Dark Side Of The Moon (Experience Edition) CD

MUSIC

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Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. Speak To Me ~ Pink Floyd

2. Breathe (In The Air) ~ Pink Floyd

3. On the Run ~ Pink Floyd

4. Time ~ Pink Floyd

5. Great Gig in the Sky, The ~ Pink Floyd

6. Money ~ Pink Floyd

7. Us and Them ~ Pink Floyd

8. Any Colour You Like ~ Pink Floyd

9. Brain Damage ~ Pink Floyd

10. Eclipse ~ Pink Floyd

Disc 2

Song Title

1. Speak To Me - (previously unreleased, live) ~ Pink Floyd

2. Breathe (In the Air) - (previously unreleased, live) ~ Pink Floyd

3. On the Run - (previously unreleased, live) ~ Pink Floyd

4. Time - (previously unreleased, live) ~ Pink Floyd

5. Great Gig in the Sky, The - (previously unreleased, live) ~ Pink Floyd

6. Money - (previously unreleased, live) ~ Pink Floyd

7. Us and Them - (previously unreleased, live) ~ Pink Floyd

8. Any Colour You Like - (previously unreleased, live) ~ Pink Floyd

9. Brain Damage - (previously unreleased, live) ~ Pink Floyd

10. Eclipse - (previously unreleased, live) ~ Pink Floyd

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Personnel: David Gilmour (vocals, guitar); Richard Wright (vocals, keyboards); Roger Waters (vocals, bass guitar); Nick Mason (percussion).
	Recording information: Abbey Road Studios, London (06/1972-01/1973); The Empire Pool, Wembley, London (06/1972-01/1973); Abbey Road Studios, London (11/1974); The Empire Pool, Wembley, London (11/1974).
	Photographers: Chris Craske; Storm Thorgerson; Tony May.
	By condensing the sonic explorations of Meddle to actual songs and adding a lush, immaculate production to their trippiest instrumental sections, Pink Floyd inadvertently designed their commercial breakthrough with Dark Side of the Moon. The primary revelation of Dark Side is what a little focus does for the band. Roger Waters wrote a series of songs about mundane, everyday details which aren't that impressive by themselves, but when given the sonic backdrop of Floyd's slow, atmospheric soundscapes and carefully placed sound effects, they achieve an emotional resonance. But what gives the album true power is the subtly textured music, which evolves from ponderous, neo-psychedelic art rock to jazz fusion and blues-rock before turning back to psychedelia. It's dense with detail, but leisurely paced, creating its own dark, haunting world. Pink Floyd may have better albums than Dark Side of the Moon, but no other record defines them quite as well as this one. [Dwarfed next to its Immersion Edition cousin, the Experience Edition of Dark Side of the Moon contains James Guthrie's 2011 remaster of the classic 1973 album and a second disc containing Pink Floyd's 1974 concert at Wembley where they performed the album in its entirety. Although some fans may wish that the bonus disc contained the original Alan Parsons mix, demos, and outtakes that is exclusive to the six-disc Immersion Edition, this is an excellent concert that captures the Floyd at full flight, and it is certainly a worthwhile addition to a familiar classic.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Producer: Pink Floyd
Musical Guests
	Doris Troy

Compilation Appearances

Ultra Dance 8

Associated Artists and Works

	Easy Star All-Stars
	London Philharmonic Orchestra
	On, Pickin'
	Original Soundtrack
	Out Of Phase (Rock)
	Out of Phase (Rock)
	Phase, Out Of
	Phase, Out Of (Rock)
	Pickin' On
	Prydz, Eric
	Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
	The Piano Tribute to Pink Floyd ~ Various Artists
	Vitamin String Quartet

Technical Info

	Release Date : 09/26/2011
	Original Release Date : 1973
	Catalog ID : 509990294532
	Label : EMI Catalogue
	Number of Discs : 2
	Studio/Live : Studio
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 05099902945323

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..."