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	Revision 16 . . December 21, 2001 1:39 am by Gareth Owen [I listened to Meddle over the weekend and couldn't get the phrase "pop-jazz stylings" out of my head. Sorry.]
	Revision 15 . . December 13, 2001 1:55 am by Gareth Owen [Filled in some of the gaps from 1968-73]
	Revision 14 . . (edit) December 10, 2001 7:51 am by (logged).83.72.xxx
	Revision 13 . . December 6, 2001 1:15 pm by Nemo [Dark Side was not forgotten! Repetition removed. clarified.]
	Revision 12 . . November 28, 2001 5:08 am by Egerb ["Money" was definitely a top 40 hit single (at least in the US it was).]
	Revision 11 . . November 28, 2001 4:57 am by (logged).246.233.xxx *[Dark Side was forgotten! How?!]**
	Revision 10 . . (edit) November 2, 2001 2:00 am by NickelKnowledge [Renown STILL has no 'k'...]

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The band's sound was considerably more focussed on Meddle (1971), whose "Echoes" is their first really succesful lengthy piece of music, and which also included the atmospheric "One Of These Days". Despite having never been a hit-single driven group, their massively succesful 1973 album, Dark Side of the Moon featured a US number one track ("Money"), and more importantly remained in the top 100 for over a decade, breaking many records on the way, and making it one of the top selling albums of all time. Dark Side Of The Moon itself was a concept album dealing with themes of sanity which, due to the use of Abbey Road studio's new 16-track recording equipment and the investment of an enormous amount of time by the group and engineer Glyn Johns, set new standards for sound fidelity.

The band's sound was considerably more focussed on Meddle (1971), whose "Echoes" is their first really successful lengthy piece of music, and which also included the atmospheric "One Of These Days" and the pop-jazz stylings of "St. Tropez". Despite having never been a hit-single driven group, their massively succesful 1973 album, Dark Side of the Moon featured a US number one track ("Money"), and more importantly remained in the top 100 for over a decade, breaking many records on the way, and making it one of the top selling albums of all time. Dark Side Of The Moon itself was a concept album dealing with themes of sanity which, due to the use of Abbey Road studio's new 16-track recording equipment and the investment of an enormous amount of time by the group and engineer Glyn Johns, set new standards for sound fidelity.