The Dark Side Of The Moon
by Pink Floyd

The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd
Year: 1973
Overall rank: 2nd   
Average Rating: 
92/100 (from 5,332 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Best album of 1973 (1st)
Award Best album of the 1970s (1st)
Award Top 10 albums of all time (2nd)

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The Dark Side Of The Moon is ranked as the best album by Pink Floyd.

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The Dark Side Of The Moon track list

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The Dark Side Of The Moon rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 2nd | 1970s rank: 1st | 1973 rank: 1st

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Average Rating: 
92/100 (from 5,332 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 92.3/100, a mean average of 90.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 92.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.2.

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90/100
From 08/21/2025 21:48 | #310600
Much has already been written about this album, how it saw, probably for the first time, a Rock group explore mental health and societal issues with such a serious and mature delivery.

The inclusion of voice-overs by people close to the band, the sound effects, the powerful vocal performance of Clare Torry on "The Great Gig in the Sky" and just the general musicianship of the band make this a record that stands the test of time to this day.
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From 08/07/2025 21:12 | #310467
The Dark Side of the Moon is an experience, a transcendental journey through the deepest recesses of the human mind. It's a monumental work that feels like a single, continuous piece of music, where each song flows effortlessly into the next. It's an album you don't just hear, you feel.

From the heartbeat that opens the album to the iconic sound effects and impeccable production, Pink Floyd created a perfect sonic universe to explore universal themes such as greed, the passage of time, madness, and mortality. The legendary vocal improvisation of "The Great Gig in the Sky" and the hypnotic rhythm of "Money" are just two examples of a work that, even decades later, remains a benchmark of genius. It's a timeless classic, a rite of passage for any music lover.
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From 07/16/2025 07:41 | #310156
Very good album
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From 05/17/2025 06:31 | #309031
For me its a 10/10 since ever, literally have been listening to this album since I was a baby and I always hear this masterpeace as an incredible concept album that tracends time and space. Pink Floyd at its prime! Excelent!
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From 05/11/2025 11:29 | #308950
For me (but not for YOU of course, you don´t have to tell me) this album, and ProgRock in general, is proof that ProgRock is played and listened to by people who actually don´t like music, but are just wallowing in the illusion of having exquisite taste, and who would better be off doing other, even more boring things.
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From 05/10/2025 23:56 | #308940
lacks valor
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From 05/05/2025 15:26 | #308820
Best psychedelic album of all time that matches its success. This is a great surround sound listening album with the non-musical elements that stand out. Love the vocalization in the song Brain Damage and the Us and them is one of my favorite songs on this album. You can hear the experimentation that went on creating it and great cover concept.
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From 10/11/2024 01:14 | #305601
Overrated, but really good
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From 07/17/2024 20:42 | #304379
The very best album of all time in music for me, everything is nice and neat in this album, the melody, the spatial sound, the lyrics it goes well in the album m listenable from beginning to end, wouldn't get tired of listening what a fantastic album.
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From 07/01/2024 10:17 | #304137
Once you have all, most, managed to find how/where to put this legendary band yourr best artists of all list; then comes the highly enjoyable, but ultimately impossible, task of deciding the quality order of their long, varied and majestic list of great albums.
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Best Albums of 1973
1. The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd
2. Innervisions by Stevie Wonder
3. Houses Of The Holy by Led Zeppelin
4. Selling England By The Pound by Genesis
5. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John
6. Quadrophenia by The Who
7. Band On The Run by Paul McCartney & Wings
8. Aladdin Sane by David Bowie
9. Raw Power by Iggy And The Stooges
10. Future Days by Can
11. (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd) by Lynyrd Skynyrd
12. For Your Pleasure by Roxy Music
13. Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock
14. Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield
15. Closing Time by Tom Waits
16. Berlin by Lou Reed
17. The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle by Bruce Springsteen
18. Artaud by Pescado Rabioso
19. Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye
20. Larks' Tongues In Aspic by King Crimson
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