The Dark Side of the Moon

The Dark Side of the Moon

Vinyl - UK - 1st edition.

Artist Pink Floyd Published 1973-03-01 Type Studio Genre Progressive rock, Psychedelic rock, Rock Themes Mental illness, corruption

The Dark Side of the Moon is the eighth studio album by Pink Floyd released on 1973-03-01 on vinyl. It is a concept album focusing on the strain people feel from birth to death which sometimes cause mental illness, particularly among performance artists like former band member Syd Barrett. The album went on to be one of the best selling albums in history.

In the 1990s, a rumor was popularized which claimed the album aligned with the 1939 film, The Wizard of Oz. The band denied any connection to the film, and numerous skeptics have pointed out similarities between music lyrics and film content are to be expected with any album and film combination simply due to the total number of possibilities.

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Track Listing

All lyrics written by Roger Waters.

Track	Title	Writer(s)	Vocals	Rank	Rating
A1	Speak to Me	Nick Mason	Instrumental	7
A2	Breathe	David Gilmour, Richard Wright, Roger Waters	David Gilmour	5
A3	On the Run	David Gilmour, Roger Waters	Instrumental	8
A4	Time	David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Richard Wright, Roger Waters	David Gilmour, Richard Wright	1
A5	The Great Gig in the Sky	Richard Wright	Clare Torry	9
B1	Money	Roger Waters	David Gilmour	4
B2	Us and Them	Richard Wright, Roger Waters	David Gilmour	2
B3	Any Colour You Like	David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Richard Wright	Instrumental	10
B4	Brain Damage	Roger Waters	Roger Waters, Clare Torry	3
B5	Eclipse	Roger Waters	Roger Waters	6

The album's total score is .

Media

The album art, designed by Hipgnosis and George Hardie, depicts a beam of light refracting from a triangular prism which separates the visible light spectrum into a rainbow. The artists made a conscious decision to leave out indigo and instead jump from blue to violet.

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