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Track Listings
| 1. Arnold Layne (1996 Digital Remaster) |
| 2. Interstellar Overdrive (1996 Digital Remaster) |
| 3. See Emily Play (1996 Digital Remaster) |
| 4. Remember A Day (1996 Digital Remaster) |
| 5. Paintbox (1996 Digital Remaster) |
| 6. Julia Dream (1996 Digital Remaster) |
| 7. Careful With That Axe Eugene (1996 Digital Remaster) |
| 8. Cirrus Minor (1996 Digital Remaster) |
| 9. The Nile Song (1996 Digital Remaster) |
| 10. Biding My Time (1996 Digital Remaster) |
| 11. Bike (1996 Digital Remaster) |
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This compilation and "greatest hits" package has the odd distinction of being released well before the band hit its stadium-filling prime in the mid-to-late '70s. This album essentially bridges the considerable gap between original leader Syd Barrett's baroque psychedelic pop-single bent (exemplified here by the band's first chart hit "See Emily Play" and the cross-dressing mini-epic "Arnold Layne," both stellar singles left off the band's debut album) and the more ponderous musical pretensions of Roger Waters, the band's de facto leader after mental illness sidelined Barrett early on. It's a good introduction to the band's foundations for Floyd novices, and the inclusion of the early singles and two early outtakes ("Julia Dream" and "Biding My Time") make it a must for aficionados. --Jerry McCulley
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Pour se faire une idée des premiers singles de Pink Floyd, il n'y a que deux solutions : se procurer les compilations Relics et Masters Of Rock. La première, originellement sortie en LP en 1971, offre de fameux morceaux signés par Syd Barrett : "Arnold Layne", produit par Joe Boyd (à qui on doit également la découverte de Nick Drake), premier 45 tours du groupe qui réussit à se tailler une place dans les hit-parades malgré des paroles saugrenues, et "See Emily Play", leur second 45 tours qui sera repris par David Bowie sur Pinups. D'autres titres rarissimes complètent l'ensemble. Certains ne le sont pas, comme le classique "Interstellar Overdrive" (extrait de l'album The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn) qui sera revisité d'extraordinaire façon en 1986 par Camper Van Beethoven avec le guitariste free Eugene Chadbourne ! Même si l'on peut toujours pester contre l'absence de "Apples And Oranges", Relics, un des sommets du psychédélisme british, est aussi indispensable que les deux premiers albums du Floyd. --Philippe Robert
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5.0 out of 5 stars
my favorite Pink Floyd album,
By krista (Ucluelet, BC, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Relics (Audio CD)
Pink Floyd should really be divided into two bands, the early band and the big huge stadium band, and there's no need to compare the two. The first Pink Floyd album I ever got was "A Nice Pair" their first two albums in one handy package, after I heard Voivod's (a metal band) cover of Astronomy Domine. I was only 15 and somehow didn't realize this was the same band as did Another Brick in the Wall and Shine on you Crazy Diamond etc. Anyway I was blown over. And Relics is my favorite album by the band all together. Julia Dream, Cirus Minor and Remember a Day are three of my very most favorite songs ever, they are so beautiful, gentle, and meloncholy. I love much of the later PF stuff as well, I inadvertently collected more of their albums than of any other band. My least favorite is (other than part two of Ummagumma, though I love Grantchester Meadows) is Dark side of the Moon because it has so much gospel-like wailing in it and I don't like "money", and the saxophone, and all the long, irritating guitar solos. Perhaps I've heard too much of it on the radio. So forget the later stuff for a minute and just compare "this" band to perhaps other smaller, alternative groups, as they were when they made this music. For heaven's sake, it's not just a collection of rarities for enthusiasts.The album is creative genius, at times variously wistfull, too lovely for words, frightening yet soothing, emotional, and thoughtfull. I gotta say I skip Interstellar Overdrive these days, it's a bit long and grating after a few years. This is sentimental music to get wrapped up in and attatched to, I hope droves more people with fresh outlooks will discover it for many years to come.
3.0 out of 5 stars
What a Collection???,
By Reijo Piippula "Gravenimage" (Turku, Finland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Relics (Audio CD)
I don't understand this one! There's "Remember a Day" from the album "Saucerful of Secrets", "Intersteller Overdrive" and "Bike" from "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn". There's rare tracks like "See Emily Play" and "Arnold Layne" which are very good songs. The rest of the album isn't so good as the others. There's of course "Careful With that Axe, Eugene" which is quite scary but "The Nile" song is too raw for Pink Floyd. It is too fast and heavy. I didn't like this album. If you have collection and their two first albums, you don't need this one.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Superb overview of pre-1970s Floyd,
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This review is from: Relics (Audio CD)
Pink Floyd's sixth album entitled Relics was released in July of 1971 in the US. The album was a collection of early singles, B-sides, album tracks and one previously unreleased track. The album was only available on cassette, 8-track and LP for many years and not on CD(I first got this album on cassette in December of 1987). It wasn't until August of 1996 that the album was finally released on CD officially here in the US and was remastered by long time Floyd producer/engineer/friend James Guthrie and long time Floyd mastering engineer Doug Sax. The album is a good summary of Floyd in the 1960s. The album featured the A sides of Pink Floyd's first two singles Arnold Layne(which was the band's first single release and was banned by the BBC because of the lyrical content) which is classic Syd Barrett and See Emily Play(which was the band's second single and first track produced by Norman Smith) arguably Syd's finest track. Two songs from Piper at the Gates of Dawn appear(Interstellar Overdrive and Bike). The later three singles' B-sides Paint Box, Julia Dream(David Gilmour's vocal debut) and Careful With That Axe Eugene) all appear here in stereo versions(the mono mixes of these tracks were first issued on CD on the band's 1992 box set Shine On). One track from 1968's A Saucerful of Secrets is represented by Remember a Day, one of Rick Wright's best songs. Two tracks from 1969's More(Cirrus Minor and The Nile Song) appear. The major reason to buy Relics is for the song Biding My Time which was a part of Floyd's The Man and The Journey suite performance from 1969 and a studio version was never released until Relics. The track featured Rick Wright on trombone and Gilmour's soaring guitar solos. Relics hit #152 on Billboard in 1971 but the album is now regarded as a cult classic and a good taster of the Syd Barrett era Floyd. Highly recommended!
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