Works (Pink Floyd album)

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Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Script error: No such module "Unsubst-infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Works is a compilation album of songs by English rock band Pink Floyd, released in 1983. It features a variety of material, including two of the band's early singles "Arnold Layne" and "See Emily Play", alternative mixes of tracks from The Dark Side of the Moon and the studio outtake "Embryo".[1]

Release and contents

Template:Album ratings The album was released by Pink Floyd's former American label, Capitol Records, to compete with their then-current studio album The Final Cut. The album is particularly notable for including the track "Embryo", an outtake from the Ummagumma album that later became a concert staple in a greatly elongated form.[2] Previously, the track had only appeared on a scarce various artists compilation album promoting Pink Floyd's UK label Harvest Records entitled Picnic – A Breath of Fresh Air in January 1970.[1]

Some tracks are crossfaded into one another, such as "See Emily Play" into "Several SpeciesScript error: No such module "String"...." and "Fearless" into "Brain Damage". The album also opens with a heartbeat similar to the opening of Dark Side of the Moon that fades into the wind intro of "One of These Days". This creates a bookend effect on side 1, which ends with the heartbeat fadeout of "Eclipse".

Cover

The cover art, illustrated by Ron Larson, was inspired by the c. 1948 poster "Nederland industrialiseert" ("The Netherlands industrialise"),[3] designed by Dutch graphic artist Wladimir Flem.

Track listing

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Personnel

  • Syd Barrett — guitar ("Arnold Layne", "Set the ControlsScript error: No such module "String"....", "See Emily Play"), lead vocals ("Arnold Layne", "See Emily Play")
  • David Gilmour — guitar (all but "Arnold Layne", "See Emily Play", "Several SpeciesScript error: No such module "String"...."), bass guitar ("One of These Days"), lead vocals ("Fearless", "Embryo"), backing vocals
  • Nick Mason — drums, percussion, tape effects, vocalisations ("One of These Days")
  • Roger Waters — bass guitar, tape effects, lead vocals ("Brain Damage", "Eclipse", "Set the ControlsScript error: No such module "String"....", "Free Four"), vocalisations ("Several SpeciesScript error: No such module "String"...."), backing vocals
  • Richard Wright — keyboards, piano, synthesisers, backing vocals

Charts

Chart (1983) Peak
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Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] 64
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References

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