Album otm April 2021 - Pink Floyd - Dark side of the moon

Interesting choice. The album that put them up there. Even higher than they already were. 

Not their best album for me but a very good one. And parts of it are staggeringly ahead of their time. On The Run in particular takes us into 90's/00's ambient dance territory! 

My introduction to Dark Side of the Moon, probably like many, was the single Money which I heard on the radio and went out and bought. But the album itself was far too ambient and wistful for this teenager, so I didn't really appreciate it until much later. Once some semblance of maturity had set in and my ears needed a rest    

Loads of schoolmates went to see the band at Edinburgh Usher Hall in 1974 where, I was told, they played the entire album. You couldn't move for the smell of patchouli for a week afterwards   

Probably seen as faultless these days, its an album that has to be listened to in its entirety to be fully appreciated. If you can stay awake long enough 

I remember seeing them at Earl's Court in '94, I think, & they played the whole album as the second half of the set - superb performance. Mind you, there would have been 10 or 12 of them on stage!
Always really rated the album but Wish You Were Here emerged as my favourite Pink Floyd album over the years. However, Dark Side Of The Moon seems to have a near universal appeal that also stands the test of time, it's nearly 50 years old & I suspect it'll still be considered a classic when it reaches it's centenary.

Welcome to my world   

It will always be the music first and the lyrics second. Good lyrics are an added bonus for me. 

But many others think differently. I also think quite often the lyrics are more important to the composer than to the listener. Which I suppose they would be.

If I want clever words or meaning, I'll read a book 

Every 2-3 years I’m in the right mood to play DSOTM. It is a classic album no doubt but I just prefer ‘ Wish you were here ‘.

As the perple that seemed to spark your comment, perhaps I should clarify that it was an observation rather than a criticism. Nothing wrong with having the resources on stage to deliver the desired performance, regardless of whether that's just one person on acoustic or a full orchestra. My comment was in relation to a particular gig, i.e. that the quality of the performance came as no surprise given the resources applied to it's delivery. It was not a comment on a particular era of the band's existence, nor was a post-Waters perspective comment.

Indeed, I've seen Roger Waters live & he also seemed to be adequately staffed for the performance he wanted to deliver, quite rightly so. The information about the band's use of additional musicians is not a revelation, it's common knowledge. It's also not unusual for band's to employ additional musicians to adequately deliver a performance of material that was originally quite complex when recorded in the studio.

One can see this with Quo's return to a 5-piece when Andy was recruited as the regular keyboard player once they'd encountered the problem of how to deliver on stage an adequate performance of Rockin' All Over The World, with it's piano introduction! 

DSOTM - both terrifically over-rated and under-rated, at the same time!

I get the impression that most people rate Wish You Were here more highly than most other Pink Floyd albums, certainly from early 70's releases onwards. A generalisation of course but let's call it something of a trend in these discussions. I'm probably part of that little clique as well. 

Although how rampant Floyd fans view things (the hardcore?   ) I have no idea. I guess it's a bit of Gilmour/Waters split with Syd Barrett bringing up the rear.