Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd

by Pink Floyd

Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 5 November 2001
  • Label: EMI
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 2:35:13
  • Community rating: 4.15/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Darlene Koldenhoven, Carol Kenyon, Nick Mason, Doris Troy, Richard Wright, Roger Waters, Syd Barrett, Bob Ezrin, Carmen Twillie, Tony Levin, Jackie Sheridan, Donny Gerrard, Norman Smith, Barry St. John, Carlena Williams, Venetta Fields, Guy Pratt, Sam Brown, James Guthrie, Clare Torry, David Gilmour, Joe Boyd, Edward Shearmur, Dick Parry, Liza Strike, Steve Forman, Islington Green School, Durga McBroom, Rebecca Leigh-White, Lesley Duncan, Phyllis St. James

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Eschewing a standard chronological sequence, this massive double album crossfades Pink Floyd's most iconic tracks to create a seamless, career-spanning listening experience. The compilation brilliantly contrasts Syd Barrett's whimsical, early psychedelic pop with the sprawling, heavily conceptual progressive rock epics masterminded by Roger Waters and David Gilmour. It serves as an incredibly effective, immersive overview of one of rock's most sonically ambitious groups.

Genres

Descriptors: Arena Rock, progressive, melodic, atmospheric, space

Tracklist

  1. Astronomy Domine (4:10)
  2. See Emily Play (2:47)
  3. The Happiest Days Of Our Lives (1:38)
  4. Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2) (4:01)
  5. Marooned (2:02)
  6. The Great Gig In The Sky (4:40)
  7. Echoes (16:30)
  8. Hey You (4:39)
  9. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun (5:20)
  10. Money (6:29)
  11. Keep Talking (5:57)
  12. Sheep (9:46)
  13. Sorrow (8:45)
  14. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-7) (17:32)
  15. Time (6:48)
  16. The Fletcher Memorial Home (4:07)
  17. Comfortably Numb (6:53)
  18. When The Tigers Broke Free (3:42)
  19. One Of These Days (5:14)
  20. Us And Them (7:51)
  21. Learning To Fly (4:50)
  22. Arnold Layne (2:52)
  23. Wish You Were Here (5:21)
  24. Jugband Blues (2:56)
  25. High Hopes (6:59)
  26. Bike (3:24)

Credits

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