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. The primary revelation of Dark Side of the Moon is what a little focus does for the band. Buy the album Starting at 12.49€īy 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. Album DescriptionPurchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs. See more Your browser does not support the audio element. It made Pink Floyd a household name, elevating them to the level of the Rolling Stones and the Who in the rock pantheon. Floyd must have struck a nerve: The Dark Side of the Moon remained on Billboard's albums chart for an astounding 14 years. Further adding to the record's mystique, barely audible spoken passages were sprinkled throughout a result of hours of interviews of random Abbey Road occupants about their views on insanity, violence, and death. Floyd and their longtime engineer, Alan Parsons, used a multitude of sound effects, from stereophonically projected footsteps and planes flying overhead ("On the Run") to a roomful of ringing clocks ("Time"). Waters rewrote "Breathe" after its appearance on his and avant-garde composer Ron Geesin's score for The Body, a surreal medical documentary. The film Zabriskie Point, a study of American materialism from a foreigner's perspective, provided "Us and Them" (originally titled "The Violence Sequence"). For this project, the band resurrected older and unfinished numbers, some of which came from the multitude of soundtracks the bandmembers had previously worked on. It turned the musical world on its ear with a hitherto unheard combination of sounds, and changed things considerably for Pink Floyd. The Dark Side of the Moon was a benchmark record. Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs.
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