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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. The album was celebrating a total of 1,350 weeks on The Billboard 200 and Top Pop Catalog charts in Billboard magazine when Capitol Records released the 30th anniversary edition in 2003. The SACD version, as had previous digital remasterings, added space and definition to the elements of music, dialogue, and sound effects that made up the album, while the 5.1 remix expanded those improvements across multiple speakers. Original designer Storm Thorgerson contributed a new, subtly different album cover and a 20-page CD booklet that was a scrapbook of photographs and artwork associated with the album over the years. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Full Title - Dark Side of the Moon 30th Anniversary Edition. It's been 30 years since 'Floyd released their masterwork, and it's been on the charts for most of them! And now comes a new dimension to what was already the ultimate headphone experience-this new edition includes a newly-remastered conventional version and a Super Audio CD 5.1 surround mix version playable on SACD-compatible DVD players and home theater systems. Original designer Storm Thorgerson chips in with new art inside the 20-page booklet. Capitol. 2003.
Audio Mixers: Gus Skinas; James Guthrie .
Recording information: EMI Abbey Road Studios, London, England (06/1972-01/1973).
Photographers: Jill Furmanovsky; Tony May.
Pink Floyd: Roger Waters (bass instrument); David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Richard Wright .
Personnel: David Gilmour (vocals, guitar); Richard Wright (vocals, keyboards); Roger Waters, Clare Torry (vocals); Dick Parry (saxophone); Nick Mason (percussion); Doris Troy, Lesley Duncan, Liza Strike, Barry St. John (background vocals).
Additional personnel: Doris Troy, Lesley Duncan, Liza Strike, Barry St. John, Dick Parry, Clare Torry.
Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.110) - Ranked #43 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" - "...One of the best-produced rock albums ever..." Rolling Stone (5/24/73, p.57) - "...The sound is lush and multi-layered while remaining clear and well-structured....a fine album with a textural and conceptual richness that not only invites, but demands involvement....the excellence of a superb performance..." Q (10/94, p.137) - 4 Stars - Excellent Uncut (5/03, p.112) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...The subdued, darkly muttering, sombrely somnolent music of DARK SIDE OF THE MOON startles....An achievement of considerable merit..." NME (Magazine) (3/20/93, p.33) - 8 - Excellent - "...although everything your punk rock elder brother said was undeniably true, it doesn't take a great mental leap to achieve the mind-set of the pot-smoking philosophy student and pronounce this album a super-sensory classic..."
**Super Audio CD (SACD) Hybrid** This CD will play in standard CD players. A Super Audio CD player is required to take advantage of the SACD sound technology.
Amazing first of all, this is a great CD to begin with. but adding the SACD quality remix makes this an even more impressive work. the suggestion would be for owners to listen to the stereo version, then listen to the new SACD mix. the differences are immediate and startling. it will be interesting to see how the rest of the Pink Floyd catalog will sound after similar work. highly recommended! Submitted by steve (austin,tx) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo 4 of 7 found this helpful.
Run out and buy this!!! If you don't have facilities to play SACD or DVD Audio yet, you must get equipped soon. The dynamic range and seperation of these discs is the future of audio. Don't be swayed by purists who think the surround mix affects the integrity of this record. I have many versions of this album from LP to 8 Track to CD and have never heard details like you get from this SACD. Set up your playback speakers properly and prepare for the ride of your life. Submitted by Tom (Toronto, Canada) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo 5 of 9 found this helpful.
Let's get an Alan Parsons mix of this, please. I've compared this with the 1975 Alan Parsons quad mix, and the old quad mix simply blows aways this bastardized new age version. It suffers the same problems of most modern surroung recordings... for some reason the trend is to put the band up front, and ambience in the rear. Just a slightly expanded version of stereo, with this weird reverb-y halo around everything. I don't want to sound like a nostalgiac luddite with an "everything was better in the 70's" rap, but Parsons' 75 quad mix seriously blows this SACD away. Maybe not in terms of sparkling clarity and gloss, but in terms of active surround use in a MUSICAL way. It's truly a 3 dimensional sound experience, using the quad format to its fullest potential, and in keeping with the albums' artistic intentions. I've got a fan-made DTS disc of the quad vinyl, and urge other fans of this album to seek that out first. The mix itself becomes part of the composition, whereas this Sony SACD is just a sparkling recreation that leaves a sour taste in one's ears, especially considering Parsons' should have had the job to begin with. Submitted by www.obscurica.com (eugene oregon) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo 5 of 9 found this helpful.
Pink Floyd-Still crazy after all these years What can be said about this album that hasn't been do so already? Besides the incredable sonic quality improvement(which is killer), Dark Side sure makes alot more sense at age 50 than it did at age 20.
But how could they have known that then? Any ageing rocker deserves to revisit this album again, if ony to see what visionaries Pink Floyd were. Submitted by rhlc (Hopatcong, NJ) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo 1 of 2 found this helpful.
A New Experience In Sound sacd sound is a new pleasure for one of the most important creation of the contemporary music Submitted by fourmi27 (Switzerland) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
Amazing
Let's get an Alan Parsons mix of this, please.
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