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Truly one of the best albums ever. I first discovered it when I was 8 (no joke), and never grew tired of it ever since. There is so much going on at the same time, yet the songs manage to be catchy and never predictable. Lyrics also deserve praise, being still all too actual after more than 30 years.

100/100. There is literally not a single weak moment on this record.

Alan Parsons (Alan Parsons Project) was the sound engineer for this album and I remember reading an interview with him whereby he described going into an old antique clock shop with a reel to reel tape recorder and spending hours synchronzing a bunch of clocks to all chime at the same time....producing the same effect as what Jeff described for the intro to Time. There was painstaking attention to every sound detail with this album. Otherwise, great review for an all-time classic. I first heard this album when it came out and was only about 11 at the time. After 34 years, I still enjoy this album very much. The way the album flows together makes it very difficult not to play the whole thing every time I put it on!!

I love this album so very much (and it is one of my favourites of all time). But I still think this album should not have been made a classic on this site. Non-metal reviews once a week are bad enough on a metal site, but to make a Pink Floyd classics review? In all these classics reccomendation threads, it seems like thousands of reccomendations have been made; you can go to any site and learn that Dark Side of the Moon is one of the greatest albums of all time. This is supposed to be about the metal.

Besides that, the review's all right (the writing of it in the past tense kind of annoys me), and obviously, once again, fantabulous album.

It's an incredible album, not very metal, however. It's one of the first albums i can remember hearing along with a couple of Sabbaths.

hmm. Sooner or later someones gonna come and rant about how this record shouldn't be on METALreviews.com.
I however, prefer The Division Bell to this. Yes I know, shoot me.

Already beat you to it. And really, The Division Bell?

This is the band that made me a music lover, and this album is one of gratest albums ever, of all musical genres, I used to listen to this album all day and night, from the 1st track to the last, before I got into metal. Now the point is, although it's one of the gratest musical creations in history of mankind, it doesn't belong on this site... yes I know, we are all very open-minded, that's not the question, the point is, this is not metal, it's prog-rock. It's a classic, but not a classic for this site, as it been said before.

Great album, this band helped transition me into metal. I remember me and a couple of buddies listening to some good old Floyd and getting ripped while we worked at a local fast food restaurant. Some of my favorite times were spent listening to Pink Floyd. However, I have to agree with Brahm when he said "this does not belong on a metal site." I mean, it's a good review and a flawless album, but there is so much more out there that needs to be on a metal site.

When this album was released metal did not exist. Almost every prog metal band in existance calls PF an influence, so i'd say this review belongs here. Also, many young metal fans may never have heard this album!

I appreciate all of the feedback and respect everyone's opinion here. I feel Hammerhead's comments come close to "hammering the nail on the head" when he says "When this album was released metal did not exist. Almost every prog metal band in existance calls PF an influence". Bands like Sabbath and Deep Purple, who many consider the first heavy metal bands, were around before "Darkside of the Moon" was released. One of the main reasons I did this review is because it's a root that travels very deeply underground and is a history lesson of sorts for those that might not be as familiar, not so much with the music, but how it was recorded and created. This album is responsible for some of the metal we hear today. Dream Theater, to me, is one of the top progressive metal outfits. They are more updated version of Floyd both in sound and style. Shadows Fall, one of the heaviest bands out there today, does a great cover of "Welcome To The Machine". They make it there own. Even though that is a progressive rock song done by a thrash metal band, would a review of that be any different than the Floyd review you read now? The point is, there is a little bit of "metal" in all kinds of music. It might not be as direct or as obvious on the surface, but listen closely enough and you will notice things you might not have noticed on the surface.

Very nice review, and I think that Pink Floyd does deserve a review on a metal site (although they are one of those bands where everything that could be said about it has already been said). They're a huge influence on 5 of my favourite artists of all time (Tool, Neurosis, Devin Townsend, The Postman Syndrome, The Mars Volta), and probably more where it is isn't directly noticeable from their music. Personally Dark Side of the Moon is the only album of theirs that I've ever really liked (Damn you Les Claypool for covering Animals and making me used to his version before I heard the original ).

I agree with Jeff's perspective on how this review should be here, however; 'Wish You Were Here' and 'Animals' should definitely be here among Classic Progressive albums.

Bleh. If we're going to start reviewing everything that's influenced metal, then we should include B.B. King and Beethoven with Pink Floyd reviews. I understand where you're coming from, Jeff, and I understand the influence Pink Floyd has had on the genre, but that still, to me, doesn't make it a metal album and warrant its inclusion on a metal site.

In fact, Animals is probably my favorite Floyd album! However, I don't plan on reviewing that one anytime soon.

I think this album has the "metal" soul all over the place. So for me it is "metal".

I prefer Wish You Were Here.

Listened to this album again today and I thought it was fantastic. A deserved Classic.

A classic, no doubt about it, but isn't this metalreviews.com?

Yeah what is "metal"?