The Dark Side of Alan Parsons

Nick DePaul

Over the decades, vinyl has declined in the financial markets after its success in the 1950s. The cassette tape and the disc caused a decline in vinyl sales in the early 1980s. The CD was significantly more resilient than either of these platforms, while both were noticeably more portable. Although now, vinyl is seeing a spike in sales with the new generations. Since vinyl began returning, CD and digital music sales have only been stagnant or declining, making vinyl the only music format that is expanding. In general, the vinyl market is rebounding strongly and beginning to outperform other music distribution channels. 

The 21st century saw the dawn of the digital age, and as a result, the active downloading of musical works has replaced the dwindling physical record sales. In 2022, vinyl sales soared in recent years, and in 2021, they will peak at 19.1 million in the year’s first quarter.

 Music’s top-ranked album of all time is Dark Side of the Moon. Not only is it a fantastic album, but it also has one of the most recognizable album covers ever. Time, Us and Them, and Breathe are a few of the album’s standout tunes. Alan Parsons, an audio engineer who worked on many albums, including the Beatles’ Abbey Road, was the creative force behind the album. It has been claimed that Pink Floyd’s light shows were primarily responsible for the prism notion. The triangle was an additional item. The triangle, representing intellect and determination, featured heavily in Pink Floyd’s lyrics. Parsons hid traces of his follow-up album I Robot, within the album as easter eggs. In terms of the song, his album contains various song-related fragments. These two albums demonstrate the level of thought and ambition that goes into an album and the inspiration behind the beautiful musical creations we have today, 49 years later. Dark Side of the Moon is so singular that no other works even come close to matching it.