Relics

by Pink Floyd

Relics cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 14 May 1971
  • Label: Starline
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 51:00
  • Community rating: 4.04/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Subtitled 'A Bizarre Collection of Antiques and Curios', 'Relics' functions as a retrospective of Pink Floyd's earliest, Syd Barrett-led psychedelic pop singles and experimental B-sides. It served to keep product in the market while the band labored over expansive new studio work, simultaneously providing fans access to formerly scarce non-album tracks. The whimsical collection juxtaposes their initial swinging-London pop whimsy against their burgeoning avant-garde tendencies.

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde, drugs, melodic, progressive, compilation

Tracklist

  1. Arnold Layne (2:52)
  2. Interstellar Overdrive (9:38)
  3. See Emily Play (2:54)
  4. Remember A Day (4:28)
  5. Paintbox (3:35)
  6. Julia Dream (2:35)
  7. Careful With That Axe, Eugene (7:45)
  8. Cirrus Minor (5:13)
  9. The Nile Song (3:23)
  10. Biding My Time (5:16)
  11. Bike (3:21)

Credits

  • Nick Mason - artwork [art work], written-by
  • David Gilmour - written-by
  • Richard Wright - written-by
  • Roger Waters - written-by
  • Syd Barrett - written-by

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