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The Best of Pink Floyd: A Foot in the Door
2011 greatest hits album by Pink Floyd
This article is about the 2011 compilation album. For other uses, see The Best of Pink Floyd.
The Best of Pink Floyd: A Foot in the Door is a greatest hits album by English rock band Pink Floyd, that was released as part of the Why Pink Floyd...? 2011–12 remastering campaign.[2] It was later released on vinyl on 26 September 2018.
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Released | 7 November 2011[1] | |||
Recorded | 1967–1993 | |||
Genre | Progressive rock, psychedelic rock | |||
Length | 79:39 | |||
Label | EMI | |||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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1. | "Hey You" | Roger Waters | The Wall (1979) | 4:40 |
2. | "See Emily Play" | Syd Barrett | Non-album single (1967); appears on Relics (1971) and original US/Japan versions of The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967) | 2:48 |
3. | "The Happiest Days of Our Lives" | Waters | The Wall | 1:32 |
4. | "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" | Waters | The Wall | 3:48 |
5. | "Have a Cigar" | Waters | Wish You Were Here (1975) | 5:08 |
6. | "Wish You Were Here" | David Gilmour, Waters | Wish You Were Here | 5:05 |
7. | "Time" (Edited version on CD, Full version on vinyl) | Gilmour, Nick Mason, Waters, Richard Wright | The Dark Side of the Moon (1973) | 6:20 |
8. | "The Great Gig in the Sky" | Wright, Clare Torry | The Dark Side of the Moon | 4:36 |
9. | "Money" | Waters | The Dark Side of the Moon | 6:34 |
10. | "Comfortably Numb" | Gilmour, Waters | The Wall | 6:19 |
11. | "High Hopes" (Edited version) | Gilmour, Polly Samson | The Division Bell (1994) | 6:55 |
12. | "Learning to Fly" | Gilmour, Anthony Moore, Bob Ezrin, Jon Carin | A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987) | 4:49 |
13. | "The Fletcher Memorial Home" | Waters | The Final Cut (1983) | 4:11 |
14. | "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" (Edited version of parts 1–5) | Wright, Waters, Gilmour | Wish You Were Here | 11:05 |
15. | "Brain Damage" | Waters | The Dark Side of the Moon | 3:46 |
16. | "Eclipse" (Early fade-out) | Waters | The Dark Side of the Moon | 1:53 |
Total length: | 79:39 |
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[30] | Platinum | 70,000‡ |
France (SNEP)[31] | Gold | 50,000* |
Italy (FIMI)[32] | 2× Platinum | 100,000‡ |
New Zealand (RMNZ)[33] | Platinum | 15,000^ |
Poland (ZPAV)[34] | Platinum | 20,000‡ |
Portugal (AFP)[35] | Gold | 7,500^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[36] | Platinum | 300,000‡ |
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