10 Rock Music Albums That Were Way Ahead Of Their Time

2. The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd

It turns out there's an album behind that poster you had on your wall when you were a student!

Besides having one of the most iconic covers in music history, Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon is one of the best-selling albums of all time. It's shifted 45 million copies since its release in 1973, thanks in no part to consistent re-releases, remasterings, and various celebration boxsets.

Dark Side was one of the earliest big albums to explore an artist's place in the world. This existential angle caught a lot of people by surprise and paved the way for themes that have now become cliched in the music world.

Its technological innovations were all down to acclaimed engineer Alan Parsons, who helped make this album a dream to listen to both through a stereo and in headphones.

To explain everything Parsons did would take too long, but rest assured that he is a total genius.

This album took rock music and turned it into high art; something that had never really been done before. It's a legendary record and probably will be for many more years to come.