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 | ||||
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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]
Contents
Track listing
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) | 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:
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79:39 |
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Charts
Weekly charts
Chart (2011) | Peak position |
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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 |
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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 |
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Australian Albums Chart[25] | 64 |
Danish Albums Chart[26] | 47 |
Certifications
Region | Certification | Sales/shipments |
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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 |
References
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