It was a different era.  A time when students would sit in their dorm room and listen to an entire album.  They were called concept albums, and the songs and lyrics had meaning.  Pink Floyd was very good at creating concept albums: Here's two of the best, and you can only choose one!

  • EMI Records
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    Dark SIde Of The Moon

    Pink Floyd

    Released in March of 1973, the album would go on to spend over 740 weeks on the Billboard Album Chart, setting a new record. It was recorded at the Beatles Abbey Road Studios and produced by Alan Parsons. It featured themes of passage of time, conflict, greed, and of course mental illness, which Floyd has become famous at exposing.  It sold over 50 million copies.

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    The Wall

    Pink Floyd

    The eleventh album by Pink Floyd came out in 1979, the double album quickly became a tour for the band filled with guest stars and theatrics, it would also be made into a movie. As with other Floyd albums, it featured songs about a tortured soul suffering from isolation and bad memories.

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