- Audio CD (Nov 6 2001)
- Number of Discs: 2
- Format: Best of
- Label: EMI Music Canada
- ASIN: B00005QDW5
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | LP Record
- Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (339 customer reviews)
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank:
#6,627 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
- #56 in Music > Classic Rock > Supergroups
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Track Listings
| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 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 | |||
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| 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 | |||
| 9. Arnold Layne | |||
| 10. Wish You Were Here | |||
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Product Description
From Amazon.co.uk
Echoes is a double-CD collection of some of Pink Floyd's best songs; it's also an interesting document of the band's history. They began life as Syd Barrett's mandrax-flavoured nursery-rhymers--gnomes, scarecrows, cats and bikes a speciality--before clasping the wings of Icarus and ascending towards the sun on an epic space-rock odyssey, eventually turning left once they reached the dark side of the moon and burning up on re-entry, crash-landing on every earthlings' home hi-fi with the imperious but seething embitterment of their (or more pertinently, Roger Waters') pomp rock; the sociological (Animals), totalitarianism (The Wall) and World War (The Final Cut). And it's all here--30 years of the Floyd's awesome back catalogue trimmed down to two handsome CDs. It is worth reiterating that, despite a fondness for pyrotechnics (and fittingly--and perhaps deliberately--the album was released on November 5th), Pink Floyd were never a prog-rock band. Sure, some of their songs were a bit long, and they never released singles (at least not for 11 years), but the same could be said for Led Zeppelin. Clinically devoid of the cod-classical overtures and vainglorious musicianship of that era, Pink Floyd were a pole apart; Meddle's epic maritime tone-poem "Echoes" remains The Floyds' apogee. But here, on this collection, "the albatross" which "hangs motionless upon the air" has had its wings clipped--seven full minutes are missing, but you'd never be able to tell. The sonar bleeps, the screeching seagulls, the howling winds are all retained and whoever wielded the editorial axe did so carefully, Eugene. Interestingly, the non-chronological track listing works--the summery, childhood enchantment of "See Emily Play" timetabled right next to the square-bashing school discipline of "Happiest Days Of Our Lives"--and at least this way no-one will switch off when material from "A Momentary Lapse in Reason" comes around. Despite the curious omission of "Atom Heart Mother", this really is the very best of the Floyd--from the throbbing "One Of These Days" (conceived as an attack on disc jockey Jimmy Young), to the pop operatic "Great Gig In The Sky" and the genius silvery fluidity of Dave Gilmour's guitar work. This is timeless, as many members of Sigur Ros, Radiohead, Blur, Beta Band etc will no doubt testify. --Kevin Maidment
Chronique amazon.fr
Comme son nom l'indique, cette compilation offre, 2 heures et demie durant, le meilleur des Pink Floyd en 26 titres ! Des racines profondes du blues aux extraits les plus plébiscités de Dark Side Of The Moon ou The Wall, ce double assortiment aligne les succès sans surprise ni inédit (seule rareté repérée : "When The Tigers Broke Free", un des plus anciens singles enregistrés par ces pionniers du rock progressif). Sans se soucier de chronologie, Echoes fait l'état des lieux du laboratoire à recyclage de l'entreprise de construction psychédélique et space rock, transmis depuis à de dignes héritiers bidouilleurs tels The Orb, Air ou encore Mercury Rev. Pourtant les Floyd, coupables d'écrire des chansons enrobées des riffs graisseux et de drapés sonores indigestes, bruit de fond confortable pour flotter sous l'influence d'une quelconque substance prohibée, n'ont jamais été à la mode. Mais si John Lydon, héros punk, se pavanait dans un superbe tee-shirt "I Hate Pink Floyd", Piper At The Gates Down, le crucial premier album de la bande à Syd Barrett (encore protégé des ravages de l'acide), reste indémodable 34 ans après sa sortie. Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Nick Mason et Richard Wright, unis dans leur majesté mélancolique, peuvent être fiers du travail accompli. Cette collection définitive prouve que ces dieux des stades, ces champions des charts ont traversé le temps, animés d'un véritable élan créatif. --Sabrina Silamo
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3.0 out of 5 stars
what ? no 'brain damage' !!,
By ashfaq ismail (lenasia south africa) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Echoes: The Best Of Pink Floyd (2CD) (Audio CD)
No hardcore fan will take this album seriously- No 'Brain damage' the song that defines Pink Floyd and its missing lotsa goodies icluding some soundtrack stuff,1 more cd would have been good.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Doesn't do the Band Justice,
By A Customer
This review is from: Echoes: The Best Of Pink Floyd (2CD) (Audio CD)
While it has some very well chosen songs, as a greatest hits cd it is unable to really reflect the quality of the actual albums. Pink Floyd was great at making an album without a dull song, and that flowed the whole way through. While Echoes to some degree does that, it is not of the same calibre as other Pink Floyd releases. Those just getting into Pink Floyd are highly recommended to look at Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, or Animals to experience Pink Floyd at their best.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Buy Floyd's albums, not songs,
By A Customer
This review is from: Echoes: The Best Of Pink Floyd (2CD) (Audio CD)
Although this album has some great songs, I recommend buying their albums, not their individual songs. The meaning is lost on songs from "The Wall" and "Animals," among others, because the entire album is more like one song, telling a story. Each song, like "Comfortably Numb" and "Mother," are only segments of these terrific pieces of art, so it appears that the songs have no meaning. And even if you disagree, where are other classic hits, like "Dogs?"
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