- Audio CD (31 Mar 2003)
- Please Note: Requires SACD-compatible hardware
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Hybrid SACD, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered, SACD
- Label: EMI
- ASIN: B00008CLOA
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (57 customer reviews)
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank:
2,138 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
- #6 in Music > SACD
- #16 in Music > Rock > Psychedelic Rock
- #87 in Music > Hard Rock & Metal > Hard Rock
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Track Listings
| 1. Speak To Me (2003 Digital Remaster) |
| 2. Breathe (Breathe In The Air) (2003 Digital Remaster) |
| 3. On The Run (2003 Digital Remaster) |
| 4. Time (2003 Digital Remaster) |
| 5. The Great Gig In The Sky (2003 Digital Remaster) |
| 6. Money (2003 Digital Remaster) |
| 7. Us And Them (2003 Digital Remaster) |
| 8. Any Colour You Like (2003 Digital Remaster) |
| 9. Brain Damage (2003 Digital Remaster) |
| 10. Eclipse (2003 Digital Remaster) |
| 11. Speak To Me (2003 Digital Remaster) |
| 12. Breathe (Breathe In The Air) (2003 Digital Remaster) |
| 13. On The Run (2003 Digital Remaster) |
| 14. Time (2003 Digital Remaster) |
| 15. The Great Gig In The Sky (2003 Digital Remaster) |
| 16. Money (2003 Digital Remaster) |
| 17. Us And Them (2003 Digital Remaster) |
| 18. Any Colour You Like (2003 Digital Remaster) |
| 19. Brain Damage (2003 Digital Remaster) |
| 20. Eclipse (2003 Digital Remaster) |
Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
One of the most famous albums of all time, Dark Side of the Moon sold 25 million copies in its first 25 years of release. Dark Side of the Moon was the first album that Pink Floyd decided to break in live before attempting to record, with the debut performance of what they then called Eclipse just over a year before the final release date. When they finally retired to Abbey Road Studios with top sound engineer Alan Parsons, state-of-the-art 16-track recording equipment and the new Dolby technology to hand, it was to produce one of the great pieces of studio art. Covering a range of styles, this was the last album (prior to Roger Waters' departure in the early 1980s) to whose writing the other members of Pink Floyd contributed significantly.
Nevertheless, it remains a stunningly coherent package, bound together by surreal fragments of speech (mostly gleaned from asking questions of the doorman at the studio) and Waters' bold and bleak lyrics. Often reputed to be about former member Syd Barrett's decline into schizophrenia, in fact Waters has said the lyrics "were a lot about ordinariness" and dealt with people's responses to the increasing insanity of the pressures of everyday life. Some of the extraordinary sound effects used came from the most unlikely sources--the coins at the start of "Money" from Waters tossing handfuls of change into an industrial food-mixer that his wife, a potter, used to mix clay. Whatever the medium, a new standard for attention to detail and production values had been set and the world of studio recording would never be the same again. --James Swift
Album Description
The Super Audio CD (SACD) features two disc layers. One layer contains a standard version of the album that works on any CD player. The other layer includes high-resolution stereo and a 5.1 surround version of the recording that works on SACD-compatible DVD players and home theatre systems. Both layers employ SACD's Direct Stream Digital (DSD) encoding process that samples the music 64 times faster than CD for unprecedented fidelity.
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51 of 51 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
.......matter of fact it's all dark!,
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This review is from: Dark Side of the Moon - 30th Anniversary Edition (Audio CD)
Fans of Pink Floyd know DSOTM like the back of their hand; they can recite the lyrics, hum the melodies and play air guitar like pros. The question is, can this SACD version make it sound any better? Put simply, yes it does....and then some.Floyd's music has always lent itself to cutting edge audio technology and the 5.1 SACD mix is proof of this. Using an SACD player and a 5.1 system you get true surround sound. Now this means that the voices in "Speak to Me" swirl around the listener, clocks chime as if their in your room and coins jangle about you. But more than this, now that there are 5.1 channels of sound the music is clearer and better defined. It has more presence, placing the listener in the centre of the music. It provides a full audio experiance. Yet it it incredibly subtle. Now instruments are intricately placed to enhance the listening experiance; there are no gimmicks here. In "Time" the rototoms sound as if they are in the centre of the room, as if they are directly in front of you. The sax in "Us and Them" comes solely from the centre speaker given it far more clarity than before (the sax used to get lost in the mix before, I felt). Subtle effects, yet hugely effective. All in all such near studio-like quality in the sound (this depends on how good your system is) adds to the music, sharpens it, makes a thirty year old album seem new. For any Floyd fan DSOTM is an essential purchase and this SACD is just as neccessary. Get it whilst you can...
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
What else would you expect from Floyd?,
This review is from: Dark Side of the Moon - 30th Anniversary Edition (Audio CD)
Over the years I have bought all the different formats of this album, LP, Cassette, CD and now SACD. As you would expect from Pink Floyd, this is a masterpiece of audio engineering and well worth owning. From the opening bars of Speak to me to the end of Eclipse the 5.1 surround sound engulfs the listener with music and sound effects like only Floyd know how. The clarity and depth of Dick Parry's saxaphone playing on "Us and them" is magnificent. To take an album first recorded in 1972 and change it so much is nothing short of magical. Trust me, Buy it!
22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Dark Side Revealed !,
This review is from: Dark Side of the Moon - 30th Anniversary Edition (Audio CD)
Like a true Floydian I collect all PF and Roger Waters' albums. I recently received the newly released SACD-version of DSOTM. The remix did wonders for the album and the sound is amazing. As the sound is now decently distributed on a 5.1 surround amplifier, you not only hear new sounds but it's also much clearer than the normal stereo version - especially on tracks such as "Time" and "Money". The long wait was definitely worth it. For any fan of Pink Floyd or Roger Waters, this SACD is an absolute MUST have. Can they now please release SACD versions of the other albums as well.
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