Delicate Sound of Thunder

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Template:Album infobox Delicate Sound of Thunder is a Pink Floyd live double-album from the David Gilmour led era of the band. It was released as a double LP, double cassette, and a double CD (each format with a slightly different track listing) in 1988, and includes many works from A Momentary Lapse of Reason, but quite a few off older albums. There also was an accompanying video cassette tape of the same title. Delicate Sound of Thunder (the album) reached #11 on The Billboard 200 and is currently listed as Triple Platinum in US sales.

Contents 1 Track listing (double CD) 2 Personnel 3 Trivia 4 Charts

Track listing (double CD)

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

Personnel

• David Gilmour: Guitars, vocals
• Nick Mason: Drums, percussion
• Richard Wright: Keyboards, vocals
• Tim Renwick - Guitars, vocals
• Jon Carin - Keyboards, vocals
• Guy Pratt - Bass guitar, vocals
• Gary Wallis - Percussion
• Scott Page - Saxophones
• Margret Taylor - Backing vocals
• Rachel Fury - Backing vocals
• Durga McBroom - Backing vocals

Trivia

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.

Charts

Album

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

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