- 1. What critic described Pink Floyd's earlier extended instrumental excursions as 'that psychedelic noodling stuff'?
A) David Fricke
B) Chris Thomas
C) Adrian Maben
D) Alan Parsons
- 2. Which founding member's departure in 1968 led to a change in Pink Floyd's musical style?
A) Richard Wright
B) Roger Waters
C) David Gilmour
D) Syd Barrett
- 3. Which 1971 album did Gilmour and Waters cite as a turning point towards the sound realized on The Dark Side of the Moon?
A) Meddle
B) Let It Be
C) Atom Heart Mother
D) Abbey Road
- 4. What mental state of Syd Barrett partly inspired the lyrical theme of insanity on the album?
A) Complete amnesia
B) Sudden euphoria
C) Deteriorating mental state
D) Extreme paranoia
- 5. What feature begins and ends each side of the vinyl album?
A) A cash register
B) A heartbeat
C) A clock ticking
D) A guitar solo
- 6. According to Waters, what concept is explored across the various stages of human life on the album?
A) Nostalgia
B) Ambition
C) Revenge
D) Empathy
- 7. Which two tracks together highlight the mundane and futile elements of life alongside the threat of madness?
A) Money and Us and Them
B) Speak to Me and Breathe
C) Brain Damage and Eclipse
D) Time and The Great Gig in the Sky
- 8. What specific mode of travel does the instrumental 'On the Run' evoke to highlight stress and anxiety?
A) Driving on a highway
B) Modern travel by airplane
C) Train travel across Europe
D) Sailing on a ship
- 9. Whose specific fear of flying inspired the stress and anxiety depicted in 'On the Run'?
A) Waters's
B) Gilmour's
C) Parry's
D) Wright's
- 10. Which song concludes with a retreat into solitude and withdrawal in a reprise of 'Breathe'?
A) Money
B) Time
C) Brain Damage
D) Eclipse
- 11. Who provided the soulful metaphor for death alongside Wright on 'The Great Gig in the Sky'?
A) Clare Torry
B) David Fricke
C) Adrian Maben
D) Alan Parsons
- 12. What sound effects open the track 'Money'?
A) Cash registers and rhythmically jingling coins
B) Airplanes flying and engines roaring
C) Clocks ticking and alarms ringing
D) Heartbeats and footsteps
- 13. What does the song 'Money' mock?
A) Political corruption
B) Religious institutions
C) Modern art and culture
D) Greed and consumerism
- 14. Which track addresses the senseless nature of war and the isolation of the depressed?
A) Us and Them
B) Eclipse
C) Brain Damage
D) Any Colour You Like
- 15. What does the track 'Any Colour You Like' tackle?
A) The fear of aging and death
B) The emptiness of material wealth
C) The illusion of choice one has in society
D) The pressure of maintaining fame
- 16. Which track looks at mental illness resulting from the elevation of fame and success?
A) The Great Gig in the Sky
B) Speak to Me
C) Brain Damage
D) On the Run
- 17. What line in 'Brain Damage' reflects the mental breakdown of Syd Barrett?
A) Us and them, and after all we're only ordinary men
B) And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes
C) Money, it's a gas
D) Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain
- 18. What concepts are espoused by the final track, 'Eclipse'?
A) Otherness and unity
B) Anxiety and stress
C) Greed and consumerism
D) Solitude and withdrawal
- 19. Where was The Dark Side of the Moon primarily recorded?
A) Trident Studios
B) Apple Studios
C) EMI Studios
D) Olympic Studios
- 20. Approximately how many days did the recording of the album take?
A) 90 days
B) 30 days
C) 120 days
D) 60 days
- 21. Between which two dates was the album recorded?
A) 31 August 1972 and 9 May 1973
B) 31 January 1972 and 9 December 1972
C) 31 May 1972 and 9 February 1973
D) 31 May 1971 and 9 February 1972
- 22. Who was assigned as the staff engineer for the recording sessions?
A) Alan Parsons
B) David Fricke
C) Adrian Maben
D) Chris Thomas
- 23. On which Beatles albums did Alan Parsons previously gain experience as a recording engineer?
A) Revolver and Rubber Soul
B) Abbey Road and Let It Be
C) Sgt. Pepper's and The White Album
D) Help! and Please Please Me
- 24. What advanced multi-track recorders were used during the sessions?
A) Studer A80 16-track recorders
B) Ampex 8-track recorders
C) Telefunken 24-track recorders
D) Studer 4-track recorders
- 25. What type of copies were still needed to make more space available on the tape despite having 16 tracks?
A) Digital backup files
B) Second-generation copies
C) Vinyl test pressings
D) Third-generation master tapes
- 26. Who recalled that the band had been very efficient, leaving only two or three tracks of drums during mixing?
A) Roger Waters
B) Alan Parsons
C) David Gilmour
D) Chris Thomas
- 27. On what date was 'Us and Them' recorded?
A) 31 May
B) 15 January
C) 9 February
D) 7 June
- 28. How many days after 'Us and Them' was 'Money' recorded?
A) Seven days later
B) Two weeks later
C) Three days later
D) A month later
- 29. In what unusual time signature did Waters create effects loops for 'Money'?
A) 4/4 time signature
B) 7/4 time signature
C) 6/8 time signature
D) 3/4 time signature
- 30. Where were the coins thrown to create the sound effects for 'Money'?
A) Into an iron bucket in the studio hallway
B) Into a mixing bowl in his wife's pottery studio
C) Onto a wooden table at Abbey Road
D) Into a cash register at EMI Studios
- 31. What kind of mix did the band decide to create that required re-recording the money effects loops?
A) Monaural mix
B) Quadraphonic mix
C) Stereo mix
D) Dolby Atmos mix
- 32. To what did Alan Parsons attribute his dissatisfaction with the quadraphonic mix of 'Money'?
A) Poor equipment provided by EMI Studios
B) Disagreements with Roger Waters
C) Damaged master tapes
D) Lack of time and a shortage of multitrack tape recorders
- 33. Which two tracks were recorded right after 'Money'?
A) Brain Damage and Eclipse
B) Speak to Me and Breathe
C) Time and The Great Gig in the Sky
D) Any Colour You Like and On the Run
- 34. How long was the break the band took after recording 'Time' and 'The Great Gig in the Sky'?
A) Two-week break
B) One-year break
C) Six-month break
D) Two-month break
- 35. What sports team did Roger Waters support, occasionally breaking recording sessions to watch them compete?
A) Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
B) Chelsea F.C.
C) Arsenal F.C.
D) West Ham United F.C.
- 36. What television show would the band occasionally stop to watch while Parsons worked on the tracks?
A) Fawlty Towers
B) The Benny Hill Show
C) Monty Python's Flying Circus
D) Doctor Who
- 37. When did the band return from their US tour to finish recording?
A) November 1972
B) February 1973
C) December 1972
D) January 1973
- 38. How many female vocalists were assembled to sing on 'Brain Damage', 'Eclipse', and 'Time'?
A) Three
B) Five
C) Two
D) Four
- 39. Who was booked to play saxophone on 'Us and Them' and 'Money'?
A) Dick Parry
B) Chris Thomas
C) Alan Parsons
D) David Fricke
- 40. With which director did the band film studio footage for Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii during the sessions?
A) David Fricke
B) Chris Thomas
C) Alan Parsons
D) Adrian Maben
- 41. On what exact date was the album completed and signed off at Abbey Road?
A) 31 December 1972
B) 31 May 1972
C) 9 January 1973
D) 9 February 1973
- 42. How did David Gilmour describe listening to the finished album for the first time?
A) A confusing and chaotic mess
B) A moment of great joy and of satisfaction
C) A disappointing and underwhelming result
D) A stressful and exhausting experience
- 43. What is the studio album number of The Dark Side of the Moon for Pink Floyd?
A) Ninth
B) Seventh
C) Eighth
D) Fifth
- 44. Which record label released The Dark Side of the Moon in the United Kingdom?
A) Harvest Records
B) Rolling Stones Records
C) EMI Studios
D) Capitol Records
- 45. Who designed the album sleeve featuring a prismatic spectrum?
A) Roger Waters
B) Nick Mason
C) Storm Thorgerson
D) Alan Parsons
- 46. Which band member requested a 'simple and bold' design for the album sleeve?
A) David Gilmour
B) Roger Waters
C) Richard Wright
D) Nick Mason
- 47. How many times platinum is The Dark Side of the Moon certified in the United Kingdom?
A) 5× platinum
B) 10× platinum
C) 20× platinum
D) 14× platinum
- 48. How many weeks did The Dark Side of the Moon chart on the US Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart?
A) 750 weeks
B) 996 weeks
C) 500 weeks
D) 1000 weeks
- 49. By 2013, approximately how many copies of The Dark Side of the Moon had been sold worldwide?
A) Over 45 million
B) Over 100 million
C) Over 25 million
D) Over 10 million
- 50. In what year was the album inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame?
A) 1999
B) 2013
C) 1973
D) 2012
- 51. Whose home was the location of the band meeting where Roger Waters proposed the new album?
A) Nick Mason
B) David Gilmour
C) Syd Barrett
D) Richard Wright
- 52. Which band used the title 'Dark Side of the Moon' before Pink Floyd briefly changed their album title?
A) Capitol Records
B) Harvest Records
C) Medicine Head
D) Rolling Stones
- 53. Who co-wrote the opening line of 'Breathe' from an earlier work for the soundtrack of The Body?
A) Alan Parsons
B) Clare Torry
C) Storm Thorgerson
D) Ron Geesin
- 54. What film did Pink Floyd record music for in France in late February?
A) La Vallée
B) Zabriskie Point
C) Dark Side of the Moon
D) The Body
- 55. How many beats was the effects loop created for "Money"?
A) 7-beat
B) 8-beat
C) 4-beat
D) 5-beat
- 56. Which song's multitrack recordings required all four band members and studio engineers to operate the mixing console's faders simultaneously?
A) On the Run
B) Brain Damage
C) Time
D) Money
- 57. Which synthesizer did Pink Floyd use on "Brain Damage" and "Any Colour You Like"?
A) Leslie speaker
B) Synthi A
C) Hammond B3
D) EMS VCS 3
- 58. Which synthesizer was used on "Time" and "On the Run"?
A) Synthi A
B) Rototom
C) Leslie
D) EMS VCS 3
E) Hammond B3
- 59. Who ran around the studio's echo chamber during "On the Run" to create unconventional sounds?
A) Peter James
B) Peter Watts
C) Roger "The Hat" Manifold
D) Gerry O'Driscoll
- 60. What was specially treated to simulate a human heartbeat on several tracks?
A) A piano
B) A cash register
C) A snare drum
D) A bass drum
- 61. Which instrument family accompanies the ticking and chiming clocks at the start of "Time"?
A) Rototoms
B) Bass guitars
C) Hammond organs
D) Synthesizers
- 62. In the quadraphonic mix of "On the Run", through which speaker does the Hammond B3 organ swirl around the listener?
A) Synthi A speaker
B) Rototom speaker
C) VCS 3 speaker
D) Leslie speaker
- 63. Who was in charge of the recording session for "The Great Gig in the Sky"?
A) Mason
B) Waters
C) Parsons
D) Gilmour
- 64. What did Gilmour ask Clare Torry to try to do rather than sing words?
A) Hum a baseline
B) Express emotions
C) Sing backwards
D) Imitate a clock ticking
- 65. What was Clare Torry paid initially for her contribution as a session fee?
A) £360
B) £100
C) £30
D) £50
- 66. In what year did Clare Torry sue EMI and Pink Floyd for songwriting royalties?
A) 1973
B) 2004
C) 1999
D) 2005
- 67. Which roadie was recorded in a conventional sit-down interview talking about a violent encounter with a motorist?
A) Roger "The Hat" Manifold
B) Peter Watts
C) Gerry O'Driscoll
D) Chris Adamson
- 68. Who contributed the repeated laughter heard during "Brain Damage" and "Speak to Me"?
A) Peter Watts
B) Gerry O'Driscoll
C) Chris Adamson
D) Roger "The Hat" Manifold
- 69. Who provided the line about the "geezer" who was "cruisin' for a bruisin'"?
A) Clare Torry
B) Linda McCartney
C) Naomi Watts
D) Patricia "Puddie" Watts
- 70. Who was the Irish doorman at the studios whose spoken responses were featured on the album?
A) Peter James
B) Chris Adamson
C) Gerry O'Driscoll
D) Roger "The Hat" Manifold
- 71. Which bandmate of the McCartneys contributed the line, "I don't know, I was really drunk at the time"?
A) Roger Manifold
B) Henry McCullough
C) Chris Adamson
D) Peter Watts
- 72. What was Chris Thomas's background primarily in?
A) Engineering
B) Film production
C) Music
D) Management
- 73. Whom had Chris Thomas previously worked with?
A) David Gilmour
B) George Martin
C) Roger Waters
D) Nick Mason
- 74. Who was an acquaintance of Chris Thomas, linking him to Pink Floyd?
A) Richard Wright
B) Steve O'Rourke
C) George Martin
D) Nick Mason
- 75. What did Chris Thomas say about Roger Waters regarding the echo?
A) He hated all forms of echo
B) He asked for echo to be removed completely
C) He never said he wanted less echo
D) He demanded maximum echo on every track
- 76. In what year did Roger Waters give an interview discussing whether his goals were accomplished?
A) 1995
B) 1973
C) 2006
D) 2012
- 77. What format was the copy of the finished record that Waters took home?
A) CD
B) Cassette tape
C) Vinyl LP
D) Reel-to-reel
- 78. How did Waters feel when his wife reacted emotionally to the music?
A) Kinda pleased
B) Indifferent
C) Angry and defensive
D) Deeply concerned
- 79. What was Waters' level of confidence regarding how people would respond to the work?
A) He was entirely neutral
B) He was filled with doubt
C) He expected total rejection
D) He had every confidence
- 80. How did EMI react to the cover designs for Atom Heart Mother and Obscured by Clouds?
A) With confusion
B) By designing their own covers
C) By rejecting the contracts
D) With great enthusiasm
- 81. To what did Wright compare his ideal design for the album cover?
A) A 1963 physics textbook
B) A glass prism
C) A Black Magic chocolate box
D) An Emperor Concerto
- 82. Whose illustration for a Beethoven performance also inspired the album cover?
A) George Hardie
B) Alex Steinweiss
C) Aubrey Powell
D) Storm Thorgerson
- 83. For which orchestra did Alex Steinweiss create the 1942 Emperor Concerto illustration?
A) New York Philharmonic
B) Boston Symphony Orchestra
C) Berlin Philharmonic
D) London Symphony Orchestra
- 84. At whose suggestion did the spectrum of light continue through to the gatefold?
A) Thorgerson
B) Wright
C) Powell
D) Waters
- 85. How many colours are in the light band emanating from the front cover prism?
A) Eight
B) Seven
C) Five
D) Six
- 86. Which colour is missing from the spectrum on the album cover?
A) Orange
B) Indigo
C) Violet
D) Green
- 87. Who described Side One as 'so utterly confused with itself it was difficult to follow'?
A) Loyd Grossman
B) Robert Christgau
C) Steve Peacock
D) Roy Hollingworth
- 88. Which publication did Roy Hollingworth write for?
A) Rolling Stone
B) Christgau's Record Guide
C) Sounds
D) Melody Maker
- 89. Which magazine published Loyd Grossman's 1973 review of the album?
A) Rolling Stone
B) Billboard
C) Melody Maker
D) Sounds
- 90. Who called the album a 'kitsch masterpiece'?
A) Roy Hollingworth
B) Steve Peacock
C) Robert Christgau
D) Loyd Grossman
- 91. What did Robert Christgau find clichéd about the album?
A) Its guitar solos
B) Its album artwork
C) Its lyrical ideas
D) Its saxophone melodies
- 92. Whose guitar solos were enhanced by studio effects, according to Christgau?
A) Gilmour's
B) Wright's
C) Mason's
D) Waters's
- 93. Who was the newly appointed chairman of Capitol Records at the time?
A) Bhaskar Menon
B) O'Rourke
C) Clive Davis
D) Pink Floyd
- 94. Who was the president of CBS that Pink Floyd and their manager negotiated a new contract with?
A) Clive Davis
B) Bhaskar Menon
C) Harvest
D) Capitol
- 95. In what year was 'Point Me at the Sky' released as a single in the UK?
A) 1974
B) 1973
C) 1971
D) 1968
- 96. What song was featured on the B-side of the single release of 'Money'?
A) Us and Them
B) Any Colour You Like
C) Point Me at the Sky
D) Time
- 97. What chart position did 'Money' reach on the Billboard Hot 100 in July 1973?
A) Number 100
B) Number 50
C) Number 13
D) Number 1
- 98. What word was removed from the mono side of the promotional single for 'Money'?
A) money
B) time
C) colour
D) bullshit
- 99. What word replaced the censored word on the mono side of the 'Money' promotional single?
A) sheesh
B) cow
C) none
D) bull
- 100. What was the reported advance fee when the band signed for Columbia at the beginning of 1974?
A) $10M
B) $5M
C) $1M
D) $100,000
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