The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd milestone album - released: March 1973.
Re-released in 2011: Experience and Immersion editions
50th Anniversary edition, remastered and rereleased 24th March 2023
Tracklist
| Speak To Me | 1.16 |
| Breathe | 2.44 |
| On the Run | 3.32 |
| Time / Breathe (reprise) | 7.06 |
| The Great Gig In the Sky | 4.44 |
| Money | 6.32 |
| Us And Them | 7.40 |
| Any Colour You Like | 3.25 |
| Brain Damage | 3.50 |
| Eclipse | 2.04 |
'Dark Side Of The Moon' was on the American TOP-200 in 724 weeks. April 23rd 1988 the album finally left the chart after almost 14 years. In United States the album has been sold in more than 10 millions.
Sleeve notes
Pink Floyd
David Gilmour: Vocals, Guitars, VCS3
Nick Mason: Percussion, Tape Effects
Richard Wright: Keyboards, Vocals, VCS3
Roger Waters: Bass Guitar, Vocals, VCS3,
Tape Effects
Produced by Pink Floyd
Recorded in Abbey Road Studios, London
between June 1972 and January 1973
Engineer: Alan Parsons
Assistant: Peter James
Mixing Supervised by Chris Thomas
Saxophone on Us And Them and Money: Dick Parry
Vocals on The Great Gig In The Sky:
Clare Torry
Backing Vocals: Doris Troy, Leslie Duncan, Liza Strike, Barry St John
Sleeve Design by Hipgnosis
Sleeve Art by George Hardie N.T.A.
Photography by Hipgnosis
Stickers Art by George Hardie N.T.A.
20th Anniversary Edition (1992)
Remastering supervised by James Guthrie
Digitally remastered by Doug Sax, The Mastering Lab, LA
Sleeve and photogram design by Storm Thorgerson & Stylorouge
Prism photography by Tony May & Storm
Thorgerson
Live photographs by Jill Furmanovsky & Hipgnosis
Pyramid photographs by Hipgnosis
Photogrammer and speaker photographs by Chris Craske
3D-prism created at Tapestry
The remastered version was first released as limited CD-box with booklet and postcards. The same master was used for the 'normal' reissue CD and minidisc.
The remastered 'Dark Side..' was also rereleased on vinyl for the 30th anniversary of Pink Floyd's most popular album. The 2003 remastered release features a new prism design, created by original cover artist Storm Thorgerson.
50th Anniversary Edition (2023)
Original studio album remastered by James Guthrie an released in different versions for the 50th anniversary.
Deluxe box set
- CD1: THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
- CD2: THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON LIVE AT WEMBLEY EMPIRE POOL
- LP1 – THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
- LP2 – THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON LIVE AT WEMBLEY EMPIRE POOL
- BLU-RAY 1 (AUDIO) Original album 5.1 and high-resolution remastered stereo mixes, 1. 5.1 Surround Mix
- BLU-RAY 2 (AUDIO) Original newly remastered album Atmos and high-resolution stereo mixes
- DVD (AUDIO) Original album 5.1 and remastered stereo mixes
- 160-PAGE THAMES & HUDSON HARDCOVER BOOK with
- 76-PAGE MUSIC BOOK
- REPLICAS OF 2×7” SINGLES 7" Single 1 Money/Any Colour You Like 7" Single 2 Us and Them/Time
- Plus replica of pamphlet and invitation to the preview of The Dark Side of The Moon at the London Planetarium on 27th February 1973.
SPEAK TO ME
Pink Floyd 1973
Music: Mason
| Album releases: | Used in film/video: |
|---|---|
Dark Side Of The
Moon |
Earls
Court |
(Instrumental)
BREATHE
Pink Floyd 1973
Lyrics: Waters
Music: Waters, Gilmour, Wright
Vocals on original release by: Gilmour
| Album releases: | Used in film/video: |
|---|---|
| Dark Side Of The
Moon Shine On Pulse In The Flesh Live in Gdansk Us + Them Live at Wembley'74 Redux |
Earls
Court Pulse In The Flesh Dark Side Of the Moon Live 8 Remember that night The Later Years (box) Us + Them |
Breathe, breathe in the air
Don't be afraid to care
Leave but don't leave me
Look around, choose your own ground
For long you live and high you fly
And smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry
And all you touch and all you see
Is all your life will ever be
Run Rabbit run
Dig that hole, forget the sun,
And when at last the work is done
Don't sit down it's time to dig another one
For long you live and high you fly
But only if you ride the tide
And balanced on the biggest wave
You race towards an early grave
ON THE RUN
Pink Floyd 1973
Lyrics: Waters
Music: Gilmour, Waters
| Album releases: | Used in film/video: |
|---|---|
Dark Side Of The
Moon |
Pink
Floyd Live At Pompeii Delicate Sound Of Thunder Earls Court Pulse Dark Side Of the Moon The Later Years (box) |
When played live, early versions of On The Run was titled The Travel Sequence.
(Instrumental)
[voices heard:]
Have your baggage and your passports ready and follow the green line to customs and then to immigration. BA 215 to Rome, Cairo, and Lagos
Live for today, gone tomorrow. That's me... hahaha
TIME (+ Breathe reprise)
Pink Floyd 1973
Lyrics: Waters
Music: Mason, Waters, Wright, Gilmour
Vocals on original release by: Gilmour, Wright
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
You fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way
Tired of lying in the sunshine, staying home to watch
the rain
You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today
And then one day you find, ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun
And you run and you run to catch up with the sun,
but it's sinking
And racing around to come up behind you again
The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death
Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the
time
Plans that either come to nought,
or half a page of scribbled lines
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way
The time is gone the song is over,
Thought I'd something more to say
Home, home again
I like to be here when I can
When I come home cold and tired
It's good to warm my bones beside the fire
Far away across the fields
The tolling of an iron bell
Calls the faithful to their knees
To hear the softly spoken magic spells
THE GREAT GIG IN THE SKY
Pink Floyd 1973
Music: Wright
Vocal composition by: Clare Torry
Clare Torry improvised her vocal part in the studio. The instrumental piece between Time/Breathe reprise and Money was known as the 'The Mortality Sequence'at live concerts before it appeared on the album.
MONEY
Pink Floyd 1973
Lyrics/Music: Waters
Vocals on original release by: Gilmour
Money, get away
Get a good job with more pay and you're O.K.
Money, it's a gas
Grab that cash with both hands and
make a stash
New car, caviar, four star daydream,
Think I´ll buy me a football team
Money, get back
I'm all right Jack, keep your hands off my stack.
Money, it's a hit
Don't give me that do goody good bullshit
I'm in the hi-fidelity first class travelling set
And I think I need a Lear jet
Money, it's a crime
Share it fairly, but don't take a slice of my pie
Money, so they say
Is the root of all evil today
But if you ask for a rise, it's no surprise
that they're giving none away
US AND THEM
Pink Floyd 1973 (1969)
Lyrics: Waters
Music: Waters, Wright
Vocals on original release by: Gilmour, Wright
The song was originally composed for the film 'Zabriskie Point' - but was not used. See also The Violent Sequence.
Us and them
And after all we're only ordinary men
Me and you
God only knows it's not what we would choose to do
Forward he cried from the rear
and the front rank died
The General sat, and the lines on the map
moved from side to side
Black and blue
And who knows which is which and who is who
Up and down
And in the end it's only round and round
And round
Haven't you heard it's a battle of words
the poster bearer cried
Listen son, said the man with the gun
There's room for you inside
Down and out
It can't be helped but there's a lot of it about
With, without
And who'll deny it's what the fighting's all about
Out of the way, it's a busy day
I've got things on my mind
For want of the price of tea and a slice
The old man died
ANY COLOUR YOU LIKE
Pink Floyd 1973
Music: Gilmour, Mason, Wright
| Album releases: | Used in film/video: |
|---|---|
| Dark Side Of The
Moon Shine On Pulse Live at Wembley'74 Redux |
Earls
Court Pulse Dark Side Of the Moon The Later Years (box) |
(Instrumental)
BRAIN DAMAGE
Pink Floyd 1973
Lyrics/Music: Waters
Vocals on original release by: Waters
The lunatic is on the grass
The lunatic is on the grass
Remembering games and daisy chains and laughs
Got to keep the loonies on the path
The lunatic is in the hall
The lunatics are in my hall
The paper holds their folded faces to the floor
And every day the paper boy brings more
And if the dam breaks open many years too soon
And if there is no room upon the hill
And if your head explodes with dark forebodings too
I'll see you on the Dark Side Of The Moon
The lunatic is in my head
The lunatic is in my head
You raise the blade, you make the change
You re-arrange me 'til I'm sane
You lock the door
And throw away the key
There's someone in my head but it's not me.
And if the clouds bursts, thunder in your ear
You shout and no one seems to hear
And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes
I'll see you on the Dark Side Of The Moon .
ECLIPSE
Pink Floyd 1973
Lyrics/Music: Waters
Vocals on original release by: Waters
| Album releases: | Used in film/video: |
|---|---|
| Dark Side Of The
Moon Works Shine On Pulse In The Flesh A Foot in The Door Us + Them Live at Wembley'74 Redux |
Earls
Court Pulse In The Flesh Dark Side Of the Moon The Later Years (box) Us + Them |
All that you touch
And all that you see
All that you taste
All you feel
And all that you love
And all that you hate
All you Distrust
All you save
And all that you give
And all that you deal
And all that you buy
beg, borrow or steal
And all you create
And all you destroy
And all that you do
And all that you say
And all that you eat
And everyone you meet
And all that you slight
And everyone you fight
And all that is now
And all that is gone
And all that's to come
And everything under the sun is in tune
but the sun is eclipsed by the moon.
Lyrics Copyright: Roger Waters - World Copyrights Ltd. 1973