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Works

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Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Parlophone
ASIN: B000002UBD
Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (51 customer reviews)
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1. One Of These Days

2. Arnold Layne

3. Fearless (lnterpolating 'You'll Never Walk Alone')

4. Brain Damage

5. Eclipse

6. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun

7. See Emily Play

8. Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered...

9. Free Four

10. Embryo

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Media Type: CD
Artist: PINK FLOYD
Title: WORKS
Street Release Date: 07/07/1987
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Genre: ROCK/POP

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A concise, if somewhat haphazardly sequenced, introduction to Pink Floyd's first era (1967-73 on EMI's Harvest label), this collection documents the band's evolution from their creative force Syd Barrett's tinkly psych-pop (represented here by the standout singles "Arnold Layne" and "See Emily Play") to the ubiquitous, world-beating strains of Dark Side of the Moon's "Brain Damage" and "Eclipse." It's a decidedly different band than the one familiar to fans of The Wall, The Final Cut, and its post-Roger Waters incarnations, one with an experimental bent that fueled an eclectic mix of driving space-rock ("One of These Days"), Roy Harper-esque folksiness ("Fearless"), and free-form sound collages ("Several Species"). Ironically, this is also the Pink Floyd for whom younger, alt-rock schooled music fans may find an unlikely affinity. --Jerry McCulley

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55 of 55 people found the following review helpful

One Word: Embryo

By Alan Caylow on May 4, 2004

Format: Audio CD

"Works" is a collection of early Pink Floyd tracks from 1967 to 1973, and although the material chosen for the disc is all excellent---from the rare Syd Barrett-era singles "Arnold Layne" and "See Emily Play," to "Dark Side Of The Moon" favorites "Brain Damage" and "Eclipse"---the main reason for adding "Works" to your Floyd collection is the rare song, "Embryo," not available anywhere else but here (unlike the Syd Barrett singles, which you can also find on the CD, "Relics"). "Embryo" is a truly gorgeous song, a great Floyd buried treasure. Strangely enough, though, the band has always claimed that this song was never actually finished, a claim which seems to be proven true by the live bootleg recording of it I've heard. On record, "Embryo" is a soft, tranquil number. Live in concert, it was a powerful, amped-up rocker, featuring some awesome electric guitar by David Gilmour. Even so, this "embryonic" studio version of "Embryo" remains a hauntingly beautiful song, and one that demands to be added to your Floyd collection right now. "Works" isn't really an essential purchase for the casual Pink Floyd listener, but for the diehard fan, "Embryo" alone makes this CD a definite must-have.

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53 of 61 people found the following review helpful

The review directly beneath me is erroneous.

By A Customer on July 17, 1999

Format: Audio CD

After dark side of the moon was recorded in 1973, the floyd was lured to another record company away from capital records for bigger money. They'd been with capital for all their early works.
Capital records, still owning the rights on all music dark side and earlier, decided to cash in on Floyd's new found fame by releasing a compilation.
"Works" was done without Pink Floyd's input, nor did any band members receive any dividends from sale. It is strictly a Capital Records investment. And to many diehard floydians, it's blasphemy because not only did Capital do it on their own, they remixed many of the tracks, such as Brain Damage.
Again, without the Floyd's consent.

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful

Only CD release of Embryo

By P. J. Walstra on October 22, 2003

Format: Audio CD

I would tend to agree with most reviewers that this compilation is not the strongest the record company could come up with. It has some tracks that are also on Relics, which doesn't make sense. I give this one 3 stars though as it has a different mix of Brain Damage & Eclipse and contains the only official release of 'Embryo'. This version appeared by mistake on a Harvest sampler album called 'Picnic - A Breath Of Fresh Air' and hadn't been released since. Embryo was played live at many Pink Floyd concerts in the early 70's but then in an electric version - very different from the acoustic version you'll find here.

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10 of 13 people found the following review helpful

Comes Close to Repeating the "Relics" Package

By Bud Sturguess on August 17, 2002

Format: Audio CD

A 1983 compilation from Pink Floyd, "Works" comes too close to repeating the track selection purposes of a previous best-of/gems package, 1971's "Relics." Singles 'Arnold Layne' and 'See Emily Play' had already been included on the former compilation, while 'Set the Controls For the Heart of the Sun' represents the album "Saucerful of Secrets," which had already been represented on "Relics." But there are a few tracks here that suggest "Works" could have been turned into a collection to document Pink Floyd's 1971-73 era (as "Relics" represented the 1967-71 years). Such tracks are 'Brain Damage' and 'Eclipse' (from 1973's "Dark Side of the Moon," here in an alternate mix), 'Fearless' (from 1971's "Meddle"), and 'Free Four' (from the 1972 soundtrack album "Obscured by Clouds"). 'Embryo' is a track left off of 1969's "Ummagumma," which was also represented here with the highly experimental 'Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving With a Pict.' Perhaps "Works" could have been a record of Pink Floyd's era with the Harvest label, sprinkled with alternate and unreleased tracks.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

Where Radiohead stole from! Early Floyd brilliance!

By Elan Bodwick on May 6, 2007

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Along with Relics this cd is a great listen. From ambient electronic to tripped out psychedelic folk and rock this is very similiar to Radioheads Kid A and Amnesiac period. Yes its a comp that leaves out alot of essential early floyd stuff but all the tunes are great and i actually like the blending of the tracks. Even though this material is on most of their 67-73 releases its still worth having to pop it in and kick back especially with the rare "embroyo" track available only here. I happen to prefer early Pink floyd up until DSOTM so this and Relics are some of my favorites. I recommend Piper at the gates of dawn -Saucerful of secrets- *Obscured by clouds and *More. (*both movie soundtrack works). This set of songs in the order they are hold up well and make great late night rainy day listening!

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

The fourth Pink Floyd retrospective is unique to have

By Terrence J. Reardon on November 10, 2007

Format: Audio CD

In June of 1983, Capitol Records released a Pink Floyd compilation entitled Works.
The album was released as a cash-in on the band's success and at the time breakup.
Works is a collection of early Pink Floyd tracks from 1967 to 1973 and features excellent tracks like the Syd Barrett-era singles "Arnold Layne" and "See Emily Play" (both here in fake stereo mixes), a unique "One of These Days" (with the Speak to Me intro as a lead in into the track) and the rare quad mixes of Dark Side Of The Moon favorites "Brain Damage" and "Eclipse".
There is also "Fearless" (from Meddle), "Set the Controls For the Heart of the Sun" (from A Saucerful of Secrets), "Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving With a Pict" (from Ummagumma) and "Free Four" (from Obscured by Clouds) which appear on this collection.
The main reason for the adding Works to your Floyd collection is the rare song "Embryo" which is not available anywhere else but here (unlike the Syd Barrett singles, which you can also find on the CDs The Early Singles on the Pink Floyd box set in 1992, Relics finally issued on CD in 1996 and the Echoes retrospective in 2001). Embryo is a great song, a lost Floyd classic. Strangely enough,the band have always stated that this song was not ever actually finished, a claim which seems to be proven true by the live recording of it I've heard from the BBC in 1970. On record, Embryo is a soft, tranquil number with acoustic guitars. Live in concert, it was a powerful, amped-up rocker, featuring some awesome guitar work by David Gilmour. Even so, this early studio version of Embryo remains a hauntingly beautiful song, and one that demands to be added to your Floyd collection right now.
Works however stalled at #68 upon release but is still a good disc to have.
Highly recommended!

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