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Rating:  - It's good.. Duh..
At the age of fourteen I discovered Pink Floyd's movie The Wall. Having never knowingly heard any of their music, I watched the movie with some friends because we heard it was 'trippy.' Immediately I began saving my money so that I could buy both the album and the video. What this led me into should be familiar with many fans of Pink Floyd. I started buying their albums. All of them. Many of them I had to buy twice because they got worn out or lost. Once I bought a second copy of Meddle while on a family vacation even though I knew exactly where my other copy was at home. I just couldn't wait till we got home to hear it again. I've owned at least one copy of Dark Side on tape, CD, and vinyl. Recently I found this on LP, along with Abbey Road, and began to rediscover two of my favorite bands. Both the Beatles and Pink Floyd (especially on Dark Side) are masters of vocal arrangements. Abbey Road and Dark Side (both recorded at Abbey Road Studios) demonstrate the bands' abilities to bring out the richness inherent in their songs through vocal harmony and lush instrumental arrangements. Yada yada yada... I imagine anyone who reads this is already familiar with this album, so we're just sharing our appreciation (if you're not familiar, well.. it's never too late).. For me, the greatest thing about this album is that it transports me somewhere.. It takes me back to 1973, three years before I came to be.. It takes me to the beginning and ending of time.. It takes me to outer space.. It takes me on a trip through my own mind.. Lovely.. Absolutely lovely.. If you don't know it, you just don't know..
Rating: - Beautiful album
Is Pink Floyd the greatest band of all times? Maybe, but probably not, and is Dark Side of the Moon the greatest album of all time? No, but it's definitely close. Without a doubt "brain damage" and "eclipse" are two of the most beautiful atmospheric songs I've ever heard, and "brain damage" makes a song transition right into "eclipse," which I'm sure most readers of this review have heard already on the radio. The cool thing about "eclipse" is the background vocals, it sounds as if Chris Cornell is doing them, obviously he's not. The majority of this album is completely mellow and is prog-rock, with the exception of "money," which is a pretty cool 70's rock song. "Us and Them" is another bada$$ track, it is absolutely beautiful, the song gave me the goosebumps and it puts modern day bands to shame, the saxophone on "us and them" adds a very loungy feeling to the song, and the keyboards add a classical feel to the song. From start to end this album is a piece of art, and I would recommend this album to any lover of music. For anyone who has succumbed to a lot of the brainwashing modern music has done, buy this album to remind yourself what music is all about.
Rating: - Truly Classic
By 1973, Pink Floyd had come a long way from their original roots as an RnB band, becoming the creators of the avant-garde movement, creating rock music more layered and complex than anything that had ever gone before it. The evidence? Dark Side Of The Moon.Often known as the album that was before its time, this masterpiece combines the magic of a few decades ago with the kind of innovation that we're getting these days, without these days as inspiration. Songs like Breathe, Time, Money and Us And Them combine Roger Waters' heartfelt lyrics with flowing, majesty, soul-shaking music. A rich texture of instruments are used: saxophones are very effective on some tracks and sound effects are often used to impressive effect. There are some fantastic lyrics on the album: particularly Time and Eclipse. But the music is the real fantastic element. Take Us and Them: my favorite song on the album and perhaps ever. It starts (although the album as a whole flows so that no songs really start anyway) with jazzy drums and saxophones with soothing vocals, then suddenly we get two humungous powerchords, the vocals belt out at about 8 different pitches, the saxophones run wild and the sound is absolutely ginormous. Elsewhere there are ever-so-slight hints of reggae ('Money') and Soul ('The Great Gig in the Sky', the song which must contain the most oh's ever recorded). Instrumentals On The Run and Any Colour You Like are solid, and closer Eclipse is a wonderful ending. This album is timeless. The proof? Both me and my dad like it.
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