Pohl, Ronald (8 March 2023). "Pink Floyds "The Dark Side of the Moon": 50 Jahre luxuriöser Schmerz". Der Standard (in German) . Retrieved 9 March 2023. It's "only" the seventh-biggest selling album of all time in the UK, in a list topped by Queen's Greatest Hits followed by ABBA's Gold and The Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. End Of Year Chart 2011" (PDF). Official Charts Company. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 October 2022 . Retrieved 25 October 2020. Thomas's intervention resulted in a compromise between Waters and Gilmour, who were both satisfied with the result. Thomas was responsible for significant changes, including the perfect timing of the echo used on "Us and Them". He was also present for the recording of "The Great Gig in the Sky". [71] Waters said in an interview in 2006, when asked if he felt his goals had been accomplished in the studio: Prato, Greg. "Return to the Dark Side of the Moon: A Tribute to Pink Floyd". allmusic.com . Retrieved 22 August 2009.

Top of the Music 2022: Un anno di musica italiana" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . Retrieved 10 January 2023. The album's cover has also been praised by critics and listeners, with VH1 proclaiming it to be the fourth greatest in history. [156] Covers, tributes and samples [ edit ]Richardson, Ken (19 May 2003). "Tales from the Dark Side". Sound & Vision. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012 . Retrieved 19 March 2009. a b c Harris, John (12 March 2003). " 'Dark Side' at 30: David Gilmour". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 19 September 2007 . Retrieved 31 May 2010. a b Waddell, Ray (5 May 2006). "Roger Waters Revisits The 'Dark Side' ". Billboard . Retrieved 2 August 2009. Saunders, Tristram Fane (8 February 2023). "Roger Waters: I wrote The Dark Side of the Moon – let's get rid of all this 'we' crap". The Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Archived from the original on 8 February 2023 . Retrieved 9 February 2023.

Norwegiancharts.com – Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon". Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 June 2016. Dutchcharts.nl – Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 June 2016. Canadian video certifications – Pink Floyd – The Making Of The Dark Side of the Moon". Music Canada . Retrieved 16 March 2020. Ultratop.be – Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 June 2016.

Oficjalna lista sprzedaży:: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 17 June 2016. Russian album certifications – Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon" (in Russian). National Federation of Phonogram Producers (NFPF) . Retrieved 17 May 2019. The Dark Side of the Moon became one of the best-selling albums of all time [103] and is in the top25 of a list of best-selling albums in the United States. [56] [104] Although it held the number one spot in the US for only a week, it remained in the Billboard 200 albums chart for 736nonconsecutive weeks (from 17 March 1973 to 16 July 1988). [105] [106] Of those first 736 charted weeks, the album had two notable consecutive runs in the Billboard 200 chart: 84 weeks (from 17 March 1973 to 19 October 1974) and 593 weeks (from 18 December 1976 to 23 April 1988). [107]. It made its final appearance in the Billboard 200 albums chart during its initial run on the week ending 8 October 1988, in its 741st charted week. [108] It re-appeared on the Billboard charts with the introduction of the Top Pop Catalog Albums chart in the issue dated 25 May 1991, and was still a perennial feature ten years later. [109] It reached number one on the Pop Catalog chart when the 2003 hybrid CD/ SACD edition was released and sold 800,000copies in the US. [56] On the week of 5 May 2006 The Dark Side of the Moon achieved a combined total of 1,716weeks on the Billboard200 and Pop Catalog charts. [72] Pink Floyd's lengthy tour through Europe and North America gave them the opportunity to make improvements to the scale and quality of their performances. [21] Work on the album was interrupted in late February when the band travelled to France and recorded music for French director Barbet Schroeder's film La Vallée. [22] [nb 2] They performed in Japan, returned to France in March to complete work on the film, played more shows in North America, then flew to London and resumed recording in May and June. After more concerts in Europe and North America, the band returned to London on 9 January 1973 to complete the album. [23] [24] [25] Concept [ edit ]