After 741 weeks on the album charts, Pink Floyd's the Dark Side Of The Moon finally fell out of the top 200.
Released March 1, 1973 the album became one of the biggest and most infliuential of all time. A concept album that focused on the pressures in the band during with their lifestyles, and the mental problems of former band member Syd Barrett, whose psychotic break lead to his leaving the group in 1968.
The group would use multitrack recording, tape loops, and Alan Parsons would engineer and use many sonic aspects of the recording the album in its revolutionary sound. The Dark Side of the Moon explores conflict, greed, time, death, and mental illness, and promoted with two huge singles, "Money" and "Us and Them".
The Dark Side of the Moon is one of the most critically acclaimed albums of all time, and brought Pink Floyd international fame. It's been is certified 14x platinum, as it sold over 45 million copies worldwide, making it the fourth-best-selling album in history.