Relics (album)
1971 compilation album by Pink Floyd
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Relics (subtitle: A Bizarre Collection of Antiques & Curios) is a 1971 compilation album by English rock band Pink Floyd. A remastered CD was released in 1996 with an updated album cover.
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| Released | 14 May 1971 (UK)[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1967–1969 | |||
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| Length | 49:38 | |||
| Label | Starline | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| BBC | Positive[3] |
| Blender |  [4] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [5] |
| Yahoo! Music | favourable[6] |
Background
Relics was assembled by EMI to bridge the commercial gap between Pink Floyd's previous album, Atom Heart Mother, and the upcoming album Meddle. Relics was released on the budget Starline label and combined early singles, B-sides, and album tracks,[7] in addition to a previously unreleased 1969 studio recording of "Biding My Time", originally a live-only piece entitled "Afternoon", included in the Man and the Journey concert sequence.[8]
Artwork
The album cover features a drawing of an elaborate fictional contraption by drummer and former architecture student Nick Mason. In 2008, he sold a limited edition of 195 signed prints of the cover.[9][10] When the album was released on CD in 1996, designer Storm Thorgerson, inspired by the cover of The Division Bell, commissioned a real-life version of Mason's contraption, which was photographed as the new artwork.[11]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length |
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| 1. | "Arnold Layne" (Single A-side released 11 March 1967) | Barrett | Barrett | 2:56 |
| 2. | "Interstellar Overdrive" (from The Piper at the Gates of Dawn 1967) | Barrett, Waters, Wright, Mason | instrumental | 9:43 |
| 3. | "See Emily Play" (Single A-side released 17 June 1967) | Barrett | Barrett | 2:53 |
| 4. | "Remember a Day" (from A Saucerful of Secrets 1968) | Wright | Wright | 4:29 |
| 5. | "Paint Box" (Single B-side to "Apples and Oranges", released 18 November 1967) | Wright | Wright | 3:33 |
| Total length: | 23:34 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length |
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| 6. | "Julia Dream" (Single B-side to "It Would Be So Nice", released 13 April 1968) | Waters | Gilmour | 2:37 |
| 7. | "Careful with That Axe, Eugene" (Single B-side to "Point Me at the Sky", released 7 December 1968) | Gilmour, Waters, Wright, Mason | instrumental, vocalizations by Waters and Gilmour | 5:45 |
| 8. | "Cirrus Minor" (from Soundtrack from the Film More 1969) | Waters | Gilmour | 5:18 |
| 9. | "The Nile Song" (from Soundtrack from the Film More 1969) | Waters | Gilmour | 3:25 |
| 10. | "Biding My Time" (Previously unreleased, 1969) | Waters | Waters | 5:18 |
| 11. | "Bike" (from The Piper at the Gates of Dawn 1967) | Barrett | Barrett | 3:21 |
| Total length: | 25:44 | |||
Personnel
Pink Floyd
- Syd Barrett – lead and rhythm guitar (1–5, 11), lead vocals (1, 3, 11), backing vocals
- David Gilmour – lead and rhythm guitar (6–10), lead vocals (6, 8, 9), vocalizations (7), backing vocals
- Nick Mason – drums (1–3, 5–7, 9–11), percussion, original cover design
- Roger Waters – bass guitar (all tracks), lead vocals (10), vocalizations (7), backing vocals
- Rick Wright – Farfisa organ (1–4, 8), Hammond organ (6–8, 10), piano (3–5, 10, 11), lead vocals (4, 5), backing vocals; tack piano (3, 5, 11), electric harpsichord (3), Mellotron (6), vibraphone (7), trombone (10), harmonium (11), celesta (11), violin (11)
Additional personnel
- James Guthrie – remastering supervision
- Norman Smith – drums and backing vocals (4), drum roll (2)
- Doug Sax – remastering
Charts and certifications
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