Delicate Sound of Thunder

Delicate Sound of Thunder
Live album by Pink Floyd
Released 22 November 1988
Recorded 19–23 August 1988
Venue Nassau Coliseum, Long Island, New York, United States
Genre Progressive rock
Length 104:08
Language English
Label EMI (UK/Europe)
CBS Columbia (US/Canada)
Melodiya (USSR)
Producer David Gilmour
Pink Floyd chronology
A Momentary Lapse of Reason
(1987)		 Delicate Sound of Thunder
(1988)		 Shine On
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]
Blender link
Robert ChristgauC [2]
Rolling Stone [3]

Delicate Sound of Thunder is the first live album by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd. It was recorded over five nights at the Nassau Coliseum on Long Island, New York in August 1988 and mixed at Abbey Road Studios in September 1988. It was released on 22 November 1988, through EMI Records in the United Kingdom and Columbia Records in the United States.

Recording

The band recorded and filmed their series of shows at the Omni Coliseum in Atlanta, Georgia in November 1987 for a potential live concert film and album. However, the band was not happy with the results. Consequently, the material from these shows would make up videos and B-sides for the A Momentary Lapse of Reason singles and later these shows were released as bootleg recordings entitled Pink Floyd: The Calhoun Tapes and Would You Buy a Ticket to This Show. Then in August 1988, the band went to Nassau Coliseum and filmed and recorded their five night stand at the end of the initial Momentary Lapse 1987/88 tour.

Release and reissue

The album was released in 1988 as a double LP, double cassette, and a double CD, each format containing a slightly different track listing. The album includes many works from A Momentary Lapse of Reason as well as tracks from older Pink Floyd albums. The double LP release did not have "Us and Them" on the track listing. Both the double LP and the double cassette had "Wish You Were Here" between "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" and "Comfortably Numb".

Although David Gilmour stated around the time of its release and on a radio interview in 1992 that the album contained no studio overdubbing whatsoever, he embellished the tracks during mixing with some extra acoustic guitar on "Comfortably Numb", according to engineer Buford Jones. In addition, some harmonies were replaced by studio re-takes: Richard Wright re-did his vocal on "Us and Them" and Sam Brown replaced Rachel Fury's part in "Comfortably Numb"[4] but the rest of the album was what was played at the shows.

Along with A Collection of Great Dance Songs, Delicate Sound of Thunder was reissued on 180g heavyweight vinyl LP in November 2017.[5] Its artwork will replicate that of the original 1988 LP release.

Chart performance

Delicate Sound of Thunder reached #11 on the Billboard 200 and is currently listed as Triple Platinum in U.S. sales — it was certified Gold and Platinum on 23 January 1989 and Triple Platinum in April 1997. In Canada, it was #57 in the 1989 year-end chart.

In space

Delicate Sound of Thunder became the first rock album to be played in space, as Soviet cosmonauts took it aboard Soyuz TM-7.

The double LP was also the band's only album to be officially released in the Soviet Union by the state-owned label Melodiya.

Track listing

CD

Disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)Recording dateLength
1."Shine On You Crazy Diamond"Roger Waters/David Gilmour/Richard Wright21 August 198811:53
2."Learning to Fly"Gilmour/Bob Ezrin/Jon Carin/Anthony Moore21 August 19885:27
3."Yet Another Movie"Gilmour/Pat Leonard21 August 19886:21
4."Round and Around"Gilmour19 August 19880:33
5."Sorrow"Gilmour23 August 19889:28
6."The Dogs of War"Gilmour/Moore20 August 19887:18
7."On the Turning Away"Gilmour/Moore21 August 19887:58
Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)Recording dateLength
1."One of These Days"Waters/Gilmour/Nick Mason/Wright22 August 19886:15
2."Time"Waters/Gilmour/Mason/Wright19 August 19885:16
3."Wish You Were Here"Waters/Gilmour23 August 19884:49
4."Us and Them"Waters/Wright21 August 19887:22
5."Money"Waters21 August 19889:52
6."Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)"Waters21 August 19885:28
7."Comfortably Numb"Gilmour/Waters23 August 19888:56
8."Run Like Hell"Waters/Gilmour19 August 19887:12

LP Edition

Cassette

Cassette one
Cassette two

Songs omitted from the album

The concerts also featured the following songs which were not included on the album:

Songs with asterisk (*) are included in the video version.

Personnel

Pink Floyd
Additional musicians
Production

David Hewitt Remote Recording Engineer

Charts and certifications

References

  1. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Album review at AllMusic. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
  2. ↑ "Album review". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
  3. ↑ Azerrad, Michael. "Album review". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
  4. ↑ The Live Albums
  5. ↑ "Pink Floyd's Delicate Sound Of Thunder set for vinyl reissue". 10 October 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  6. ↑ "Australiancharts.com – Pink Floyd – Delicate Sound of Thunder". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  7. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Pink Floyd – Delicate Sound of Thunder" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  8. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Pink Floyd – Delicate Sound of Thunder" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  9. ↑ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
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  11. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Pink Floyd – Delicate Sound of Thunder". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  12. ↑ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959-2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
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  14. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Pink Floyd – Delicate Sound of Thunder". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  15. ↑ "Pink Floyd | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  16. ↑ "Pink Floyd Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  17. ↑ "Austrian album certifications – Pink Floyd – Delicate Sound of Thunder" (in German). IFPI Austria. Retrieved 9 June 2016. Enter Pink Floyd in the field Interpret. Enter Delicate Sound of Thunder in the field Titel. Select album in the field Format. Click Suchen. 
  18. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Pink Floyd – Delicate Sound of Thunder". Music Canada. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  19. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Pink Floyd; 'Delicate Sound of Thunder')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  20. ↑ "Italian album certifications – Pink Floyd – Delicate Sound of Thunder" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  21. ↑ "Dutch album certifications – Pink Floyd – Delicate Sound of Thunder" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. Retrieved 13 September 2018. Enter Delicate Sound of Thunder in the "Artiest of titel" box.
  22. ↑ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Pink Floyd; 'Delicate Sound of Thunder')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  23. ↑ "British album certifications – Pink Floyd – Delicate Sound of Thunder". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 9 June 2016. Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type Delicate Sound of Thunder in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  24. ↑ "American album certifications – Pink Floyd – Delicate Sound of Thunder". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 9 June 2016. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 
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