when was pink floyd's dark side of the moon released
1 March 1973
title: The Dark Side of the Moon text: The Dark Side of the Moon The Dark Side of the Moon is the eighth studio album by English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 1 March 1973 by Harvest Records. It built on ideas explored in Pink Floyd's earlier recordings and performances, but without the extended instrumentals that characterised their earlier work. A concept album, its themes explore conflict, greed, time, and mental illness, the latter partly inspired by the deteriorating health of founding member Syd Barrett, who left in 1968. Developed during live performances, Pink Floyd premiered an early version of "The Dark Side of the Moon" several title: Pink Floyd text: involvement." Throughout March 1973, "The Dark Side of the Moon" featured as part of Pink Floyd's US tour. The album is one of the most commercially successful rock albums of all time; a US number 1, it remained on the "Billboard" chart for more than fourteen years, selling more than 45 million copies worldwide. In Britain, the album peaked at number 2, spending 364 weeks on the UK chart. "Dark Side" is the world's third best-selling album, and the twenty-first best-selling album of all time in the US. The success of the album brought enormous wealth to the members of title: The Dark Side of the Moon text: a prism spectrum, representing the band's lighting and the record's themes. "The Dark Side of the Moon" produced two singles: "Money" and "Us and Them". The album topped the "Billboard" chart for a week, and remained on the chart for 741 weeks from 1973 to 1988. Following a change in how "Billboard" counts sales in 2009, it re-entered the chart and has since appeared for over 900 weeks. With estimated sales of over 45 million, it is Pink Floyd's bestselling album and one of the bestselling worldwide. It has been remastered and rereleased several times, and covered in its entirety title: 1970s in music text: Jethro Tull, Rush, and Emerson, Lake & Palmer. It reached its peak of popularity in the mid-1970s, but had mixed critical acclaim and the punk movement can be seen as a reaction against its musicality and perceived pomposity. Nevertheless, Pink Floyd's 1973 release, "The Dark Side of the Moon", was an immediate success, remaining in the charts for 741 weeks from 1973 to 1988, with an estimated 50 million copies sold. It is Pink Floyd's most commercially successful album and one of the best-selling albums worldwide. It has twice been remastered and re-released, and has been covered in its entirety title: The Dark Side of the Moo text: The Dark Side of the Moo The Dark Side of the Moo is an early bootleg recording of the English progressive rock group Pink Floyd, featuring recordings not available on albums released in the US. Unlike other bootlegs containing previously unheard material, the album is made up of recordings that had at least one commercial release. The name is an obvious pun on "The Dark Side of the Moon", the band's most commercially successful album, and the front cover of "Atom Heart Mother", which featured a cow. The album was created by an anonymous label known as "Trixie Records" by