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"Echoes" is a song by the English rock band Pink Floyd, and the sixth and last track on their 1971 album Meddle. It is 23 + 1 ⁄ 2 minutes long, the second longest of their discography, eight seconds shorter than Atom Heart Mother Suite , and takes up the entire second side of the original LP.
Pink Floyd performed the song from 1967 to 1973. A performance on 9 September 1967 featured Barrett and Waters switching guitars. [ 17 ] The group's performance of the song on 27 April 1969 at Mother's , Birmingham and on 2 May 1969 at the Manchester College of Commerce was used for the live half of the double album Ummagumma . [ 18 ]
Echoes is Floyd's first album to include "When the Tigers Broke Free", from the film version of The Wall (the song reappeared on a 2004 rerelease of The Final Cut in a slightly remixed form). It was their first compilation to include songs from The Final Cut , A Momentary Lapse of Reason and The Division Bell and is the only one to include ...
"The Gunner's Dream" is a song from Pink Floyd's 1983 album The Final Cut. [1] [2] This song was one of several to be considered for the band's "best of" album, Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd. [3] The song tells the story and thoughts of an airman gunner as he falls to his death during a raid, dreaming of a safe world in the future, without war.
"Chapter 24" is a song by the English rock band Pink Floyd released on their 1967 album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. [1] [2] This song was one of several to be considered for the band's "best of" album, Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd. [3] It was the second song recorded for the album.
As Rolling Stone explains: "There are hit albums, and then there's 'Dark Side of the Moon'" by Pink Floyd. "The Dark Side of the Moon" was released on March 1, 1973. Pink Floyd Music Ltd/Sony
"Your Possible Pasts" (mislabeled as "Your Impossible Pasts" on a radio promo single) is a song from Pink Floyd's 1983 album The Final Cut. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This song was one of several to be considered for the band's "best of" album, Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd .
The song was written and performed entirely by Roger Waters. The song features his lyrics accompanied by an acoustic guitar, while a tape loop of a skylark sings in the background throughout the entire song. [2] At approximately 4:13, the sound of a honking Bewick's swan is introduced, followed by the sound of it taking off from water.