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    The Dark Side of the Moon is the eighth studio album by Pink Floyd, released in 1973. It explores themes of mental illness, conflict, and human struggles. Recorded over 1972-1973, it features experimental production techniques and became one of Pink Floyd's most commercially successful albums, selling over 45 million copies worldwide. Critically acclaimed, it helped propel Pink Floyd to international fame and is frequently cited as one of the greatest albums in history.

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    The Dark Side of the Moon is the eighth studio album by Pink Floyd, released in 1973. It explores themes of mental illness, conflict, and human struggles. Recorded over 1972-1973, it features experimental production techniques and became one of Pink Floyd's most commercially successful albums, selling over 45 million copies worldwide. Critically acclaimed, it helped propel Pink Floyd to international fame and is frequently cited as one of the greatest albums in history.

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    This article is about the studio album by Pink
    Floyd. It is not to be confused with The Dark Side
    of the Moo.

    "Dark Side of the Moon" redirects here. For the


    side of Earth's moon, see Far side of the Moon.
    For other uses, see Dark Side of the Moon
    (disambiguation).

    The Dark Side of the Moon is the eighth studio


    album by the English rock band Pink Floyd,
    released on 1 March 1973 by Harvest Records.
    The album was primarily developed during live
    performances, and the band premiered an early
    version of the suite several months before
    recording began. The record was conceived as a
    concept album that would focus on the pressures
    faced by the band during their arduous lifestyle,
    and partly deal with the apparent mental health
    problems of former band member Syd Barrett,
    who departed the group in 1968. New material
    was recorded in two sessions in 1972 and 1973 at
    EMI Studios (now Abbey Road Studios) in
    London.

    The Dark Side of the Moon

    Studio album by Pink Floyd

    Released 1 March 1973

    Recorded 31 May 1972 – 9


    February 1973[1]

    Studio EMI, London

    Genre Progressive rock •

    psychedelia[2]

    Length 42:50

    Label Harvest (UK) •

    Capitol (US)

    Producer Pink Floyd

    Pink Floyd chronology

    Obscured by The Dark Side Wish You Were


    Clouds of the Moon Here
    (1972) (1973) (1975)

    Singles from The Dark Side of the Moon

    1. "Money" / "Any Colour You Like"


    Released: 7 May 1973

    2. "Us and Them" / "Time"


    Released: 4 February 1974

    The record builds on ideas explored in Pink


    Floyd's earlier recordings and performances,
    while omitting the extended instrumentals that
    characterised the band's earlier work. The group
    employed multitrack recording, tape loops, and
    analogue synthesisers, including experimentation
    with the EMS VCS 3 and a Synthi A. Engineer
    Alan Parsons was responsible for many of the
    sonic aspects and the recruitment of singer Clare
    Torry, who appears on "The Great Gig in the
    Sky".

    The Dark Side of the Moon explores themes such


    as conflict, greed, time, death and mental illness.
    Snippets from interviews with the band's road
    crew are featured alongside philosophical
    quotations. The sleeve, which depicts a prism
    spectrum, was designed by Storm Thorgerson in
    response to keyboardist Richard Wright's request
    for a "simple and bold" design which would
    represent the band's lighting and the album's
    themes. The album was promoted with two
    singles: "Money" and "Us and Them".

    The Dark Side of the Moon is among the most


    critically acclaimed records in history, and is
    often featured in professional listings of the
    greatest albums of all time. The record helped to
    propel Pink Floyd to international fame, bringing
    wealth and plaudits to all four band members. A
    blockbuster release of the album era, it also
    propelled record sales throughout the music
    industry during the 1970s. The Dark Side of the
    Moon has been certified 14× platinum in the
    United Kingdom, and topped the US Billboard
    Top LPs & Tape chart, where it has charted for
    962 weeks in total. With estimated sales of over
    45 million copies, it is Pink Floyd's most
    commercially successful album, and one of the
    best-selling albums worldwide. In 2012, it was
    selected for preservation in the United States
    National Recording Registry by the Library of
    Congress for being deemed "culturally,
    historically, or aesthetically significant".

    Background

    Concept

    Recording

    Packaging

    Release

    Legacy

    Track listing

    Personnel

    Charts

    Certifications and sales

    Release history

    See also

    References

    External links

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