Members paydirt Posted February 12, 2006 Members Share Posted February 12, 2006 There have been a few people talking about Floyd albums lately, and I ran across this in a Musicians Friend e-mail. It's pretty impressive. "1981, Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd's eighth LP, becomes the longest-charting album ever at 402 consecutive weeks in the Top 200 Albums chart ... the album will stay on the charts for another 189 weeks, for a total of nearly 11 consecutive years in the Top 200 ... rumor has it that at one point one Capitol Records plant presses nothing but DSOTM discs ... the album will enjoy a resurgence years later, when someone with too much time on his hands realizes that when the CD is synced to The Wizard of Oz, there are a number of musical and lyrical coincidences ... the band denies that the album and film are connected in any way whatsoever, and since VCRs and CD players had yet to become readily available when the album was recorded in 1973, it appears to be no more than coincidence..." One of the Greatest albums EVER! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GuyaGuy Posted February 12, 2006 Members Share Posted February 12, 2006 11 years. wow. what's astonishing to me is that an album that's GOOD actually stayed in the top 200 all that time. because millions of fans CAN be wrong. the longest running Broadway play was CATS wasn't it? it still amazes me that so many people are into Floyd though. they're very artsy and can be quite dark. nothing at all like the opulence of Zeppelin or the boogie rock of the Stones--and yet they have a comporable following. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members paydirt Posted February 12, 2006 Author Members Share Posted February 12, 2006 I thought the part about (1) plant producing nothing but Dark Side Of The Moon albums was incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GuyaGuy Posted February 12, 2006 Members Share Posted February 12, 2006 sounds more like hyperbole to me...but maybe that's the plant on the cover of ANIMALS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members b-lance Posted February 12, 2006 Members Share Posted February 12, 2006 Originally posted by GuyaGuy sounds more like hyperbole to me... but maybe that's the plant on the cover of ANIMALS! i just pissed my pants just THINKING about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PFDarkside Posted February 12, 2006 Members Share Posted February 12, 2006 Great album... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KarateSchnitzel Posted February 12, 2006 Members Share Posted February 12, 2006 Originally posted by b-lance i just pissed my pants just THINKING about this. ....andc here was me thinking it was Battersea power station./...deary me.... great album.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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