What is The Dark Side of the Moon?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums --> | name = The Dark Side of the Moon | type = [[Studio album]] | artist = [[Pink Floyd]] | released = {{Start date|1973|03|01|df=y}} | recorded = June 1972–January 1973 | studio = [[Abbey Road Studios]], London | genre = [[Progressive rock]] <!-- DO NOT change this without establishing consensus on the talk page or your edit will be reverted --> | length = {{Duration|m=42|s=49}} | label = [[Harvest Records|Harvest]] | producer = [[Pink Floyd]] | prev_title = [[Obscured by Clouds]] | prev_year = 1972 | next_title = [[Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd album)|Wish You Were Here]] | next_year = 1975 | misc = {{Singles | name = The Dark Side of the Moon | type = studio | single1 = [[Money (Pink Floyd song)|Money]] | single1date = 7 May 1973 | single2 = [[Us and Them (song)|Us and Them]] | single2date = 4 February 1974 }} }} ''' The Dark Side of the Moon''' is the eighth studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 1 March 1973, by Harvest Records in the UK and Capitol Records in the US. Developed during live performances before recording began, it was conceived as a concept album that would focus on the pressures faced by the band during their arduous lifestyle, and also deal with the mental health problems of the former band member Syd Barrett, who had departed the group in 1968. New material was recorded in two sessions in 1972 and 1973 at EMI Studios (now Abbey Road Studios) in London. The Dark Side of the Moon has received widespread acclaim from critics and has been frequently included in numerous professional listings of the greatest albums of all time. It brought Pink Floyd international fame, wealth and plaudits to all four band members. A blockbuster release of the album era, it also propelled record sales throughout the music industry during the 1970s. == History == It was released in 1973 as Pink Floyd's ninth album. It is one of the most well-known albums of all time. It frequently places in the top five on lists of th