Compile a 'Best of . . . ' for your favourite band
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Malaga Virgen
Born Ugly
Black Moon
The Ghost of Mayfield Lodge
Don't Make Waves
Access To Data
Dance of The Illegal Aliens
Why Should I Lend You Mine....
Algon
Smacks of Euphoric Hysteria
Disco Suicide
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Sun In The Night
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Manifest Destiny
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Triumphant Limp
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Malaga Virgen
Born Ugly
Black Moon
The Ghost of Mayfield Lodge
Don't Make Waves
Access To Data
Dance of The Illegal Aliens
Why Should I Lend You Mine....
Algon
Smacks of Euphoric Hysteria
Disco Suicide
Earth Dance
Sun In The Night
The Poke
Manifest Destiny
Stellerator
Triumphant Limp
DMZ
Jonny Come Lately
The New Kid In Town
Cool, I was planning to start a thread along these lines but since there's already one I might as well post my ideas here:
Best Of Pink Floyd (1970-80)
1. In The Flesh? (3:18) (The Wall, 1979)
2. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V) (13:33) (Wish You Were Here, 1975)
3. Time/Breathe (Reprise) (6:53) (The Dark Side Of The Moon, 1973)
4. Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2) (3:58) (The Wall, 1979)
5. Pigs On The Wing (8-track version with Snowy White guitar solo) (3:25) (Animals, 1977)
6. Comfortably Numb (6:22) (The Wall, 1979)
7. Money (6:23) (The Dark Side Of The Moon, 1973)
8. Us And Them (7:49) (The Dark Side Of The Moon, 1973)
9. Run Like Hell (4:23) (The Wall, 1979) (why wasn't this on the Echoes compilation?!?)
10. Have A Cigar (5:08) (Wish You Were Here)
11. Wish You Were Here (5:33) (Wish You Were Here, 1975) (including the radio introduction)
12. One Of These Days (5:56) (Meddle, 1971)
13. Brain Damage (3:46) (The Dark Side Of The Moon, 1973)
14. Eclipse (2:13) (The Dark Side Of The Moon, 1973)
Overall this comes out at a running time of 78 minutes 40 seconds. I've tried to put this in the most logical order I can come up. If necessary time could be saved by removing the Breathe (Reprise), editing Shine On... or fading out Wish You Were Here or Another Brick In The Wall earlier.
I'll stick to the 1970s as I think Pink Floyd's music before and after this period doesn't mesh well with the songs from this era, the older music is stylistically too different, while The Final Cut and A Momentary Lapse of Reason are both solo albums in spirit (The Divison Bell isn't, but is out of place with the songs here which mostly have Waters lyrics).
Omissions:
- The three main tracks from Animals - Dogs, Pigs (Three Different Ones) and Sheep - I think these only really work in the context of the album.
- Echoes, if we're going on absolute quality this is one of their finest tracks, but it's too long to include on a single disc without having to make numerous other compromises, and an edited version just wouldn't be as good.
- Breathe, although I could be accommodated if judicious edits were made.
- Hey You, Mother, Welcome To The Machine and The Great Gig In The Sky, just wasn't enough time left to fit these in, I would have liked to though.
- The Happiest Days Of Our Lives, not really essential Pink Floyd and I think starting ABITW II with the scream would work okay.
- Anything from Atom Heart Mother or Obscured By Clouds. Nothing on these two is quite strong enough to justify being included ahead of the strongest tracks on the albums included. If this was a two CD version then Fat Old Sun or If from AHM would have a fair chance of making the cut though.
One slight tweak I'd make would be to include the heartbeat from Eclipse at the start of In The Flesh, while putting 'Isn't this where...' at the end of Eclipse to create a fully cyclic compilation.
Best Of Pink Floyd (1970-80)
1. In The Flesh? (3:18) (The Wall, 1979)
2. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V) (13:33) (Wish You Were Here, 1975)
3. Time/Breathe (Reprise) (6:53) (The Dark Side Of The Moon, 1973)
4. Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2) (3:58) (The Wall, 1979)
5. Pigs On The Wing (8-track version with Snowy White guitar solo) (3:25) (Animals, 1977)
6. Comfortably Numb (6:22) (The Wall, 1979)
7. Money (6:23) (The Dark Side Of The Moon, 1973)
8. Us And Them (7:49) (The Dark Side Of The Moon, 1973)
9. Run Like Hell (4:23) (The Wall, 1979) (why wasn't this on the Echoes compilation?!?)
10. Have A Cigar (5:08) (Wish You Were Here)
11. Wish You Were Here (5:33) (Wish You Were Here, 1975) (including the radio introduction)
12. One Of These Days (5:56) (Meddle, 1971)
13. Brain Damage (3:46) (The Dark Side Of The Moon, 1973)
14. Eclipse (2:13) (The Dark Side Of The Moon, 1973)
Overall this comes out at a running time of 78 minutes 40 seconds. I've tried to put this in the most logical order I can come up. If necessary time could be saved by removing the Breathe (Reprise), editing Shine On... or fading out Wish You Were Here or Another Brick In The Wall earlier.
I'll stick to the 1970s as I think Pink Floyd's music before and after this period doesn't mesh well with the songs from this era, the older music is stylistically too different, while The Final Cut and A Momentary Lapse of Reason are both solo albums in spirit (The Divison Bell isn't, but is out of place with the songs here which mostly have Waters lyrics).
Omissions:
- The three main tracks from Animals - Dogs, Pigs (Three Different Ones) and Sheep - I think these only really work in the context of the album.
- Echoes, if we're going on absolute quality this is one of their finest tracks, but it's too long to include on a single disc without having to make numerous other compromises, and an edited version just wouldn't be as good.
- Breathe, although I could be accommodated if judicious edits were made.
- Hey You, Mother, Welcome To The Machine and The Great Gig In The Sky, just wasn't enough time left to fit these in, I would have liked to though.
- The Happiest Days Of Our Lives, not really essential Pink Floyd and I think starting ABITW II with the scream would work okay.
- Anything from Atom Heart Mother or Obscured By Clouds. Nothing on these two is quite strong enough to justify being included ahead of the strongest tracks on the albums included. If this was a two CD version then Fat Old Sun or If from AHM would have a fair chance of making the cut though.
One slight tweak I'd make would be to include the heartbeat from Eclipse at the start of In The Flesh, while putting 'Isn't this where...' at the end of Eclipse to create a fully cyclic compilation.
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Best of the Pretty Things
1. Rosalyn
2. Midnight To Six Man
3. LSD
4. Photographer
5. SF Sorrow Is Born
6. Trust
7. Walking Through My Dreams
8. Mr. Evasion
9. Defecting Grey
10. She's A Lover
11. Peter
12. Dream/Joey
13. Singapore Silk Torpedo
14. Sad Eye
15. Sea About Me
16. Vivian Prince
17. Play With Fire
18. The Beat Goes On
19. Pretty Beat
20. All Light Up
1. Rosalyn
2. Midnight To Six Man
3. LSD
4. Photographer
5. SF Sorrow Is Born
6. Trust
7. Walking Through My Dreams
8. Mr. Evasion
9. Defecting Grey
10. She's A Lover
11. Peter
12. Dream/Joey
13. Singapore Silk Torpedo
14. Sad Eye
15. Sea About Me
16. Vivian Prince
17. Play With Fire
18. The Beat Goes On
19. Pretty Beat
20. All Light Up
Moore_82
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Deep Purple.
1. One More Rainy Day.
2. Mandrake Root.
3. Listen, Learn, Read On.
4. Wring that Neck.
5. Chasing Shadows.
6. Why Didn't Rosemary?
7. Demon's Eye.
8. Pictures of Home.
9. Sail Away.
10. Stormbringer.
11. Hold On.
12. Gettin' Tighter.
13. Love Child.
14. Perfect Strangers.
15. Wasted Sunsets.
Thin Lizzy.
1. Honesty is No Excuse.
2. Look What the Wind Blew In.
3. Slow Blues.
4. Little Girl in Bloom.
5. Still in Love with You.
6. Philomena.
7. Fighting My Way Back.
8. Spirit Slips Away.
9. Warriors.
10. Borderline.
11. Don't Believe a Word.
12. Sarah.
13. Got to Give it Up.
14. Róisín Dubh (Black Rose).
15. Having a Good Time.
16. Genocide (The Killing of the Buffalo).
17. Angel of Death.
18. The Pressure Will Blow.
19. The Sun Goes Down.
20. The Holy War.
21. Someday She Is Going to Hit Back.
1. One More Rainy Day.
2. Mandrake Root.
3. Listen, Learn, Read On.
4. Wring that Neck.
5. Chasing Shadows.
6. Why Didn't Rosemary?
7. Demon's Eye.
8. Pictures of Home.
9. Sail Away.
10. Stormbringer.
11. Hold On.
12. Gettin' Tighter.
13. Love Child.
14. Perfect Strangers.
15. Wasted Sunsets.
Thin Lizzy.
1. Honesty is No Excuse.
2. Look What the Wind Blew In.
3. Slow Blues.
4. Little Girl in Bloom.
5. Still in Love with You.
6. Philomena.
7. Fighting My Way Back.
8. Spirit Slips Away.
9. Warriors.
10. Borderline.
11. Don't Believe a Word.
12. Sarah.
13. Got to Give it Up.
14. Róisín Dubh (Black Rose).
15. Having a Good Time.
16. Genocide (The Killing of the Buffalo).
17. Angel of Death.
18. The Pressure Will Blow.
19. The Sun Goes Down.
20. The Holy War.
21. Someday She Is Going to Hit Back.
recgord27
Walking down a dusty road
Uriah Heep - Best of in chronological order
Gypsey
Come away Melinda
The Park
Salisbury
High Priestess
Look at Yourself
July Morning
What should be done
Love Machine
Tears in my eyes
I wanna be free
The Wizard
Circle of Hands
Easy Livin'
Sunrise
Rain
The Magicians Birthday
Dreamer
Seven Stars
Circus
Dreams
Suicidal man
Return to Fantasy
A year or a day
Misty eyes
Wise Man
Sympathy
Illusion
Free 'n Easy
The Dance
Too sacred to run
Wake the sleeper
Book of lies
Into the wild
Gypsey
Come away Melinda
The Park
Salisbury
High Priestess
Look at Yourself
July Morning
What should be done
Love Machine
Tears in my eyes
I wanna be free
The Wizard
Circle of Hands
Easy Livin'
Sunrise
Rain
The Magicians Birthday
Dreamer
Seven Stars
Circus
Dreams
Suicidal man
Return to Fantasy
A year or a day
Misty eyes
Wise Man
Sympathy
Illusion
Free 'n Easy
The Dance
Too sacred to run
Wake the sleeper
Book of lies
Into the wild
Lost Little Girl
Member
Oasis
Cigarettes and alcohol
Little by little
Rockin Chair
Waiting for the rapture
The importance of being Idle
Wonderwall
Listen Up
Live forever
Some might say
Gas Panic!
Rock 'n Roll Star
The Masterplan
Supersonic
Champagne Supernova
Slide Away
Born on a different cloud
I'm Outta time
Don't look back in Anger
Acquiesce
Stop crying your heart out
Or I could have just copied across the songs from stop the clocks
Cigarettes and alcohol
Little by little
Rockin Chair
Waiting for the rapture
The importance of being Idle
Wonderwall
Listen Up
Live forever
Some might say
Gas Panic!
Rock 'n Roll Star
The Masterplan
Supersonic
Champagne Supernova
Slide Away
Born on a different cloud
I'm Outta time
Don't look back in Anger
Acquiesce
Stop crying your heart out
Or I could have just copied across the songs from stop the clocks
The Wanderer
Kids With Guns
T. Rex
1. Dandy In The Underworld
2. Ride A White Swan
3. Cosmic Dancer
4. Mambo Sun
5. Monolith
6. Get It On (Bang A Gong)
7. Metal Guru
8. Rabbit Fighter
9. Life Is Strange
10. Change
11. Light Of Love
12. I Love to Boogie
13. My Little Baby
14. Sing Me A Song
1. Dandy In The Underworld
2. Ride A White Swan
3. Cosmic Dancer
4. Mambo Sun
5. Monolith
6. Get It On (Bang A Gong)
7. Metal Guru
8. Rabbit Fighter
9. Life Is Strange
10. Change
11. Light Of Love
12. I Love to Boogie
13. My Little Baby
14. Sing Me A Song
Jet
Midway Up The Ceiling
Paul McCartney
The Long And Winding Road
Maybe I’m Amazed
Beautiful Night
Little Willow
Get Back
My Brave Face
Rough Ride
Live And Let Die
Hey Jude
Things We Said Today
Tug Of War
Eleanor Rigby
Band On The Run
C Moon
Let It Be
Yesterday
The Fool On The Hill
The World Tonight
Flaming Pie
Too Many People
Uncle Albert And Admiral Halsey
Let Em In
No More Lonely Nights
Wanderlust
For No One
Here There And Everywhere
The Long And Winding Road
Maybe I’m Amazed
Beautiful Night
Little Willow
Get Back
My Brave Face
Rough Ride
Live And Let Die
Hey Jude
Things We Said Today
Tug Of War
Eleanor Rigby
Band On The Run
C Moon
Let It Be
Yesterday
The Fool On The Hill
The World Tonight
Flaming Pie
Too Many People
Uncle Albert And Admiral Halsey
Let Em In
No More Lonely Nights
Wanderlust
For No One
Here There And Everywhere
