The String Quartet Tribute to Pink Floyd's the Dark Side of the Moon

Nick / Gilmour, David J. / Waters, Roger / Wright, Mason (Composer), Roger Waters (Composer), Roger / Wright, Richard Waters (Composer), Richard / Gilmour, David / Mason, Nick Wright (Composer), Richard / Gilmour, David / Waters, Roger Wright (Composer)

Product Details

• Composer: Nick / Gilmour, David J. / Waters, Roger / Wright, Mason, Roger Waters, Roger / Wright, Richard Waters, Richard / Gilmour, David / Mason, Nick Wright, Richard / Gilmour, David / Waters, Roger Wright
• Audio CD (April 29, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Vitamin Records
• ASIN: B00008V60O
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #42,759 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Too close to rock, too far from classic, February 1, 2006

By	Eddio PinaR "The Master" (Anaco, Venezuela) - See all my reviews

My most dear album is Dark side of the moon, I'm a hardcore fan of this album, I have purchase almost every tribute there is, I always put myself in the intentions of the players involved in every proyect and I enjoyed every tribute album I have found in a fais measure.
But with this album I did'nt feel confortably, perhaps my expectations were others than what you get in this package. This is a rock album played by a string quartet (ok that's on the sleve so nobody's fooling you) and when I say a Rock Album I mean it, they tried to emule every single sound in the album with their string instruments, so you get a string quartet emulation of the album including the noises, perhaps what I'm trying to say looks great to you but it didn't sound great for me, contrary to that it sound very bizarre in many cases or scary in others not that romantic o soft as the colors in the sleve may suggest.
I think a tribute album is a very hard project, you do it too faithful and you end with a cover album, you do it too different and you possibly lost the great of the album.
In this case I think the players made a String Quartet Cover Album. If you are thinking you're going to get a softer or more romantic versión of the album or you are more into the classic music, forget it, this album is definitively not for you
Try the Dark Side of the Moon a Capella and you will enjoy it more than this, or the dub side of the moon tribute by Easy star if you are more into reggae, or the Out of Phase tribute to Dark side of the moon if you are more into Electronic, or the moon revisited or... This one was the less enjoyable tribute to dark side of the moon I have heard.
Anyway Roger Waters enjoy it a lot, ask for snip or samples of the album and try it by yourself, but consider yourself aware...

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars On the Dark Side, February 11, 2007

By	Merlin (Atlanta) - See all my reviews

I bought this "tribute" with great expectations, but ended up quite disappointed. The violin sounds after a while gets too domineering, monotonous and has the effect jarring my nerves. I've never been a great fan of "tributes", this production makes me even more skeptical.