| Product Summary | | Label: Emd/capitol | | UPC: 00077774600125 | | Release Date: 8/15/1988 | | Buy.com Sku: 60135590 | | Item#: MTMSWN | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 26369 | Format:  CD |
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(P) 1973 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by EMI Records Ltd
(C) 1973 EMI Records Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 1973 EMI Records Ltd
| In March of 1973, Pink Floyd released one of the most successful albums of their music career and in music history. The most noted tracks on this album are "Time" and "Us and Them" This is still one of the all-time top selling records.
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Pink Floyd: David Gilmour (vocals, guitar); Richard Wright (vocals, keyboards); Roger Waters (vocals, bass instrument); Nick Mason (percussion). | | Additional personnel: Clare Torry (vocals); Dick Parry (saxophone); Doris Troy, Lesley Duncan, Liza Strike, Barry St. John (background vocals). | | DARK SIDE OF THE MOON was a benchmark record. It turned the musical world on its ear with a hitherto unseen combination of sounds, and changed things considerably for Pink Floyd. For this project, Pink Floyd resurrected older and unfinished numbers, some of which came from the multitude of soundtracks the band members had previously worked on. The film ZABRISKIE POINT, a study of American materialism from a foreigner's perspective, provided "Us and Them" (originally titled "The Violence Sequence"). Waters rewrote "Breathe" after its appearance on his and avant-garde composer Ron Geesin's score for THE BODY, a surreal medical documentary. | | Floyd and their long-time engineer, Alan Parsons, used a multitude of sound effects--from stereophonically projected footsteps and planes flying overhead ("On the Run") to a roomful of ringing clocks ("Time"). Further adding to the record's mystique, barely audible spoken passages were sprinkled throughout--a result of hours interviewing random Abbey Road occupants about their views on insanity, violence, and death. Floyd must have struck a nerve: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON remained on Billboard's albums chart for an astounding 14 years. It made Pink Floyd a household name, elevating them to the level of the Rolling Stones and The Who in the rock pantheon. |
Producer: Pink Floyd |
Engineer: Alan Parsons Project; Peter James |
Musical Guests | | Doris Troy |
| | Artist Overview | | From their first Syd Barrett-led psych-pop record to their concept albums and elaborately presented live shows of the 1970s, these space-rock pioneers reached unprecedented heights of commercial and aesthetic success. Their '73 opus, DARK SIDE OF THE MOON, remained on the album charts for an astounding 14 years, making it one of the best-selling records ever. Even after the departure of main conceptualist Roger Waters following 1983's THE FINAL CUT, Floyd continued to release albums well into the '90s, with David Gilmour leading the band. |
| | Compilation Appearances |
| | Associated Artists and Works | | Artists, Various | | The Moon Revisited: Another Perspective... ~ Artists, Various | | Artists, Various | | Artists, Various | | Artists, Various | | Artists, Various | | The Reggae Tribute To Pink Floyd ~ Artists, Various | | The Songs Of Pink Floyd ~ Artists, Various | | Welcome To The Machine: Electronic... Pink Floyd ~ Artists, Various | | A Chill Out Tribute To Pink Floyd ~ Artists, Various | | The String Quartet Tribute To... Dark Side Of... ~ Artists, Various | | Dub Side Of The Moon ~ Easy Star All-Stars | | Easy Star All-Stars | | Easy Star All-Stars | | London Philharmonic Orchestra | | Pickin' On Pink Floyd: A Bluegrass Tribute ~ On, Pickin' | | More ~ Original Soundtrack | | Obscured by Clouds ~ Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Dark Side of the Moon 2001 ~ Out Of Phase (Rock) | | Out Of Phase (Rock) | | Out of Phase (Rock) | | Out of Phase (Rock) | | Dark Side Of The Moon 2001 ~ Phase, Out Of | | Phase, Out Of | | Dark Side Of The Moon 2001 ~ Phase, Out Of (Rock) | | Phase, Out Of (Rock) | | Pickin' On Pink Floyd: A Bluegrass Tribute ~ Pickin' On | | Plays the Music of Pink Floyd ~ Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | | Various Artists | | Moon Revisted ~ Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | The Reggae Tribute To Pink Floyd ~ Various Artists | | Various Artists | | The Songs Of Pink Floyd ~ Various Artists | | Welcome To The Machine: The Electronic Tribute To ~ Various Artists | | Chillout Tribute to Pink Floyd ~ Various Artists | | The String Quartet Tribute to Pink Floyd's the Dar ~ Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Back Against The Wall ~ Various Artists | | More Bricks: The String Quartet Tribute To Pink Fl ~ Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | The String Quartet Tribute to Pink Floyd's the Dar ~ Various Artists | | Vitamin String Quartet |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 10/25/1990 | | Original Release Date : 1973 | | Catalog ID : 46001 | | Label : Capitol/EMI Records | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Runtime : 42m : 58s | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : AAD | | UPC : 00077774600125 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.110)
- Ranked #43 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" - "...One of the best-produced rock albums ever..."Rolling Stone (5/24/73, p.57)
- "...The sound is lush and multi-layered while remaining clear and well-structured....a fine album with a textural and conceptual richness that not only invites, but demands involvement....the excellence of a superb performance..." Q (10/94, p.137)
- 4 Stars - Excellent Uncut (5/03, p.112)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "...The subdued, darkly muttering, sombrely somnolent music of DARK SIDE OF THE MOON startles....An achievement of considerable merit..." NME (Magazine)
(3/20/93, p.33)
- 8 - Excellent - "...although everything your punk rock elder brother said was undeniably true, it doesn't take a great mental leap to achieve the mind-set of the pot-smoking philosophy student and pronounce this album a super-sensory classic..." |
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