The Dark Side of the Moon

Класика, але не мій улюблений альбом ПФ, тому поставлю 4.

Okay this is interesting to rate (that means hard )

Obviously the actual songs are great, but there is just too much fannying about with sound scapes.

As a huge fan of Public Service Broadcasting I see the value of talking and sound effects taking the place of a vocal track, when it’s done well.

Why does every song need to start with a lame sound effect linked to the title , like some bad 90s PowerPoint or Alan Partridge radio link .

That till/cash register sound adds to the MIA song but not here.

I hold these two opinions at the same time:

1. The Dark Side of the Moon is overrated.
2. The Dark Side of the Moon is a 5/5.

It's an amazing album, but I do not understand why people rate it above The Wall, which I consider to be the great Floyd album. I'd possibly even consider Wish You Were Here to be on par with The Dark Side of the Moon.

An experience. A masterpiece

What more can be said about this album that hasn't already been said? Probably nothing. It has sold 50 million copies, been reissued countless times and remastered and re-released multiple times. The artwork is one of the most iconic of all time. The music is known to virtually everyone. This album marked the start of the British band’s most successful period. In terms of production, it was a quantum leap for the band. By the time this album was released, they were global stars. Admittedly, it's slightly overrated and not even the band's best album (not even their second best), yet "The Dark Side of the Moon" remains a constant companion in my musical life and a milestone in rock music.

The Wall was a bad introduction to Pink Floyd for me, this was a far better one. Lush production and very pleasant to listen to, but there is still something missing here to push it to a 5 for me

One of my favorite bands of all time.

So this one is an easy one for me.

5/5

4.54

"There is no dark side of the moon - matter of fact, it's all dark"

And here is what was once my favorite album in all the world, at least until they released "Wish You Were Here."

I listened to it twice today, for the first time at all in quite a while, and had a great time with it. I tend to think of DSOTM as something I've heard SO many times and therefore am no longer really interested in anymore, but there is so much interesting stuff on here. The combination of the simple piano and the great vocals on "Great Gig in the Sky”; the cacophony of clocks at the beginning of "Time”; the synthy stuff on "Any Colour You Like”; the lyrics of (and singing along with) "Brain Damage.” Even "Money," which I figure everyone at some point has got sick of, has good stuff in it.

Though I’m still more interested in “Wish You Were Here" and "Animals," I found this to all be good. I just need to take a break from it every couple of years in order to remember how to appreciate it again.

One day we'll be ready to have the discussion about whether this is a bit dated.

Call me contrarian but I've always found it mildly lame. I can accept that probably wasn't the case in the 70s. But that was also over 50 years ago.

Full wanker mode: can one of the top selling records of all time really have been all that progressive. Counter: it's still considered progressive 50 years later.

The good thing is albums of this ilk caused a visceral reaction in the underground and we got new types of interesting music as a result.

For all those reasons and more: generous 3 stars. I'd never put it on and often change the station if it's playing on the radio but can't full hate. On The Run goes hard.

I knew a few of the songs. It was alright, for still being something I generally don't care for.

I've of course heard of this album and heard Money many times, but never listened to the whole thing. This was a jam! It felt timeless and I really enjoyed it.

One of the greatest albums of all time. I think that Pink Floyd understood the idea of making a great album.

Never listened. Am I being a progger in my 50s

I've attempted to listen to this album multiple times. Earliest would have been in the early 2000s when I was a teenager. I didn't understand the hype and I think listening to this before my 20s did it a disservice. I remember finding it strange and the coin sounds in Money were corny. I knew nothing of the history of music production so just expected something that would be life changing based on the hype. I tried multiple times since then and also found it a let down. I'm older now and I think the album has definitely grown on me. I appreciate the flow of the album and how well produced it is but you need to go in with 1973 ears and even then I still think it's been overhyped. It's a great album. It is not the greatest album of all time. 4/5.

Have not listened to this in full in close to 40 years. It's not something I think I'll ever really listen to regularly again, but is undeniably a great listen once in a while.. There's a reason this is an album EVERYONE already knows. Totally forgot about the sexy sax on Us and Them.

This album is... Well, it's the Dark Side of the Moon. Simply one of the greatest albums ever made. And, yes, I love it just as much as anybody else. There is no denying classic Pink Floyd's ability to build an atmosphere, write scathing critiques of modern society with unparalleled swagger, and to provoke even a modern teenage listener such as me into thought. They write haunting songs with beautifully evocative lyrics set to backing music sounding like nobody else ever. To deny this album is to deny the greatness of classic rock, and possibly music, itself. This is the pinnacle, the apex, the peak of Pink Floyd. So, yeah, it's an all-timer if there ever was one.

This is the top ranked album of 1973 globally. Other 1973 albums also rated by me:
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road(2/30)-4
Let's Get It On(4/30)-5
Catch a Fire(7/30)-4
Head Hunters(10/30)-4
Tres Hombres(11/30)-4
Raw Power(12/30)-4
Countdown to Ecstasy(13/30)-3
Selling England by the Pound(15/30)-4
Paris 1919(25/30)-3

Probably one of the top 3 most essential albums of all time. Has great run from start to finish and manages to keep your attention until the very end. 8/10

Anything less than a 5 is blasphemy.

DSotM was the first record to teach me the complexities of album sequencing.
First off, album art is such an integral part of the experience, and one that people often downplay. But well-matched art can become the "environment" by which you perceive the songs in - a starting point as you build a mental image of the tracks enclosed.
Speak to Me/Breathe quietly, then abruptly, erupts from this darkness. A simple ray of contorting light in the infinite expanse. On the Run continues this trajectory with a progressing beat that makes you feel as though you're going through life, experiencing moments of flittering memories that present as contextless vocal snippets. Time doubles down, exploring mortality, and conceding that even though you may run ultimately little is in your control in the grand scheme of things. The Great Gig in the Sky seems to be a direct call to what the end result might be, some type of beautiful otherworldly musical climax.
Money is the foil to GGinS, talking about the perceived importance of the physical. Us and Them and Any Colour You Like act as moments of reflection with sweet saxophones and blaring organs, and ultimately synthesizers comparing very organic human vs. inhuman sounds. Then finally Brain Damage prepares us to let go, so that we might reflect on all of the experiences from the past 42 mins and imagine ourselves bursting into cacophonous rainbow euphoria on Eclipse. Only to return to black again and start all over.

Not an overrated album. One that deserves its flowers and continues to stand the test of time.

5/5