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- Format: CD
- Author: Pink Floyd
- ISBN: 9786310530796
- Condition: Used
- Dimensions: 0.45 x 5.00
- Publication Year: 2006
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Pink Floyd Puts Out A Compilation That Thrusts In Interstellar Overdrive
James H. - 6 years agoOf course many Pink Floyd purists are going to carp about some songs that should or should not be on this 2 CD compilation. However, there are many choice cuts from every phase of the band's colorful and illustrious career. Starting with the milestone 'Astronomy Domine' which with its 'James Bond' guitar twang, spacey electric organ (or primitive synth?) sounds is best described as a 'rock-n-roll Star Trek' because that's what it resembles to my head. I saw Pink Floyd in 1994 and they opened the show with this cosmic rocker- and it's so incredible that anyone was making stuff like this back in 1966! There are plenty of other gems and gold - a 17-minute version of 'Echoes', a never before released version of 'Shine One You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-7)', ' When The Tigers Broke Free' which was on the 1982 film 'The Wall' but never released on audio until now, US and UK chart singles and so much more. The thing about all this is how the songs on each of the 2 CDs SEQUE so seamlessly together for one long experience with no between-song breaks (but there is some additional musical 'bits' such as echo effects between a few tracks). Earlier aural cosmic 'wows' like 'Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun' and the sonic blowout 'One Of These Days' mix in perfectly along with newer songs like 'Marooned'. Many listeners may use this album as an excuse to toke for longer periods but that's not necessary to appreciate this band's work. The lyrical themes started out whimsical but became more pronounced with mature intellectual content as the band's music evolved. The Pinkies have always stated that their work is about sonic and sound manipulation and how the listener experiences it. That and their embrace of technology has made Pink Floyd the greatest psychedelic rock band ever and it's why they lasted for about 40 years - long after 'flower power' fashions, fads and other psychedelic bands bit the dust. This album utilizes an artistic trait used on 'The Wall'. That classic 1979 double album features a 'tail end' of a sentence on the first song and it's 'starting bite' at the album's end. And so this compilation starts with a 60s song and ends with another one - 'Bike'. Granted, Pink Floyd albums are often best listened to straight from start to finish but for a 'Best-Of' this is probably the best Pink Floyd compilation that you can buy. The very fact that this 2 CD set entered the US album charts at #2 (the CD at #1 that week was a Britney Spears release that won't be remembered in 30 years, and probably not many will even WANT to remember) DOES shows the enduring legacy of Pink Floyd.