Meddle
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- In Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon
…Atom Heart Mother (1970) and Meddle (1971). Making records that are song-based but thematic in approach and that include long instrumental passages, the band did much to popularize the concept album. They hit the commercial jackpot with The Dark Side of the Moon (1973). A bleak treatise on death and…
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- In Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon
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- Gilmour
- In David Gilmour: Pink Floyd years
…as Atom Heart Mother (1970), Meddle (1971), and its breakthrough record, The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)—which spent almost 19 years on the Billboard Top 200 album chart and ranked number 55 on Rolling Stone’s list of top 500 albums of all time. The magazine said the record “marked…
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- In David Gilmour: Pink Floyd years
- Waters
- In Roger Waters: Pink Floyd years
While early albums such as Meddle (1971) and Obscured by Clouds (1972) saw artistic input from all the band members, Waters wrote all the lyrics for their 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon, which was an instant hit that catapulted the band to worldwide fame. Waters continued to…
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- In Roger Waters: Pink Floyd years