i started this project 10 months ago and ive waited for this moment so much waking up in the morning to see what album i got and see this beautiful album cover. this is pink floyd's masterpiece. wish you were, the wall, animals, meddle are brilliant albums as well (echoes is my favorite floyd song) but none of those albums gives me an expirience like i get with the album. this record just flows and you lose yourself in the music for 43 minutes. i have so many memories with this album, listening to it for the first time, listening to it on a roadtrip, before sleep, in a basketball game, watching the wizard of oz which btw works INCREDIBLE! this is an album when floyd were still a democracy untill roger waters became in-charge, the vocals of david gilmour and richard wright together creat such an amazing harmony, waters brilliant lyrics, gilmour's iconic solos on time and money, one of the best drummers of all time nick mason creating sort of a melody with the drums in time, richard wright on keys just ties it all together man. you get sucked in with all those sound effects that will repeat throught the album in "speak to me" which transitions BRILLIANTLY into "Breathe". and then you go on a trip in "On the run" untill it all explodes and lead to probably the best lyrics ive heard ever "and you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it sinking" and then breathe reprise. after all of this madness and the heavenly guitar solo the album transition into "The great gig in the sky" so few words, so many emotions. clare tory is such an amazing singer. and with that side one is over, you flip the record and get one of the best and iconic bass riffs in progressive rock "Money", with elemnts of blues rock in an odd time signiture of 7/4 and great sax solo by dick parry. then the last 17 minutes of the album: "Us and them", "Any colour you like", "brain damage", "eclipse". these song goes through psychadelic rock, jazz fusion. us and them is richard wright best performance on the album. any colour you like is just an amazing trip and encore to us and them. brain damage's lyrics refer to syd barret's mental health "the lunatic is in my head..." "and if the band you're in starts playing different tunes" eclipse is probably the best climax to an album ever made "the sun is in tune, but the sun is eclipsed by the moon" also, they recorded interviews with their roadies and asked them questions like when was the last time you were violent? were you in the right? paul and linda mccartney also were interviewed but not included in the album. alan parsons is an amazing producer. there is a good reason why this album is so succssesful and iconic, its the best thing ever recorded, best album of the 70s, best album ever and such an important album to music history that influenced so many people. there have been amazing bands covering this album like dream theater, the flaming lips and so on and it is my dream too one day perform this entire album live and pay tribute to these great 4: Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Richard Wright on a side note, roger waters dark side of the moon REDUX is the most awful album ive ever heard and uneccessery rendition of a perfect untouchable album. stay away from that album and go listen to the original again. Thank you PInk Floyd.
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Soft Machine
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5 | 2.45 | +2.55 |
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We're Only In It For The Money
The Mothers Of Invention
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5 | 2.46 | +2.54 |
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Idlewild
Everything But The Girl
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5 | 2.58 | +2.42 |
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Kenza
Khaled
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5 | 2.6 | +2.4 |
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5 | 2.61 | +2.39 |
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Don't Stand Me Down
Dexys Midnight Runners
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5 | 2.62 | +2.38 |
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Pictures At An Exhibition
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
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5 | 2.64 | +2.36 |
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Space Ritual
Hawkwind
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5 | 2.69 | +2.31 |
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All Hope Is Gone
Slipknot
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5 | 2.7 | +2.3 |
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Histoire De Melody Nelson
Serge Gainsbourg
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5 | 2.71 | +2.29 |
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Gorillaz
Gorillaz
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1 | 3.53 | -2.53 |
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Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes
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1 | 3.49 | -2.49 |
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Odelay
Beck
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1 | 3.45 | -2.45 |
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The Fat Of The Land
The Prodigy
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1 | 3.4 | -2.4 |
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Ágætis Byrjun
Sigur Rós
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1 | 3.37 | -2.37 |
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It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Public Enemy
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1 | 3.36 | -2.36 |
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Fear Of A Black Planet
Public Enemy
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1 | 3.34 | -2.34 |
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Melodrama
Lorde
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1 | 3.32 | -2.32 |
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Fever To Tell
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
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1 | 3.29 | -2.29 |
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1989
Taylor Swift
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1 | 3.26 | -2.26 |
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| David Bowie | 9 | 5 |
| The Rolling Stones | 6 | 5 |
| Radiohead | 6 | 5 |
| Beatles | 7 | 4.86 |
| Bob Dylan | 7 | 4.86 |
| Led Zeppelin | 5 | 5 |
| The Who | 5 | 5 |
| Stevie Wonder | 4 | 5 |
| Pink Floyd | 4 | 5 |
| Miles Davis | 4 | 5 |
| Steely Dan | 4 | 5 |
| Metallica | 4 | 5 |
| Bruce Springsteen | 5 | 4.6 |
| Joni Mitchell | 4 | 4.75 |
| Neil Young | 4 | 4.75 |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | 3 | 5 |
| The Beach Boys | 3 | 5 |
| Johnny Cash | 3 | 5 |
| Jimi Hendrix | 3 | 5 |
| Michael Jackson | 3 | 5 |
| Queen | 3 | 5 |
| Bob Marley & The Wailers | 3 | 5 |
| Nirvana | 3 | 5 |
| The Doors | 3 | 5 |
| Neil Young & Crazy Horse | 3 | 5 |
| Yes | 3 | 5 |
| The Smiths | 3 | 5 |
| Marvin Gaye | 3 | 5 |
| Elvis Presley | 3 | 5 |
| Frank Sinatra | 3 | 5 |
| Simon & Garfunkel | 3 | 5 |
| Black Sabbath | 3 | 5 |
| Deep Purple | 3 | 5 |
| Van Morrison | 3 | 5 |
| R.E.M. | 4 | 4.5 |
| The Kinks | 4 | 4.5 |
| Nick Drake | 3 | 4.67 |
| Peter Gabriel | 3 | 4.67 |
| The Cure | 3 | 4.67 |
| Paul Simon | 3 | 4.67 |
| Van Halen | 2 | 5 |
| Def Leppard | 2 | 5 |
| Fleetwood Mac | 2 | 5 |
| The Flaming Lips | 2 | 5 |
| Curtis Mayfield | 2 | 5 |
| Elton John | 2 | 5 |
| Stephen Stills | 2 | 5 |
| Willie Nelson | 2 | 5 |
| Stan Getz | 2 | 5 |
| Randy Newman | 2 | 5 |
| Isaac Hayes | 2 | 5 |
| Dusty Springfield | 2 | 5 |
| Dire Straits | 2 | 5 |
| Lou Reed | 2 | 5 |
| AC/DC | 2 | 5 |
| Todd Rundgren | 2 | 5 |
| Aretha Franklin | 2 | 5 |
| Green Day | 2 | 5 |
| The Mothers Of Invention | 2 | 5 |
| Portishead | 2 | 5 |
| Adele | 2 | 5 |
| Rush | 2 | 5 |
| Megadeth | 2 | 5 |
| Ray Charles | 2 | 5 |
| Eagles | 2 | 5 |
| King Crimson | 2 | 5 |
| Emerson, Lake & Palmer | 2 | 5 |
| Air | 2 | 5 |
| XTC | 2 | 5 |
| Iron Maiden | 2 | 5 |
| Oasis | 2 | 5 |
| Genesis | 2 | 5 |
| Motörhead | 2 | 5 |
| Leonard Cohen | 5 | 4.2 |
| Dexys Midnight Runners | 3 | 4.33 |
| The Velvet Underground | 3 | 4.33 |
| The Byrds | 5 | 4 |
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| Public Enemy | 3 | 1.33 |
| Barry Adamson | 2 | 1 |
| Orbital | 2 | 1 |
| The Prodigy | 2 | 1 |
| Missy Elliott | 2 | 1 |
| Baaba Maal | 2 | 1 |
| Taylor Swift | 2 | 1 |
| M.I.A. | 2 | 1 |
| Tim Buckley | 3 | 1.67 |
| Madonna | 3 | 1.67 |
| The Chemical Brothers | 2 | 1.5 |
| TV On The Radio | 2 | 1.5 |
| Björk | 4 | 2 |
| Beck | 3 | 2 |
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| Super Furry Animals | 1, 5 |
| Belle & Sebastian | 1, 4 |
| Mudhoney | 1, 4 |
| Common | 1, 4 |
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