Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd

Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd compilation album
Publication (s)	2001
Label (s)	EMI
Title (number)	26th
running time	155: 15
production	James Guthrie and Pink Floyd
chronology Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980-81 (2000) Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd Oh, by the Way (2007)

Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd is a compilation by the British band Pink Floyd . It was published by EMI in 2001 .

Creation and publication

Although no new material had been created since The Division Bell in 1994, Pink Floyd records came out regularly. B. the live albums Pulse 1995 and Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980–81 2000. A best-of compilation was to follow in 2001, the first since Works 1983.

Echoes , named after the Meddle track of the same name , was produced by James Guthrie and Pink Floyd, and mastered by Doug Sax, James Guthrie and Joel Plante. On the double album, pieces from all creative periods of the band have been put together, but not in chronological order. The cover was designed by Storm Thorgerson .

Track list

CD 1

1. Astronomy Domine - 4:10 (from The Piper at the Gates of Dawn , 1967)
2. See Emily Play - 2:47 (single, 1967)
3. The Happiest Days of Our Lives - 1:38 (from The Wall , 1979)
4. Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) - 4:01 (from The Wall , 1979)
5. Echoes - 16:30 (from Meddle , 1971)
6. Hey You - 4:39 (from The Wall , 1979)
7. Marooned - 2:02 (from The Division Bell , 1994)
8. The Great Gig in the Sky - 4:39 (from The Dark Side of the Moon , 1973)
9. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun - 5:20 (from A Saucerful of Secrets , 1968)
10. Money - 6:29 (from The Dark Side of the Moon , 1973)
11. Keep Talking - 5:57 (from The Division Bell , 1994)
12. Sheep - 9:46 (from Animals , 1977)
13. Sorrow - 8:45 (from A Momentary Lapse of Reason , 1987)

CD 2

1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-7) - 17:32 (from Wish You Were Here , 1975)
2. Time - 6:48 (from The Dark Side of the Moon , 1973)
3. The Fletcher Memorial Home - 4:07 (from The Final Cut , 1983)
4. Comfortably Numb - 6:53 (from The Wall , 1979)
5. When the Tigers Broke Free - 3:42 (from The Wall soundtrack)
6. One of These Days - 5:14 (from Meddle , 1971)
7. Us and Them - 7:51 (from The Dark Side of the Moon , 1973)
8. Learning to Fly - 4:50 (from A Momentary Lapse of Reason , 1987)
9. Arnold Layne - 2:52 (single, 1967)
10. Wish You Were Here - 5:20 (from Wish You Were Here , 1975)
11. Jugband Blues - 2:56 (from A Saucerful of Secrets , 1968)
12. High Hopes - 6:59 (from The Division Bell , 1994)
13. Bike - 3:24 (from The Piper at the Gates of Dawn , 1967)

reception

"Echoes is nearly the best possible assembly of the band's individual songs one could hope for, and collectors and completists should be overjoyed."

- Zac Johnson : Allmusic

“With the exception of the debut single and the rather unnecessary 'Set The Tigers Free,' [sic!] Which was previously only heard on the soundtrack for 'The Wall', the album consists of the already known studio versions. That is only disappointing at first glance, because the manic search for perfection is an essential part of the sound, which, digitally revised, sometimes looks even more bombastic than when it was first released. "

- Giuliano Benassi : laut.de

"All the usual suspects are here with a few glaring omissions and several quite brave choices. [...] What brings these tracks back to life after so long at the back of our record collections is the way they've been segued in non-chronological order, creating startling new contexts and contrasts. "

- Chris Jones : BBC Music

Web links

• Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd on Allmusic (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Zac Johnson: Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd at Allmusic , accessed on May 11, 2013.
2. ↑ Giuliano Benassi: “Echoes” by Pink Floyd , laut.de , accessed on May 11, 2013.
3. ↑ Chris Jones: Review of Pink Floyd - Echoes , bbc.co.uk , accessed May 11, 2013.