RDP Wednesday: quintessential

Written for RDP, where segoil asks us
 to get creative with the word “quintessential”.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s where the prompt took me.

In my opinion, Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd is the quintessential album for any serious rock music fan. It perfectly balances experimental studio production, philosophical lyricism, and massive radio staples like “Money” and “Time,” making it an album meant to be experienced front-to-back. Released in March, 1973, it was conceived as a concept album that would focus on the pressures faced by the band during their arduous lifestyle, and also deal with the mental health problems of former band member Syd Barrett, who had departed the group in 1968. The Dark Side of the Moon became one of the best-selling albums of all time. Although it held the #1 spot in the US for only a week, it remained on the Billboard 200  albums chart for 736 nonconsecutive weeks, from March 17, 1973 to July 16, 1988.

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This is “Dark Side of the Moon” by Pink Floyd

RDP Wednesday: QUINTESSENTIAL

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