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Waters, Gilmour, Mason and keyboardist Richard Wright participated in the writing and production of the new material, and Waters created the early demo tracks at his Islington home in a small studio built in his garden shed. Problems playing this file? See media help.įor the most part, the whole band approved of Waters' concept for an album unified by a single theme. There was definitely a feeling that the words were going to be very clear and specific.' In an interview for Rolling Stone, guitarist David Gilmour said: 'I think we all thought – and Roger definitely thought – that a lot of the lyrics that we had been using were a little too indirect. The band had explored a similar idea with the 1969 concert suite The Man and The Journey. Waters conceived an album that dealt with things that 'make people mad', focusing on the pressures associated with the band's arduous lifestyle, and dealing with the apparent mental health problems suffered by former band member Syd Barrett. In a band meeting at drummer Nick Mason's home in Camden, bassist Roger Waters proposed that a new album could form part of the tour. 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'.įollowing Meddle in 1971, Pink Floyd assembled for a tour of Britain, Japan and the United States in December of that year. 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. 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.

A blockbuster release of the album era, it also propelled record sales throughout the music industry during the 1970s. The record helped to propel Pink Floyd to international fame, bringing wealth and plaudits to all four band members.

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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 album was promoted with two singles: ' Money' and ' Us and Them'. 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. Snippets from interviews with the band's road crew are featured alongside philosophical quotations. The Dark Side of the Moon explores themes such as conflict, greed, time, death and mental illness. 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 group employed multitrack recording, tape loops, and analogue synthesisers, including experimentation with the EMS VCS 3 and a Synthi A. 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. New material was recorded in two sessions in 19 at EMI Studios (now Abbey Road Studios) in London. 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. The album was primarily developed during live performances, and the band premiered an early version of the suite several months before recording began. 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.

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