THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

Is it basic to say Dark Side Of The Moon is one of the greatest albums of all time? Yes, but there's a reason, it's because it just is. DSOTM is one of the rare prog albums to have massive commercial success. That alone is good, but the music on it is unreal. It was Floyd's breakthrough album for good reasons, it's one of their most adventurous musically and thematically. Let's go in depth

Speak To Me/Breathe is one of the best ways to start an album. The heart beat with the screams that climaxes into that slow Dorian groove is nothing but iconic. Obviously we have to point of the vocals by Gilmour, nothing less than magical. (4/4)

On The Run is the transition and probably the only track I can realistically take off points, it serves it's purpose, and represents the stress of life fairly well, it's just maybe a tad long for me. (2/3)

Time is time, there's just nothing else to say, it's one of the greatest tracks of all time and you know it. I rarely give attention to lyrics, but this one it's a must. Gilmour's solo is arguably his greatest ever and the fact it's essentially the last time we ever hear Rick's vocals on a Floyd song make this even better (7/7)

The Great Gig In The Sky is obviously one of the greatest vocal performances ever and Rick's piano is nothing but extraordinary (5/5)

Money is the most Rock track on this album, and one of the rare instances of Floyd using odd time signatures. It's great, not necessarily perfect by all means but a good track that everybody knows (5/6)

Us and Them is my favorite, and in my opinion has the greatest chord progression I know. The fact every single chord in the verse uses the note D is genius (8/8)

Any Colour You Like is another transition song and technically the 3rd reprise of Breathe (though less obvious this time). It uses some cool sounds which I like but again it's mostly just a transition (2/3)

Brain Damage/Eclipse is still in my opinion the greatest way to end an album. The chromatic moves in Brain Damage and the epic reprise of all the theme in Eclipse makes this for the perfect finale to a perfect album (6/6)

FINAL SCORE: 40/43 = 93. Easy 5 stars, it's iconic for a reason