Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd > Reviews

Advantages: A classic, for all the reasons listed below
Disadvantages: Is more popualarist than earlier material

Dark Side of the Moon was released nearly 30 years ago, in 1973, but as the state of music has rapidly evolved, this masterpiece still sounds fresh, relevant and groundbreaking to this day. This is one of the most talked about classics, which makes it something of a challenge to review, as so much has been written about dark side! By 1973, Pink Floyd already had a lot of superb material under their belt. The playful Syd Barret Psychedelic material ... Read review

Advantages: Dark, deep, immersive, beautiful and haunting
Disadvantages: The Lengthy-And-Yet-Dull 'Us and Them'

...You need to think about dark spaces and about doormats, about the heart and the mind and the soul, the brain, and how it can deceive you. The decimation of your hopes and dreams, the corruption of your family and the essence of Hampton Court’s hedgemaze. Pink Floyd are a band who can seriously mess you up, dude! At the time of Dark Side, the band members were David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Nick Mason and Richard Wright. They’d had some reasonable success, ... Read review

Advantages: Original, timeless
Disadvantages: none

If there is one album you had to chose to represent what 70's rock was all about (up to Punk at least) 'Dark Side of the Moon' (DSOTM) would be that album. It propelled Pink Floyd from popular art-house kings of English psychedelia to be one the best known and most successful rock bands in the world. BACKGROUND (or Psychedelia, drugs and a bloke called Syd) Pink Floyd had been one of the major influences of the drug inspired Psychedelic ... Read review

Advantages: GOOD TO LISTEN TO
Disadvantages: NONE

...tv prog about Pionk floyd Dark side of moon and it brought nback all those magic adolescent moments for me , This record is certanly magic to listen too we have it on cd now. Saturday Morning I was dusting and came across these large round black discs that have a groove running around the it and a hole in the middle. It was encased in a matt black cardboard sleeve , with a white line of light entering it from one edge entering a triangle in the ... Read review

Advantages: Put Prog Rock On The Map, Introduced The World To Sound Effects As Music
Disadvantages: A Decent Set Of Headphones Is Needed For The Full Sensory Effect

...every sense of the word Dark side of the Moon is one of them albums that is as big as god in fact it could be argued that this album has made more of a cultural impact than religion since its release back in 1973, beyond what is the most recognizable album cover of all-time is an album that was and still is one of the most interesting and respected pieces of music ever put on record, the facts pretty much speak for themselves here, nearly 15 years ... Read review

Advantages: Great throughout, very original
Disadvantages: None really

...albums, but in my opinion, Dark Side of the Moon is the greatest. The tracks often blend in to one another, so it seems to be a whole album that is linked, the songs continuing on through the tracks, rather than the stop / start approach of most modern albums. There are lots of great songs on this album - in fact, I can't think of a bad track at all. Money is probably the most well known of the tracks & is often used as incidental music on TV. But ... Read review

Advantages: Thought provoking
Disadvantages: Bad memories

...spoken subtext, "There is no dark side of the moon really, as a matter of fact it's all dark" gives us a choice to make up our own minds about the album. ... Read review

Advantages: Roger Waters' finest work with Floyd
Disadvantages: None

I bought this when it first came out, and it was very nicely packaged with posters and stickers designed by Hipgnosis and the minimalist prismatic cover. On first listen I was disappointed as the only tracks that I thought were any good were Time and On The Run. After several plays the album grew on me, with only the contrived Money providing any cause for concern. Unfortunately for me , but fortunately for the Floyd, the whole world decided ... Read review

Advantages: Atmospheric, moody, accomplished
Disadvantages: Boring at times

...and Animals were successful, but Dark Side of the Moon is Pink Floyd for many people. Overall, it’s probably one of the more accomplished albums of the 1970’s - it was derided by the harbingers of punk, but is definitely one to listen to if not to buy. ... Read review

Advantages: Quailty of music, a classic
Disadvantages: Sleeve design

I'm not a great fan of Pink Floyd owning only two of their albums, but 'Dark side of the moon' is one of my favourite all time greatest pieces of musical work & arguably their best work to date. Look at the facts, it was released in 1973 & featured on the USA Billboard top 200 album chart for a staggering 741 weeks, which is over 14 years!!! It's also the fifth best selling album in the world, so any album that sells that well & stays in the charts ... Read review

Advantages: It's a Pink Floyd album.
Disadvantages: Very few of these.

Everybody has heard how Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon' (DSotM) is one of the best albums that has ever been recorded, and this is one of the few cases I feel the accolade is genuinely deserved. Until a few months ago, I was one of those people who hated Pink Floyd, claiming that while they and their fans said they were being 'experimental' or 'progressive', they were actually just boring, pretentious, and writing music purely to show off ... Read review

Advantages: ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO LISTEN
Disadvantages: NOT FOR IDIOTS

THE BEST IN PINK FLOYD`S CARRER & ONE OF THE BEST EVER PSYCHODELIC ROCK ALBUMS IN HISTORY. Simplicity in lyrics, simultaneous harmonize with deep consignment at meaning of life. Unusuall music - still actuall though efflux......in shortest way we have: - "Speak to Me" - audible heartbeat foist general atmosphere of all album. - "Breathe" - clearly epic song adressed to ex-leader of PF - Syd Barret....about life and its options. - Absolutely crazy ... Read review