A Collection Of Great Dance Songs (compilation album) by Pink Floyd

A Collection Of Great Dance Songs by Pink Floyd
(Compilation album)
Year: 1981
Overall rank: 20,932nd   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
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72/100 (from 120 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1981 (300th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (2,762nd)
Award Best albums of all time (20,932nd)

Pink Floyd bestography

A Collection Of Great Dance Songs is ranked 27th best out of 35 albums by Pink Floyd on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Pink Floyd is The Dark Side Of The Moon which is ranked number 2 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 62,780.

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Pink Floyd At Pompeii MCMLXXIIA Collection Of Great Dance SongsThe Later Years 1987 - 2019

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From 10/15/2022 01:24
“The Works”part 2 as far as I’m concerned. No clear thought process just another sales product.
Unfortunately for all great bands their material is marched out in stupid compilations by the label(s).
Love all the songs but as a compacted view of Pink Floyd’s 70s material this is neither for a completist or a newbie who just heard the Wall. Someone looking for Another Brick In The Wall pt.2 might be aghast at One Of These Days. Fail. I would listen to it because I’m a huge fan but why would I buy it when I have the albums?
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Really odd abbreviated Greatest Hits collection from an anti-Greatest Hits band clearly aimed at the American buying public following The Walls breakthrough in that part of the world
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From 02/15/2019 21:30
This compilation really is a worthless relic of the past in the modern digital age and especially since Floyd has a great double disc best of collection (Echoes) and a decent single disc best of (A Foot in the Door). All great songs on here but it’s redundant and not a particularly interesting track list. The only redeeming factor of this collection is the re-recorded version of Money which is dope.
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