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| Track Listing 1. Astronomy Domine 2. See Emily Play 3. Happiest Days Of Our Lives 4. Another Brick In The Wall (part 2) 5. Echoes 6. Hey You 7. Marooned (excerpt) 8. Great Gig In The Sky 9. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun 10. Money 11. Keep Talking 12. Sheep 13. Sorrow 1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (parts 1-7) 2. Time 3. Fletcher Memorial Home 4. Comfortably Numb 5. When The Tigers Broke Free 6. One Of These Days 7. Us And Them 8. Learning To Fly 9. Arnold Layne 10. Wish You Were Here 11. Jugband Blues 12. High Hopes (edit) 13. Bike (edit)
Album Notes Pink Floyd: Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Richard Wright, Syd Barrett.Producers inlcude: Pink Floyd, Michael Kamen, Bob Ezrin, Joe Boyd, Norman Smith.Compilation producer: James Guthrie, Pink Floyd.Digitally remastered by James Guthrie.Through their long history, Pink Floyd moved through psychedelia, prog-rock, space-rock, and more, emerging as a pioneer in all of those styles. This two-disc compilation takes on the formidable task of creating a definitive Floyd collection. Though there's no chronological running order to give a sense of the group's development, there are plenty of key tracks from all the eras of Pink Floyd's career. We're given a healthy dose of material from the band's psychedelic '60s period, when they were spearheaded by the ultimate acid-damaged genius Syd Barrett (the loopy "Bike," the otherworldly "Astronomy Domine"). The most overtly progressive tendencies of '70s Floyd are aired on the glorious epic "Echoes," whose suite-like construction shows off both the band's technical facility and orchestration skills.Naturally, there are some cuts from the band's watershed album DARK SIDE OF THE MOON, one of the best-selling LPs of all time (the gospel-tinged "The Great Gig in the Sky," the near-funky capitalist plaint "Money"). Hardcore Floyd fans might object to the number of songs from the post-Roger Waters era, but even these less-celebrated tunes work in the overall historical context. While it's easy to quibble about the absence of various Floyd favorites (no "Interstellar Overdrive?"), there's so much crucial music on this collection that it's impossible to come away from it without a strong sense of what Pink Floyd such an important band. Editorial Reviews Q (12/01/2001) Mojo (12/01/2001) Entertainment Weekly (11/16/2001) Q (12/01/2001) | |||||||||||
Top Reviews  Great compilation. But buy the back catalogue instead. 10 of 14 people found this review helpful. This compilation spans Pink Floyd's career from 1967s 'Piper at the Gates of Dawn' to 1994s 'The Division Bell'. There has been an attempt to segue many of the tracks into each other and the tracks selected do represent a sizeable portion of Pink Floyd's best songs (the selections were voted for by the band themselves and Roger Waters). If tracks like 'Shine on you Crazy Diamond', 'Comfortably Numb', 'Money', 'Another Brick in the Wall (part 2)'and 'Time' do nothing for you then you should perhaps be out buying the latest Crazy Frog record. So, a double CD compilation of great songs from one of the most popular bands ever sounds great. And it is. But... Pink Floyd were (and are, if applicable) predominantly an album band. Their biggest sellers - 'Dark Side of the Moon', 'Wish You Were Here' and 'The Wall' - are albums that function as units and are so strong that I would actually recommend them more than this compilation, which, in its attempt to collate everything ends up sounding patchy. British television runs any number of top 100 shows (top 100 films ever, top 100 comedy shows ever, etc.) the basic format of which is to run down the list from 100 to 1 showing excerpts from each and having people talk about why they were so good. I always feel after watching one of these programmes that the clips from the featured shows are great, but it's not the same as seeing the show itself. This is how I feel after listening to this compilation. It could have been more satisfying if it had been compiled chronologically, but the truth is that given the strength of all the main Pink Floyd albums in their own right, any compilation (bar maybe material previously unavailable on CD) is almost certainly redundant. Review ID: 10000000000888614 Was this review helpful? Report this review A good best of...Review created: 26/12/05 by: 4 of 7 people found this review helpful. The best of album has a reasonable selection of pink floyd tracks, however a typical problem with albums such as this is that they tend not to cover all of the music the band produce. This is no exception, however the tracks included in the album are the more popular songs which most people will enjoy. The album is good for people who want to buy an album which covers most of what pink floyd produced, but it cannot truely replace the albums they produced. The first Cd has the more widly-listenerble (common) tracks which the band produced (I mean listenerable as a term meaning more people will enjoy). The second CD also has poplar tracks but they are the ones which concentrate on sound than lyrics, but ends on the greate bike track. The album the cd to me seems most similar to is The Wall. Overal; a best of album most people will enjoy, except hard core fans which have all the albums. Review ID: 10000000000119394 Was this review helpful? Report this review  Pink Floyd - Echoes (The Best Of Pink Floyd) (CD 2001)2 of 9 people found this review helpful. Of the many CDs I have bought on e-bay over the years this was the worst bar one. Unplayable, dirty, scratched, broken case......total crap. I bought it because it was described as 'excellent condition' which was a total misrepresentation. Unable to resolve with Seller - complete waste of money. If this had been my 1st purchase on e-bay, it would also have been my last. Also got negative feedback from Seller for complaining - nice! Review ID: 10000000001495356 Was this review helpful? Report this review Reviews  Pink Floyd in generalReview created: 28/09/08 by: Pink Floyd have to be one of the greatest groups ever. The older you get the more you appreciate their musical arrangements and lyrics. Can never tire of this music and listen to it over and over again. Suddenly young folk are looking for Pink Floyd and have woken up! Review ID: 10000000008831644 Was this review helpful? Report this review  Pink Floyd - Best of ???Review created: 27/09/08 by: I am obviously in the minority here... I bought 'Echoes' on the strength of the more commercially sounding tracks such as 'Crazy Diamond' (great version); 'Comfortably Numb'; 'Us and Them'; 'Another Brick'; and 'Money'. 'High Hopes'; 'Wish You Were Here' and 'The Great Gig in the Sky' are listenable - 'See Emily Play' and 'Arnold Lane' brought back memories - but most of the remaining tracks are only average. If these ARE the 'best of' I think I'll let my starting bids on 'Dark Side of the Moon' and 'Division Bell' lapse. I have recently bought David Gilmour's 'On an Island' - it's good stuff. Review ID: 10000000008824501 Was this review helpful? Report this review |
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