There are frequently space-saving edits, making this a good "sampler" for young Floyd fans, but largely redundant for someone with most of the albums. Most of the rest, however, were superior in their original context. One thing: it is nice to see some of the early singles available here, as well as "When the Tigers Broke Free." The album is still basically a compilation. Someone could argue that this album IS a new take that provides new context - after all, the songs segue into each other! Wow! However, this effect, while making it seem more "classic Floyd," doesn't really serve any artistic purpose. I probably shouldn't be writing this review with such a massive byass, but I own the album and listened to it in my youth, so it's fair game for revisionist old-man syndrome.
There are exceptions, but these are generally when the time juxtaposition is used to artfully create a new work with new or refined meaning, instead of simply lumping the "best of" for easy fan-access. This compilation is by no means bad - the only problem is that I don't really like compilations - in almost EVERY circumstance I've encountered, hearing a song in its original context is preferrable to hearing it in a compilation. Posted Sunday, J| Review this album | Report (Review #9368) Overall Echoes does the job and it is a beautiful reminder of how Inclusion the wall film single "When the Tigers Broke Free" is also good to see here and a I think this album is just as good as Relics which is a favourite by pink floydįans and is walks all over the poor "A Collection of Great Dance Songs" and "Works". To get more of the bands albums, but for those who are already hardcore fans, theĬompilation flows wonderfully and it is brilliant to see all the classics of the last 20 years all The good thing about this album is that it is brilliant for beginners and will make them want Songs had to be edited down because of their length they still manage to be appealing. Still this album contains the classics, although some The only downside is that there are too many of the new tracks that dontĮven feature the whole band lineup and the album misses out crucial songs from Strong for over 20 years seems like an impossible task, but once again pink floyd have The task of wrapping up the best songs by a proggresive rock band who have been going Clare Kenyon / backing vocals (track 11) Releases information Professor Stephen Hawking / digital voice (track 11) Jon Carin / second keyboard (tracks 13,21) Raphael Ravenscroft / tenor saxophone (tracks 16,18) Lee Ritenour / rhythm guitar (track 17) David Gilmour / guitar (except tracks 1,2,22) Richard Wright / keyboards, organ (except tracks 16,18) Roger Waters / bass (except tracks 11,13,21,25)
Shine on You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-7) (17:32)
Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun (5:20)ġ4. Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) (4:01)ĩ.