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Pink Floyd � Echoes, The Best of Pink Floyd (2001)
Quality: 320 Kbps
Disc one
1. "Astronomy Domine" � 4:10 (from The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, 1967)
2. "See Emily Play" � 2:47 (Single, also appeared on Relics and the original US and Japan releases from The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, 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 (Edited version) (from Meddle, 1971)
6. "Hey You" � 4:39 (from The Wall, 1979)
7. "Marooned" � 2:02 (Edited version) (from The Division Bell, 1994)
* Only the first half of the track is present, the track fades out before the drums begin.
8. "The Great Gig in the Sky" � 4:39 (from 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 Dark Side of the Moon, 1973)
11. "Keep Talking" � 5:57 (from The Division Bell, 1994)
12. "Sheep" � 9:46 (early fade-out) (from Animals, 1977)
13. "Sorrow" � 8:45 (from A Momentary Lapse of Reason, 1987)
Disc two
1. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-7)" � 17:32 (from Wish You Were Here, 1975)
* An edited version incorporating both halves of the song.
2. "Time" (w/ "Breathe (Reprise)") � 6:48 (from 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)
* On this collection, the track is lengthened to include part of "Bring the Boys Back Home".
5. "When the Tigers Broke Free" � 3:42 (from the film version of The Wall, also appears on 2004 remaster of The Final Cut, 1983)
6. "One of These Days" � 5:14 (abridged) (from Meddle, 1971)
7. "Us and Them" � 7:51 (from Dark Side of the Moon, 1973)
8. "Learning to Fly" � 4:50 (from A Momentary Lapse of Reason, 1987)
9. "Arnold Layne" � 2:52 (non-album single, 1967; appears on Relics, 1971)
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 (abridged) (from The Division Bell, 1994)
13. "Bike" � 3:24 (from The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, 1967)
Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd is a compilation album by Pink Floyd. It was released on November 5, 2001 in the UK and November 6, 2001 in the U.S. It debuted on the Billboard 200 album chart on November 24, 2001, at number 2 with sales of 214,650 copies. It remained on the chart for 26 weeks. The album was certified Gold, Platinum and Double Platinum on December 6, 2001 in the U.S. by the RIAA. It was certified Triple Platinum in the U.S. by the RIAA on January 8, 2002, and Quadruple platinum on September 10, 2007 by the RIAA. However, this only indicates sales of two million copies, not four million, as it is a double album.
Echoes is the first album released on Compact Disc that includes "When the Tigers Broke Free", which appeared in the film version of The Wall (the song later appeared on the 2004 re-release of The Final Cut in a slightly re-mixed form).
The compilation spans the career of Pink Floyd from their first single "Arnold Layne" in 1967, through to "High Hopes", the final track from their 1994 studio album The Division Bell. Four of their albums (Soundtrack from the Film More, Ummagumma, Atom Heart Mother, and Obscured by Clouds) are not represented whatsoever, although several tracks from Ummagumma and Atom Heart Mother were considered for inclusion. Each of the twenty-six tracks fades from one to the next with no break in the music, courtesy of longtime producer-engineer James Guthrie. This was done to help recreate the concept-album feel of the band's mid-period work. All twenty-six tracks were newly remastered specifically for this compilation and are not sequenced in chronological order.
Storm Thorgerson, best known for creating the majority of album covers for Pink Floyd, worked with the band Dream Theater on their 1997 album Falling into Infinity and submitted to the band two sketches for possible covers. One became the cover that was used on the release. The second, rejected by the band, ended up being used by Pink Floyd for Echoes four years later. The two original sketches are framed and hanging in the home of Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy and is pointed out by Mike in his Hudson Music instructional drum DVD In Constant Motion.
Quality: 320 Kbps
Disc one
1. "Astronomy Domine" � 4:10 (from The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, 1967)
2. "See Emily Play" � 2:47 (Single, also appeared on Relics and the original US and Japan releases from The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, 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 (Edited version) (from Meddle, 1971)
6. "Hey You" � 4:39 (from The Wall, 1979)
7. "Marooned" � 2:02 (Edited version) (from The Division Bell, 1994)
* Only the first half of the track is present, the track fades out before the drums begin.
8. "The Great Gig in the Sky" � 4:39 (from 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 Dark Side of the Moon, 1973)
11. "Keep Talking" � 5:57 (from The Division Bell, 1994)
12. "Sheep" � 9:46 (early fade-out) (from Animals, 1977)
13. "Sorrow" � 8:45 (from A Momentary Lapse of Reason, 1987)
Disc two
1. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-7)" � 17:32 (from Wish You Were Here, 1975)
* An edited version incorporating both halves of the song.
2. "Time" (w/ "Breathe (Reprise)") � 6:48 (from 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)
* On this collection, the track is lengthened to include part of "Bring the Boys Back Home".
5. "When the Tigers Broke Free" � 3:42 (from the film version of The Wall, also appears on 2004 remaster of The Final Cut, 1983)
6. "One of These Days" � 5:14 (abridged) (from Meddle, 1971)
7. "Us and Them" � 7:51 (from Dark Side of the Moon, 1973)
8. "Learning to Fly" � 4:50 (from A Momentary Lapse of Reason, 1987)
9. "Arnold Layne" � 2:52 (non-album single, 1967; appears on Relics, 1971)
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 (abridged) (from The Division Bell, 1994)
13. "Bike" � 3:24 (from The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, 1967)
Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd is a compilation album by Pink Floyd. It was released on November 5, 2001 in the UK and November 6, 2001 in the U.S. It debuted on the Billboard 200 album chart on November 24, 2001, at number 2 with sales of 214,650 copies. It remained on the chart for 26 weeks. The album was certified Gold, Platinum and Double Platinum on December 6, 2001 in the U.S. by the RIAA. It was certified Triple Platinum in the U.S. by the RIAA on January 8, 2002, and Quadruple platinum on September 10, 2007 by the RIAA. However, this only indicates sales of two million copies, not four million, as it is a double album.
Echoes is the first album released on Compact Disc that includes "When the Tigers Broke Free", which appeared in the film version of The Wall (the song later appeared on the 2004 re-release of The Final Cut in a slightly re-mixed form).
The compilation spans the career of Pink Floyd from their first single "Arnold Layne" in 1967, through to "High Hopes", the final track from their 1994 studio album The Division Bell. Four of their albums (Soundtrack from the Film More, Ummagumma, Atom Heart Mother, and Obscured by Clouds) are not represented whatsoever, although several tracks from Ummagumma and Atom Heart Mother were considered for inclusion. Each of the twenty-six tracks fades from one to the next with no break in the music, courtesy of longtime producer-engineer James Guthrie. This was done to help recreate the concept-album feel of the band's mid-period work. All twenty-six tracks were newly remastered specifically for this compilation and are not sequenced in chronological order.
Storm Thorgerson, best known for creating the majority of album covers for Pink Floyd, worked with the band Dream Theater on their 1997 album Falling into Infinity and submitted to the band two sketches for possible covers. One became the cover that was used on the release. The second, rejected by the band, ended up being used by Pink Floyd for Echoes four years later. The two original sketches are framed and hanging in the home of Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy and is pointed out by Mike in his Hudson Music instructional drum DVD In Constant Motion.
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