Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd is a compilation album by Pink Floyd. It was released by EMI Records on 5 November 2001, in the United Kingdom and the following day in the United States through Capitol Records.
Track listing
Disc one
1. "Astronomy Domine" – (4:10) The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, 1967
2. "See Emily Play" – (2:47) non-album single; appears on Relics, 1971 and original USA/Japan versions of The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, 1967
3. "The Happiest Days of Our Lives" – (1:38) The Wall, 1979
4. "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" – (4:01) The Wall, 1979
5. "Echoes" [edited version] – (16:30) Meddle, 1971
6. "Hey You" – (4:39) The Wall, 1979
7. "Marooned" [edited version] – (2:02) The Division Bell, 1994
8. "The Great Gig in the Sky" – (4:40) The Dark Side of the Moon, 1973
9. "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" – (5:20) A Saucerful of Secrets, 1968
10. "Money" – (6:29) The Dark Side of the Moon, 1973
11. "Keep Talking" – (5:57) The Division Bell, 1994
12. "Sheep" [early fade-out] – (9:46) Animals, 1977
13. "Sorrow" – (8:45) A Momentary Lapse of Reason, 1987
Disc two
1. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-7)" – (17:32) Wish You Were Here, 1975
2. "Time" [includes "Breathe Reprise"] – (6:48) The Dark Side of the Moon, 1973
3. "The Fletcher Memorial Home" – (4:07) The Final Cut, 1983
4. "Comfortably Numb" [includes ending of "Bring the Boys Back Home"] – (6:53) The Wall, 1979
5. "When the Tigers Broke Free" – (3:42) The Wall film soundtrack, also on 2004 remaster of The Final Cut, 1983
6. "One of These Days" [edited version] – (5:15) Meddle, 1971
7. "Us and Them" – (7:51) The Dark Side of the Moon, 1973
8. "Learning to Fly" – (4:50) A Momentary Lapse of Reason, 1987
9. "Arnold Layne" – (2:52) non-album single, 1967; appears on Relics, 1971
10. "Wish You Were Here" – (5:21) Wish You Were Here, 1975
11. "Jugband Blues" – (2:56) A Saucerful of Secrets, 1968
12. "High Hopes" [abridged] – (6:59) The Division Bell, 1994
13. "Bike" – (3:24) The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, 1967
The artwork is a collage of several well-known images from previous album covers. Some of these include:
* A burning man (from Wish You Were Here's cover)
* A porcelain pig and cow (symbolizing the covers of the albums Animals and Atom Heart Mother, respectively)
* A sheep, representing the album Animals
* Several pyramids representing The Dark Side of the Moon
* A man in a light bulb suit (from the cover of the live album Delicate Sound of Thunder)
* An iron bedstead representing A Momentary Lapse of Reason.
* A white and black brick walls (representing The Wall and Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980–81, respectively)
* A crossed-hammer insignia (made popular in the 1982 film adaptation of the album The Wall)
* A bike (referring to the song "Bike" from The Piper at the Gates of Dawn)
* An axe (referring to the spoken line from "One of These Days", "One of these days, I'm going to cut you into little pieces", the song "Careful with that Axe, Eugene", or the line "Run to the bedroom / In the suitcase on the left / You'll find my favourite axe" from the song "One of My Turns")
* A The Piper at the Gates of Dawn poster.
* A fishbowl (referring to the lyrics to the song "Wish You Were Here")
* A man in military attire (referring to the concept album The Final Cut)
* A mirror ball (referring to the one used during the final solo in "Comfortably Numb" on the video album P*U*L*S*E)
* An aeroplane model referring to the crashing aeroplane used in the DVD P*U*L*S*E, perhaps also David Gilmour's and Nick Mason's love for aviation or possible the plane that killed Pink's father and symbolizing his mother in "The Trial", from The Wall
* A rowing boat (referring to the picture label on the vinyl edition of A Momentary Lapse of Reason)
* Two metal statues representing The Division Bell
* A Shine On poster
* Four masks representing Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980–81
* A picture of an ear from the album art for Meddle'
* A swimmer drying off from the inner art of Wish You Were Here
* A couple of dancers from A Collection of Great Dance Songs
* The maid can also be seen in the insert for A Momentary Lapse of Reason'
* The sitting man with his briefcase is on the back art of Wish You Were Here
* The lake is shaped like a pig, representing the pigs they would fly during their concerts
* The multiple windows in an infinite like passage can be a reference to Ummagumma which has an infinite like picture.
* Empty bottles on shelves by the window resemble those on the cover of A Saucerful of Secrets
Near Mint(NM or M-)
CD
Near perfect. No obvious signs of use, it may have been played - but it has been handled very carefully.
Insert/Inlay/Booklet/Sleeve/Digipak: Near Perfect. No obvious wear, it may have only the slightest of marks from handling
