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Delicate Sound of Thunder is a Pink Floyd live double album from the David Gilmour-led era of the band which was recorded over five nights at the Nassau Coliseum in Long Island, New York in August 1988 and mixed at Abbey Road Studios in September 1988.

It 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 quite a few from older albums.

There also was an accompanying video cassette tape by the same name.

Delicate Sound of Thunder became the first rock album to be played in space, as Soviet cosmonauts took it aboard Soyuz TM-7. They left the cassette box on Earth to save weight. The members of Pink Floyd were present at the launch.

Delicate Sound of Thunder (the album) reached #11 on the Billboard 200 and is currently listed as Triple Platinum in U.S. sales — it was certified Gold and Platinum on January 23, 1989 and Triple Platinum in April, 1997.

Track listing (double CD)

  1. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" - originally from Wish You Were Here
  2. "Learning to Fly" - originally from A Momentary Lapse of Reason
  3. "Yet Another Movie" - originally from A Momentary Lapse of Reason
  4. "Round and Around" - originally from A Momentary Lapse of Reason
  5. "Sorrow" - originally from A Momentary Lapse of Reason
  6. "The Dogs of War" - originally from A Momentary Lapse of Reason
  7. "On the Turning Away" - originally from A Momentary Lapse of Reason
  8. "One of These Days" - originally from Meddle
  9. "Time" - originally from The Dark Side of the Moon
  10. "Wish You Were Here" - originally from Wish You Were Here
  11. "Us and Them" - originally from The Dark Side of the Moon
  12. "Money" - originally from The Dark Side of the Moon ([sample] ([Media helphelp]·[info]))
  13. "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" - originally from The Wall
  14. "Comfortably Numb" - originally from The Wall
  15. "Run Like Hell" - originally from The Wall
The double LP format 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 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." [link]

Credits

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Charts

Album
Year Chart Position
1988 The Billboard 200 11
1988 Billboard CD Charts 5

Pink Floyd
Syd Barrett | David Gilmour | Nick Mason | Roger Waters | Richard Wright
Discography
Studio albums: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn | A Saucerful of Secrets | Ummagumma | Atom Heart Mother | Meddle | The Dark Side of the Moon | Wish You Were Here | Animals | The Wall | The Final Cut | A Momentary Lapse of Reason | The Division Bell
Soundtracks: More | Zabriskie Point | Obscured by Clouds
Live: Ummagumma | The Man and the Journey | Delicate Sound of Thunder | P*U*L*S*E | The Wall Live
Compilations: Relics | A Nice Pair | Works | A Collection of Great Dance Songs | Shine On |
| The Wall | Delicate Sound of Thunder | La Carrera Panamericana | P*U*L*S*E
Bob Klose | Steve O'Rourke | Alan Parsons | Storm Thorgerson/Hipgnosis | Live performances | Trivia | Pigs | Publius Enigma
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