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2011 collection from the British Rock legends, released to coincide with the digitally remastered reissues of their entire studio catalog. Features their best known tracks including 'Comfortably Numb', 'Money', 'Another Brick In The Wall, Pt. 2' and more.
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117 of 143 people found the following review helpful
By Jeff Monroe
Format:Audio CD
First of all, let me state that my rating and review is for this specific collection, not the band or the individual songs. I'm a huge fan of the band and all of the individual songs herein, I'm simply reviewing the merits of THIS particular collection.
To the best of my recollection, this is now the fifth (!?) "Greatest Hits" type of collection by Pink Floyd, and definately the worst of the five. Pink Floyd has always been a band that has to be appreciated by albums, not just individual songs, and this is what makes a "Greatest Hits" type collection (especially a ONE DISC collection), always seem uneven and incomplete. The fact that perhaps their finest album (Animals) isn't represented at all is ridiculous, and shows the folly of this entire release. What's even more strange (and kind of disturbing) is that the "Animals" album cover is shown in the collage on the front of the CD (as well as several other album covers that also AREN'T represented in this collection at all).
While I'm at it, who decided on the sequencing of this album? The album starts off with the very familiar classic rock radio staple from "The Wall" ("Hey You"), then abruptly switches gears to the lone Syd Barrett era tune on this collection ("See Emily Play"), then quickly switches back to two more tunes from "The Wall". Wouldn't you think that if you were going to include tunes from all eras of the band that they would be in some kind of rational order? And if you are shooting for a "greatest hits" album, or even an album intended for Pink Floyd "newbies", as I've heard other reviewers claim, why in the world are tunes like "The Fletcher Memorial Home", the aforementioned "See Emily Play", "The Great Gig In The Sky", and "High Hopes" included? These are really great tunes, but hardly amongst their best known songs or "greatest hits". How can you include those tunes and not include (one of their best known songs) "Run Like Hell"? Other obvious omissions (and there are MANY) include "On The Turning Away", "One Of These Days", "Speak To Me/Breathe", etc. This collection is just a mess, much more like a "stubbed toe" than a "foot in the door".
For some bands, "greatest hits" packages work really well, but in my humble opinion, Pink Floyd isn't one of them. This collection is unnecessary and HUGELY incomplete. If you are a fan, you probably already have all of these songs on their respective albums. If you are new to Pink Floyd and insist on a "greatest hits" package, I would start with the "Echoes" 2 disc set, which isn't perfect, but is much better than this release. Better yet, just buy the individual albums.
To the best of my recollection, this is now the fifth (!?) "Greatest Hits" type of collection by Pink Floyd, and definately the worst of the five. Pink Floyd has always been a band that has to be appreciated by albums, not just individual songs, and this is what makes a "Greatest Hits" type collection (especially a ONE DISC collection), always seem uneven and incomplete. The fact that perhaps their finest album (Animals) isn't represented at all is ridiculous, and shows the folly of this entire release. What's even more strange (and kind of disturbing) is that the "Animals" album cover is shown in the collage on the front of the CD (as well as several other album covers that also AREN'T represented in this collection at all).
While I'm at it, who decided on the sequencing of this album? The album starts off with the very familiar classic rock radio staple from "The Wall" ("Hey You"), then abruptly switches gears to the lone Syd Barrett era tune on this collection ("See Emily Play"), then quickly switches back to two more tunes from "The Wall". Wouldn't you think that if you were going to include tunes from all eras of the band that they would be in some kind of rational order? And if you are shooting for a "greatest hits" album, or even an album intended for Pink Floyd "newbies", as I've heard other reviewers claim, why in the world are tunes like "The Fletcher Memorial Home", the aforementioned "See Emily Play", "The Great Gig In The Sky", and "High Hopes" included? These are really great tunes, but hardly amongst their best known songs or "greatest hits". How can you include those tunes and not include (one of their best known songs) "Run Like Hell"? Other obvious omissions (and there are MANY) include "On The Turning Away", "One Of These Days", "Speak To Me/Breathe", etc. This collection is just a mess, much more like a "stubbed toe" than a "foot in the door".
For some bands, "greatest hits" packages work really well, but in my humble opinion, Pink Floyd isn't one of them. This collection is unnecessary and HUGELY incomplete. If you are a fan, you probably already have all of these songs on their respective albums. If you are new to Pink Floyd and insist on a "greatest hits" package, I would start with the "Echoes" 2 disc set, which isn't perfect, but is much better than this release. Better yet, just buy the individual albums.
43 of 56 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Pink Floyd's new single disc best of called A Foot In the Door is a great starter into the world of Pink Floyd for those who want to know what the band's music was like and first proper greatest hits album.
When I first got wind of A Foot In the Door I was like do we need another single disc Pink Floyd compilation but got as a gift from a family member as I'm a Pink Floyd collector and I am impressed.
A Foot in the Door, like the now out of print 2001 2-CD Echoes compilation, is not like many best ofs that are out on the market as it is a non-chronological compilation and has songs segueing from one to the next. A Foot In the Door (as its title suggests) is literally geared towards newbies who want to delve into the legacy of Pink Floyd and, unlike 1981's A Collection of Great Dance Songs and 1983's US only Works, is a single disc compilation spanning everything from 1967 to 1994 and coming in at close to 80 minutes.
It's impossible to put a collection of Pink Floyd songs together on one CD that will please everyone. I think the non-chronological placing of these songs adds something new to the mix and the transitions between some of these songs create a mosaic of music just as these songs did on their original albums. Producer James Guthrie was responsible for the segueing and tracklisting with help from the three surviving Pink Floyd members David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Roger Waters.
The band's 1967 Syd Barrett era is represented by the band's first UK Top 10 hit being "See Emily Play".
1973's classic The Dark Side of the Moon is represented by a slightly edited version of "Time", "The Great Gig in the Sky", "Money" (which segues into "Comfortably Numb") and the album's closer "Brain Damage" and "Eclipse".
1975's Wish You Were Here is represented by a new edit of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1 - 5)" and has music fading out without the crossfade into Part 6 like on Echoes (which in turn segues into "Brain Damage"), "Have a Cigar" (which wasn't on Echoes) and a slightly edited version of the title cut (with the ending reduced as the wind noises segues into "Time").
1979's classic The Wall is represented by "The Happiest Days of Our Lives", "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" (which segues into "Have a Cigar"), "Hey You" (which opens this compilation) and "Comfortably Numb".
1983's The Final Cut is represented by "The Fletcher Memorial Home" (which segues nicely into the newish edit of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond").
1987's A Momentary Lapse of Reason is represented by "Learning to Fly" (which segues into the previously aforementioned "Fletcher Memorial Home").
1994's swan song The Division Bell is represented rightly so by the album's closing track "High Hopes" (same edit that appeared on the now discontinued Echoes : The Best of Pink Floyd 2-CD compilation).
I know nothing on this compilation features any tracks from the 1967 debut The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, 1968's A Saucerful of Secrets, 1969's More Soundtrack, Ummagumma (also from 1969), 1970's Atom Heart Mother, 1971's Meddle, 1972's underappreciated Obscured by Clouds and 1977's underrated Animals but remember folks that it's hard to put a band of Pink Floyd's history together on one 80 minute CD. Now that Capitol in the States and EMI outside the US discontinued the 2 disc Echoes best of, this will be the only compilation from Pink Floyd readily available for American Floyd fans but Echoes is still available as an import if you want to have a more concrete overview to Pink Floyd's legacy. However, A Foot In the Door is a great overview for those who want to check out Pink Floyd's history on one 80 minute CD.
Highly recommended to newbies for Floyd fans!
When I first got wind of A Foot In the Door I was like do we need another single disc Pink Floyd compilation but got as a gift from a family member as I'm a Pink Floyd collector and I am impressed.
A Foot in the Door, like the now out of print 2001 2-CD Echoes compilation, is not like many best ofs that are out on the market as it is a non-chronological compilation and has songs segueing from one to the next. A Foot In the Door (as its title suggests) is literally geared towards newbies who want to delve into the legacy of Pink Floyd and, unlike 1981's A Collection of Great Dance Songs and 1983's US only Works, is a single disc compilation spanning everything from 1967 to 1994 and coming in at close to 80 minutes.
It's impossible to put a collection of Pink Floyd songs together on one CD that will please everyone. I think the non-chronological placing of these songs adds something new to the mix and the transitions between some of these songs create a mosaic of music just as these songs did on their original albums. Producer James Guthrie was responsible for the segueing and tracklisting with help from the three surviving Pink Floyd members David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Roger Waters.
The band's 1967 Syd Barrett era is represented by the band's first UK Top 10 hit being "See Emily Play".
1973's classic The Dark Side of the Moon is represented by a slightly edited version of "Time", "The Great Gig in the Sky", "Money" (which segues into "Comfortably Numb") and the album's closer "Brain Damage" and "Eclipse".
1975's Wish You Were Here is represented by a new edit of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1 - 5)" and has music fading out without the crossfade into Part 6 like on Echoes (which in turn segues into "Brain Damage"), "Have a Cigar" (which wasn't on Echoes) and a slightly edited version of the title cut (with the ending reduced as the wind noises segues into "Time").
1979's classic The Wall is represented by "The Happiest Days of Our Lives", "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" (which segues into "Have a Cigar"), "Hey You" (which opens this compilation) and "Comfortably Numb".
1983's The Final Cut is represented by "The Fletcher Memorial Home" (which segues nicely into the newish edit of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond").
1987's A Momentary Lapse of Reason is represented by "Learning to Fly" (which segues into the previously aforementioned "Fletcher Memorial Home").
1994's swan song The Division Bell is represented rightly so by the album's closing track "High Hopes" (same edit that appeared on the now discontinued Echoes : The Best of Pink Floyd 2-CD compilation).
I know nothing on this compilation features any tracks from the 1967 debut The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, 1968's A Saucerful of Secrets, 1969's More Soundtrack, Ummagumma (also from 1969), 1970's Atom Heart Mother, 1971's Meddle, 1972's underappreciated Obscured by Clouds and 1977's underrated Animals but remember folks that it's hard to put a band of Pink Floyd's history together on one 80 minute CD. Now that Capitol in the States and EMI outside the US discontinued the 2 disc Echoes best of, this will be the only compilation from Pink Floyd readily available for American Floyd fans but Echoes is still available as an import if you want to have a more concrete overview to Pink Floyd's legacy. However, A Foot In the Door is a great overview for those who want to check out Pink Floyd's history on one 80 minute CD.
Highly recommended to newbies for Floyd fans!
19 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is a solid collection for anyone who wants an introduction to Pink Floyd. Every classic rock radio cut (hence, nothing from 'Animals'), and then some (OK, OK, they coulda put one 'Animals' cut on this), is on here, perfect for the casual fan. Let me repeat that: perfect for the casual fan... like my brother. I'm getting this for him for his birthday. I almost considered getting him 'Echoes' last year, but knew he would not listen to it, too much unfamiliar material. With this disc there are 13 out of 16 songs I know he would know. Pretty solid.
As for me I have the albums, so this would be a superfluous purchase for myself. But for my brother or anyone else who wants to get a... foot in the door, this is the perfect place to start.
As for me I have the albums, so this would be a superfluous purchase for myself. But for my brother or anyone else who wants to get a... foot in the door, this is the perfect place to start.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent!!!
Excellent album with a ton of my favorite Floyd sons...takes me back to the 80s when I was listening to them more often.
Published 9 days ago by J. Titus
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great collection of some of the best P.F. tunes ever.
I don't have a bunch of Pink Floyd these days, since when I listened to them it was on vinyl - so it's awesome to have downloaded this great collection.
Published 9 days ago by Z-ManOfANewWorld
3.0 out of 5 stars
Almost Works But Not Quite...
I suppose this is a great introduction for someone who doesn't have any Pink Floyd in their collection. And I suppose this isn't bad for an attempt at compiling their best on 1 CD. Read more
Published 11 days ago by Robert
5.0 out of 5 stars
Pink Floyd
Excellent Album. If you are looking for a mix of some of the Great Pink Floyd works. It has all of my favorite Pink Floyd songs. Read more
Published 15 days ago by N R G
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great Mix!
IT'S PINK FLOYD!!!!.....what's not to like! FAVORITE 70's band...hands down. I think I appreciate them even more now, with my wisdom & knowledge of music, they come on the radio... Read more
Published 21 days ago by pay-it-forward
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Best of Pink Floyd
What is not to love about this CD. Great classic CD of Pink Floyds greatest hits. We crank it in the house.
Published 25 days ago by Gena Worrell
5.0 out of 5 stars
Pink Floyd does not need my approval
Pink Floyd has been around for so long with so many fans, I was late getting into their music. Strict parents delayed some of my musical explorations as a youth. Read more
Published 28 days ago by Jane R. Mangrum
5.0 out of 5 stars
espectacular
The cd arrived very quickly, much sooner than indicated, in perfect physical condition. When opened and you can enjoy listening high quality in product development and the sound... Read more
Published 1 month ago by German Alonso Aguilar Villarreal
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great selection
This is a great selection of the Pink Floyd hits. There are a few I might have left off and added, but overall I liked it.
Published 1 month ago by Gayland L. Enockson
5.0 out of 5 stars
Classic
Brings back happy memories and produces a contact high or comfortably numb! Should have bought 2 because I'll wear this one out
Published 1 month ago by ndnola
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