Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd

Released in 1973 and reaching no.2 in the UK charts in March of that year, The Dark Side Of The Moon was Pink Floyd’s ninth album. Rumoured to have largely been inspired by former Pink Floyd member and front-man Syd Barrett, this album is an easy to listen to, yet somewhat dark collection of songs which although imaginative, lack the pounding psychedelic arrangement which Barrett invented and lent to their earlier work. The first track, Speak To Me, opens with a melee of strange, disjointed voices, some mad laughter, an odd electronic percussive sound and a huge crashing chord. The song then ... more

Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon "The Dark Side of the Moon" is the 8th studio album by British psychedelic rock band, Pink Floyd. It was released in 1973 on Harvest Records and produced by the band. The line-up for the album was David Gilmour (vocals/guitar), Roger Waters (bass/vocals), Nick Mason (drums) and Richard Wright (keyboards/vocals). Introduction Some of the most advanced recording techniques of the time were used to record this album, including tape looks and multi-track recording, giving it a sound that was cutting edge at the time, yet perpetually timeless. Themes of mental ... more

I suppose the key word to use for this 1973 album is 'progressive' rather than any other description. Prior to the album's release, the entire length had been performed as a mammoth stage performance, provoking largely positive reviews. It then took a year or so before the resultant effect turned itself into one of the most commercially successful albums of all time. With varying degrees of speed and lyrical involvement, and a heavy level of innovative synthesiser sounds, the album is beautifully constructed and follows a theme of 'things that make people go mad'. The first thing I noticed ... more

This album was the first release by Pink Floyd where they had both written and toured the material before going into the studio; the original title for the album was "Eclipse". The album sleeve states that the recording process started in June 72 and finished in January 73 at the Abbey Road Studios, it didn't take six months to record. The reality was 38 days of recording was squeezed in around tours of Britain, Japan, and North America as well as a soundtrack for the Barbet Schroeder film "La Vallée (Obscured by Clouds) and work on a French ballet with input from the film director Roman ... more

I. DSOTM -- INTRODUCTION & HISTORY & BACKGROUND: A. Rock's Lunar Cycles: As in life itself, Rock & Roll's ongoing popularity and survival is due to its cyclical nature; it's perpetual metamorphosis. Nowhere is this theme more evident and poignantly conveyed than in Pink Floyd's "Dark Side Of The Moon." DSOTM arrived at; was a product of, the gloomy period in rock history that followed the death of that musical era's "big three;" Jim, Janice and Jimi, at the end of the1960's. Just as the deaths of Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper & Richie Valens at the end of the 1950's were for many, "the day the ... more