>stays in the Billboard 200 chart for almost 15 years>741 consecutive weeksHow did they do it?
>>127974369Records used to me comparatively expensive to buy. They were like $30 when rent was $40 and you could eat chicken all week for $20, so people had to save a little bit each week to buy records and DSOTM was very popular
>>127974369>Although it held the number one spot in the US for only a week, it remained in the Billboard 200 albums chart for 736 nonconsecutive weeks (from 17 March 1973 to 16 July 1988).>Of those first 736 charted weeks, the album had two notable consecutive runs in the Billboard 200 chart: 84 weeks (from 17 March 1973 to 19 October 1974) and 593 weeks (from 18 December 1976 to 23 April 1988).
>>127974906>They were like $30pretty sure you could buy records for a dollar
they're just that good
>>127974962yeah, shite ones. pink floyd has never been a nice price band
>>127975000Syds solo career is good too
>>127974906Records were $3.99 in the mid 70s and $7.99 in the late 80s. Give or take. >>127975026Everything PF released up to DSotM were cut outs. Including Pipers.
It's not only about the band being good, it's also a cultural global context where a genre was trending. Like today with rap.
>>127974369its a good albumits also accesible
Awesome album with marketable singles by a musically talented mainstream band of a genre that was peaking in popularity at the time
>>127974369what's that album cover meant to represent?also I just noticed kinda of a trend in that type of album artwork
>>127975381The picture of the prism dispersing light was selected by the band out of seven images offered by Hipgnosis.>The design depicts a glass prism dispersing white light into colours and represents three elements: the band's stage lighting, the album lyrics, and Wright's request for a "simple and bold" design.The light continuing across the gatefold was Roger Waters' idea and they added the pulse line to represent the heartbeat kick drum pattern heard throughout the album.
>>127975642>seven images offered by HipgnosisDid they reveal the rejected ones?
>>127975654The six rejected covers were never released or revealed
>>127975381psychedelia
>>127975667 (Me)Storm Thorgeson did say that one of the rejected covers was inspired by the Silver Surfer
