Not only does it stand the test of time after 50 years, it still sounds like it was recorded in the future. This album will live for centuries.

Could be the best album ever recorded. Hard to overstate how good it is.

Me at 15 years old, in my parent’s basement, listening to this album obsessively for months like a little weirdo. It still moves me to tears.

Hats off to you for listening to the entire album in one take. That's how it was meant to be enjoyed. Hopefully you now have a better understanding of why us old folks say, "You don't listen to Pink Floyd songs - you listen to Pink Floyd albums..."

This album was 14 times platinum and on the charts for 981 weeks.

The magic of this album is listening to it at different stages of your life and finding new profound meanings. Happy listening!

This album doesn’t stand the test of time. It’s timeless 🤘🤘

You do the best reactions! Also, you have the ability to lighten anyone's mood, it's a great gift you have. 😊 My favourite tracks are 'Time' and 'Us and Them', such moving, epic brilliance. 50 years on, and this record is still making waves and influencing musicians the world over. 😎

At 60yrs old, I STILL listen to this album in it's entirety once a week. It IS the song of life. And I do believe it is the greatest album of all time.

It's the best album cover to cover...that has ever been made. Period

Definitely one of the best albums ever produced.

I'm so impressed with how much information, experience, humor, and gravitas you packed into an ~8 minute video. When I saw the video length I thought "there's no way this video can do justice to this amazing album" yet perhaps it's one of the best reactions to DSotM I've ever seen! It's simply one of the best and most timeless albums ever, and while it will continue to age, it's hard to imagine it ever truly becoming "old".

Great stuff. If you get the chance to do Wish You Were Here that would be excellent. That's my favourite of theirs. It's only five songs, but the first and last are two epic halves of the same piece bookending the others and it all fits together so beautifully - masterpiece.

Love - Forever Changes is one of my favorite albums and it definitely deserves a listen sometime in the future

This album is a masterpiece. One thing that I've always thought about "Dark Side Of The Moon" is that it is what I call a "malleable" album. It can be just about anything you want it to be. If you want music to study by, or music to really listen to, or just some great ambiance, put on "Dark Side Of The Moon". It does any and all those things. And you never quite hear it the same each time you listen to it. You pick up different things and re-interpret other things every time. Truly, one of the greatest albums ever recorded.

It's basically the perfect album. There's really not much else on the same level IMO. People will still be listening to it for a long, long time, it's themes are timeless.

This was the first LP I ever bought. It was early in the summer of 1973, I think it was June. I still have the poster and stickers that came in the album. I have bought the CD later on and I still have them both. I love it!

FINALLY A PINK FLOYD SAGA BEEN WAITING FOR THIS SO EAGERLY :)

Thanks for your thoughtful reaction. Dark Side of the Moon just gets better every time I listen to the album. Maybe age lends deeper meaning to parts of this masterpiece. Wish You Were Here is a logical follow on and happens to be my favorite Pink Floyd album.

So glad that you're venturing into the Prog genre. Next stop.....YES!!!

I just listened to it all the way through again two weeks ago for the first time in a few years. Yes, it is timeless. I first heard it in 1972, in concert, well before the album came out. At that point, it was named "Eclipse: A Piece for Assorted Lunatics". You can only imagine how great that concert was. I heard it again in concert after the album release, at which point they had added the sax and vocals that you hear on the album. I'm blessed to have heard both the working version and the finished product in the early Seventies. After the first show, I told everybody to wait - they were about to hear music that will be in play forever. The most classic of all Classic Rock. But make it a point to listen to "Echoes" off their album "Meddle" - it was the composition that told me they would be historic.

Hundreds of years from now people will be listening to this masterpiece, It was on the top 100 albums list for 18 years. Brilliant, The Time guitar solo is one of the best ever recorded! The vocals on Great gig were recorded 1 time. Insane

Quite honestly, it's a perfect album.

Glad you're doing some more reactions now and again! Paul McCartney albums in the future by any chance? 🙏

Wow! I got goosebumps watching you hear this for the first time! First Pet Sounds....now this! You were talking about Syd. Their NEXT album, "Wish You Were Here" is a complete masterpiece, a heartbreaking one where Syd is very much the ghost in the room. Do not miss that album, on or off the channel, that's even MORE of a mood than "Dark Side" if you can believe such a thing! And again, it's one long suite of music, everything running into each other......(we must thank Sgt. Pepper for that!) They also did a rock opera, The Wall, which given your musical background, you would definitely want to check out on or off the channel. Syd haunts that as well! And to hear the actual Syd, the single "See Emily Play" and their first album "Piper At The Gates Of Dawn" will show you what a great melodicist and songwriter HE was, a great songwriter. They got their biggest success years later with Dark Side Of The Moon, but it took them a long time to re-invent their band, Syd was "the" focal point of the band when they started. THANKS, CAROLINE!!!!

Pink Floyd is for the ADVANCED music listener,,,,💥💥💥👍😎

That was a fine review and I’m glad you enjoyed it. Do more albums please.

The Latin word for “Moon” is “Luna”. “Lunatics” comes from the Latin “Lunaticus”, which originally referred to people suffering from madness, once thought to be caused by the moon. The lyrics “And everything under the Sun is in tune But the Sun is Eclipsed by the Moon”, are pointing out how everything is exactly were and how it’s supposed to be, regardless of us humans…and that the concepts of Time, Death, Anxiety, War, Greed, Love, Faith etc…are all created between our ears…in our Moon. Our mind is the Dark Moon that keeps eclipsing the vastness and beauty of the Sun, which is, “Life…the Universe and Everything”, to quote Douglas Adams. Really enjoying your videos!

I'm glad you enjoyed this. I hold it in extremely high regard, an unequaled accomplishment in music. There will never be anything remotely like it.

I haven't listened to this album for decades.Even just hearing those little snippets brings back how much I loved listening to it on headphones.... must do again before all the time is gone. Glad you are digging the songs/bands of my youth so much!

737 weeks in the top 10 on bill board is almost 14 years, crazy for an album. MJs thriller comes in 2nd at just over 2 years. Best album of all time? Statisticly yes!

This is the first reaction I've watched where Dark Side is listened to as it was meant to be, all the way through. It is a concept album of which they wanted to use different elements which were innovative for the time. They had Alan Parsons as a sound engineer that was a big part of achieving what they wanted. For me the best way to listen is with a set of headphones and laying back in a beanbag chair and mellowing out. This is one album that is timeless, never getting old and being discovered with each passing generation.

I'm glad I listened to this before the internet was around. You had to make up your own mind about what it all meant. It's so different listening to an album on vinyl. You were more invested and I rarely skipped any tracks.

As I student I watched them play this live at Knebworth park in 1975. It was far from perfect, but we didn't care... The album still gives me goosebumps, especially The Great Gig in the Sky, with Clare Torrey's sublime vocals.

This was wonderful to watch. Your the first reaction I've seen where you do it properly! You listened to the whole album like it was one long song. Pink Floyd created albums, not songs, and they were created to be listened to through headphones, preferably in a darkened room with a cold beer or a good whiskey, so you don't miss any of the subtle sounds they added. Pink Floyd needs to be 'Experienced' rather than just listened to. If you want to see these guy at an epic level check out the track "Comfortably Numb' at the 1994 Pulse concert. It is considered to have THE greatest guitar solo of any Pink Floyd track

1974 first time listening to Pink Floyd DARK SIDE OF THE MOON never stopped I'm privileged knowing pink Floyd 💗 for the LEGENDARY music .

I'm so happy, you are here again.

Now it's time to watch the live PULSE concert and enjoy all their amazing tracks. It is also one of the best visual concert of al time.

Probably the best Pink Floyd album reaction I've seen. Looking forward to seeing more of the channel. I hope you consider doing some Bob Dylan album reactions like Highway 61 Revisited and Bringing It All Back Home.

Everyone remembers the first time they heard Dark Side of the Moon. I also remember the first time my 14 year old son heard it. We were on a coach, travelling from an airport to our holiday destination. I said - have a listen to this - it blew him away.

Wish You Were Here is even better, I think…Shine On You Crazy Diamond is a masterpiece.

I heard the song "US and Them" in 1980 at age 20 and it got me hooked on them. I only knew Money from this album when it came out in 1973. I was a late bloomer. I was still listening to the Beatles and Elton John constantly through 1975. In 1980, we had The Wall (1979) and I went back to listen to Animals and Wish You Were Here.

Album recommendations: Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin Master of Reality - Black Sabbath Innervisions - Stevie Wonder Ram - Paul & Linda McCartney Aja - Steely Dan Dreamboat Annie - Heart Electric Warrior - T.Rex All Things Must Pass - George Harrison Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan Tumbleweed Connection - Elton John Let It Bleed - The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones

in my first acid trip i was w friends at the forest , we were playing guitar n stuff , and at some point they asked me to play em a song and what came to my mind was brain damage , as i started playing it the meaning of the song suddenly hit me hard like , i could literally see what they were talking about in the song , it felt like i was the song itself , living the song, and the guitar strings felt like they were my heartbeats , it's hard to explain the full experience however i was so amazed that i stopped midway to proccess what i have just experienced !! that's why this song is amongst my favorites of all time

The name of the band is the name combination of two blues musicians named Pink Anderson and Floyd Council (Syd Barrett was a fan of the two bluesmen). In the 70s (when I was a teenager) Money was danceable in any club and was on the DJs lists for a long time.

Oh damn. I watched all of your Beatles reactions as they were coming out and loved them. Randomly recommended this video and to see the change in production value and style is sick. Keep it up!

Honestly that whole run of Pink Floyd at the time was amazing. Meddle, Wish You Were Here, Animals, all banger of albums.

One of the best albums ever!!! Never, ever, get tired of listening to it!... A true MASTERPIECE, from the second greatest band ever (after the boys, the FAB FOUR, of course)!...

Next HAS TO BE Wish You Were Here. Honestly my favorite Pink Floyd album. I just love all the creativity that went in with every song on that album and the lyrics equally the best too. I think you’d really enjoy it!

Named after two bluesmen from North and South Carolina Pink Anderson and Floyd Council because Sid liked them ..

I'm so pleased you took time to really think about these songs, look into them, take their order seriously, etc. Really like your thoughtfulness (and glad the rank for "Any Colour You Like," which over the years has become my favorite track in the sequence, rose)!

Good to see you doing this again! “The Wall” next. My favourite but not the best is “A momentary lapse of reason”.

Its amazing that they started working on pieces in 1971, did a live performance which was recorded on okay equipment just north of London in summer 1972 before the UK release in November , then US release March 1973.

Great reaction. Love the new concise editing approach and corresponding captions. And animated you is cute. Your observations are spot-on as usual. I’m glad you’re back doing album reactions semi-regularly. 😉

This album has reduced me to tears on multiple occasions

The best reaction/review of this album ever. Great job.

Thanks for sharing this, it was fun. I like this format for albums.

I love this new series you’ve started, you’ve chosen great albums. I’d like to suggest David Bowie’s ‘The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars’, it’s a great story about an interesting character created by Bowie.

Hiya Cazza , hope you're doing great. Love the reaction 👍🎸

What a really fun reaction to the full album and takes on each song, very clever! Hope you get to explore their full discography and see the live performance videos, the band not only pioneered musically, but did many firsts in live performances with a near magician of a collaborator for the stage craft and visuals ( Marc Brickman), even inventing new gear, they used lasers like no other by 1994 using copper-vapor lasers that cost over $120,000 each. Watch their 1994 Pulse Concert and you'll wish you had been there but still feel moved by the experience.

I love that you analyze the meaning of the lyrics.. Not all rock band's lyrics have a true meaning, sometimes they were written with multiple meanings or left up to the listeners imagination.

I think this is one of the best records ever made, I still have my original vinyl copy, I remember going out to buy it, remember the first time I played it and remember taking it to a drunken party with my friends and playing it all night long. Every time I play it I remember how I felt at that time in my life, what I was doing and all of the forgotten faces of my friends. They were good songs and well recorded and engineered which makes it a joy to listen to even to this day, a true masterpiece.

Love the video. Remember when Tomorrow Never Knows from Revolver was a little too chaotic for you? I wonder if you’d feel differently about it now. That might be an interesting video some day, how you feel about music you initially found challenging in someway. Just a thought. Looking forward to the next mini musical.

Hola Caroline, este Album es una obra maestra ,una de las mas grandes bandas de la historia.

the song Money is a "Lamest Edit War" article on wikipedia: what exactly is the time signature? The band, which had no formal musical training, have said 7/8, most people say 7/4, experts will go as far as to say 21/8 !!

The way u analysed this made me understand it a lot better and I’ve been listening to it for like 2 years.

Loved this. You would have great success going into the Beatles solo career maybe not so much do full album reviews but definitely at least review their hits. There's so much to cover down that road and I know you will love it. Glad you're doing music reactions again

핑크 플로이드 그들의 음악은 너무 훌륭해서 무엇이라 표현하기조차 힘들다 좋은앨범 테마가 있는그룹 멋진연주 역사상 손꼽히는 위대하고 위대한 밴드.👍👍🙏

Hi, welcome back!! As I'm sure many have already pointed out, DSOTM is very much a descendant of Sgt. Pepper and Abbey Road. Alan Parsons worked first with thr Beatles and then Pink Floyd.

Any of The Moody Blues early albums, which were themed in a way that was quite new for their time. My personal favorite is "To Our Children's Children's Children". Music's meaning to our lives changes over time - what hit so hard in our teen years often looses impact as we get older, but the Moody's still hold a special place in my heart.

I finally got around to subscribing, and sorry for the delay, which I'm going to find some way to blame my cat, as is my custom. Your commentary as always is wonderful, but I'm especially excited by the direction you've taken with your editing recently. It's a rhythm and feel I don't think I've ever seen in a reaction video before, one that truly sets this one apart, and I can't wait to see what's coming from you. (And yes, joining the chorus: it's a flippin' great album.)

Time is genius, and then when you combine it with Great Gig in the Sky, beyond genius. Heard it for the first time during my University years. Hit a certain way then. Then when you listen to it in your lates 20s/early 30s, hits different. Then when you listen to it in your lates 30s, hits different. And now, I'm in the second half of my 40s, and it hits different again. And, it'll keep hitting different as I get older and move through my life journey.

Great reaction Caroline! I've always enjoyed your reactions when you get around to posting some! You don't need to do them "next" but my super high recommendations for you to do at some point in the future are the first four Queen albums (Queen I, Queen II, Sheer Heart Attack and A Night At The Opera) and the four great Supertramp albums (Crime of the Century, Crisis? What Crisis?, Even In The Quietest Moments and Breakfast In America)! Stay well!!

Great video Caroline and nice to see you back on YT. I remember on your Beatle videos you mentioning Billy Joel a few times - The Stranger could be a good album to do at some point?

Watching this reaction had me in tears. I'm not entirely sure they were tears of joy or tears of sorrow. That is what Pink Floyd does to me. Their music is beautiful and so was this reaction. If you ever get the time... check out Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here. Another album dedicated to Syd. To me it's just as timeless.

So good to see your friendly face has found it’s way into the algorithm wherein I first discovered you. I like the format. Not too done up but sleeker in a good friendly way. This album was an early one for me but I eventually tired of it in my teens (early 80s), but I think your review highlights why it really is such a good album despite its large looming presence over rock music for decades now. I’m more of a discoverer, so I do that a great deal. Thank you and hello again from Long Island, New York, USA.

Great editing bravo and good on you for checking it out.. when I was a kid this was the all time highest selling album

The absolute classic of all classic albums!

Hey Caroline - Great Channel...! 😊👍 YaKnoo, If you think this album is "UN-NERVING" you should IMAGINE yourself listening to this sound-scape album in 1973, when this was a totally NEW & UNIQUE EXPERIENCE. And - you where TOTALLY STONES At The Time...!!! LOL x MAX...!!! -cheers -70SomethingGuy

The song “Time” is an Existential examination of the Concept Time with particular attention to Heidegger’s book ‘Being and Time’.

Everyone feels very affected by the line "you missed the starting gun" in Time, before realizing as they get older that there is nothing to miss. All the more tragic? Perhaps. But perhaps also comforting ... God bless you, Caroline! Think about it: People always think that the dark side of the moon is the averted side. But if you have listened correctly in the end, the sun is covered by the moon, so that the back is illuminated. So the dark side of the moon is the one facing us. Understanding this could also be helpful in everyday life.🙂

60, 70 & 80 music artist competition trying to one up each other lead to so many great LPs. “Dark Side Of The Moon” was a highlight.

any colour you like has been far my favorite song

We were very busy listening to all of this in the 70's, it took all the way to the 80's to reflect.

Bob Dylan & The Band's "Basement Tapes" would blow your head off.

Rick Wright wrote "Us & Them" back in 1969 for a film called The Zabriskie Point, specifically for what was called "The Violent Sequence." Director Michelangelo Antonioni not only felt it was too askew of their other material, but he felt it was "too sad" and made him "think of church."

Everyone's peaks and troughs, Echoes is beyond beautiful. "Wish you were here" my personal peak. Those three albums are mine.

I really love these videos breaking down albums you have never heard. Perfect length of time and you get your point across well in a creative way!

Very nice job taking on this album. I'm someone who literally grew up with this album and it still feels refreshing every time.

This album was part of the inspiration for me to start a KZfaq electronic music channel. They're having a song contest for the 50th anniversary of DSOTM.

Well that was beautiful.. Can't wait for you to dissect Echoes live in Pompeii 1972 the cinematic version of the album Meddle which was before this. Cheers.

Recently discovered your channel. Pink Floyd leaves me cold mostly but your thoughts are inspiring a rethink. Thanks for doing what you do. Have you heard R.E.M.'s Automatic for The People?

Pink and Floyd named after 2 USA artists!

You should listen to "Wish you were here" and "animals" they're great albums too

The best follow-up for this would be WISH YOU WERE HERE, complete album.

This episode was so satisfying and fun. Now I have to listen to it ... loud. Thanks, C!

I've been listening to this for 50 years... half a century... So YES, it stands the test of TIME.

Loved your video, very inventive with interesting visuals. Dark Side of the Moon is an amazing album. I also enjoyed your "Moon" ranking system. All of the songs are great but I agree with you that "Time," with its powerful and thought provoking lyrics, really stands out. Great work as always.

I'm so glad to see you review another famous album, I had loved all your Beatles reviews. I recommend "The Doors", by The Doors, their debut album.

I just did a search of all of your previous reactions, and was shocked that you haven't listened to any Led Zeppelin yet. I know that I recommended that you do the Led Zeppelin journey last year when you were finishing up the Beatles catalogue, but it appears you haven't done any yet. Led Zeppelin are the 5th biggest selling musical artists of all time (behind only Michael Jackson at #4, Garth Brooks at #3, Elvis Presley at #2, and of course the Beatles at #1). Like you did with the Beatles, I recommend that you do Led Zeppelin's entire catalogue. I would start with their first album "Led Zeppelin I" and go in chronological order right through to their final studio album, "CODA". I always wanted to see your unique perspective on the magic that was Led Zeppelin. I hope you consider doing it. Peace