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PINK FLOYD

The Dark Side Of The Moon (50th Anniversary Deluxe Boxset)

EMI

10/10

THE announcement of this elaborate, expensive boxset was followed by news that Roger Waters will shortly be releasing a completely new re-recording of The Dark Side Of The Moon. This is the strange situation Floyd’s most famous album finds itself in, 50 years after release. It’s the fourth best-selling LP of all time, with an estimated 45 million copies sold, but it remains a difficult record to pin down.

The magic at work in these 10 songs, the reason why it captured the attention of the wider world, has long flummoxed even its

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