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* A wall (for [[The Wall]])
* A wall (for [[The Wall]])
* A bike (referencing the song [[Bike (song)|Bike]] from [[The Piper at the Gates of Dawn]])
* A bike (referencing the song [[Bike (song)|Bike]] from [[The Piper at the Gates of Dawn]])
* An axe (probably referencing the song [[One of These Days]])
* An axe (probably referencing the song [[Carefull with that Axe, Eugene]])


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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 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 was kept from #1 in the US by Britney Spears' Britney but they did help her dethrone Michael Jackson's Invincible as it fell to #3). 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 (three million copies sold) in the U.S. by the RIAA on January 8, 2002.

History

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. Each of the twenty-six tracks non-chronologically fades from one to the next with no break in the music (apart from a disc switch after thirteen tracks), courtesy of longtime producer-engineer James Guthrie. This was done[citation needed] 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.

The album is, at times, criticised by hardcore Pink Floyd fans[citation needed] for its lack of material from Music From the Film More, Ummagumma, Atom Heart Mother and Obscured by Clouds, as well as for its shortened versions of "Echoes", "Marooned", "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", "Sheep" and "High Hopes". It can be argued[citation needed], however, that the compilation is geared more towards casual and new fans of the band, rather than hardcore fans who already own all of Pink Floyd's albums.

Artwork

The artwork is a collage of several well-known images from previous album covers. Some of these are:


Track listing

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 the 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 (abridged) (from Meddle, 1971)
  6. "Hey You" – 4:39 (from The Wall, 1979)
  7. "Marooned" – 2:02 (heavily abridged) (from The Division Bell, 1994)
  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 (abridged) (from Wish You Were Here, 1975)
  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 (Lengthened to include part of "Bring the Boys Back Home" - from The Wall, 1979)
  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)

Rejected options

According to James Guthrie, the following songs were considered for inclusion:[1]

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
2001 The Billboard 200 2
2001 Billboard's Top Internet Albums 1

Credits

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Notes

  1. ^ http://www.pinkfloyd.co.uk/echoes/ae/james.html
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