Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon (1973) Cover Front Album Artist/Composer Pink Floyd Length 42:53 Format Hybrid SACD Genre Progressive Rock; Psychedelic Rock Label Capitol Cat. Number CDP 7243 5 82136 2 1-US Index 289 In Collection Yes Packaging Viewpak Musicians Drums and Percussion Nick Mason Bass Guitar Roger Waters Guitar-Electric David Gilmour Guitar-Electric Roger Waters Keyboards-Various David Gilmour Keyboards-Various Roger Waters Synthesizer Roger Waters Unlisted Instrument David Gilmour Unlisted Instrument Roger Waters Vocals David Gilmour Vocals Roger Waters Vocals-Backing Barry St. John Vocals-Backing Doris Troy Vocals-Backing Leslie Duncan Vocals-Backing Liza Strike Credits Songwriter Roger Waters Engineer Peter James Engineer Alan Parsons Producer David Gilmour Producer Pink Floyd Producer Roger Waters Track List 01 Speak To Me 01:08 02 Breathe 02:48 03 On The Run 03:50 04 Time 06:49 05 The Great Gig In The Sky 04:44 06 Money 06:22 07 Us And Them 07:49 08 Any Colour You Like 03:26 09 Brain Damage 03:46 10 Eclipse 02:11 Personal Details Spars DDD Rare No Sound Stereo UPC 724358213621 Notes 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 of the Moon 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.