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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.
Formed in 1965, Pink Floyd earned recognition for their psychedelic or space rock music, and, later, their progressive rock music. [1] The group have sold over 250 million records worldwide, [2] [3] including 75 million in the United States. [4] Pink Floyd achieved success in London's underground music scene, led by the singer and guitarist Syd ...
During 1974, Pink Floyd sketched out three new compositions, "Raving and Drooling", "You Gotta Be Crazy" and "Shine On You Crazy Diamond".[nb 1] [5] These songs were performed during a series of concerts in France and England, the band's first tour since 1973's The Dark Side of the Moon.
The Wall is the eleventh studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 30 November 1979 by Harvest/EMI and Columbia/CBS Records.It is a rock opera which explores Pink, a jaded rock star, as he constructs a psychological "wall" of social isolation.
In order to issue some more "product" for fans, they decided to release a budget priced LP on their Starline label, combining early singles, B-sides, album tracks and one unreleased song, "Biding My Time". [8] The compilation contains material from the first three albums: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, A Saucerful of Secrets and More.
Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd is the fourth compilation album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 5 November 2001 by EMI internationally and a day later by Capitol Records in the United States. It debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 album chart on 24 November 2001, with sales of 214,650 copies. [1]
[32] [33] The Dark Side of the Moon sessions made use of advanced studio techniques, as the studio was capable of 16-track mixes which offered greater flexibility than the eight- or four-track mixes Pink Floyd had previously worked with, although the band often used so many tracks that second-generation copies were still needed to make more ...
The album was released in 1988 as a double LP, double cassette, and a double CD, each format containing a slightly different track listing. [7] The album includes many works from A Momentary Lapse of Reason as well as tracks from older Pink Floyd albums. [7] The double LP release did not have "Us and Them" on the track listing.