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A Collection of Great Dance Songs
Rock · 1981 · 5 tracks

A Collection of Great Dance Songs

Pink Floyd

November 23, 1981 · High Stereo

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This is a 'greatest hits' package for people who generally find the concept of a greatest hits package to be a corporate betrayal. The title itself is a masterstroke of British sarcasm, signaling that you are about to listen to anything but dance music.

Instead, you are presented with a high-end gallery showing of 1970s existentialism, condensed into a single LP. It feels like a curated tour through the band's most accessible yet profound moments, stripped of some of the more indulgent transitions found on the original albums.

Tracklist · 5 Tracks
01
One of These Days
5:52
02
Money
6:50
04
Shine On You Crazy Diamond
10:59
05
Wish You Were Here
5:10
06
Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2
3:52
Moments Worth Listening For
the jarring transition from the wind-howl ending of one of these days into the funky, re-recorded bassline of money
the way shine on you crazy diamond is edited to jump straight into the iconic four-note guitar theme, bypassing the long ambient intro
the menacing, vocoded sheep noises that emerge from the mid-section breakdown of sheep, creating a sense of pastoral dread
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