Pink Floyd - Echoes: The Best Of Pink Floyd

Artist:

Pink Floyd

UPC:

724353611125

See Also:

Wright, Richard (Pink Floyd) Barrett, Syd Beach Boys (The) Velvet Underground (The) Gilmour, David Berry, Chuck Waters, Roger London Philharmonic Orchestra - Us And Them: Symphonic Pink Floyd Out of Phase (Rock) - Dark Side of the Moon 2001 Various Artists - The Reggae Tribute To Pink Floyd Easy Star All-Stars - Dub Side Of The Moon Various Artists - Other Side of Pink: A Tribute to Pink Floyd

Description:

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.
Personnel: David Gilmour (vocals, guitar, fretless bass); Richard Wright (vocals, keyboards); Nick Mason (vocals, drums); Islington Green School, Roger Waters, Syd Barrett, Clare Torry (vocals); Dick Parry (saxophone); Michael Kamen (piano); Jon Carin (keyboards); Steve Forman (percussion); Gary Wallis (percussion programming); Phyllis Saint James, Darlene Koldenhoven , Jackie Sheridan, Doris Troy, Durga McBroom, Rebecca Leigh-White, Donnie Garrard, Lesley Duncan, Liza Strike, Venetta Fields, Barry St. John, Sam Brown, Carol Kenyon, Carlena Williams, Carmen Twillie (background vocals).
Through their long history, Pink Floyd moved through psychedelia, prog-rock, space-rock, and more, emerging as pioneers 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.

Track Listing:

DISC 1:

1. Astronomy Domine
2. See Emily Play
3. Happiest Days of Our Lives, The
4. Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2
5. Echoes
6. Hey You
7. Marooned
8. Great Gig in the Sky, The
9. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
10. Money
11. Keep Talking
12. Sheep
13. Sorrow

DISC 2:

1. Shine on You Crazy Diamond, Pts. 1-7
2. Time
3. Fletcher Memorial Home, The
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
13. Bike

Album Information

Release Date:

11/05/2001

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Art Rock

Label:

Capitol

Catalog Number:

36111

Original Release Year:

2001

# of Discs:

2

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

155 : 13

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