The Dark Side of the Moon is the eighth studio album by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd, released on 1 March 1973. It built on ideas explored in the band's earlier recordings and live shows, but lacks the extended instrumental excursions that characterised their work following the departure in 1968 of founder member, principal composer, and lyricist, Syd Barrett. The themes on The Dark Side of the Moon include conflict, greed, the passage of time, and mental illness, the latter partly inspired by Barrett's deteriorating mental state.
Developed during live performances, an early version of the suite was premiered several months before studio recording began; new material was recorded in two sessions in 1972 and 1973 at Abbey Road Studios in London. The group used some of the most advanced recording techniques of the time, including multitrack recording and tape loops. Analogue synthesizers were given prominence in several tracks, and a series of recorded interviews with the band's road crew and others provided the philosophical quotations used throughout. Engineer Alan Parsons was responsible for some of the album's most notable sonic aspects and the recruitment of non-lexical singer Clare Torry. The album's iconic sleeve, designed by Storm Thorgerson, features a prism that represents the band's stage lighting, the record's lyrical themes, and keyboardist Richard Wright's request for a "simple and bold" design.
The Dark Side of the Moon was an immediate success; it topped the Billboard Top LPs & Tapes chart for one week and remained in the charts for 741 weeks from 1973 to 1988. With an estimated 50 million copies sold, it is Pink Floyd's most commercially successful album and one of the best-selling albums worldwide. It has twice been remastered and re-released, and has been covered in its entirety by several other acts. It produced two singles, "Money" and "Time". The Dark Side of the Moon is one of Pink Floyd's most popular albums among fans and critics, and is frequently ranked as one of the greatest albums of all time.
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The Dark Side of the Moon [20th Anniversary Limited Edition]
The music is familiar -- the real attraction of the limited-edition twentieth anniversary edition of Pink Floyd's landmark 1973 album is the packaging. This release uses the same remastered tapes as the Shine On box set, tapes that sound better than most previous editions. In addition to the improved sound, the disc is cased in a handsome box that includes several postcards that were issued with the original album.
A limited edition release celebrating the 20th anniversary of the original release. Comes in a cardboard box with a booklet of 3D photography and lyrics and 5 limited edition postcards of the original artworkReview by ALLMUSIC (Rovi Staff)
01a. Speak To Me (Mason)
b. Breathe In The Air (Waters, Gilmour, Wright) 04:00
02. On The Run (Gilmour, Waters) 03:32
03. Time (Mason, Waters, Wright, Gilmour) 07:06
04. The Great Gig In The Sky (Wright) 04:44
05. Money (Waters) 06:31
06. Us And Them (Waters, Wright) 07:40
07. Any Colour You Like (Gilmour, Mason, Wright) 03:25
08. Brain Damage (Waters) 03:50
09. Eclipse (Waters) 02:04
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