<B>Take a deep dive into one of the best-selling albums ever on the 50th anniversary of its release with this beautifully produced and authoritatively written slipcased edition.</B><BR/><BR/> Veteran rock critic <B>Martin Popoff</B> leaves no stone unturned in taking apart <B>Pink Floyd’s generation-spanning masterpiece, <I>The Dark Side of the Moon</I></B>, while exploring each of the album’s 10 tracks and their themes of madness, anxiety, and alienation. Chapters cover: <ul><li> The state of Pink Floyd as of 1972, with special emphasis on deposed founder <B>Syd Barrett</B></li><li> The recording sessions at famed <B>Abbey Road Studios</B>, including techniques used and the roles of personnel such as engineer <B>Alan Parsons</B></li><li><B>Song-by-song studies </B>of each album side, including analyses of lyrics and the <B>guitars</B>, drums, keyboards, and synthesizers employed by members <B>David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Nick Mason, and Richard Wright</B></li><li> T