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Dark Side of the Moon

Pink Floyd Audio CD
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (389 customer reviews)

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  • Audio CD (1 Aug 1994)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Emi
  • ASIN: B000024D4P
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  UMD Mini for PSP
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (389 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,457 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

1. Speak to Me
2. On the Run
3. Time
4. The Great Gig in the Sky
5. Money
6. Us and Them
7. Any Colour You Like
8. Brain Damage
9. Eclipse

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BBC Review

The official site for the umpteenth re-release of this old chestnut presents you with a daunting array of statistics that, if you're under the age of 30, will probably seem like the ravings of (appropriately enough) a lunatic. For if, by some freak circumstance (lost in Pacific jungle for thirty years/coma/just plain don't like lousy guitar bands etc.), you hold this CD in your hands for the first time, listen up: Dark Side Of The Moon spent an incredible ELEVEN CONSECUTIVE YEARS in the top 100 and has notched up a total of FOURTEEN YEARS lodged in the same place. That's a lot of Lear jets and football teams. But what new can be said?

Well, it now comes with an extra layer of new enhanced 5.1 surroundsound thingummy with (naturally) Dobly [sic]. And it's got a lovely new stained glass effect cover courtesy of Storm Thorgerson and his hilariously named Hipgnosis cohorts. And the music?

Contextually speaking this was the Floyd's saving grace. By 1972 they'd firmly claimed the avant garde (read: musically unadventurous but prone to hitting large gongs and setting fire to stuff onstage) art rock mainstream as their own playground. Yet these middle-class boys still craved, like, bread, man. After a prolonged period of fumbling soundtracks for European arthouse movies they'd finally emerged from under the shadow of founder/visionary/lost-marble icon, Syd Barrett with a coherently beautiful album, Meddle. Roger Waters had some big ideas about madness, life, death and all that deep stuff. EMI had a rather splendid studio with some top-notch engineers. Six months later...voila!

What made this concoction so popular at the time was a series of coincidences. The western world was now fully stereoed-up; the band hooked up with an immaculate engineer by the name of Alan Parsons (yes, that one with the project) and last, but not least, the band bothered to write some really fine songs. This was a long way from the half-baked nonsense that had plagued Ummagumma or Atom Heart Mother. Gilmour's guitar was now exquisitely tasteful (the heart still breaks over that little phrase about 36 seconds into ''Breathe'') and zen-like in what he could leave out (check the most underrated track ''Any Colour You Like''). The sound effects are as hackneyed as a 70s stereo demonstration record (that this album effectively replaced in most hi-fi stores at the time), yet the overall flow of the album still satisfies as it merges existential ballads (''Time'', ''Us And Them'') with cynical rockers (''Money'') and arena-impressing freak outs (''The Great Gig In The Sky'').

Too much scrutiny reveals a rhythm section that's laughably leaden, song structures that employ the same descending runs that appear on every Floyd album since Meddle (cf: ''Echoes'') and lyrics that embarrass with their sixth-form triteness. Yet how many writers will be saying the same of Radiohead's cosy attacks on globalisation and 21st century ennui on OK Computer (which owes such a huge amount to this album) in thirty years time? Ultimately it matters little. DSOTM is still a lovely record made brittle by overuse. One almost wishes that instead of spicing it up one more time, EMI had deleted it for a while to give us all room to breathe again... --Chris Jones

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102 of 105 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars sublime recording,quality music. 26 Sep 2011
By Mr Blackwell TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:Audio CD
This is my 3rd cd version of this album,also had the vinyl,way back in the day,couldnt help myself the carrot of the live disc sold me,so what do you need to know?

Disc 1 : is the original disc,remastered by James Guthrie again,his '94 remaster was perfect as far as i could tell and truth be told i cant really detect any noticeable difference,sometimes with these 'new' remasters i think you will convince yourself to hear something different.initially on first play i thought possibly a little clearer,the background voices slightly more audible,after a couple of listens with the headphones and comparing to the prev disc im not too sure.Whats not in dispute is this is a fantastic piece of music that has stood the test of time,beautifully arranged.played and recorded nearly 40 years ago,its hard to believe there will be a first time buyer,so i guess most will know already what their buying.

Disc 2 : now i've never heard any live 70's recordings of 'dark side...' so this was my principle reason for buying and its well worth it,clocking in at around 12 mins more than its studio counterpart there a couple of moments were the band add in a little extra,nothing too much to change the overall feeling and what a performance,all four members on fire and a sound quality that frankly stunned me,i thought a recording 37 years old may suffer but this is absolute quality and worth the purchase price alone.

The sound quality on the remaster is excellent so no worries there,the packaging ,well that a different story.
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67 of 70 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars .......matter of fact it's all dark! 13 Jun 2003
Format: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...
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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars See you on the Dark Side of the Moon 14 April 2003
Format:Audio CD
This is the 30th Anniversary release of Pink Floyds Dark Side of the Moon. There have been several "anniversary" releases in the past, so what makes this one different? To put it simply, SACD. This new release of the 1973 seminal recording has been re-mixed using Sony's state-of-the-art Super Audio CD. This means that now you can listen to Dark Side of the Moon in 5.1 surround sound, as long as you have an SACD player and a 5.1 amplifier and speakers.
The sound is incredible. An album that is 30 years old seems brand new. From the opening montage of sounds on "Breathe" to the chimes at the beginning of "Time", this SACD version is simply beyond compare. This is the nearest sound to Vinyl you'll get on CD. Every note is crystal clear; every instrument, vocal and sound effect is as close as perfection possible on CD at the moment. You will hear things you have note heard on the original album before. The vocal on "The Great Gig in the Sky" is a good example. Claire Torry's voice seems to be in the room with you. Unbelievable. Pink Floyd's music is perfect for SACD and Dark Side of the Moon is a classic that demands such fantastic sound.
This is no cynical cash in. This is the sound of things to come.
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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars What else would you expect from Floyd? 4 April 2003
Format: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!
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars THUNDER IN YOUR EAR 13 July 2007
Format:Audio CD
I was very wary of purchasing another version of this classic album, I purchased it on cd twenty years ago and I felt there was something lacking in the production quality, but as my vinyl copy was completely worn out after years of use I put up with it.
Owning a high end hifi setup I was interested to compare this SACD with my old cd even though I don't own a SACD player, the difference is amazing. I have never felt this excited about Dark Side Of The Moon since I first bought it over 30 years ago, the quality is just stunning, I was unable to hear this cd before at high volume as it would make me wince.....not any more, the low frequencies rumble through me like thunder, what an experience!
If you love this album and only own an old cd version, get this one, it will transform your listening pleasure, even the book that comes with it is great, and the cover photo is taken through a stained glass window of the original cover, with the moon shining through it, beautiful, it does the music justice.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Will never tire of this album
Ever since buying original in the 70's, slowly stocking my vinyls back up after being silly enough not to hang on to them, this is a full package with MP3 versions et all, a worthy... Read more
Published 6 days ago by Mr. S. Dempster
4.0 out of 5 stars Cheapish second hand CD copy of Dark Side of the Moon
No point discussing the music as it's well known to all! Bought this for nostalgic reasons - I adore Gilmore's guitar sound on this album. This was a second hand CD. Read more
Published 8 days ago by Mr. Andrew Gardiner
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I chose this rating because I didnot like the packaging in a cardboard wallet. It is a very tight fit and could scratch the CD which is digitally mastered. Read more
Published 10 days ago by Rajesh Patel
5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT SADC
TOP CLASS 5.1 SOUND TOP GROUP IT IS AS IF NOT BETTER THEN A FULLY NEW RECORDED SACD. I WAS DELIGHTED WITH THE WHOLE LOT SOUND MUSIC THE LOT. LAURENCE KELLY
Published 12 days ago by laurence kelly
4.0 out of 5 stars Great
In the eighties I was listening to a CD copy and said that I couldn't understand the hype about this album. Read more
Published 13 days ago by AmazonPete
5.0 out of 5 stars Experience the Experience
Since the first time I heard this it is one of the can't leave for long albums and the live versions of the tracks add an extra dimension.
Published 14 days ago by Richard Sunman
5.0 out of 5 stars Still the best
This is awesome and after 40 years it is still a piece of work tht stands the test of time, anyone who hasn't listened to this should give thenselves a treat.
Published 15 days ago by Mr M Martin
5.0 out of 5 stars Classic
still a great cd even after all these years, the mix sounds great, it really is an all time top 5 album every house should own
Published 16 days ago by peter collins
5.0 out of 5 stars Great
One of the best albums ever grate to listen to listen to on headphones or load. Still holds its own
Published 24 days ago by graham m wood
5.0 out of 5 stars Blast from the past
This was the first album I ever bought on vinyl and had got rid of it years ago. Was so pleased to hear the familiar songs and really had a nostalgic afternoon listening to it
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