THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

IMHO this album is not only a masterpiece of prog, but the greatest album of all-time. Ladies and Gentlemen, I do not mean to sound brash, but this opinion is coming from a very tough critic (I don't just hand out five-star ratings left and right, in fact I would say only three other records would deserve this rating). Now on to my point: Many people dislike this album because of the "production" and it being "overrated" and the mass amount of money made from it. My friends, it is not the albums fault people bought it, and this doesn't even make it a commercial album anyway because a big reason it sold so much is due to the friggin' drug market. Also, the production only adds to the experience of this record, it doesn't serve to hype it up. Upon listening to this album, one must think of it as a single song or unified cocept, not as 10 random songs. It has a brilliant theme to it-- stress and everything (money, death, lonliness, etc.) causing one to go insane. What I just mentioned is the obvious part, now if you really actually listen there are many deep meanings that you can interpret for yourself.....I will only say that the fact that stress causes madness (according to this record) is Roger Waters way of pointing out that maybe it's not the madman's fault that he is mad, it is the worlds(and us, the people around him) to some extent. There are many things that you the listener can interpret yourselt from really listening to this masterpiece that I will leave to you......Maybe I only like this album so much because I can relate to it and really understand what is behind it, but you can too, because the concept is universal (especially if you're "crazy" like me). I really have been avoiding a review on this album for quite some time, but I had to voice my opinion........Anyway, sorry for such a long ramble, and I don't mean to sound preachy, but just really give this album a listen, and think about it (apply it to your own life), and if you don't already have it, buy it for cryin' out loud!