Pink Floyd and The Dark Side of the Moon

PINK FLOYD and THE DARK SIDE of the MOON: 50 YEARS by author Martin Popoff is a complete and detailed account of the legendary and record setting album that has the distinction of having been in the Billboard top 200 albums, as the author notes, for an astounding 961 weeks at the time of this writing.

Author Popoff has probably reviewed more albums than anybody, and I’ve enjoyed other books by him including “ANTHEM: RUSH IN THE ‘80s” and “PINK FLOYD: ALBUM BY ALBUM” that I’ve also reviewed and recommend.

Excellent documentation of the times leading up to the albums making that tells of the band playing unreleased songs from the album well in advance of the recording and release of it.

Recording details and equipment used along with technical information are covered with commentary, and makes use of interviews with others involved in the time period of the recording (most notably Alan Parsons) and a brief but essential description of the origins and history of the band leading up to and following the release of the album.

Highly recommended to all interested in the band and specifically this album, I’d also recommend listening to the songs as you read along, it really helps me to visualize the writings by the author by doing so, something I’ve really enjoyed doing the past several years.

5 stars.

As a huge PF fan I will definitely be purchasing a copy for my shelf. Loved all the illustrations and photos throughout.

An absolute must for any Pink Floyd fan! This author really knows his stuff and I found this a fascinating insight into one of my favourite albums of all time. I read it once, then read it again with the album playing in the background. This really helped me get much more out of the album -listening out for things highlighted in the text. I bought this album soon after it came out so it was a lovely trip down memory lane with an album which the author rightly describes as timeless.. The photographs chosen really took me back. There is a lot of technical information about the recording of the album and the equipment used along with some entertaining anecdotes about others recording at the same time at Abbey road studios. The writing is entertaining and informative. It was also well balanced with the right amount of history given to really understand the development of the recording I now want to get a copy of the Wizard of Oz DVD and check the theory that Dark Side is a soundtrack to it!! A fascinating book that I thoroughly enjoyed.

I have written the review and posted it on my Goodreads feed. Thank you for allowing me the privilege of reading and reviewing this book for you. My five-star review can be found at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5254131845

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Wow, what an incredible book! I started reading it and was enjoying it so much I didn't put it down until I was done. It took me a few hours, but it was so worth it. The pictures, timeline, descriptions, and information about the albums/songs were all exactly what I was hoping for. I am not a personal fan of the group BUT I have friends who are. After reading this I am better able to have conversations with them about the group. I will be gifting the book to all the Pink Floyd fans I know as it is a perfect book to have sitting on your table/shelf to just pick up and look through.

I received a copy of this book through NetGalley in return for my honest review.