Dark Side of the Moon is of course one of the masterpeices of one of my favourite bands, Pink Floyd. It does, however, get a little too much attention, along with the other highly successful albums that followed in it's wake, such as Wish You Were, Animals, and especially the Wall.

The fact of the matter is that, the band had a really rocky start with albums like Saucerful of Secrets, More and Ummagumma released 1968-1969 (which came after the surprisingly enjoyable debut psychadelic album of 1967, an album whose success came from the original leader of Pink Floyd, Syd Barret, who recently died at 60 after many difficult years of tragic mental illness, sparked by a drug-fueled nervous breakdown).

But despite all that, the band created several lesser-valued gems, and, in my opinion, masterpeices that many casual fans (and even some hardcore fans) lose out on. These, in order, are Atom Heart Mother, Meddle and Obscured by Clouds. This last album is a somewhat lesser gem, since it was made in one week as a soundtrack to a little-known French film (actually their second full soundtrack, and third if you count the music they contributed to Zabriskie point) but Atom Heart Mother is an extravagant acheviement backed by a full orchestra, and Meddle has, among shorter blues rock peices, the under-rated epic Echoes.