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In 2003, A Fair Forgery of Pink Floyd, a tribute album of Pink Floyd covers was released; it included a version of "Mother" by Quetzal, called by AllMusic a "heart-ripping country rendition", and featuring a cajón, an accordion, and a violin solo. [10] Natalie Maines covered "Mother" for her 2013 album, also titled Mother.
Pink Floyd are an English rock band who recorded material for fifteen studio albums, three soundtrack albums, three live albums, eight compilation albums, four box sets, as well as material that, to this day, remains unreleased during their five decade career. There are currently 222 songs on this list.
The orchestral arrangements feature a full brass section, [11] a cello [20] and the 16-piece John Alldis choir, [21] [22] which take most of the lead melody lines, while Pink Floyd mainly provide the backing tracks; [11] a reverse of the 1960s pop music practice of using orchestration as the background, and putting the rock band in front.
"Fat Old Sun" is a song by English rock band Pink Floyd, written and sung by David Gilmour. [2] [3] It appears on their 1970 album Atom Heart Mother, and was performed live by the group from 1970-71 in a different arrangement. Gilmour has since played the track on several of his solo tours.
"Atom Heart Mother" is a six-part suite by the progressive rock band Pink Floyd, composed by all members of the band and Ron Geesin. [4] It appeared on the Atom Heart Mother album in 1970, taking up the first side of the original vinyl record. [4] [5] At 23:38, [3] it is Pink Floyd's longest uncut studio piece.
In March 1983, the last Pink Floyd album with Waters, The Final Cut, was released. It was subtitled: "A requiem for the post-war dream by Roger Waters, performed by Pink Floyd". [1] Waters wrote all the album's lyrics and music, causing Rolling Stone to view the work as "essentially a Roger Waters solo album". [2]
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"Matilda Mother" is a song by the English rock band Pink Floyd, featured on their 1967 debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. [2] [3] Written by Syd Barrett, it is sung mostly by Richard Wright with Barrett joining in on choruses and singing the whole last verse. It was the first song recorded for the album.