A Collection of Great Dance Songs

A Collection of Great Dance Songs
Greatest hits album by Pink Floyd
Released 23 November 1981 (1981-11-23)
Recorded 1971–1981
Genre Progressive rock
Length 43:00
Language English
Label Harvest
Producer Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, David Gilmour, James Guthrie and Bob Ezrin
Pink Floyd chronology
The Wall
(1979)		 A Collection of Great Dance Songs
(1981)		 The Final Cut
(1983)
Singles from A Collection of Great Dance Songs
  1. "Money"
    Released: December 1981

A Collection of Great Dance Songs is a compilation album by Pink Floyd released on 23 November 1981 on Harvest in the United Kingdom and on Columbia Records in the United States.

Album

House in Dungeness, where the photo for the cover was taken.

The title is facetious, given that Pink Floyd are not known for making particularly danceable music. This is perhaps evidenced by the album art, which featured a photograph of ballroom dancers anchored to the ground so they cannot move. The inner sleeve had pictures of dancers in either a white (UK) or black (US) background. The picture labels were a black background with blue lines and red sketch lined dancers on side one and reverse on side two.

Tracks

The album contains alternative mixes of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" (which comprises parts 1, 2, 4 and 7) edited down for time reasons, and "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" (which combines the intro from the single mix with the album version which fades out during the "if you don't eat your meat" ending). Also, the track "Money" was re-recorded as Capitol Records refused to license the track to Columbia/CBS Records. David Gilmour re-recorded the track himself playing all of the drums, guitars, keyboards, bass guitar and vocals and co-producing the song with James Guthrie. Dick Parry reprised his saxophone role on the track. There are some differences between the re-recorded version and the original; mainly in the saxophone and guitar solos and the overall use of reverb and Gilmour repeating "away" at the end instead of the high pitch scat singing on the original. The drumming is noticeably different from Nick Mason's, especially during the guitar solo, with very little of the tom-tom fills heard on the original.

Charts and re-release

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Robert ChristgauB+[2]
MusicHound[3]
Rock 82(unfavourable)[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]

The album was certified Gold by the RIAA on 29 January 1982 and Platinum on 6 July 1989 and Double Platinum in August 2001. The album reached number 37 on the United Kingdom charts and number 31 in the United States. Columbia issued the remastered CD in 1997 in the US and most of the world save Europe. Then a 1997 remastered CD was re-released in 2000 on Capitol Records in the US and EMI for the rest of the world including Europe.

Track listing

Original LP

Side One
No. TitleWriter(s)Original album Length
1. "One of These Days"  Gilmour/Waters/Wright/MasonMeddle 5:49
2. "Money" (Re-recorded in 1981 at New Roydonia Studios)WatersThe Dark Side of the Moon 6:45
3. "Sheep"  WatersAnimals 10:25
Side two
No. TitleWriter(s)Original album Length
4. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" (edit)Gilmour/Waters/WrightWish You Were Here 10:41
5. "Wish You Were Here"  Waters/GilmourWish You Were Here 5:25
6. "Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)" (edit)WatersThe Wall 3:52

8-track cartridge

Program 1
  1. "One of These Days"
  2. "Wish You Were Here"
Program 2
  1. "Sheep"
Program 3
  1. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" (Edit)
Program 4
  1. "Money" (1981 re-recording)
  2. "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" (Edit)

Personnel

Pink Floyd
Additional personnel

Charts and certifications

Charts

Chart (1981–82) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[6] 18
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[7] 22
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[8] 6
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9] 36
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[10] 5
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[11] 5
UK Albums (OCC)[12] 37
US Billboard 200[13] 31

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[14] Gold 25,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[15] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[16] 2× Platinum 2,000,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ Ruhlmann, William (2011). "A Collection of Great Dance Songs - Pink Floyd | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert (2011). "Robert Christgau: CG: Pink Floyd". robertchristgau.com. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
  3. ↑ Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel (eds) (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 872. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
  4. ↑ Vesić, Dušan. "A Collection of Great Dance Songs, Pink Floyd". Rock 82 (in Serbian). Belgrade: NIP Politika (1): 8.
  5. ↑ Sheffield, Rob (2 November 2004). "Pink Floyd: Album Guide". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media, Fireside Books. Archived from the original on 17 February 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  6. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Pink Floyd – A Collection of Great Dance Songs" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  7. ↑ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 0451." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  8. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Pink Floyd – A Collection of Great Dance Songs" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  9. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Pink Floyd – A Collection of Great Dance Songs" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  10. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Pink Floyd – A Collection of Great Dance Songs". Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  11. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Pink Floyd – A Collection of Great Dance Songs". Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  12. ↑ "Pink Floyd | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  13. ↑ "Pink Floyd – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Pink Floyd. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  14. ↑ "Austrian album certifications – Pink Floyd – A Collection of Great Dance Songs" (in German). IFPI Austria. Retrieved 11 June 2016. Enter Pink Floyd in the field Interpret. Enter A Collection of Great Dance Songs in the field Titel. Select album in the field Format. Click Suchen
  15. ↑ "British album certifications – Pink Floyd – A Collection of Great Dance Songs". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 11 June 2016. Enter A Collection of Great Dance Songs in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Gold in the field By Award. Click Search
  16. ↑ "American album certifications – Pink Floyd – A Collection of Great Dance Songs". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 11 June 2016. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH

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