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This article is about the album by Pink Floyd. For other uses, see Dark side of the Moon.


The Dark Side of the Moon


Album art by Hipgnosis and George Hardie


Studio album by Pink Floyd


Released
1 March 1973

Recorded
June 1972 – January 1973 at
Abbey Road Studios, London

Genre
Progressive rock

Length
42:59

Label
Harvest, Capitol

Producer
Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd chronology


Obscured by Clouds
(1972)The Dark Side of the Moon
(1973)Wish You Were Here
(1975)



30th anniversary SACD Re-issue



Singles from The Dark Side of the Moon

"Money"
Released: 7 May 1973
"Time" / "Us and Them"
Released: 4 February 1974






The Dark Side of the Moon is the eighth studio album by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd, released in March 1973. It built on ideas explored in the band's earlier recordings and live shows, but lacks the extended instrumental excursions that characterised their work following the departure in 1968 of founder member, principal composer, and lyricist, Syd Barrett. The Dark Side of the Moon's themes include conflict, greed, the passage of time, and mental illness, the latter partly inspired by Barrett's deteriorating mental state.