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Forbes
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Pink Floyd Reaches A Landmark Number With Its Latest Bestseller
Pink Floyd's Live at Pompeii debuts at No. 3 on the Top Album Sales chart, becoming the band's tenth ... More top 10 on the tally and its latest U.S. chart success. LOS ANGELES - AUGUST 1968: Psychedelic rock group Pink Floyd pose for a portrait shrouded in pink in August of 1968 in Los Angeles. (L-R) Nick Mason, Dave Gilmour, Rick Wright (center front), Roger Waters. (Photo by Michael) Pink Floyd returns to the Billboard rankings in the U.S. this week, as At Pompeii - MCMLXXII opens on five tallies. The project launches inside the top 10 on all but one of those lists, as it was fueled by strong sales tied to the band's recently re-released concert film of the same name. It's not surprising that At Pompeii enjoys a lofty starting point, as Pink Floyd remains one of the bestselling groups of all time. The rock outfit can still move a massive number of units whenever a new release drops. The group reaches toward the top of one special ranking with At Pompeii, as the band nearly captures another No. 1. The set sold a little more than 20,100 copies across the U.S. in its first seven days of availability, according to Luminate. That sum is enough to place the title at No. 3 on the Top Album Sales chart. That list, published by Billboard weekly, ranks the bestselling full-lengths and EPs in the country, regardless of genre or format. At Pompeii starting in third place earns Pink Floyd its milestone tenth top 10 on the Top Album Sales chart. The group has sent 21 different projects to the tally, which means that as of this frame, just under half have reached the uppermost region. Two of those efforts — The Division Bell and Pulse — hit No. 1. The former reached the summit in mid-1994 and held for four weeks, while Pulse opened in first place in June 1995 and led for just one frame. Some of the band's other highest-ranking efforts include Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd, which peaked at No. 2, and several releases that reached No. 3, such as The Endless River, Animals, and now At Pompeii. Pink Floyd's latest release also lands inside the top 10 on the Vinyl Albums, Top Rock Albums, and Top Rock & Alternative Albums charts. It misses the throne on the first two by just one space. On the Top Rock & Alternative Albums roster, it matches its performance on the Top Album Sales list, debuting at No. 3.
Forbes
29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Pink Floyd's Multiple Masterpieces Return During A Quieter Week
Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here return to multiple U.K. charts after ... More Record Store Day excitement settles. LOS ANGELES - AUGUST 1968: Psychedelic rock group Pink Floyd pose for a portrait shrouded in pink in August of 1968 in Los Angeles. (L-R) Nick Mason, Dave Gilmour, Rick Wright (center front), Roger Waters. (Photo by Michael) A week after Record Store Day releases inundated the United Kingdom's music charts, things are starting to settle — and for some legendary acts, that means a welcome return to familiar territory. Among those making their way back onto multiple tallies is Pink Floyd, as the band brings two of its bestselling efforts to several prominent rankings across the Atlantic. It's not that people stopped buying or listening to the progressive rock, but rather, that the charts simply became too busy with momentarily exciting new offerings. Now that the frenzy has passed, Pink Floyd once again occupies multiple spaces with a handful of collections. When it comes to Pink Floyd's catalog and its latest comebacks, The Dark Side of the Moon is the standout. The full-length appears on four U.K. rosters this frame, returning to half of them after falling off amid the Record Store Day chaos. The classic effort reenters both the Official Albums Sales and Official Physical Albums charts, landing at No. 70 and No. 75, respectively. At the same time, The Dark Side of the Moon climbs on the Official Rock & Metal Albums chart, vaulting from No. 19 to No. 10, finding its way back inside the top 10. But the set doesn't gain ground everywhere. On the Official Album Downloads chart, which counts only digital purchases from platforms like iTunes and Amazon, the title takes a steep tumble, plunging from its all-time high of No. 36 (this version, at least) to No. 85. The Dark Side of the Moon is, of course, one of the bestselling albums in music history. Several versions of the title have charted in the U.K., so while it looks relatively new to some of the lists it's found on at the moment, that's not exactly the full story. Despite being released more than 50 years ago and selling millions of copies, the particular version of The Dark Side of the Moon currently appearing on the Official Albums Sales chart has only spent three frames on the tally, and it peaked at No. 29 – but fans know that's not the all-time best showing for the project. Older editions have performed far better over the decades, climbing higher and spending hundreds of weeks on various rosters. Pink Floyd isn't only scoring with one album this week. Wish You Were Here also manages a comeback. That project is back on the Official Rock & Metal Albums chart, reappearing at No. 23. Over its lifetime, the set has peaked as high as third place and has racked up an incredible 547 weeks on that genre-specific ranking. Pink Floyd's influence can really be felt on the Official Rock & Metal Albums chart this frame, where the group claims not just one or two, but three spots. In addition to The Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here, The Wall is also climbing. The sprawling double det nudges its way slightly upward on the ranking, ascending from the last spot — No. 40 — to No. 38.
The Guardian
24-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Pink Floyd at Pompeii MCMLXXII review – mesmerically peculiar portrait of band on cusp of greatness
Here they are: Pink Floyd in 1971, amazingly young, amazingly thin, like four space-rock whippets standing mysteriously on their hind legs in the burning Italian sun. Dave Gilmour, Roger Waters, Richard Wright and Nick Mason are performing 'live at Pompeii' in this mesmerically peculiar and outrageously indulgent music documentary from film-maker Adrian Maben, now on rerelease over half a century later, available on freakily large Imax screens undreamt of in the 70s. The music and the atmosphere are an irresistible fan-madeleine for those who can remember referring to them solemnly as 'the Floyd' (ahem). The band are shown performing live in Pompeii's ancient Roman amphitheatre in the late afternoon, but not to an audience as you might assume, but weirdly and almost haughtily alone. The banks of amplifiers are pounding out the music just to the ancient stones and pillars and to the film crew facing them (and to the crew filming them from behind), who like most of the band are shown shirtless in the sweating heat. (No one worried about sunscreen in 1971.) Maben's vision was avowedly inspired by his experience as a young traveller searching frantically for a lost passport in this very amphitheatre, as well as by Wilhelm Jensen's novella Gradiva, much admired by Freud, in which a German archaeologist in Pompeii has a sunstricken hallucinatory glimpse of a woman who lived thousands of years before. It really is a beguilingly weird film, like a sequence from a lost episode of Doctor Who from the Jon Pertwee era. The band perform the epically long Echoes and also the One of These Days instrumental from the album Meddle, along with the earlier Saucerful of Secrets and Careful With That Axe, Eugene. There is also quite a lot of later material with the band, far from Pompeii, in the storied Abbey Road studios in London as they put together the legendary Dark Side of the Moon. And we get some footage of the band in a Paris studio playing some blues while an Afghan hound howls into the microphone. It can only be the early 70s. Perhaps the most intriguing moment comes when we see the band settling down for a canteen lunch, apparently at Abbey Road, and responding to a few questions lobbed their way; garrulous drummer Mason is interestingly prominent in these moments, and indeed in the dusty vastness of the Pompeii auditorium thrashing his kit, in a way that I don't remember him being at the time. The formidably opinionated Waters appears to anticipate the current debate about AI in talking about the use of synthesised and electronic music, insisting on the human creator's primacy: 'It's like saying, 'Give a man a Les Paul, and he becomes Eric Clapton.' It's not true.' Gilmour talks with mandarin reserve about the disagreements that they occasionally have and, cautiously, the band hint at how very, very rich they are. No one mentions lost band member and acid casualty Syd Barrett, though perhaps his melancholy absence is readable in that empty auditorium. The film shows us an interesting transitional moment: the band reflect on how their 60s heyday has gone, and now what is left? Perhaps they can sense they are in the final evolutionary stage of becoming a supergroup. One for the fans, perhaps, and a vivid Gradiva-esque glimpse of the past. Pink Floyd at Pompeii MCMLXXII is in cinemas from 24 April.
Forbes
21-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Pink Floyd's 'The Dark Side Of The Moon' Wins A Big Sales Gain And Flies Up The Charts
Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon jumps to No. 24 on Top Album Sales chart and returns to the ... More Vinyl Albums list, showing impressive longevity decades on. LOS ANGELES - AUGUST 1968: Psychedelic rock group Pink Floyd pose for a portrait shrouded in pink in August of 1968 in Los Angeles. (L-R) Nick Mason, Dave Gilmour, Rick Wright (center front), Roger Waters. (Photo by Michael) Decades after its release, Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon refuses to go away. The legendary rock album is one of the most successful titles in American music history, and this week, it proves — once again, as if it needed to — that its legacy is far from done expanding. The blockbuster collection is not only still being purchased, it's climbing the charts in the United States in a way that most current releases would envy. The Dark Side of the Moon makes an impressive jump on Billboard's Top Album Sales chart this frame. The strong seller climbs from No. 40 to No. 24, from just inside the top 40 to right in the middle of the 50-spot roster, which focuses solely on pure purchases. Unlike the Billboard 200, which factors in streams and track downloads, this tally is a clearer snapshot of what Americans are still actively buying. Helping the album rocket up the ranking this week is a sizable jump in actual sales. According to Luminate, The Dark Side of the Moon sold just under 3,000 copies in the U.S. during the latest tracking frame. That figure is up more than 15% from the previous period, with several hundred additional fans choosing to purchase the project — many of whom likely opted for a physical copy. It's not hard to guess which format at least a large portion of those sales were on. The Dark Side of the Moon also makes its way back to the Vinyl Albums chart this week, reentering the ranking at No. 15. The 25-spot tally tracks the most popular vinyl LPs in the U.S. each frame, and Pink Floyd's masterpiece is not only one of three comebacks on the list, it's the highest-ranking return of the bunch. The rocking set beats out returning titles like Alligator Bites Never Heal by Doechii and Bob Marley and the Wailers' iconic Legend compilation, which breaks back in at No. 25 this time around. Despite its rise in sales and its continued popularity, The Dark Side of the Moon doesn't appear on any of Billboard's genre-specific rankings this week. That roundup includes rosters like the Top Rock & Alternative Albums list, which regularly hosts older releases from major names. This time, though, there's no room for Pink Floyd, even though the band's project is currently one of the top-selling albums in the U.S. It's a bit surprising that the title doesn't make the cut among rock and alternative albums, especially when so many classic records do. But when the ranking accounts for total consumption — blending streams, downloads, and purchases — The Dark Side of the Moon simply doesn't compete in the same way.
Forbes
20-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Two Pink Floyd Blockbusters Return, But Not In The Same Way
Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here return to the U.K. charts, with the ... [+] former climbing multiple lists and the latter reappearing on the Official Album Downloads chart. CIRCA 1973: Pink Floyd (L-R: Rick Wright, Dave Gilmour, Roger Waters and Nick Mason pose for a publicity shot circa 1973. (Photo by Michael) Pink Floyd's catalog is selling well once again in the United Kingdom. That statement is not unusual, nor is it uncommon for the pioneering rock act to see multiple projects appear on the weekly lists in that nation. What makes the group's performance this time around noteworthy is that two different releases manage to return, though they don't return to the same list as one another – and how they mount their comeback says something about how fans love to consume the outfit's work. Wish You Were Here earns the most dramatic return this week among Pink Floyd's successes. The title only appears on one chart in the U.K., and it bounces back onto the Official Album Downloads list this time around. It comes in at No. 70, standing out as one of the most-purchased releases on platforms like Amazon and iTunes, among others. The Dark Side of the Moon is unsurprisingly Pink Floyd's biggest win at the moment. That is typically the case, as the album is one of the bestselling of all time, regardless of country or style. This time around, that behemoth makes home on four rankings in the U.K., and it breaks back onto just one of them. Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon reenters the Official Physical Albums chart. It narrowly manages to rank among the top-selling full-lengths on any physical format, which can include CD, cassette, and perhaps most importantly these days, vinyl. That roster excludes downloads entirely – which is exactly how Wish You Were Here reemerges. That same classic rock favorite is also present on three other lists. It doesn't need to reappear on any of them, but it does manage to climb on each and every tally. The Dark Side of the Moon sits highest on the Official Rock & Metal Albums chart, where it improves one spot to lucky No. 13. The same bestseller improves significantly on both the Official Album Downloads and Official Album Sales rosters. On the download-only tally, Pink Floyd gains the most ground, surging from No. 92 to No. 55. The collection also pushes more than 10 spots north on the Official Album Sales chart, coming in at No. 86. While both The Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here rank among the most important and bestselling rock albums of all time, only one of them has hit No. 1, and on just one of the lists on which it appears. The Dark Side of the Moon has previously topped the Official Rock & Metal Albums chart, but thus far has had to settle for a top 10 placement on all of the other lists. Somewhat shockingly, Wish You Were Here has never managed to crack the top 40 on the Official Album Downloads chart. Thus far in its 33 weeks somewhere on the list, it has only risen as high as No. 45.
