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Pink Floyd - Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd Audio CD

A fair review of the Pink Floyd "Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Pink Floyd reviews here, or go back to the Pink Floyd tabs.

Band: Pink Floyd Title: Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd Rating: Release Date: 2001-11-06 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Astronomy Domine 2: See Emily Play 3: The Happiest Day of Our Lives 4: Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) 5: Echoes 6: Hey You 7: Marooned 8: The Great Gig in the Sky 9: Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun 10: Money 11: Keep Talking 12: Sheep 13: Sorrow 14: Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-7) 15: Time 16: The Fletcher Memorial Home 17: Comfortably Numb 18: When the Tigers Broke Free 19: One of These Days 20: Us And Them 21: Learning to Fly 22: Arnold Layne 23: Wish You Were Here 24: Jug Band Blues 25: High Hopes 26: Bike

Great collection of Pink Floyd's work
It contains most of my favorite Pink Floyd songs, plus some that I haven't heard before. This is a great album. Some of Pink Floyd's early work on this album is great. I didn't know what I had been missing.

Best of: one of the best, Prog. rock bands ever.
The songs have been carefully edited together, somewhat like radio, songs fading in and out and overlapping slightly at the end or beginning, making for an excellent listening experience in a way you've never heard PINK FLOYD before. Two discs contain some of Pink Floyd's best material from almost ever album, that they have put out.

PLEASANTLY SUPRISED
PINK FLOYD has always done piece recordings and i didn't know had it would sound taking songs out of their element and throwing them together. i was wondering how this would sound. well the songs fit nicely together and sounds great.

Fantastic Collection
Wow - what a great "Best of. . " collection indeed! Pink Floyd's albums are meant to be heard in their entirety, so a "Best of" collection may not seem like a good idea, but here it really does work well. Before I purchased this collection, my only Pink Floyd CD was "Dark Side of the Moon," probably like so many other people. Through this collection, I have moved on to discover the terrific albums from which these songs have been drawn.

"Echoes" is named after Pink Floyd's magnificent song of the same name from the 1971 album "Meddle," although on this collection the song has been shortened from 23 minutes to 16 minutes. That is not a bad thing - the song is great in either length, and the shorter version gives you something to look forward to if you decide to move on to collect Pink Floyd's other albums.

Here are my song-by-song ratings.

Disc: 1
1. Astronomy Domine ***1/2
2. See Emily Play ***1/2
3. The Happiest Day of Our Lives ***1/2
4. Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) ***
5. Echoes *****
6. Hey You ****1/2
7. Marooned *****
8. The Great Gig in the Sky *****
9. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun ****
10. Money ****
11. Keep Talking ****1/2
12. Sheep *****
13. Sorrow *****
Disc: 2
1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-7) *****
2. Time *****
3. The Fletcher Memorial Home ****
4. Comfortably Numb *****
5. When the Tigers Broke Free ***
6. One of These Days *****
7. Us And Them ****
8. Learning to Fly ****1/2
9. Arnold Layne ***1/2
10. Wish You Were Here ****
11. Jug Band Blues **1/2
12. High Hopes *****
13. Bike ***

Make no mistake, Pink Floyd is a 5-star band all the way, and some of the songs in this collection work better in context on their original albums. But for the price, this collection is a great introduction to the works of a truly magnificent band. Set aside some time to listen to this collection - it is 2 ½ hours long. As an interesting aside, the way the songs fade into each other and the sequence itself creates a kind of guided tour through Pink Floyd's catalog.
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Came after Christmas, disappointing
It was sad that I didn't have it on Christmas. This was a gift for my son. I did receive it in the shipping window, but I ordered it on Nov. 30. Almost a month getting it. Dealing with the seller was just okay, and I saw some other responses from him that were NOT nice. Would NOT buy from this seller again!!!.

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