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And like porn, men can go back to Dark Side Of The Moon over and over again. There’s certainly something in Roger’s theory, particularly if you accept (as most women do) that most men never get much further than puberty. It was partly about timing and partly about the songs being relevant to people at that time, and that sort of gave it a lift that then brought it on to the attention of another bunch of people, and so on.” “There are elements that you would never have perceived at the time. “I don’t think we ever really understood,” confesses drummer Nick Mason. So what’s the secret? Why is its appeal so broad, so timeless? It’s a question even the band have trouble answering. Indeed, it was one of the earliest albums to be released in Quad, a format long since consigned to the technological dustbin. And if ever there was an album designed to show off the capabilities of surround sound it’s Dark Side Of The Moon. It still notches up over a quarter of a million sales annually, the numbers augmented by vinyl represses and surround sound versions. It was in the Billboard chart for nearly 15 years and would be there now if they hadn’t sneakily changed the rules in the late 80s and made it ineligible.Įven so, it has spent more than three years as long in the chart as its nearest rival, Bob Marley's Legend. No album has spent longer in the charts than Dark Side Of The Moon. And it’s not just the sales either (though only four albums have sold more: Thriller, Back In Black, Bat Out Of Hell, and the soundtrack to The Bodyguard).