I'm a day or so late this week, for no real reason other than forgetfulness. And without further adieu, this week's selection is certainly expected coming from a British publication. It's certainly among the best selling and most renowned records in the history of rock, and it would be Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)

Sounds like it was pretty tough to be in Pink Floyd in the early 1970s. You had all the money you could spend (ker-ching!) but you thought that was vulgar. You didn't get on with your bandmates because they all had superiority complexes. You couldn't enter the recording booth without having an existential crisis. Piper at the Gates of Dawn, their debut with the late Syd Barrett turned out to be influential in a more positive sense (David Bowie, Blur). Without this...there's be no Thom Yorke solo mumblings, and much less prog rock (if only...).

Ok, it was a very good record that everyone with the sense of hearing has heard many times over, or at least a few of the tracks, and it was no doubt influential to some degree. The last part of the article did make me laugh since prog leaves me cold, and I think they are correct in that assessment.

Your thoughts?

Swish