Editing The Dark Side of the Moon (section)

== Legacy ==
{{Quote box |quoted=true |bgcolor=|salign=center|quote=It's changed me in many ways, because it's brought in a lot of money, and one feels very secure when you can sell an album for two years. But it hasn't changed my attitude to music. Even though it was so successful, it was made in the same way as all our other albums, and the only criterion we have about releasing music is whether we like it or not. It was not a deliberate attempt to make a commercial album. It just happened that way. We knew it had a lot more melody than previous Floyd albums, and there was a concept that ran all through it. The music was easier to absorb and having girls singing away added a commercial touch that none of our records had.|source=– Richard Wright<ref>{{Harvnb|Dallas|1987|pp=107–108}}</ref>|align=right|width=33%}}
The success of the album brought wealth to all four members of the band; Richard Wright and Roger Waters bought large country houses, and Nick Mason became a collector of upmarket cars.<ref>{{Harvnb|Harris|2006|pp=164–166}}</ref> The group were fans of the British  comedy troupe [[Monty Python]], and as such, some of the profits were invested in the production of ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]''.<ref>{{Harvnb|Parker|O'Shea|2006|pp=50–51}}</ref> Parsons received a [[Grammy Award]] nomination for [[Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical]] for ''The Dark Side of the Moon'',<ref>{{Harvnb|Schaffner|1991|p=163}}</ref> and he went on to have a successful career as a recording artist with [[the Alan Parsons Project]]. Although Waters and Gilmour have on occasion downplayed his contribution to the success, Mason praised his role.<ref>{{Harvnb|Harris|2006|pp=173–174}}</ref> In 2003, Parsons reflected: "I think they all felt that I managed to hang the rest of my career on ''Dark Side of the Moon'', which has an element of truth to it. But I still wake up occasionally, frustrated about the fact that they made untold millions and a lot of the people involved in the record didn't."<ref name="parsons" />{{refn|Alan Parsons was paid a weekly wage of £35 while working on the original album ({{Inflation|UK|35|1972|r=-2|fmt=eq|cursign=£}}{{Inflation-fn|UK}}).<ref>{{Citation |title=Inlay notes on The Alan Parsons Project |work=Tales of Mystery and Imagination}}</ref>|group="nb"}}

Part of the legacy of ''The Dark Side of the Moon'' is its influence on modern music and on the musicians who have performed [[cover version]]s of its songs. It is often seen as a pivotal point in the history of rock music, and comparisons are sometimes made with [[Radiohead]]'s 1997 album ''[[OK Computer]]'',<ref>{{Harvnb|Griffiths|2004|p=109}}</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|Buckley|2003|p=843}}</ref> including a premise explored by Ben Schleifer in '''Speak to Me': The Legacy of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon'' (2006) that the two albums share a theme that "the creative individual loses the ability to function in the [modern] world".<ref>{{Harvnb|Reising|2005|pp=210}}</ref>

In a 2018 book about [[classic rock]], [[Steven Hyden]] recalls concluding, in his teens, that ''The Dark Side of the Moon'' and ''[[Led Zeppelin IV]]'' were the two greatest albums of the genre, [[vision quest]]s "encompass[ing] the twin poles of teenage desire". They had similarities, in that both albums' cover and internal artwork eschew pictures of the bands in favour of "inscrutable iconography without any tangible meaning (which always seemed to give the music packaged inside ''more'' meaning)". But whereas Led Zeppelin had looked outward, toward "conquering the world" and were known at the time for their outrageous sexual antics on tour, Pink Floyd looked inward, toward "overcoming your own hang-ups".<ref name="Steven Hyden">{{cite book |last=Hyden |first=Steven|author-link=Steven Hyden |title=Twilight of the Gods: A Journey to the End of Classic Rock |date=2018 |publisher=Dey Street |isbn=978-0-06-265712-1 |pages=25–27 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zJElDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> In 2013, ''The Dark Side of the Moon'' was selected for preservation in the United States [[National Recording Registry]] by the [[Library of Congress]] as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".<ref>{{Citation |title=Chubby Checker Pink Floyd And Ramones Inducted into National Recording Registry |url=http://www.noise11.com/news/chubby-checker-pink-floyd-and-ramones-inducted-into-national-recording-registry-20130322 |work=VNN music |access-date=22 March 2013 |date=22 March 2013 |archive-date=26 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926173648/http://www.noise11.com/news/chubby-checker-pink-floyd-and-ramones-inducted-into-national-recording-registry-20130322 |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Rankings ===
''The Dark Side of the Moon'' frequently appears on professional rankings of the greatest albums. In 1987, ''Rolling Stone'' ranked it the 35th best album of the preceding 20 years.<ref>{{Harvnb|Reising|2005|p=7}}</ref> ''Rolling Stone'' ranked it number 43 on its 2003 and 2012 lists of the "[[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|500 Greatest Albums of All Time]]"<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The RS 500 Greatest Albums of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531/pink-floyd-the-dark-side-of-the-moon-20120524 |date=18 November 2003 |magazine=Rolling Stone | access-date = 31 May 2010 | archive-date = 16 May 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130516131622/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531/pink-floyd-the-dark-side-of-the-moon-20120524 | url-status = dead}}</ref> and number 55 in its 2020 list, Pink Floyd's highest placement.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531/pink-floyd-the-dark-side-of-the-moon-20120524 |title=500 Greatest Albums of All Time: Pink Floyd, 'The Dark Side of the Moon' |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=31 May 2012 |access-date=12 June 2012 |archive-date=16 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516131622/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531/pink-floyd-the-dark-side-of-the-moon-20120524 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Both ''Rolling Stone'' and ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' have listed ''The Dark Side of the Moon'' as the best progressive rock album.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/50-greatest-prog-rock-albums-of-all-time-20150617/king-crimson-in-the-court-of-the-crimson-king-1969-20150617 |title=50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time |magazine=Rolling Stone |first=Reed |last=Fischer |date=17 June 2015 | access-date=26 January 2020 | archive-date=22 December 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222051328/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/50-greatest-prog-rock-albums-of-all-time-20150617/king-crimson-in-the-court-of-the-crimson-king-1969-20150617 | url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/music/news/az-of-progressive-rock-28548926.html |title=A-Z of progressive rock |work=[[Belfast Telegraph]] |first=Jonathan |last=Brown |date=27 July 2010 |access-date=26 January 2020 |archive-date=5 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105160805/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/music/news/az-of-progressive-rock-28548926.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2006, [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] viewers voted ''The Dark Side of the Moon'' their favourite album.<ref>{{cite web |title=My Favourite Album |url=http://www.abc.net.au/myfavouritealbum/top100.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061205092304/http://abc.net.au/myfavouritealbum/top100.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 December 2006 |publisher=abc.net.au |access-date=22 March 2009}}</ref> ''[[NME]]'' readers voted it the eighth-best album in a 2006 poll,<ref>{{cite web |title=Best album of all time revealed |url=https://www.nme.com/news/oasis/23227 |work=NME |date=2 June 2006 |access-date=22 November 2009 |archive-date=12 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812174911/http://www.nme.com/news/oasis/23227 |url-status=live }}</ref> and in 2009, [[Planet Rock (radio station)|Planet Rock]] listeners voted it the greatest of all time.<ref>{{cite web |title=Greatest Album poll top&nbsp;40 |url=http://www.planetrock.com/music/polls/the-greatest-album-of-all-time/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111004113713/http://www.planetrock.com/music/polls/the-greatest-album-of-all-time/ | url-status = dead | archive-date = 4 October 2011 |work=Planet Rock |year=2009 | access-date =20 March 2012}}</ref> The album is also number two on the "Definitive 200" list of albums, made by the [[National Association of Recording Merchandisers]] "in celebration of the art form of the record album".<ref>{{cite web |title=Definitive 200 |url=http://www.rockhall.com/pressroom/definitive-200 |work=rockhall.com | access-date =21 June 2010 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080801142627/http://www.rockhall.com/pressroom/definitive-200 |archive-date = 1 August 2008}}</ref> It ranked 29th in ''The Observer''{{'}}s 2006 list of "The 50 Albums That Changed Music",<ref>{{cite web |title=The 50 albums that changed music |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/jul/16/popandrock.shopping |publisher=guardian.co.uk |date=16 July 2006 |access-date=22 November 2009 |archive-date=8 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008194254/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/jul/16/popandrock.shopping |url-status=live }}</ref> and 37th in ''The Guardian''{{'}}s 1997 list of the "100 Best Albums Ever", as voted for by a panel of artists and music critics.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sweeting |first=Adam |title=Ton of Joy |work=The Guardian |date=19 September 1997 |page=28 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/info/2012/jul/25/digital-archive-notice?Skin=DigitalArchive&enter=true&AppName=2&AW=1307532783135 |format=Registration required}}</ref> In 2014, readers of ''[[Rhythm (music magazine)|Rhythm]]'' voted it the seventh most influential progressive drumming album.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/rush-neil-peart-influential-prog-drummer |title=Peart named most influential prog drummer |first=Eric |last=Mackinnon |website=Louder |date=3 October 2014 |access-date=21 August 2015 |archive-date=22 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122231440/https://www.loudersound.com/news/rush-neil-peart-influential-prog-drummer |url-status=live }}</ref> It was voted number 9 in [[Colin Larkin]]'s [[All Time Top 1000 Albums]] 3rd Edition (2000).<ref>{{cite book |title=All Time Top 1000 Albums |editor=[[Colin Larkin]] |publisher=[[Virgin Books]] |date=2000 |edition=3rd |isbn=0-7535-0493-6 |page=37|title-link=All Time Top 1000 Albums}}</ref> In 2007, [[VH1]] named ''Dark Side of the Moon'' the fourth-greatest album cover.<ref name="Vh1">{{cite web |title=The Greatest: 50 Greatest Album Covers |url=http://www.vh1.com/photos/gallery/?fid=1478677&pid=1542318 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112050236/http://www.vh1.com/photos/gallery/?fid=1478677&pid=1542318 |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 November 2007 |publisher=vh1.com |access-date=17 March 2009}}</ref>

=== Covers, tributes and samples ===
''[[Return to the Dark Side of the Moon]]: A Tribute to Pink Floyd'', released in 2006, is a cover album of ''The Dark Side of the Moon'' featuring artists such as [[Adrian Belew]], [[Tommy Shaw]], [[Dweezil Zappa]], and [[Rick Wakeman]].<ref name="cover1">{{cite web |last=Prato |first=Greg |title=Return to the Dark Side of the Moon: A Tribute to Pink Floyd |url={{AllMusic |class=album |id=r828488|pure_url=yes}} | publisher = allmusic.com | access-date =22 August 2009}}</ref> In 2000, [[The Squirrels]] released ''The Not So Bright Side of the Moon'', which features a cover of the entire album.<ref name="cover2">{{Harvnb|Reising|2005|pp=198–199}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Not So Bright Side of the Moon |url=http://www.thesquirrels.com/poplust/newcd.htm |publisher=thesquirrels.com | access-date = 27 March 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080703165119/http://www.thesquirrels.com/poplust/newcd.htm | archive-date = 3 July 2008 | url-status = dead}}</ref> The New York dub collective [[Easy Star All-Stars]] released ''[[Dub Side of the Moon]]'' in 2003<ref name="cover3">{{cite web |title=Dub Side of the Moon |url=http://www.easystar.com/releases/show/2 |publisher=easystar.com | access-date = 27 March 2009 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090206214846/http://www.easystar.com/releases/show/2 | archive-date = 6 February 2009}}</ref> and ''[[Dubber Side of the Moon]]'' in 2010.<ref name="cover4">{{cite web |last=Jeffries |first=David |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/dubber-side-of-the-moon-mw0002045125 |title=''Dubber Side of the Moon''&nbsp;– Easy Star All-Stars |publisher=AllMusic |date=25 October 2010 |access-date=11 December 2012 |archive-date=4 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130104123722/http://www.allmusic.com/album/dubber-side-of-the-moon-mw0002045125 |url-status=live }}</ref> The group Voices on the Dark Side released the album ''Dark Side of the Moon a Cappella'', a complete [[a cappella]] version of the album.<ref name="cover5">{{cite web |title=The Dark Side of the Moon&nbsp;– A Cappella |url=http://www.darksidevoices.com/thealbum.phtml |publisher=darksidevoices.com |access-date=27 March 2009 |archive-date=1 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201015846/http://www.darksidevoices.com/thealbum.phtml |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Bluegrass music|bluegrass]] band Poor Man's Whiskey frequently play the album in bluegrass style, calling the suite ''Dark Side of the Moonshine''.<ref name="cover6">{{cite web |title=Dark Side of the Moonshine |url=http://www.poormanswhiskey.com/whiskeychronicles/7393826.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080705031000/http://www.poormanswhiskey.com/whiskeychronicles/7393826.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 5 July 2008 |date=8 May 2007 |publisher=poormanswhiskey.com | access-date =28 March 2009}}</ref> A [[string quartet]] version of the album was released in 2003.<ref name="cover7">{{Citation |title=The String Quartet Tribute to Pink Floyd's the Dark Side of the Moon |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts#/album/classic-rock-string-quartet/the-pink-floyd-chamber-suite-a-classic-rock/644537 |year=2004 |publisher=billboard.com |access-date=2 August 2009 |archive-date=27 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627083500/https://www.billboard.com/artist/279618/smashing-pumpkins#/album/classic-rock-string-quartet/the-pink-floyd-chamber-suite-a-classic-rock/644537 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2009, [[the Flaming Lips]] released a [[The Flaming Lips and Stardeath and White Dwarfs with Henry Rollins and Peaches Doing The Dark Side of the Moon|track-by-track remake of the album]] in collaboration with [[Stardeath and White Dwarfs]], and featuring [[Henry Rollins]] and [[Peaches (musician)|Peaches]] as guest musicians.<ref name="cover8">{{cite web |url=http://music-mix.ew.com/2009/12/31/flaming-lips-dark-side-of-the-moon/ |title=Flaming Lips cover Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon' album; results are surprisingly awful |last=Lynch |first=Joseph Brannigan |date=31 December 2009 |publisher=music-mix.ew.com |access-date=14 January 2010 |archive-date=12 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101012115237/http://music-mix.ew.com/2009/12/31/flaming-lips-dark-side-of-the-moon/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Several notable acts have covered the album live in its entirety, and a range of performers have used [[sampling (music)|samples]] from ''The Dark Side of the Moon'' in their own material. Jam-rock band [[Phish]] performed a semi-improvised version of the entire album as part of their show on 2 November 1998 in [[West Valley City, Utah]].<ref name="cover9L">{{cite web |title='Phish Phans' jam to tunes by Pink 'Phloyd' |url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/660855/Phish-Phans-jam-to-tunes-by-Pink-Phloyd.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104212127/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/660855/Phish-Phans-jam-to-tunes-by-Pink-Phloyd.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 November 2013 |last=Iwasaki |first=Scott |publisher=[[Deseret News]] |date=3 November 1998 | access-date =20 March 2012}}</ref> Progressive metal band [[Dream Theater]] have twice covered the album in their live shows,<ref name="cover10L">{{cite web |title=Dark Side of the Moon CD |url=http://www.ytsejamrecords.com/ProductCart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=24 |publisher=ytsejamrecords.com | access-date = 28 March 2009 | archive-date = 27 January 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110127110712/http://www.ytsejamrecords.com/ProductCart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=24 | url-status = dead}}</ref> and in May 2011 [[Mary Fahl]] released ''[[From the Dark Side of the Moon]]'', a song-by-song "re-imagining" of the album.<ref name="nippertown">{{Citation |url=http://www.nippertown.com/2010/10/01/interview-mary-fahl |title=Interview: Mary Fahl |date=22 September 2010 |publisher=nippertown.com |access-date=11 May 2011}}</ref> [[Milli Vanilli]] used the tape loops from Pink Floyd's "Money" to open their track "[[All or Nothing (Milli Vanilli album)|Money]]", followed by [[Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch]] on ''[[Music for the People (Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch album)|Music for the People]]''.<ref>{{Harvnb|Reising|2005|pp=189–190}}</ref>

=== ''The Wizard of Oz'' ===
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In the 1990s, it was discovered that playing ''The Dark Side of the Moon'' alongside the 1939 film ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]'' produced moments of apparent synchronicity, and it was suggested that this was intentional.<ref>{{cite news |last=Savage, Charles |author-link=Charlie Savage (author) |date=1 August 1995 |title=The Dark Side of the Rainbow |newspaper=[[The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette]] |url=http://members.aol.com/rbsavage/floydwizard.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013213037/http://members.aol.com/rbsavage/floydwizard.html |archive-date=13 October 2007 |via=rbsavage}}</ref><ref name="MTV News2">{{Cite news |title=The Pink Floyd/Wizard Of Oz Connection |language=en |work=[[MTV News]] |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1433194/the-pink-floydwizard-of-oz-connection/ |url-status=dead |access-date=9 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612162230/http://www.mtv.com/news/1433194/the-pink-floydwizard-of-oz-connection/ |archive-date=12 June 2018}}</ref> Such moments include [[Dorothy Gale|Dorothy]] beginning to jog at the lyric "no one told you when to run" during "Time", balancing on a fence, [[tightrope]]-style, during the line "balanced on the biggest wave" in "Breathe",<ref>{{Harvnb|Reising|2005|p=59}}</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|Reising|2005|p=57}}</ref> and putting her ear to the Tin Man's chest as the album's closing heartbeats are heard.<ref name="mojo2">{{cite news |author=Mark Blake |date=February 2023 |title=The Art of Noise |work=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]}}</ref> Parsons and members of Pink Floyd denied any connection, with Parsons calling it "a complete load of eyewash ... If you play any record with the sound turned down on the TV, you will find things that work."<ref name="MTV News2" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kielty |first=Martin |title=Roger Waters Shares His Favorite 'Dark Side of the Rainbow' Rumor |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/roger-waters-pink-floyd-dark-side-of-the-rainbow-wizard-of-oz/ |access-date=15 October 2022 |website=[[Ultimate Classic Rock]] |date=9 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

=== ''The Dark Side of the Moon Redux'' ===
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For the 50th anniversary of ''The Dark Side of the Moon'', Waters recorded a new version, ''[[The Dark Side of the Moon Redux]]'', released in October 2023.<ref name="RollingStoneRedux">{{cite magazine |last=Zemler |first=Emily |date=21 July 2023 |title=Roger Waters to Release 'The Dark Side of the Moon Redux' as a Solo LP in October |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/roger-waters-dark-side-of-the-moon-redux-solo-album-1234793036/ |accessdate=21 July 2023 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |publisher= |quote=ROGER WATERS HAS re-recorded Pink Floyd’s seminal album, The Dark Side of the Moon, and will release it as a solo LP, The Dark Side of the Moon Redux, on Oct. 6 via SGB Music. |archive-date=31 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230831170326/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/roger-waters-dark-side-of-the-moon-redux-solo-album-1234793036/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It was recorded with no other members of Pink Floyd,<ref name="RollingStoneRedux" /> and features [[spoken word]] sections and more downbeat arrangements, with no guitar solos. Waters said he wanted to "bring out the heart and soul of the album musically and spiritually".<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 February 2023 |title=Roger Waters Questioned in Depth About Ukraine, Russia, Israel, U.S. |url=https://www.pressenza.com/2023/02/roger-waters-questioned-in-depth-about-ukraine-russia-israel-u-s/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206054318/https://www.pressenza.com/2023/02/roger-waters-questioned-in-depth-about-ukraine-russia-israel-u-s/ |archive-date=6 February 2023 |access-date=6 February 2023 |website=Pressenza |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Saunders-2023">{{Cite news |last=Saunders |first=Tristram Fane |date=8 February 2023 |title=Roger Waters: I wrote ''The Dark Side of the Moon'' – let's get rid of all this 'we' crap |language=en-GB |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/roger-waters-pink-floyd-dark-side-moon-gilmour-putin-ukraine/ |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=9 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208232625/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/roger-waters-pink-floyd-dark-side-moon-gilmour-putin-ukraine/ |archive-date=8 February 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> He also said it is intended to be taken from the perspective of an older man, as "not enough people recognised what it's about, what it was I was saying then".<ref name="RollingStoneRedux" />