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Delicate Sound of Thunder
Delicate Sound of Thunder is a live album by Pink Floyd, released on 21 November 1988. It was recorded over five nights at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York, in August 1988, during the tour for A Momentary Lapse of Reason, and mixed at Abbey Road Studios the following month. EMI put it out in the UK, with Columbia handling the United States.
It sits right after A Momentary Lapse of Reason, the 1987 studio album that followed The Final Cut, so it captures the band on the road in the new era. The album was remixed and restored in December 2019 for The Later Years 1987–2019 box set, with songs missing from the original release, and it received its own standalone release in November 2020. That makes it worth hearing in either form.
Delicate Sound of Thunder: tracklist, credits and charts
15 tracks · 1:44:16Tracklist
- Disc 1
- 1Shine On You Crazy DiamondGilmour, Waters, Wright11:54
- 2Learning to FlyCarin, Ezrin, Gilmour, Moore5:27
- 3Yet Another MovieDavid Gilmour and Patrick Leonard6:21
- 4Round and AroundDavid Gilmour0:34
- 5SorrowDavid Gilmour9:29
- 6The Dogs of WarDavid Gilmour and Anthony Moore7:19
- 7On the Turning AwayDavid Gilmour and Anthony Moore7:57
- Disc 2
- 1One of These DaysGilmour, Mason, Waters, Wright6:17
- 2TimeGilmour, Mason, Waters, Wright5:17
- 3Wish You Were HereDavid Gilmour and Roger Waters4:49
- 4Us and ThemRoger Waters and Richard Wright7:22
- 5MoneyRoger Waters9:52
- 6Another Brick in the Wall, Part IIRoger Waters5:29
- 7Comfortably NumbDavid Gilmour and Roger Waters8:57
- 8Run Like HellDavid Gilmour and Roger Waters7:12
- Produced by
- David Gilmour
- Recorded at
- Remote Recording Services
- Recorded
- 19–23 August 1988
- Mixed by
- Buford Jones
- Mixed at
- Abbey Road Studios
- Engineered by
- Buford Jones, David Hewitt
- Artwork
- Storm Thorgerson, Jon Crossland, John McGill, Nexus
- Photography
- Andy Earl, Anthony May, Dimo Safari
- Label
- EMI
- Length
- 1:44:16
Line-up
- Jon Carin · keyboard, vocals
- David Gilmour · guitar, vocals
- Nick Mason · drums (drum set)
- Scott Page · saxophone
- Guy Pratt · bass guitar, vocals, lead vocals
- Tim Renwick · guitar, vocals
- Gary Wallis · percussion
- Richard Wright · keyboard, vocals
- Rachel Fury · background vocals
- Durga McBroom · background vocals
- Margret Taylor · background vocals
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| UK Albums Chart · 1988–2020 | 11 |
| US Billboard 200 · 1988–2020 | 11 |
| Italian Albums (Musica e Dischi) · 1988–2020 | 2 |
| Norwegian Albums · 1988–2020 | 2 |
| Australian Albums (ARIA) · 1988–2020 | 4 |
| New Zealand Albums · 1988–2020 | 4 |
| Swiss Albums · 1988–2020 | 4 |
| German Albums · 1988–2020 | 5 |
| Hungarian Albums · 1988–2020 | 7 |
| Scottish Albums · 1988–2020 | 9 |
All 20 charts
| Polish Albums · 1988–2020 | 12 |
| Swedish Albums · 1988–2020 | 14 |
| Austrian Albums · 1988–2020 | 15 |
| Spanish Albums (AFYVE) · 1988–2020 | 15 |
| Finnish Albums · 1988–2020 | 16 |
| Belgian Albums (Wallonia) · 1988–2020 | 17 |
| Dutch Albums · 1988–2020 | 20 |
| Czech Albums · 1988–2020 | 23 |
| Belgian Albums (Flanders) · 1988–2020 | 36 |
| Slovak Albums (ČNS IFPI) · 1988–2020 | 65 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification |
|---|---|
| Argentina · 1989 | Gold |
| Argentina · 1989 | Gold |
| Australia · 2020 | 3× Platinum |
| Austria · 1994 | Gold |
| Canada · 1988 | 2× Platinum |
| France · 1989 | 2× Gold |
| Germany · 1989 | Gold |
| Italy · 2018 | Gold |
| Netherlands · 1989 | Gold |
| New Zealand | Platinum |
| Poland · 2023 | Gold |
| Portugal | 3× Platinum |
| Spain | Gold |
| Switzerland · 1989 | Platinum |
| United Kingdom · 1988 | Gold |
| United States · 1997 | 3× Platinum |
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date wikipedia 1988-11-21; musicbrainz + wikidata 1988-11-22 (1 days apart, likely another territory)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 22 November 1988 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 21 November 1988 | |
| Wikidata | 22 November 1988 | |
| US release | 22 November 1988 | earliest US date |
| UK / Europe release | 22 November 1988 | earliest UK or European date |
27 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | XE | EMI | 0077779148028 | other |
| — | XE | EMI | 077779148028 | other |
| 1988 | IT | EMI | 077779148011 | other |
| 1988 | XE | EMI | 077779148028 | other |
| 22 November 1988 | US | Columbia | 074644448429 | original |
| 22 November 1988 | GB | EMI | 077779148011 | original |
| 22 November 1988 | US | Columbia | 074644448412 | original |
| 22 November 1988 | GB | EMI | 077779148028 | original |
| 5 December 1988 | AU | CBS | 9399746316126 | other |
| 7 December 1988 | JP | CBS/Sony | 4988009625751 | other |
| 1989 | SU | Мелодия | 077779148011 | other |
| 1991 | ZA | Columbia | 6001208326408 | other |
| 1994 | US | Columbia | 074644448481 | other |
| 18 May 2005 | JP | Sony Records International | 4571191051615 | other |
| 2014 | XE | Parlophone | 5099960919427 | other |
| 2014 | US | Parlophone | 081227961404 | other |
| 2016 | XW | Pink Floyd Records | 886445613889 | other |
| 2016 | XE | Pink Floyd Records | 5099960919427 | other |
| 2017 | XE | Parlophone | 0190295996932 | other |
| 2020 | US | Pink Floyd Records | 194397403411 | other |
| 2020 | XE | Pink Floyd Records | 0190295215965 | other |
| 20 November 2020 | US | Pink Floyd Records | 0194397412093 | other |
| 20 November 2020 | XE | Pink Floyd Records | 0190295215927 | other |
| 20 November 2020 | XE | Pink Floyd Records | 0190295215958 | other |
| 20 November 2020 | XW | Legacy | 886448395843 | other |
| 20 November 2020 | XE | Pink Floyd Records | 0190295215934 | other |
| 20 November 2020 | US | Pink Floyd Records | 194397411928 | other |
Cover art sources
deezer · upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| deezer ✓ | 1200×1200 | upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25) |
| coverartarchive | 3251×2782 | rejected |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |