{"id":2364137,"date":"2026-04-08T14:43:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T14:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2364137"},"modified":"2026-04-08T14:43:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T14:43:20","slug":"pink-floyd-announce-new-8-tracks-compilation-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/pink-floyd-announce-new-8-tracks-compilation-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Pink Floyd announce new &#8216;8-Tracks&#8217; compilation album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/pink-floyd\">Pink Floyd<\/a> have announced a new compilation album, \u20188-Tracks\u2019. Find all the details below.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/photos\/50-geeky-facts-about-pink-floyd-1416852\">50 geeky facts about Pink Floyd<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The collection shines a light on eight essential classic songs from the legendary band\u2019s 1971-1979 era. It is due for release on vinyl, CD and digital streaming platforms on Friday June 5 via Sony Music. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pinkfloyd.lnk.to\/8Tracks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pre-order\/pre-save here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u20188-Tracks\u2019 features the popular tracks \u2018Money\u2019, \u2018Wish You Were Here\u2019, \u2018Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2\u2019, \u2018Time\u2019 and \u2018Comfortably Numb\u2019, along with the earlier cuts \u2018One Of These Days\u2019 and \u2018Wot\u2019s\u2026 Uh The Deal\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>It also boasts an exclusive full version of \u2018Pigs On The Wing\u2019, which was previously available on the 1977 \u2018Animals\u2019 eight-track cartridge release.<\/p>\n<p>The track sequence for the new compilation has been edited by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/steven-wilson\">Steven Wilson<\/a> using sound effects sourced from the original multitracks to make for a continuous listening experience \u201cin classic Floydian style\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_3939101\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3939101\" style=\"width: 3000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3939101\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pink Floyd \u2013 \u20188-Tracks\u2019. CREDIT: Press<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u20188-Tracks\u2019 documents the full measure of Pink Floyd\u2019s transition into their breakthrough era, propelled into superstardom throughout the 1970s,\u201d an official description reads.<\/p>\n<p>The project celebrates the eight-year period that spawned some of Pink Floyd\u2019s most successful and celebrated records ever: 1971\u2019s \u2018Meddle\u2019, 1972\u2019s \u2018Obscured By Clouds\u2019, 1973\u2019s \u2018The Dark Side Of The Moon\u2019, 1975\u2019s \u2018Wish You Were Here\u2019, 1977\u2019s \u2018Animals\u2019 and 1979\u2019s \u2018The Wall\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCollectively, it\u2019s a body of work that sees Pink Floyd shifting far beyond the early psychedelic pop <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/syd-barrett\">Syd Barrett<\/a> era and their post-experimental output, cementing their global status as one of the greatest rock bands of all time,\u201d it adds.<\/p>\n<p>\u20188-Tracks\u2019 will provide an entry point for new listeners, while offering a carefully curated collection for longtime fans to revisit and appreciate.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The full tracklist for Pink Floyd\u2019s \u20188-Tracks\u2019 is:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Side A<\/strong><br \/><strong>1. \u2018One Of These Days\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>2. \u2018Wot\u2019s\u2026 Uh The Deal\u2019<br \/>3. \u2018Money\u2019<br \/>4. \u2018Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Side B<\/strong><br \/><strong>1. \u2018Wish You Were Here\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>2. \u2018Time\u2019<br \/>2. \u2018Comfortably Numb\u2019<br \/>4. \u2018Pigs On The Wing\u2019 (full version originally released on the \u2018Animals\u2019 eight-track cartridge and exclusive to this compilation)<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Noel Fielding&#039;s Soundtrack Of My Life: The Mighty Boosh Man On Adam Ant, Pink Floyd And Dressing Up\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4LpEanCPYCs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/david-gilmours-black-strat-becomes-most-expensive-guitar-ever-sold-at-auction-3934326\">David Gilmour\u2018s legendary \u2018Black Strat\u2019 recently became the most expensive guitar ever sold at auction<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In late 2025, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/david-gilmour-celebrates-pink-floyds-wish-you-were-here-landing-uks-record-breaking-christmas-number-one-album-3919651\">Gilmour celebrated Pink Floyd\u2019s \u2018Wish You Were Here\u2019 landing the Christmas Number One album spot<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It marked the band\u2019s second UK Number One record of last year, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/pink-floyd-set-for-seventh-uk-number-one-with-pompeii-live-album-3860680\">following on from \u2018Pink Floyd At Pompeii \u2013 MCMLXXII\u2019<\/a>. The live album of a 1971 show was first released as a concert film in 1972, and re-released with newly mixed audio in 2025. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/film-reviews\/pink-floyd-at-pompeii-mcmlxxii-review-live-3853287\">A 4K version of the movie arrived<\/a>, too.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/pink-floyds-wish-you-were-here-video-arrives-50-years-after-songs-release-3920039\">Pink Floyd also shared the music video for the \u2018Wish You Were Here\u2019 title track<\/a> over the festive period, 50 years after its release.<\/p>\n<p>Last autumn,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/david-gilmour-says-there-is-no-possible-way-he-would-work-with-roger-waters-again-3900278\">Gilmour said there was \u201cno possible way\u201d that he would ever work with his former Pink Floyd bandmate Roger Waters again<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nme.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pink Floyd have announced a new compilation album, \u20188-Tracks\u2019. Find all the details below. READ MORE:\u00a050 geeky facts about Pink Floyd The collection shines a light on eight essential classic songs from the legendary band\u2019s 1971-1979 era. 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