09.08.2008.

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PINK FLOYD - Echoes: The Best Of Pink Floyd (2001)

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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.

DISC 1:
01. Astronomy Domine
02. See Emily Play
03. The Happiest Days Of Our Lives
04. Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)
05. Echoes
06. Hey You
07. Marooned
08. The Great Gig In The Sky
09. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun
10. Money
11. Keep Talking
12. Sheep
13. Sorrow
DISC 2:
01. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-7)
02. Time
03. The Fletcher Memorial Home
04. Comfortably Numb
05. When The Tigers Broke Free
06. One Of These Days
07. Us And Them
08. Learning To Fly
09. Arnold Layne
10. Wish You Were Here
11. Jugband Blues
12. High Hopes
13. Bike
1 + 2 + 3 + 4