The Best of Pink Floyd: A Foot in the Door
2011 greatest hits album by Pink Floyd
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The Best of Pink Floyd: A Foot in the Door is a greatest hits album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, that was released as part of the Why Pink Floyd...? 2011–12 remastering campaign.[2] It was later released on vinyl on 26 September 2018.
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| Released | 7 November 2011[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1967–1993 | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock, psychedelic rock | |||
| Length | 79:39 | |||
| Label | EMI | |||
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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 on CD, Full version on vinyl) | 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 | |||
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Australia (ARIA)[32] | Platinum | 70,000‡ |
| France (SNEP)[33] | Gold | 50,000* |
| Italy (FIMI)[34] | 2× Platinum | 100,000‡ |
| New Zealand (RMNZ)[35] | Platinum | 15,000^ |
| Poland (ZPAV)[36] | Platinum | 20,000‡ |
| Portugal (AFP)[37] | Gold | 7,500^ |
| United Kingdom (BPI)[38] | 2× Platinum | 600,000‡ |
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* Sales figures based on certification alone. | ||