![]() Placing the album in its full cultural and musical context, Kruth provides an illuminating look at the ingredients of its great "sonic stew"-a mixture of musical styles from avant-garde electronic to jazz to classical, all of them contributing to its timeless originality. ![]() ![]() In Lunacy, award-winning music biographer John Kruth ("A fantastic writer"-Jim Jarmusch) delves into the making of this iconic record and considers why it continues to speak to generation after generation of music lovers around the world. ![]() Released in March of 1973, The Dark Side of the Moon quickly topped the US Billboard charts and took up residence there for over 700 weeks, selling over forty-five million copies to date. Their eighth album was a make-it-or-break-it proposition, and its timing could not have been better. After Syd Barrett departed Pink Floyd, the band that he had co-founded and fronted became a rudderless ship, releasing a series of nebulous (though highly inventive) jam albums and taking on touring expenses that nearly bankrupted them. ![]()
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