The Best of Pink Floyd: A Foot in the Door

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The Best of Pink Floyd: A Foot in the Door
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Greatest hits album by Pink Floyd
Released 7 November 2011
Recorded 1967–1994
Genre Progressive rock, psychedelic rock
Length 79:39
Label EMI
Producer James Guthrie, Pink Floyd
Compiler David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Roger Waters[1]
Pink Floyd chronology
Discovery
(2011)Discovery2011		 A Foot in the Door – The Best of Pink Floyd
(2011)		 The Endless River
(2014)The Endless River2014

The Best of Pink Floyd: A Foot in the Door is a greatest hits album by Pink Floyd, that was released as part of the Why Pink Floyd...? 2011–12 remastering campaign.[1]

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Original album Length
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) 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
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[2]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2011) Peak
position
Austrian Albums Chart[3] 25
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[4] 16
Canadian Albums Chart[5] 22
Croatian Foreign Albums Chart[6] 14
French Albums Chart[7] 28
Greek Albums Chart[8] 21
Irish Albums Chart[9] 14
Italian Albums Chart[10] 4
Mexican Albums Chart[11] 72
New Zealand Albums Chart[12] 8
Polish Albums Chart[13] 16
Portuguese Albums Chart[14] 10
Scottish Albums Chart[15] 12
Spanish Albums Chart[16] 27
Swedish Albums Chart[17] 7
Swiss Albums Chart[18] 23
UK Albums Chart[19] 14
US Billboard 200[5] 50
Chart (2012) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[20] 15
Belgian (Flanders) Albums Chart[21] 23
Danish Albums Chart[22] 11
Dutch Albums Chart[23] 21
Norwegian Albums Chart[24] 4

Year-end charts

Year-end Chart (2011) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[25] 64
Danish Albums Chart[26] 47

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[27] Gold 35,000
France (SNEP)[28] Gold 50,000
Italy (FIMI)[29] Platinum 60,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)[30] Platinum 15,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

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