Why Album Sides Matter #1 - Pink Floyd — The Dark Side of the Moon
This week of of Dave's Side One begins with a question that's hiding in the name of the show: What makes a great Side One? Using Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon, Dave ignores the album's enormous reputation and concentrates on the five tracks that originally occupied its first side. The result is The Side One Test: Does the side invite you in? Does it take you somewhere? Does it leave you somewhere different? And when the music stops, does it make you want to flip the record? Because a perfect Side One isn't merely half an album. It gives you a reason to need the other half. Side One…
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