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Track times and names

There have been several attempts to change track lengths and names. The table here shows such variations. Please note that the article is currently based on the original 1973 Vinyl release.

#	Track title	Credited to	Vocals	Track times for individual releases
#	Track title	Credited to	Vocals	Original release 1973 LP	Mobile Fidelity Ultradisc CD	Original CD and 1994 remaster	Shine On box set and 1993 rerelease	2003 SACD
1	"Speak to Me"	Nick Mason	instrumental	1:30	1:13	1:10	1:13	1:08
2	"Breathe" (or "Breathe in the Air")¹	David Gilmour Roger Waters Rick Wright	David Gilmour	2:43	2:46	2:48	2:47	2:49
3	"On the Run"	David Gilmour Roger Waters	instrumental	3:30	3:35	3:35	3:33	3:50
4	"Time" (containing "Breathe (Reprise)")	David Gilmour Roger Waters Rick Wright Nick Mason	David Gilmour (verse) Rick Wright (chorus)	6:53	7:04	7:04	7:07	6:50
5	"The Great Gig in the Sky"	Rick Wright Clare Torry²	Clare Torry	4:15	4:48	4:47	4:44	4:44
6	"Money"	Roger Waters	David Gilmour	6:30	6:23	6:22	6:32	6:23
7	"Us and Them"	Rick Wright Roger Waters	David Gilmour Rick Wright (harmony vocal)	7:34	7:50	7:50	7:41	7:50
8	"Any Colour You Like"	David Gilmour Rick Wright Nick Mason	instrumental	3:24	3:25	3:25	3:25	3:26
9	"Brain Damage"	Roger Waters	Roger Waters David Gilmour (harmony vocal)	3:50	3:50	3:50	3:51	3:47
10	"Eclipse"	Roger Waters	Roger Waters Rick Wright (harmony vocal) David Gilmour (harmony vocal)	1:45	2:04	2:01	2:04	2:11

Track times and names

Personnel credits, as with all Pink Floyd articles, are cited to the original Columbia or Harvest vinyl release where possible. In this instance, the inner left gatefold (see here) credits : DAVID GILMOUR Vocals, Guitars, VCS3 NICK MASON Percussion, Tape Effects RICHARD WRIGHT Keyboards, Vocals, VCS3 ROGER WATERS Bass Guitar, Vocals, VCS3, Tape Effects

Genre

Consensus has concluded that Progressive rock alone is the most suitable genre to put in the infobox. While arguments have been put forward for other genres such as rock or psychedelic rock, discussions tend to go round in circles and the status quo of a single genre is the preferred option.

This article is written in British English, which has its own spelling conventions (colour, travelled, centre, defence, artefact, analyse) and some terms that are used in it may be different or absent from other varieties of English. According to the relevant style guide, this should not be changed without broad consensus.

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Most artists would object. Many reviewers would disagree. This section is out of line, out of place, egregiously flawed, and pretentious.<!— Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.233.41.89 (talk) 01:12, 27 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

You will need to be more specific if you hope to discuss the issues you perceive. - SummerPhD^v2.0 14:16, 27 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Duration of the tracks

I just stumbled over the song durations. They add up to 42:29, not the stated 42:49. Also some of the individual durations seam to me, can not be correct. There is a comment in the source text, that the given durations come from the original vinyl. I can not comment on that, however, the durations from the 2011 master (from the Immersion box) are quite different (Speak to Me and Great Gig). I give them here for reference. Perhaps, an editor can have a look at that.

               Wiki        CD (2011)
Total:          42:49   42:58
"Speak to Me" 	1:30	1:07
"Breathe"       2:43	2:50
"On the Run"	3:30	3:45
"Time"	        6:53	6:53
"The Great Gig in the Sky" 	4:15	4:44
"Money" 	6:30	6:23
"Us and Them" 	7:51	7:49
"Any Colour You Like" 	3:24	3:26
"Brain Damage"  3:50	3:47
"Eclipse" 	2:03	2:13

--Mr.Steelydan (talk) 21:53, 18 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Chart Performance

One thing in particular with Billboard's Top 200 Album chart is I believe 'Dark Side of the Moon' holds the distinction of being on that list as the longest in history of album "charting". I do know, or I have heard, that the album was over 20 years non-stop on the Billboard Top 200 chart. This should be mentioned in this section once validated.The Budzone guy 23:56, 21 March 2018 (UTC)