CL's Favourite Albums. QF3: Revolver vs The Dark Side of the Moon

Addick in SW16

Album Name: Revolver
Artist: The Beatles
Release Year: 1966



Track Listing:

1. Taxman
2. Eleanor Rigby
3. I'm Only Sleeping
4. Love You To
5. Here, There and Everywhere
6. Yellow Submarine
7. She Said She Said
8. Good Day Sunshine
9. And Your Bird Can Sing
10. For No One
11. Doctor Robert
12. I Want To Tell You
13. Got To Get You Into My Life
14. Tomorrow Never Knows

Listen Here: https://open.spotify.com/album/0PYyrqs9NXtxPhf0CZkq2L


Album Name: The Dark Side of the Moon
Artist: Pink Floyd
Release Year: 1973



Track Listing:

1. Speak to Me
2. Breathe
3. On the Run
4. Time
5. The Great Gig in the Sky
6. Money
7. Us and Them
8. Any Colour You Like
9. Brain Damage
10. Eclipse

Listen Here: https://open.spotify.com/album/6uGYCZLXw3wPFOSYcqLz9F

Penultimate quarter-final. Revolver saw off The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds in the previous round, where as The Dark Side of the Moon was victorious against Rattus Norvegicus by The Stranglers.

Henry Irving

Revolver by a Les Berry clearance.

Innovative but pop. Kick started the psychedelic 60s in music that reached its nadir with the depressing DSOTM

McBobbin

I said in the last round that Revolver might win this, and it certainly won't get dumped out early due to the likes of Dark Side.

Im too young to appreciate the slash either album made so I'm judging only on today's listen. Revolver, simply, has better songs. Revolver it is

CharltonKerry

Revolver for me being an old fart and remembering the impact it had on us in our fourth year at secondary modern school.

blackpool72

Dark side off me.

Alwaysneil

Revolver for me. Dark side of the moon is fantastic but too linked with heavy drug sessions and the sound guys at uni

iainment

Revolver.

Missed It

Revolver

Redrobo

Dark side for me.

3blokes

Revolver from here.

Johnnysummers5

Revolver

sillav nitram

Revolver, grew up with The Beatles, don’t think anyone can topple them.

Stig

For me, It's Dark Side of the Moon by a country mile. Which means it'll be a comfortable win for the Beatles. Might as well close the thread now.

bobmunro

The toughest one to date for me.

Dark Side is an immense album and was released when I was 16 and very impressionable!

Revolver was far more influential and is pretty much a perfect album.

So difficult to jettison DSOTM but have to go with the fab four - just.

Rufus is a dogs name

Revolver.

seth plum

At this stage we are in difficult territory for many of us, both àlbums àre very worthy indeed, and choosing one is not to diss the other.
There is a comment above regarding substances and Dark Side, well anybody who saw the animated fantasy adventure film Yellow Submarine will know it was also heavily substance influenced.
Both àlbums have a richness, complexity and beauty for me, my judgement is based on reflecting on how much I re-visit both, and as a margin call which one is the most coherent 'album'.
For me it is Dark Side of the Moon.

jonseventyfive

Well said Seth, both are excellent but it's a DS from me.

charltonkeston

Dark Side for me but both fantastically great albums.
I went to the V&A to see the Floyd exhibition early this month, well worth a visit.

johnny73

I could go with either album. Revolver it is though.

SoundAsa£

Oooooh this is a toughie!
Straight off the bat I would have said DSOTM, then looking at the tracks on Revolver I was reminded of how many of them were so iconic.
I honestly can’t separate them....so sorry, this time round I’m out.

SoundAsa£

Just realised......It’s Dark side of the Moon......not.... The Dark side of the Moon.

Addick in SW16

SoundAsa£ said:

Just realised......It’s Dark side of the Moon......not.... The Dark side of the Moon.

I actually considered whether to add 'The' or not. Probably gave it a little too much thought. It was listed as The Dark Side of the Moon on Spotify, Wikipedia and Rolling Stone. So I went with that.

Greenie

Its a no contest, Revolver smashes the university rock band out the park.

Salad

Revolver

JamesSeed

I loved DSOTM when it came out (I was 16).

Only discovered Revolver in the late 70s (although already knew quite a few of the tracks obviously).

Revolver still sounds great, DSOTM less so.

So Revolver for me.

LennyLowrent

Revolver...
Had dark side of the moon loved it and played it to death (probably more than revolver) it felt so relevant at the time.
Now 40 odd years later time has caught up with it's original poignancy (a little).
It never crossed my mind weather Revolver was relevant or not, it's just a cache of gems.

Leuth

Neither are remotely my favourite by the band in question, but I guess Revolver is the better album

charltonkeston

Yellow Submarine, enough said.

PopIcon

I used to love Revolver, however with exception of Tomorrow Never Knows i now find it a bit dull. In my opinion there are far better Beatles records.
While Dark Side of the Moon might not be full of pop hits, it has a lot more depth than Revolver.

For me it's DSOTM.

PaddyP17

Dark Side of the Moon. I've already waxed lyrical about it. But as an album, it's very, very close to perfect.

I think it speaks volumes that while I'd happily listen to say, Eleanor Rigby or Tomorrow Never Knows on their own, Dark Side is so coherent as an album that I very very rarely listen to individual tracks off it, only putting on the whole thing or not putting it on at all.

Dark Side.