Advantages: Two discs of musical brilliance Disadvantages: Misses out a few of my favourites
I'm surprised that this album works. Take something like The Wall, an album with a story to tell. Put it in your CD player and press the Shuffle button. Sounds awful, doesn't it? The fact of the matter is that you can't just shove Pink Floyd songs together without some serious thought. It's with some trepidation that I parted with cash to buy Echoes, fearing a poorly made compilation taken off other albums. Thankfully, that's not the case. Everything ... ...from one tune to another. Naturally, I don't agree entirely with all of the choices here. There's a couple of songs that I would have put in to replace some of the tracks on here, but that's always going to be a tough choice when making an album from such a diverse band as this.
The album is the usual Pink Floyd fare, with lyrics ranging from "I've got a bike, you can ride it if you like" to Time's somewhat more profound "The sun is the same in ...
Pritch 15.02.2002
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Advantages: Double CD. everything you need for Floyd. Great art illutrations. good value for money, an Inspirational album Disadvantages: none
...of this album are in Echoes but one. 'Learning to Fly'. Much like The Division Bell, it is in a complete class of it's own and bothe these album are amongst my most treasured music. I respect the cover illustration for its modern yet strange theme….it conveys an idea of loneliness, beauty and all round uniqueness. I would recommend this album to anyone who is a fan of the following:
Pink Floyd
Jimi Hendrix
Roger Waters
The Doors.
I've fallen ... ...suggest to you that you purchase this album. Find out the meaning behind it all. Some of my favorite tracks from this album include:
Echoes, Shine on you Crazy Diamond, One of these Days, Learning to Fly, Wish you were here, Comfortably numb.
Go on then. Go out there and get Echoes(the best of pink floyd CDx2). You wont be disappointed and I'm sure you'll agree that this album is in a league of its own. Go get it and come back and tell me what ...
TommyRooney1987 28.01.2007
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Advantages: Features all the good stuff :-) Disadvantages: A few candidates have been over-looked
I'm always a bit apprehensive about buying a greatest hits.....but after looking at the track listings - I was satisfied and decided to buy it.
This album has slowly grown to be one of my favourites. The songs encompass the entire career of Pink Floyd (even if they aren't in any particular order). The songs are mixed together well and flow together as if it were a new album of new songs. I was shocked to see a few minutes shaved off some of the ... ...noticing.
CD 2 is definately my favourite - and through over listening I have discovered a huge love for "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"
A few glaring omissions are my only complaints. For example "Speak To Me/Breathe" and "Be Careful With That Axe Eugene" these are the two I missed most on this album.
In conclusion - I can say that this is a pretty good album that is very listenable to. It's no "Dark Side Of The Moon" or "Piper At The Gates Of Dawn" ...
apachetear 12.08.2004
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Advantages: Nice collection of songs if you're new to Pink Floyd Disadvantages: Not for people who has the essencial Floyd albums in their collection
If you've never heard about Pink Floyd which I almost can't believe, this is a nice collection to start with. Real Floyd freaks won't buy this stuff however there are some rarities on this album. It's a shame that the title track "Echoes" is a short version of the original song found on the album "Meddle". Also consider that some songs are picked out from concept albums and from my point of view, these songs are not so strong as a stand alone song. ...
djzs1999 14.10.2006
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Advantages: Best music you will ever listen to Disadvantages: Can there possibly be anything wrong with pink floyd
Echoes is an album that was reliesed by pink floyd which consists of a compilation of Pink Floyds best musical masterpieces known to man, such as Another Brick in the wall, the 23 minute experience known to you as Echoes, The Great Gig in the Sky, Set the Controls Fot the heart of the sun and money and thats just on the first disc !!!
as you can tell from this line up it is going to be yet another great guitar soloing CD from Pink Floyd.
The album ...
Pentatonic12345 26.10.2006
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