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1. One Of These Days

2. Arnold Layne

3. Fearless (lnterpolating 'You'll Never Walk Alone')

4. Brain Damage

5. Eclipse

6. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun

7. See Emily Play

8. Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered...

9. Free Four

10. Embryo

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A concise, if somewhat haphazardly sequenced, introduction to Pink Floyd's first era (1967-73 on EMI's Harvest label), this collection documents the band's evolution from their creative force Syd Barrett's tinkly psych-pop (represented here by the standout singles "Arnold Layne" and "See Emily Play") to the ubiquitous, world-beating strains of Dark Side of the Moon's "Brain Damage" and "Eclipse." It's a decidedly different band than the one familiar to fans of The Wall, The Final Cut, and its post-Roger Waters incarnations, one with an experimental bent that fueled an eclectic mix of driving space-rock ("One of These Days"), Roy Harper-esque folksiness ("Fearless"), and free-form sound collages ("Several Species"). Ironically, this is also the Pink Floyd for whom younger, alt-rock schooled music fans may find an unlikely affinity. --Jerry McCulley

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5.0 out of 5 stars The best of Pink Floyd's Capitol years, Jun 20 2004

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Terrence J Reardon "Classic rock guru" (Lake Worth, Florida, USA) - See all my reviews
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In June of 1983, Capitol Records released a Pink Floyd compilation entitled Works. The album was released as a cash-in on the band's success and at the time breakup. Works is a collection of early Pink Floyd tracks from 1967 to 1973 and features excellent tracks like the Syd Barrett-era singles Arnold Layne and "See Emily Play, a unique One of These Days(with the Speak to Me intro as a lead in into the track) and the rare quad mixes of Dark Side Of The Moon favorites Brain Damage and "Eclipse. The main reason for the adding Works to your Floyd collection is the rare song Embryo which is not available anywhere else but here (unlike the Syd Barrett singles, which you can also find on the CDs The Early Singles on the Pink Floyd box set in 1992, Relics finally issued on CD in 1996 and the Echoes retrospective in 2001). Embryo is a great song, a lost Floyd classic. Strangely enough,the band have always stated that this song was not ever actually finished, a claim which seems to be proven true by the live recording of it I've heard from the BBC in 1970. On record, Embryo is a soft, tranquil number with acoustic guitars. Live in concert, it was a powerful, amped-up rocker, featuring some awesome guitar work by David Gilmour. Even so, this early studio version of Embryo remains a hauntingly beautiful song, and one that demands to be added to your Floyd collection right now. Highly recommended!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Floyd's Capitol years documented, May 13 2004

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Terrence J. Reardon (South Carolina and Mass., USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Works (Audio CD)

In June of 1983, Capitol Records released a Pink Floyd compilation entitled Works. The album was released as a cash-in on the band's success and at the time breakup. Works is a collection of early Pink Floyd tracks from 1967 to 1973 and features excellent tracks like the Syd Barrett-era singles Arnold Layne and "See Emily Play, a unique One of These Days(with the Speak to Me intro as a lead in into the track) and the rare quad mixes of Dark Side Of The Moon favorites Brain Damage and "Eclipse. The main reason for the adding Works to your Floyd collection is the rare song Embryo which is not available anywhere else but here (unlike the Syd Barrett singles, which you can also find on the CDs The Early Singles on the Pink Floyd box set in 1992, Relics finally issued on CD in 1996 and the Echoes retrospective in 2001). Embryo is a great song, a lost Floyd classic. Strangely enough,the band have always stated that this song was not ever actually finished, a claim which seems to be proven true by the live recording of it I've heard from the BBC in 1970. On record, Embryo is a soft, tranquil number with acoustic guitars. Live in concert, it was a powerful, amped-up rocker, featuring some awesome guitar work by David Gilmour. Even so, this early studio version of Embryo remains a hauntingly beautiful song, and one that demands to be added to your Floyd collection right now. Highly recommended!

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5.0 out of 5 stars This isn't the best..., Jan 14 2003

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Michael Goodrich (Williston, VT) - See all my reviews

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however when i compare to what's out now, and to the beatles or rollingstones, i have to gve five stars!

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