Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon [2003/Alan Parsons 4.1/DVD]

Track Listing (May vary depending on release)
Length 42:59
01 Speak To Me 1:13
02 Breathe 2:46
03 On The Run 3:35
04 Time 7:04
05 The Great Gig In The Sky 4:48
06 Money 6:23
07 Us And Them 7:50
08 Any Colour You Like 3:25
09 Brain Damage 3:50
10 Eclipse 2:04

Loyd Grossman, Rolling Stone | 5-24-73 wrote:


The Dark Side of the Moon is Pink Floyd's ninth album and is a single extended piece rather than a collection of songs. It seems to deal primarily with the fleetingness and depravity of human life, hardly the commonplace subject matter of rock. "Time" ("The time is gone the song is over"), "Money" ("Share it fairly but don't take a slice of my pie"), and "Us And Them" ("Forward he cried from the rear") might be viewed as keys to understanding the meaning (if indeed there is any definite meaning) of The Dark Side of the Moon.

Even though this is a concept album, a number of the cuts can stand on their own. "Time" is a fine country-tinged rocker with a powerful guitar solo by David Gilmour and "Money" is broadly and satirically played with appropriately raunchy sax playing by Dick Parry, who also contributes a wonderfully-sated, breathy solo to "Us And Them." The non-vocal "On The Run" is a standout with footsteps racing from side to side successfully eluding any number of odd malevolent rumbles and explosions only to be killed off by the clock's ticking that leads into "Time." Throughout the album the band lays down a solid framework which they embellish with synthesizers, sound effects and spoken voice tapes. The sound is lush and multi-layered while remaining clear and well-structured.