Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon UHQR SEALED MINT
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The Dark Side of the Moon

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Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the album by Pink Floyd. For other uses, see Dark side of the Moon (disambiguation). The Dark Side of the Moon Studio album by Pink Floyd Released 10 March 1973 Recorded June 1972 – January 1973, Abbey Road Studios, London Genre Progressive rock Length 42:59 Label Harvest, Capitol Producer Pink Floyd Professional reviews
  • Allmusic [1]
  • BBC (favourable)[2]
  • Billboard (favourable)[3]
  • Blender [4]
  • NME [5]
  • Q [6]
  • Robert Christgau (B)[7]
  • Rolling Stone (favourable)[8]
  • Uncut [9]
Pink Floyd chronology Obscured by Clouds
(1972) The Dark Side of the Moon
(1973) Wish You Were Here
(1975)
Singles from The Dark Side of the Moon
  1. "Money"
    Released: 23 June 1973
  2. "Us and Them"/"Time"
    Released: 1973



The Dark Side of the Moon is a concept album by English progressive rock group Pink Floyd. Released in March 1973, the album built on the ideas Pink Floyd had explored in their live shows and previous recordings, but it lacks the extended instrumental excursions that characterised their work following the departure of founding member, principal composer and lyricist, Syd Barrett. The album's themes include conflict, greed, aging, and mental illness, the latter partly inspired by Barrett's deteriorating mental state.[10]

The album was developed as part of a forthcoming tour of live performances, and premièred several months before studio recording began. The new material was further refined during the tour, and was recorded in two sessions in 1972 and 1973 at Abbey Road Studios in London. Pink Floyd 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 staff and band personnel provided the source material for a range of philosophical quotations used throughout. Engineer Alan Parsons was directly responsible for some of the most notable sonic aspects of the album, including the non-lexical performance of Clare Torry.

The Dark Side of the Moon was an immediate success, topping the Billboard 200 for one week. It would subsequently remain on the charts for 741 weeks (fourteen years), the longest duration of any album in history. With an estimated 45 million units 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 by several other acts. It spawned two singles, "Money" and "Us and Them". In addition to its commercial success, The Dark Side of the Moon is arguably Pink Floyd's most popular album among fans and critics, and is frequently ranked as one of the greatest rock albums of all time.

This album is in perfect condition except for a small tear of the original shrink wrap as shown in the photo. This vintage album will be carefully packaged an shipped via FED-EX 3-5 day service with signature required.

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