Pink Floyd

Dark Side Of The Moon fête ses 40 ans aujourd'hui !

"The Dark Side of the Moon" benefits from the fact that Pink Floyd worked out the songs in live performances for months before going into a studio. When they did, there were such recent technological innovations as 16-track recorders and synthesizers at their disposal. Rather than overdoing it, "The Dark Side of the Moon" is an example of brilliant, innovative production in service of the music. The album is notable for the close vocal harmonies of Richard Wright and David Gilmour and for the double tracking of voices and guitars. More unusual effects include the flanged choir in "Time," the precisely placed delays in "Us and Them," and a tape loop at the beginning of "Money" that was so long a microphone stand had to be used to hold it up. Band member Roger Waters interviewed studio staff and others responding to a series of flashcard questions, then used snippets of their answers throughout the album. Befitting its title, the themes of the concept album are dark—madness, violence, greed and the passage of time culminating in death. As Waters put it, "those fundamental issues of whether the human race is capable of being humane."