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| 1- One Of These Days Written by: Mason, Gilmour, Waters, Wright Running time: 5:58 Other Versions: Live at Pompeii, P*U*L*S*E (film) Rating: ***** Comments: This is an excellent instrumental. It starts out with a soft wind blowing, then goes stronger as strings come in, and then the drums begin to pound. It's incredibly strong, and fast-paced. The music is flawless the whole way through. (no lyrics) Words: one of these days i'm going to cut you into little pieces |
| 2- A Pillow Of Winds Written by: Gilmour, Waters Running time: 5:11 Rating: *** Comments: This is not a bad song by any means, but it pales in comparison to the other great tracks on this album. It's not strong, and it doesn't have a great melody. Still, it's a fairly good song, and works well with the rest of the album. Lyrics: a cloud of eiderdown draws around me softening the sound sleepy time when i lie, with my love by my side and she's breathing low, and the candle dies when night comes down you lock the door the book falls to the floor as darkness falls and waves roll by the seasons change, the wind is warm now wakes the owl, now sleeps the swan behold a dream, the dream is gone green fields, a cold rain is falling in a golden dawn and deep beneath the ground the early morning sounds and i go down sleepy time when i lie, with my love by my side and she's breathing low and i rise like a bird in the haze when the first rays touch the sky and the night winds die |
| 3- Fearless Written by: Gilmour, Waters ("You'll Never Walk Alone" by Rodgers & Hammestein) Running Time: 6:08 Rating: **** Comments: This is a great song, with good lyrics and a great beat. The music isn't particularly strong, but it's still excellent in it's own right. This song works well on its own, but is even better in the context of the album. Lyrics: you say the hill's too steep to climb, chiding you say you'd like to see me try, climbing you pick the place and i'll choose the time and i'll climb the hill in my own way just wait awhile for the right day and as i rise above the tree-line and the clouds i look down hear the sound of the things you've said today fearlessly, the idiot faced the crowd, smiling merciless the magistrate turns round, frowning and who's the fool who wears the crown? no doubt in your own way and every day is the right day and as you rise above the fear-lines in his brow you look down hear the sound of the faces in the crowd |
| 4- San Tropez Written by: Waters Running Time: 3:43 Rating: **** Comments: This is a great, fun song. The guitar and piano work magnificently with the vocals, and the lyrics are fun and simple. It has a terrific beat, and one of the best melodies of any Floyd song. Lyrics: as i reach for a peach, slide a line down behind a sofa in san tropez breaking a stick with a brick on the sand riding a wave in the wake of an old sedan sleeping alone in the drone of the darkness scratched by the sand that fell from my love deep in my dreams and i still hear her calling if you're alone i'll come home backward and homebound, the pigeon, the dove gone with the wind and the rain on the airplane born in a home with no silver spoon i'm drinking champagne like a good tycoon sooner than wait for a break in the weather i'll gather my far-flung thoughts together speeding away on a wind to a new day if you're alone i'll come home and i'll pause for awhile by a country stile and listen to the things they say digging for gold in the hole in my hand open a book, take a look at the way things stand and you're leading me down to the place by the sea i hear your soft voice calling to me making a date for later by phone and if you're alone i'll come home |
| 5- Seamus Written by: Mason, Gilmour, Waters, Wright Running Time: 2:15 Rating: *** Comments: A very simple song, feauturing the howling of a dog named Seamus. On it's own it nothing, but for some reason it works well with the songs surrounding it. It takes a few listens, but this song sounds good after awhile. Lyrics: i was in the kitchen seamus, that's the dog, was outside well i was in the kitchen seamus, my old hound, was outside well you know the sun was sinking slowly but my old hound-dog sat right down and cried |
| 6-Echoes Written by: Mason, Gilmour, Waters, Wright Running Time: 23:28 Other Version: Live at Pompeii RANKING: #2 ******** Comments: This is the second best song Pink Floyd ever recorded. From the very first "ping" at the beginning, to the very last "ping" against the howling wind at the end, this song is non-stop greatness. It is over 20 minutes of consistently great music. There isn't a single weak point in its mixture of melodies. It's an easy, soft song from the first few minutes through the first verses, and once the lyrics come to an end, it goes into one of the greatest instrumentals of all time. The images this music produces are beyond imagination. It reaches down and captivates your soul, and then it moves on to the next part. A simple rhythm, a heavy beat, and some awesome guitar playing in the background. From there it fades away into spacy sound effects, and more images flood your mind. Then, the music starts up again, very faintly in the background, and builds and builds until the climax at 18:14 that will knock you out of your seat. Heavy drums and music suddenly burst back into lyrics, and as the last verse ends, it's a reprise of that awesome instrumental, which then fades into soft music with howling wind in the background, and leaves you breathless. This song makes the album, and is more than worth getting for just this track alone. Lyrics: overhead, the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and deep beneath the rolling waves in labyrinths of coral caves the echo of a distant time comes willowing across the sand and everything is green and submarine and no one showed us to the land and no one knows the wheres or whys but something stirs and something tries and starts to climb towards the light strangers passing in the street by chance two separate glances meet and i am you and what i see is me and do i take you by the hand, and lead you through the land and help me understand the best i can and no one calls us to move on and no one forces down our eyes and no one speaks, and no one tries and no one flies around the sun cloudless everyday, you fall upon my waking eyes inviting and inciting me to rise and through the window in the wall comes streaming in on sunlight wings a million bright ambassadors of morning and no one sings me lullabyes and no one makes me close my eyes and so i throw the windows wide and call to you across the sky |
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| Released: 1971 by Harvest Records Running Time: 46:43 Ranking: #6 out of 14 studio albums Album Highlight: Echoes Album Weak Point: Seamus Average Song Rating: ***** Comments: There is really only one song on this album, and the rest are just space-fillers in comparison to its magnificence, but they fill the space with some excellent music. The opening track is a very powerful instrumental, and the middle tracks, while not especially powerful, do have nice melodies and lyrics. But the closing track, making up the entire second half of the album, is among the most amazing songs ever recorded. "Echoes" makes this album, while the other songs keep it consistently great. |
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