The Flaming Lip's "Dark Side Of the Moon" - A Stellar Effort

First things first. I promised to blog more and beginning this week I will blog more. Expect weekly album reviews, sports rants and misc nonsense. I'm going to start this week by catching up with some albums already released this year.



Now I love Pink Floyd and DSOTM has always been one of my all time favorite albums. That being said, this effort by the Flaming Lips, arguably the only band "worthy" of remaking this seminal album, is quite good and well worth the listen. The album is a straight cover of the original album done not completely note for note, but in a very Flaming Lips psychedelic type of way

I particularly am fond of the use of Henry Rollins and Peaches. The guest appearances are not over-bearing and never take away from the original material. I think what makes this album so good is that it actually serves in many ways to remind you how good the original album is. For instance, after many years on classic rock radio, Money has become stale and boring; however the reworking on this album not only is well done, but it serves to refresh the original.

In the end, the original album is always going to be one of the most important albums of all time. Any reimagining/reworking of the album has to be done with nothing but the greatest of respect to the original material. This was the right group to do this. Well done.