Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd by Pink Floyd (CD, Nov-2001, 2 Discs, Capitol)

Great for casual fans of the band.

I am not a Pink Floyd fan. They have been making music for over 50 years, and in that time, they have released fewer than half a dozen songs that I like. So, buying four or five CDs to get those songs was out of the question. This greatest hits had all of the songs I wanted on it. In fact, there is a single disc greatest hits that also contained all of the songs I wanted on it, and it was around 50 cents cheaper...but for only half a dollar more I got another disc worth of songs that I thought may contain a song or two that I would also like. After having listened to all of the songs, I can say that I would have been fine with the single disc version, but I definitely don't feel ripped off here.

Actual fans of the band will tell you not to buy a greatest hits of this band because the songs on the original albums form some kind of cohesive whole that is lost if you cherry pick the songs. Not sure on that, but I think I'll be okay.Read full review

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A flawed filet of Floyd

Any 'greatest hits' compilation from Pink Floyd is inherently going to be flawed because once you mix together tracks from disparate albums, you lose context. Pink Floyd was never a singles band, quite the opposite. They were absolute masters of the concept album. Their albums were expansive works that are, more often than not, greater than the sum of their tracks. That said, the selection of tracks contained in 'Echoes' is an okay sampling but the jumbled sequencing makes absolutely no sense. Random juxtaposition of tracks from, say 'Saucerful of Secrets' and 'The Wall' is just too jarring and the impact of each track is diminished by being taken out of context. The more logical approach would have been to sequence the tracks chronologically as to create an overview of the band's evolution over four decades, during which their sound dramatically changed from psychedelic avant garde to progenitors of progressive rock to theatrical arena rock. Doing this would have created more of a 'filet of Floyd', rather than the 'Pink hash' this two-disc set ultimately is.Read full review

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Best fo Pink Floyd, Echoes

One of the better Pink Floyd G.H. Discs. Although it could have more songs on it, the discs cover quite a bit of albums. Some are represented more than others. I did like that many older songs are on it than other PF G.H. from them. There is overlap from other G.H. discs too. Overall a nice addition to my collection.Read full review

Classic Pink Floyd

I'm a big Pink Floyd fan and I already had dark side of the moon and the wall but these this disc has some some other greatest hits, CDs are coming back in fashion you can play them on demand and the clarity surpasses any kind of streaming service I highly recommend this discRead full review

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PINK FLOYD ECHOES ALL THE BEST !

PINK FLOYD ECHOES IS A DOUBLE CD OF ALL OF THE BEST SONGS. IT COMES WITH A NICE BOOKLET, AND PLASTIC JEWEL CASE NOT A CARD BOARD SLEEVE ALSO GREAT ART WORK ON THE COVER. THANKS !

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top of the vintage!!! in rock n roll music!!

top quality!! very vintage!!! sound!!! fantastic!!!! cd its pink floyd they are an extremely awesome!!! band.

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When I do receive it I'm gonna be On the Sunny side of our MOON

It actually made me and the whole Block Shine when I first put this on....WOW, gotta love Gilmor💋

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Echoes by Pink Floyd excellent

Great album 2 disc can listen to them all the way through back-to-back Crank It Up and enjoy!

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Favorite

Probably my fav for over 40 yrs. Wish they were still together. Great album as all of them r . This is a nice selection.

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Thrilled with this CD. Memories will soothe my soul. Thank you for fast shipping!!

Thrilled with this CD. Memories will soothe my soul. Thank you for fast shipping!!

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