THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

OVERRATED! Yeah, it took me a while to decide between 4 and 5 stars: a part of me tells me "this is overrated, worse than Meddle, WYWH and Animals, without great classics, even it's best song (Time) is flawed, with that eternal intro and those bothering clocks", while other says "this is a perfect sensual well-thought masterpiece". The truth is, since it received so many 5 stars (and so much hype), and since no song here is as good as "Echoes", "Shine On...", "Dogs" or "Pigs", I have to punish it. It is very flawed: it's an album where every second (including all the silence) is there exactly where it should to have a "perfect" flow...but it doesn't completely work. "On The Run" is nothing but a bunch of sounds, "Time" (as I mentioned) is the best song but it takes 2 minutes until one realizes why, "Money" can bother me at times (while it's good), the other songs are good (but not great), and I really have to be on the mood for it. If you are getting into this band start right here, but I warn you: you might end up very dissapointed if you are expecting a perfect album. I could give it 5 stars but I won't: this one gets too much attention. "Meddle" is better.