Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon album

1 March 1973: Number 28 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of rock musicPink Floyd's eighth studio album dwelt on themes of greed, conflict and mental illness: hardly the material of a million daydreams. Nevertheless, it captured the public imagination. Through the 70s and 80s, anyone looking at the UK or US charts would see it loitering around the lower reaches, refusing to depart. It eventually chalked up a record 741 weeks on the Billboard chart, despite only holding the top sp...

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