{"id":802,"date":"2011-06-24T17:20:33","date_gmt":"2011-06-24T17:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2011\/06\/24\/could-dark-side-of-the-moon-eclipse-four-decades-on-release-by-finally-topping-the-uk-album-charts\/"},"modified":"2011-06-24T17:20:33","modified_gmt":"2011-06-24T17:20:33","slug":"could-dark-side-of-the-moon-eclipse-four-decades-on-release-by-finally-topping-the-uk-album-charts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2011\/06\/24\/could-dark-side-of-the-moon-eclipse-four-decades-on-release-by-finally-topping-the-uk-album-charts\/","title":{"rendered":"Could Dark Side Of The Moon eclipse four decades on release by finally topping the UK album charts?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Pink Floyd\u2019s classic Dark Side Of The Moon has moved to the top of Amazon\u2019s pre-orders chart three months before its reissue, suggesting it may finally become the UK\u2019s number-one album, 38 years after its original release. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

The 1973 album peaked at number two, though it topped the charts in the US and indeed re-entered the Billboard Hot 100 US charts at number 49 this week.<\/p>\n

EMI\u2019s ambitious September 26 re-release in a six-disc Immersion boxed set and two-disc Experience set, as well as a collectors\u2019 vinyl LP and various digital formats, is now generating strong consumer interest.<\/p>\n

While Amazon\u2019s pre-order charts are not a surefire predictor of success, they have been a sound guide this year so far, with Adele\u2019s 21, Arctic Monkey\u2019s Suck It And See, Foo Fighters\u2019 Wasting Light and Lady Gaga\u2019s Born This Way all reaching the summit, and a number of others making it to number two during the long domination of the chart by Adele.<\/p>\n

Dark Side Of The Moon is also moving up the HMV pre-order charts, rising from seven to six this week, having moved from 12 to seven the previous week.<\/p>\n

The campaign for the reissue is similar to EMI\u2019s handling of The Beatles\u2019 catalogue and will include unreleased music, collectors\u2019 boxed sets, the complete studio recordings remastered and a new single album best-of.<\/p>\n

It will be available in a variety of formats, from CD to iPhone Apps, and is intended to appeal to everyone from devoted followers to potential new fans.<\/p>\n

Source: Music Week<\/p>\n

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