Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon

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. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Name Credits Alan Parsons Engineer Barry St. John Vocals (Background) Chris Craske Photogram Chris E. Thomas Mixing Supervision Chris Thomas Mixing Clare Torry Vocals David Gilmour Vocals, VCS 3 Synthesizer, Keyboards, Guitar David Sinclair Liner Notes Dick Parry Saxophone Doris Troy Vocals (Background) Doug Sax Digital Remastering George Hardie Sleeve Art, Illustrations Hipgnosis [Design Group] Photography, Design James Guthrie Remastering Supervisor Jill Furmanosky Photography Lesley Duncan Vocals (Background) Liza Strike Vocals (Background) Nick Mason Tape Effects, Percussion, Drums Peter James Assistant Engineer Pink Floyd Producer Richard Wright Keyboards, Vocals, VCS 3 Synthesizer Roger Waters Keyboards, Effects, VCS 3 Synthesizer, Vocals, Tape Effects, Guitar (Bass), Guitar (Electric) Storm Thorgerson Cover Design, Photography Tony May Photography