate the album from 50 years of hype, airplay, media embedding, and fanboy-ism. My difficulty with a lot of Hip Hop is mirrored here - the artist(s) inserting themselves into the entertainment through talking, breaking up the flow of the music, and experimental, non-musical, and dissonant pieces ("On the Run" is a great example), OR making the piece of music about something of the moment (e.g. a revenge piece). If this album came out today, I wouldn't buy a copy. I wouldn't listen to it more than once. My rating is a reflection of the fact that it has become embedded in the culture and thereby gains some value.

This may objectively be the single greatest album of all time.

Simply my favourite album of all time. Thoughtful, warm, memorable, imaginative, cohesive. Truly an album of the ages

I didn't need to listen to this again to know this was getting a 5, but I did it anyway. Incredible album, excellent composition, great instrumentals and vocal work! 'The Great Gig in the Sky' was my fave.

Deep into a house party at uni a friend led a group of us into his room, got out his Dark Side of the Moon vinyl and we all sat in the dark listening. It wasn't 1973 (or even the 20th century) and no drugs other than alcohol were involved, but it felt like both those things could've easily been different. It was quite a trip (especially when The Great Gig in The Sky kicked in) and made me appreciate how it must've blown people away when it was released. When I later listened to it in the comfort of my own home, what struck me most about the album wasn't the musicianship, the ticky-tocky experiments or even the strong musical and thematic links between tracks; it was the empathetic way it treats mental health and the human condition in general. The uncomfortably relatable Time followed by the warm hug of the Breathe reprise feels like the listener isn't being chastised, but consoled. I guess I like my classic albums to do a little consoling?

Way weirder and better than I expected aaaa.

Of course I had to try it. The band denies it, but the infamous “Dark Side of the Rainbow” synced up with The Wizard of Oz is strangely aligned at multiple scenes. It’s like an art rock experimental experience…enhanced if done with recreational substances. But even without doing the rainbow experiment, the album is worthy and a classic for good reason. It just sucks you in from the first note to the last. Another one where it’s rating may be slightly lower since I like a few other Pink Floyd albums just a bit more, so I give it four out a five stars.

Never been my favourite album but 5 star for Money alone 4.75/5

Difficult to say much about this album that hasn’t already been said more eloquently by others. There’s something reassuring about the familiarity of it. Time into TGGITS into money is up there as the best song run in the list so far

Possibly the greatest album of all time.

Una puta obra maestra

Dark Side of the Moon blends haunting lyrics, rich instrumentation, and flawless production into one of the greatest albums ever made.

Unless you just really don't like Pink Floyd, this album is universally loved. Fantastic.

только так

Gran disco, demasiado radiado, pero genial.

This one plays a huge role in my musical education. First heard in a smoke-filled living room in Scarborough, getting drunk on beer at a teenage party. Of course it was the sort of party where about half a dozen of us sat silently listening to this, like we were in church. I can't be objective about this, at all. The whole thing just transports me to a different place. Sometimes (but not always) it's that smoke-filled living room, with a stubby bottle of Molson Export Ale in my skinny hand.

everything there is to say about this album has already been said

One of the best albums in history! There are no words that could describe this perfection, this ingenuity, this masterpiece... this madness...

yeah. 5 stars. duh

Favourite song: Us and Them Other favourites: - Time - The Great Gig in the Sky - Money - Brain Damage

Classic but not their best

9/10

I'm probably commuting the 8th deadly sin by rating this one a 3, but it didn't feel super special to me on 2 listens through. The album cover is obviously iconic and has had a huge cultural impact. I think more people know that cover than knows where it's from. I kinda see what the point of the album is, but it's either not really for me, or I need to listen to it a lot more than the time allows on this list Standouts Brain Damage Eclipse 3/5

It's a consistent album throughout -- maybe the best songs aren't quite great enough to earn a fifth star -- but groundbreaking.

Iconic album cover art, solid concept album.

This is one of the most obvious 5 star albums of all. Pure genius. Turn out the lights and get lost in this one.

There's nothing I could say here that hasn't been said here.

I love this album. It should be appreciated as a whole. First half might be a bit boring, but nonetheless the second half makes up for it. Clare Torry’s vocal on “The Great Gig in the Sky” is wonderful.

One of the rare instances where an album deserves the enormous amount of hype it receives. Truly Pink Floyd's finest hour, despite the increasing number of people in music spheres claiming otherwise. But bare in mind, this is an Album album and it's experienced best when taken in as a full piece, as it was intended, particularly the first side. Not to there aren't big standout moments, because there obviously are, but I can't I've ever listened to "On the Run" on its own, despite it being an essential part of the tracklist. Pink Floyd and this album are usually lumped in with the 70's Progressive Rock movement, but they bare very little resemblance to any of their peers, sounding spacier and more anthemic. This sound was later picked up by the post-britpop bands of the late-90's but in a poppier and more radio-friendly way. But of course, this album's influence encompasses a lot more than just that, even transcending music as a medium. A true masterpiece, indeed. Key tracks: Speak to Me / Breathe Time The Great Gig in the Sky Money Us and Them

In our tween years, a bunch of friends and I gathered in a friend's basement to check out the infamous Dark Side/Wizard of Oz mash up. We excitedly told our parents the plan and settled on an array of beanbags to gaze in wonder, nary a mild altering substance to be found in our innocent viewing. I can officially confirm, having attentively watched as a sober and clear young mind, there are a few moments that have cool coincidental synchronization but these two masterpieces are meant to be enjoyed separately. Years later, with a bit of the ol' green stuff, I got to see the Flaming Lips cover some of these songs and enjoyed the whole experience much more.

I'm getting old as I really enjoyed that in all its pomp.

The Dark Side of the Moon After enjoying Wish You Were Here I was waiting for this to come up, I’m glad it arrived not long after. I think I probably just about prefer Wish You Were Here, but it’s still obviously an excellent album; moody, portentous without being pompous, grand, elegant, serious. Some of the same things hold true for this as they did for WYWH - ‘a meticulously built 44 minutes of brilliantly layered, slow tempo sonic atmosphere, movingly structured around a loose concept.’ and ’it’s really about experiencing the whole thing, the feel and movement of the full run time, with synths, solos, melodies all unfolding at a languid pace, all with an occasional disquieting undertow’ The female vocals are also great, they give a different texture to an already excellent sounding album. Gilmour's guitar tone is great, the solos on Time and Any Colour Your Like are excellent, and I love the synthy noises on On the Run. And of course the money bassline and sampled rhythm intro are superb. I really like the 2nd side from Us and Them to Eclipse, with Brain Damage a highlight. It’s obvious why its got such a great reputation, it’s a fantastic listen. 5. 🌗🌗🌗🌗🌗 Playlist submission: Brain Damage

This is a true album - it's greater than the sum of its parts. 'Money' stands alone, but the rest all work together to create the ethereal atmosphere. These are songs that should be listened to as an album. Everything about this has an expansive sound; the title invoking space and expanse; the pulsing electronica which sounds futuristic but sows anxiety; the heavily reverbed instrumentation; the imperious guitar solos; the lofty, philosophical lyrics. A rare end-to-end aural pleasure.

Timeless

A well deserved 5. First time listening to the album in it's entirety, trying not to let the hype sway me. It's beautiful, it's timeless, you must listen.

I've heard this one before, of course. It's one of the greatest albums ever. I really don't have much more to say, it's such a great album.

Geweldig, goede nummers, en ook een mooi geheel.

It has been one of my all-time favorites since I was a teenager.

Ik merk dat hoe meer gewicht er hangt aan een plaat, en hoe beter ik hem ken, hoe lastiger het is om een correct afgewogen review te schrijven. Dit is wel echt het schoolvoorbeeld daarvan. Een thematisch concept album zoals er weinig zijn, met een ongekende continuïteit van nummer tot nummer. Als ik iets als album wél goed zou beoordelen, maar níét perse als losse nummers, dan is het 'The Dark Side Of The Moon' wel. Op 'Time' en afsluitende duo na staan er eigenlijk geen songs op die ik bij hun beste werk durf te scharen, maar de flow tussen de losse delen is ongekend. En misschien zijn de pieken wat minder spraakmakend dan die op 'The Wall', maar de reis die je aflegt van A tot Z is wat mij betreft completer en dynamischer. Maar 5 sterren is het mij niet (meer) waard, vooral omdat m'n muzieksmaak door de jaren heen toch een beetje is gedistantieerd van 70s Pink Floyd. 8/10 Highlights: Time Us and Them Brain Damage/Eclipse

Dark Side of the Moon, wat een fenomenaal concept album een plaat die in de afgelopen 50 jaar zijn eigen nummers als concept ook is ontgroeid. Het geheel is mooi en brengt je in vervoering, de losse tracks kunnen dat (op een paar na) eigenlijk niet. De sfeer en de overgangen tussen de nummers maken het een unieke en gave plaat. De individuele nummers hoef je niet perse elke dag te horen. Op een paar na. Time is prachtig en het slotstuk Brain Damage / Eclipse is natuurlijk weergaloos. De lunatic-lach, de namedrop van het album, de openbaring in het refrein na het oploopje van het orgel en de Eclipse als sluitstuk. Pink Floyd op haar best! 8/10 Highlights Time Brain Damage / Eclipse

Feels like a journey (not the band)

fenomenal каждой частью тела чувствуется музыка переходы от песни к песни максимально плавные

It's so good. It flows. It sounds fantastic.

One of the best albums of all time. Zero skips

As good a record as ever has been made. From the scope of the conception and depth of the emotional content, to the quality (right-note-right-time precision) of the playing and dazzling production, they got it all right.

Classic for a good reason, and incredible flow from song to song that captures a vibe no other album can do so easily.

One of my favorites for 30 years.

There is really nothing much I can add to reviews of DSOTM. It is simply one of the best albums of the '70s (and beyond) and captured a moment rarely repeated. Musically, lyrically, production-wise, it is an almost perfect album. The themes of madness and the human condition might seem trite - "Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way..." - but it all works. The only thing I will add is that the line "I don't know, I was really drunk at the time..." is spoken by Henry McCullough (soon to be ex-Wings) and, 20 years later, I spent an enjoyable Thursday afternoon getting drunk with Henry...

Brauch ma ned redn

Definitely transported me to another universe with this. Very storyteller. Unfortunately not my cup of tea.

God this screams college.

B+ Speak To Me 3 Breathe In The Air 3 On The Run 3 Time 4 The Great Gig In The Sky 5 Money 4 Us And Them 4 Any Colour You Like 4 Brain Damage 4 Eclipse 5 One of the all-time greats. The Great Gig In the Sky and Eclipse are two of the best ever.

My first favorite album. Probably still in my Top 5 albums of all time, even though I have not listened to it in years. Excited to listen to it again. I wonder if it holds up from being 16 years old. Curse you Spotify. Will I have to download Amazon Music so I can listen to this in order? This album CANNOT be played on random. It MUST be played in order. Amazingly, some of the songs still transition almost perfectly, but that feels even more disappointing. I can't bring myself to give this four stars, but I am afraid the shine is off, after 20 years.

u alr know

Again, this album feels like Abbey Road where there isn't much to be said about it that hasn't already been said. Really incredible.

Repeated plays and it's still that good.

Not as long and drawn out as I feared it would be. Would be a four but I really hate the laughter they inserted into Brain Damage, which would’ve been the best song on here. Money is a silly song.

This was alright, but I guess the hype had me expecting something mindblowing. I'd probably prefer another Pink Floyd album.

Pink Floyd has always been more or less elevator-music for me. I have to give it three stars only just because of the hits "Money" and "Brain Damage" and the iconic cover-artwork.

Nothing I could really say about this album that hasn't been said before, but I'll try and record my basic thoughts. As an intro to prog rock, this is up there. Got me into it from an early age. Just an incredible album. Maybe one of the best ever recorded.

Classic. Would have been a 4 and a bit before the 50th anniversary last year. After repeated relistening's and reading around the making it stepped it up to a full 5. If in doubt, I just have to remind myself of the 7/4 time bassline of Money.

Good classic album

What can I say? Easy top 3 album for me. Each song on their own are spectacular, but has a whole, Dark Side of the Moon is magical. The very definition of a masterpiece and one of the only pure 5 out of 5s I’m likely to hear.

Ég var spenntur. Ég hafði aldrei hlustað á plötuna í heild sinni áður, bara í bútum. Hún er vissulega pínulítið yfirhæpuð en mér fannst hún samt mjög skemmtilegt að hlusta á. Ég er að reyna að hlusta á mitt innra sjálf til að ákveða hvort hún er fjarki eða fimma. Ég smelli fimmu þótt ég væri til í fjóra og hálfa.

Easy 5 star. This is my favorite album of all time and I think there's so much to love about it thematically and musically. The cover art is an all-time classic and was definitely a poster on my dorm room wall. Everything just flows so well together from song to song. Time and Money are everyone's favorite tracks, but there's just something hauntingly beautiful about Great Gig in the Sky that gets me every time I listen to it. Us and Them is a song that encapsulates everything Pink Floyd is about to me and it's crazy how much hasn't really changed in the world when looking at this theme. Brain Damage/Eclipse wrap up the album perfectly and I've definitely spent too much time thinking about the meaning of the final audio in Eclipse: "There is no dark side of the moon, really. Matter of fact it's all dark." Perfect album that grips your attention from start to finish. Like what has been said already, I wish I could go back and listen to this for the first time.

Actually thought this was super varied and interesting

Possibly the greatest album of all time.

Masterpiece. 4.75

Contender

I mean literally always. It's just undeniably one of the greatest albums literally ever. Start to finish it's just so fluid. I'll never forget the first time I ever heard it and just how much I gravitated towards it. Brain Damage --> Eclipse is just one of the smoothest transitions in all of music. If that were just one song it might honestly be my favorite track of all time

Still an amazing album!

4.5/5

No notes

Awesome possum. Dim lights and nice company. I understand why he is held in high regard. If I found this on vinyl for a decent price I would pick it up.

This album amazes and stuns me. It feels like floating amongst the stars and galaxies. I hope, when I die, this is played at my funeral. I'm letting this be my reminder to rewatch The Wizard of Oz with this in the background. I saw it at an indy movie theater back when I was in college in the 90s...trippy times. This is one of the best albums on the planet.

Pink Floyd, what can I say.

Ohhhhhh. This is the apex of the vinyl rock format. Every second feels thought out. The songs flow into each other. I always love Pink Floyd even though it runs contrary to my usual taste.

Best Album of that year!!!!!!

A classic. Perfect all the way through. Favorite track: Time

Incredible album. I marked 6 of 10 albums as favorites. I like the setup of having the first album be studio tracks and the second album be live tracks.

Low 4 star, mainly bumped up to that to indicate that I like this better than The Wall. A little more to the point and the songs might be a little better.

I can hear how this could be the predecessor of albums like OK Computer. The vocals are way better than everything on 'The Wall.' That said, unlike other albums that old white men get really excited about that were surprising to enjoy (Led Zeppelin, Dire Straits), this ultimately didn't blow me away.

Super weird noises. I understand why it’s so popular but it’s also kinda overrated, or maybe just the album cover is.

Likely the most tolerable prog band for me, but this was still a bit tiresome in parts. Pink Floyd have better records than this

Some cool ideas here but this isn’t for me. Maybe if I watched Wizard of Oz or something I would feel differently. Probably not though.

Perfect from start to finish. As I said in the group chat, a gorgeous listening experience 🌑

This is chill. I think I might like Pink Floyd.

Not. My. Thing.

Did I need to hear this again? Probably not. It’s fine though.

5/1089 - I understand how well this album is constructed and respect that it was state of the art back in the 70s with all the stereo effects/synthesizer manipulation, musique concréte techniques, and dark all-encompassing subject matter with reminders to "Breathe" (hence the return to the 1 to 4 soft-rock vamp throughout the album) but at the same time, I don't "get" the album. For whatever reason it hasn't clicked for me the same way Meddle or Wish You Were Here do. I still think this album is incredibly enjoyable and "Breathe," "Time," "Money," "Us and Them," are all fantastic songs. I'm not convinced by "Eclipse." It sounds like a perfectly logical ending song with the bombastic descending chords, all-encompassing lyrics, and the fade into the heartbeat. Maybe it's the lack of surprise? I'm not sure. For now, I think this is the best 4 star album.

It has very spacey/retro vibes. Absolutely stunning.

classic. banger. etc.

Such is this record's omniscience that, despite never listening to it front to back before now, I recognised every individual track. As a tribute to technology in music, it stands apart. No surprise that Alan Parsons had a fair hand in the production. As music? Yes. It is atmospheric, spacious and trippy. It all proceeds with the stateliness, pomp and self-importance of a Lord Mayor's promenade, but it's Pink Floyd - warmth isn't on the menu. Kraftwerk sound more human. Still, it's got ballast, and oodles of fat neck pub bores think this is the greatest thing since beef Wellington, so there's that.

Some parts are a full hit, but some parts are a bit out of my comfort zone

Easy rating of "5" from the old boomer. Every cut is strong. What was surprising to me was how well the album has stood up after all these years--still sounds fresh and relevant.

ICONIC. The album. The artwork. Wizard of Oz. Truly my favorite artist from this era. I really don't have much to say about this one. "Money" is probably my least favorite song on the album - it's always seemed grating compared to the journey the rest of the album takes you on. "On the Run" might be my favorite track, even though it's little more than an interlude. Always a fun headphones experience. The drums on the beginning of "Time" *chefs kiss*. I appreciate how every track is able to breathe. I have memories in highschool just relistening to "The Great Gig in the Sky" on repeat. I guess I did have much to say.

Love ‘em

No Notes. Love everything about this. You haven't listened to music until you've closed your eyes and blocked out everything except this album. It's a journey through time and space. Also it's very cool to watch it timed up with the wizard of oz

I know this is a wonderful album but I'd forgotten quite how good it is and it was a treat to listen to it in full again. Definitely a 5 star album for me

Just a great album overall: start to finish. Oddly enough, I had listened to "The Wall" earlier in the day before realizing that "Dark Side" was next on the 1,001 list, so it was a bit of a Floyd overload day but I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Sheer lunacy to give this anything other than a five.

Why are there not more stars?!

The standard by which all albums should be judged. Everything about it is perfect...the album cover, the lyrics, the variety of songs, the transitions between songs. After to listening to it hundreds (thousands?) of times, I still feel like I pick up something new every time I listen to it. Speaking of album covers, there's a great movie on Netflix about them called "Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)". Thinking Bingo told me about it, but can't remember. Great documentary.

Is gewoon 1 van de best classics

Met recht een klassieker. Een van de beste albums ooit gemaakt. Easy 5/5

It has a slow start, but it picks up towards the end. Really nice album.

Pretty much a classic, I've heard this one so many times, and it's so tight, so creative, clean production, and it touches on important - even if, at this point, a bit overdone - themes. It might've been my introduction to concept albums, and I hope to hear multiple many more concept albums still. Great, emotional, interesting musically.

Fantastic album. Sonically beautiful.

Fire.

Never fails to blow my mind. Since first hearing it as a teen in 1973 this has always been top tier.

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This was not what I was expecting at all. Way more experimental than I thought it would be.

It was ok

Live version was better than I expected

Biased since I have memories attached to this album. Time is one of the best songs ever written.

Classic. Not much more to say. Classic, classic rock.

every time I listen to this album, I remember watching wizard of oz to the album

Not Floyd’s biggest fan but listening to this album as an adult may have changed my mind.

Wait, which one is Pink?

This was perfect to listen to to drown out the sound of my neighbors taking out his frustrations with a hammer through construction. Better than his new baby I guess? In all seriousness I actually liked this one and would listen again.

Used to listen to this on the bus ride everyday in high school. Insane to think that, right after this, Pink Floyd wrote Wish You Were Here, Animals, and The Wall all within about 6 years. 5 easily

Who knew that a male brit group could evoke so much emotion. even the album artwork suggests that something as monolithic and common as a boy band from england and turn it into something incredible. my only confusion is why DSotM is regarded more highly than Wish You Were Here which is undeniably better

Grat album with some amazing tracks on it. Breathe, Time, and Great Gig are all fantastic and "big" music

Literally one of the best albums ever made.

Good chance to be my favorite on the list, but I knew that beforehand...

Banger!

amazing

lol Never heard this one, are these guys big? God it's so good every time, such a perfect album.

Already listened to loads. Amazing.

This is the greatest work ever released in the entire history of the recording industry. There is no other so well crafted. There is not much to say, only to feel.

This is an easy 5 star. Every song is amazing, and the fact that they created a lot of the tech to do it is incredible.

Fantastic album. Absolutely a classic

Actually liked this .. surprised myself

Not for me personally but undeniably a wonderful exploration of sound and a poignant investigation into what it means to live.

Love this album! When I was in high school visiting my uncle for Thanksgiving one year, he put on the vinyl and told me to close my eyes and listen. Each time I return to this album, it reminds me of that experience. Big fan, though for some reason I've never really branched out into the rest of the Pink Floyd canon.

This is by no means gods gift to music in the way some people who wear a dark side of the moon t shirt think it is, but I must admit: Sometimes there is a reason the classics are the classics. The album is bold, almost brooding, and even feels a little avant garde after all of these years. Of course, Pink Floyd’s style of psychedelic rock has stood the test of time, and these tracks rock while also being layered, ethereal and introspective. Essentially the best of both worlds.

Need to listen to this one more often

5 out of 5 baby.

Toll!

Six words: Laser light show, Hayden Planetarium, baked.

Good soup.