Oh by the Way

Pink Floyd

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Oh by the Way Review

by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Oh by the Way is a bit too flippant of a title for a release so heavy. This is no minor compilation; this is a 16-CD set containing all of Pink Floyd's albums -- from The Piper at the Gates of Dawn to The Division Bell -- packaged as mini-LPs with all the original artwork, right down to replicas of the inner sleeves. This does contain extras, but perhaps not the one it should have: it has a collage poster of Storm Thorgerson's artwork for the band, plus a pair of coasters, but what it lacks is a CD that rounds up the stray tracks from the band's career, including the early singles that were reissued as a bonus disc just a few months earlier as part of the deluxe Piper at the Gates of Dawn set. If it had that CD, this would be easy to recommend without reservation for Floyd diehards. Without it, it's still recommended, as it looks great, but a set this grand should be complete, not fall just short of it.

Track Listing - Disc 1

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Astronomy Domine Syd Barrett	Pink Floyd	04:12	Amazon
2	Lucifer Sam Syd Barrett	Pink Floyd	03:07	Amazon
3	Matilda Mother Syd Barrett	Pink Floyd	03:08	Amazon
4	Flaming Syd Barrett	Pink Floyd	02:46	Amazon
5	Pow R. Toc H. Syd Barrett / Nick Mason / Roger Waters / Richard Wright	Pink Floyd	04:26	Amazon
6	Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	03:05	Amazon
7	Interstellar Overdrive Syd Barrett / Nick Mason / Roger Waters / Richard Wright	Pink Floyd	09:40	Amazon
8	The Gnome Syd Barrett	Pink Floyd	02:13	Amazon
9	Chapter 24 Syd Barrett	Pink Floyd	03:42	Amazon
10	The Scarecrow Syd Barrett	Pink Floyd	02:11	Amazon
11	Bike Syd Barrett	Pink Floyd	03:24	Amazon

Track Listing - Disc 2

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Let There Be More Light Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	05:38	Amazon
2	Remember a Day Richard Wright	Pink Floyd	04:33	Amazon
3	Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	05:27	Amazon
4	Corporal Clegg Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	04:12	Amazon
5	A Saucerful of Secrets David Gilmour / Nick Mason / Roger Waters / Richard Wright	Pink Floyd	11:59	Amazon
6	See-Saw Richard Wright	Pink Floyd	04:36	Amazon
7	Jugband Blues Syd Barrett	Pink Floyd	03:00	Amazon

Track Listing - Disc 3

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Cirrus Minor Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	05:18	Amazon
2	The Nile Song Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	03:26	Amazon
3	Crying Song Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	03:33	Amazon
4	Up the Khyber Nick Mason / Richard Wright	Pink Floyd	02:12	Amazon
5	Green Is the Colour Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	02:58	Amazon
6	Cymbaline Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	04:50	Amazon
7	Party Sequence David Gilmour / Nick Mason / Roger Waters / Richard Wright	Pink Floyd	01:07	Amazon
8	Main Theme David Gilmour / Nick Mason / Roger Waters / Richard Wright	Pink Floyd	05:28	Amazon
9	Ibiza Bar David Gilmour / Nick Mason / Roger Waters / Richard Wright	Pink Floyd	03:19	Amazon
10	More Blues David Gilmour / Nick Mason / Roger Waters / Richard Wright	Pink Floyd	02:12	Amazon
11	Quicksilver David Gilmour / Nick Mason / Roger Waters / Richard Wright	Pink Floyd	07:13	Amazon
12	A Spanish Piece David Gilmour	Pink Floyd	01:05	Amazon
13	Dramatic Theme David Gilmour / Nick Mason / Roger Waters / Richard Wright	Pink Floyd	02:15	Amazon

Track Listing - Disc 4

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Astronomy Domine Syd Barrett	Pink Floyd	08:29	Amazon
2	Careful With That Axe, Eugene David Gilmour / Nick Mason / Roger Waters / Richard Wright	Pink Floyd	08:50	Amazon
3	Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	09:12	Amazon
4	A Saucerful of Secrets David Gilmour / Nick Mason / Roger Waters / Richard Wright	Pink Floyd	12:48	Amazon

Track Listing - Disc 5

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Sysyphus, Pt. 1-4 Richard Wright	Pink Floyd feat: Richard Wright	01:08	Amazon
2	Grantchester Meadows Roger Waters	Pink Floyd feat: Roger Waters	03:30	Amazon
3	Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Roger Waters	Pink Floyd feat: Roger Waters	01:49	Amazon
4	The Narrow Way, Pt.1-3 David Gilmour	Pink Floyd feat: David Gilmour	06:59	Amazon
5	The Grand Vizier's Garden Party: Pt. 1 Entrance/Pt. 2 Entertainment/Pt. 3 E Nick Mason	Pink Floyd feat: Nick Mason	07:26	Amazon
6	[Untitled]	Pink Floyd	04:59	Amazon
7	[Untitled]	Pink Floyd	03:27	Amazon
8	[Untitled]	Pink Floyd	02:53	Amazon
9	[Untitled]	Pink Floyd	05:57	Amazon
10	[Untitled]	Pink Floyd	01:00	Amazon
11	[Untitled]	Pink Floyd	07:06	Amazon
12	[Untitled]	Pink Floyd	00:38	Amazon

Track Listing - Disc 6

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Atom Heart Mother: Father's Shout/Breast Milky/Mother Fore/Funky Dung/Mind Your Throats Please/Remergence Ron Geesin / David Gilmour / Nick Mason / Roger Waters / Richard Wright	Pink Floyd	23:44	Amazon
2	If Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	04:30	Amazon
3	Summer '68 Richard Wright	Pink Floyd	05:29	Amazon
4	Fat Old Sun David Gilmour	Pink Floyd	05:22	Amazon
5	Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast: Rise and Shine/Sunny Side Up/Morning Glory David Gilmour / Nick Mason	Pink Floyd	13:00	Amazon

Track Listing - Disc 7

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	One of These Days David Gilmour / Nick Mason / Roger Waters / Richard Wright	Pink Floyd	05:58	Amazon
2	A Pillow of Winds David Gilmour / Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	05:11	Amazon
3	Fearless Pink Floyd / David Gilmour / Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	06:09	Amazon
4	San Tropez Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	03:44	Amazon
5	Seamus David Gilmour / Nick Mason / Roger Waters / Richard Wright	Pink Floyd	02:16	Amazon
6	Echoes David Gilmour / Nick Mason / Roger Waters / Richard Wright	Pink Floyd	23:31	Amazon

Track Listing - Disc 8

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Obscured by Clouds David Gilmour / Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	03:05	Amazon
2	When You're In David Gilmour / Nick Mason / Roger Waters / Richard Wright	Pink Floyd	02:31	Amazon
3	Burning Bridges Roger Waters / Richard Wright	Pink Floyd	03:30	Amazon
4	The Gold It's in the... David Gilmour / Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	03:08	Amazon
5	Wot's...Uh the Deal David Gilmour / Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	05:09	Amazon
6	Mudmen David Gilmour / Richard Wright	Pink Floyd	04:18	Amazon
7	Childhood's End David Gilmour	Pink Floyd	04:33	Amazon
8	Free Four Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	04:16	Amazon
9	Stay Roger Waters / Richard Wright	Pink Floyd	04:07	Amazon
10	Absolutely Curtains Pink Floyd / David Gilmour / Nick Mason / Roger Waters / Richard Wright	Pink Floyd	05:51	Amazon

Track Listing - Disc 9

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Speak to Me Nick Mason	Pink Floyd	01:08	Amazon
2	Breathe David Gilmour / Roger Waters / Richard Wright	Pink Floyd	02:48	Amazon
3	On the Run David Gilmour / Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	03:50	Amazon
4	Time David Gilmour / Nick Mason / Roger Waters / Richard Wright	Pink Floyd	06:49	Amazon
5	The Great Gig in the Sky Richard Wright	Pink Floyd	04:44	Amazon
6	Money Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	06:22	Amazon
7	Us and Them Roger Waters / Richard Wright	Pink Floyd	07:49	Amazon
8	Any Colour You Like David Gilmour / Nick Mason / Richard Wright	Pink Floyd	03:26	Amazon
9	Brain Damage Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	03:46	Amazon
10	Eclipse Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	02:11	Amazon

Track Listing - Disc 10

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Shine on You Crazy Diamond, Pts. 1-5 David Gilmour / Roger Waters / Richard Wright	Pink Floyd	13:30	Amazon
2	Welcome to the Machine Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	07:26	Amazon
3	Have a Cigar Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	05:08	Amazon
4	Wish You Were Here David Gilmour / Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	05:40	Amazon
5	Shine on You Crazy Diamond, Pts. 6-9 David Gilmour / Roger Waters / Richard Wright	Pink Floyd	12:22	Amazon

Track Listing - Disc 11

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Pigs on the Wing, Pt. 1 Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	01:25	Amazon
2	Dogs David Gilmour / Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	17:04	Amazon
3	Pigs (Three Different Ones) Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	11:21	Amazon
4	Sheep Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	10:23	Amazon
5	Pigs on the Wing, Pt. 2 Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	01:24	Amazon

Track Listing - Disc 12

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	In the Flesh Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	03:19	Amazon
2	The Thin Ice Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	02:29	Amazon
3	Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 1 Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	03:09	Amazon
4	The Happiest Days of Our Lives Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	01:50	Amazon
5	Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2 Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	03:59	Amazon
6	Mother Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	05:33	Amazon
7	Goodbye Blue Sky Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	02:47	Amazon
8	Empty Spaces Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	02:08	Amazon
9	Young Lust David Gilmour / Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	03:31	Amazon
10	One of My Turns Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	03:36	Amazon
11	Don't Leave Me Now Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	04:16	Amazon
12	Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 3 Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	01:14	Amazon
13	Goodbye Cruel World Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	01:14	Amazon

Track Listing - Disc 13

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Hey You Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	04:41	Amazon
2	Is There Anybody Out There? Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	02:40	Amazon
3	Nobody Home Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	03:24	Amazon
4	Vera Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	01:33	Amazon
5	Bring the Boys Back Home Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	01:27	Amazon
6	Comfortably Numb David Gilmour / Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	06:21	Amazon
7	The Show Must Go On Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	01:36	Amazon
8	In the Flesh Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	04:16	Amazon
9	Run Like Hell David Gilmour / Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	04:23	Amazon
10	Waiting for the Worms Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	03:58	Amazon
11	Stop Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	00:30	Amazon
12	The Trial Bob Ezrin / Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	05:19	Amazon
13	Outside the Wall Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	01:43	Amazon

Track Listing - Disc 14

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	The Post War Dream Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	03:00	Amazon
2	Your Possible Pasts Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	04:26	Amazon
3	One of the Few Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	01:11	Amazon
4	When the Tigers Broke Free Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	03:16	Amazon
5	The Hero's Return Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	02:42	Amazon
6	The Gunners Dream Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	05:18	Amazon
7	Paranoid Dream Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	03:41	Amazon
8	Paranoid Eyes Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	01:17	Amazon
9	Get Your Filthy Hands Memorial Home Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	04:12	Amazon
10	Southampton Dock Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	02:10	Amazon
11	The Final Cut Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	04:45	Amazon
12	Not Now John Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	04:56	Amazon
13	Two Suns in the Sunset Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	05:20	Amazon

Track Listing - Disc 15

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Signs of Life Bob Ezrin / David Gilmour	Pink Floyd	04:23	Amazon
2	Learning to Fly Jon Carin / Bob Ezrin / David Gilmour / Anthony Moore	Pink Floyd	04:52	Amazon
3	The Dogs of War David Gilmour / Anthony Moore	Pink Floyd	06:03	Amazon
4	One Slip David Gilmour / Phil Manzanera	Pink Floyd	05:08	Amazon
5	On the Turning Away David Gilmour / Anthony Moore	Pink Floyd	05:41	Amazon
6	Yet Another Movie/Round and Around David Gilmour / Patrick Leonard	Pink Floyd	07:26	Amazon
7	A New Machine, Pt. 1 David Gilmour	Pink Floyd	01:45	Amazon
8	Terminal Frost David Gilmour	Pink Floyd	06:15	Amazon
9	A New Machine, Pt. 2 David Gilmour	Pink Floyd	00:38	Amazon
10	Sorrow David Gilmour	Pink Floyd	08:48	Amazon

Track Listing - Disc 16

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Cluster One David Gilmour / Richard Wright	Pink Floyd	05:58	Amazon
2	What Do You Want From Me David Gilmour / Polly Samson / Richard Wright	Pink Floyd	04:21	Amazon
3	Poles Apart David Gilmour / Nick Laird-Clowes / Polly Samson	Pink Floyd	07:04	Amazon
4	Marooned David Gilmour / Richard Wright	Pink Floyd	05:28	Amazon
5	A Great Day for Freedom David Gilmour / Polly Samson	Pink Floyd	04:18	Amazon
6	Wearing the Inside Out Anthony Moore / Richard Wright	Pink Floyd	06:48	Amazon
7	Take It Back Bob Ezrin / David Gilmour / Nick Laird-Clowes / Polly Samson	Pink Floyd	06:12	Amazon
8	Coming Back to Life David Gilmour	Pink Floyd	06:19	Amazon
9	Keep Talking David Gilmour / Polly Samson / Richard Wright	Pink Floyd	06:11	Amazon
10	Lost for Words David Gilmour / Polly Samson	Pink Floyd	05:14	Amazon
11	High Hopes David Gilmour / Polly Samson	Pink Floyd	08:31	Amazon