Works (Pink Floyd album)

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English {{safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst-infobox||$params=italic_title,name,type,longtype,artist,cover,border,alt,caption,released,recorded,venue,studio,genre,length,language,label,director,producer,compiler,chronology,prev_title,prev_year,year,next_title,next_year,misc|$extra=italic_title,longtype,border,caption,language,director,compiler,chronology,year,misc|$aliases=italic title>italic_title,Italic title>italic_title,Name>name,Type>type,image>cover,Cover>cover,Border>border,Alt>alt,Caption>caption,Longtype>longtype,Artist>artist,Released>released,Recorded>recorded,Venue>venue,Studio>studio,Genre>genre,Length>length,Language>language,Label>label,Director>director,Producer>producer,Compiler>compiler,Chronology>chronology,Misc>misc|$flags=override|$B={{#ifeq:{{#invoke:Is infobox in lead|main|[Ii]nfobox [Aa]lbum}}|true|{{#if:Template:Has short description | |{{#if: June 1983 | Template:Short description}}}}}}{{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template otherTemplate:Category handlerTemplate:Main other{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=Template:Main other|preview=Page using Template:Infobox album with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y|italic_title |type |name |image |cover |border |alt |caption |longtype |artist |released |recorded |venue |studio |genre |length |language |label |director |producer |compiler |prev_title|prev_year|next_title|next_year|chronology|year|misc}}{{#if:{{#invoke:String|match|error_category=Music infoboxes with Module:String errors|A|1=The Final Cut1983A Momentary Lapse of Reason1987compilationWorksPinkFloyd-album-works-233.jpgPink FloydJune 19831967–1973*Progressive rock

• psychedelic rock42:10Capitol* Joe Boyd
• Pink Floyd
• Norman Smithx|2=</?t[drh][ >]|nomatch=}}|Template:Main other}}Template:Main other}}

Works is a compilation album of songs by English rock band Pink Floyd, released in 1983. It features a variety of material, including two of the band's early singles "Arnold Layne" and "See Emily Play", alternative mixes of tracks from The Dark Side of the Moon and the studio outtake "Embryo".<ref name=AM/>

Release and contents

Template:Album ratings The album was released by Pink Floyd's former American label, Capitol Records, to compete with their then-current studio album The Final Cut. The album is particularly notable for including the track "Embryo", an outtake from the Ummagumma album that later became a concert staple in a greatly elongated form.<ref name=toby227>Template:Cite book</ref> Previously, the track had only appeared on a scarce various artists compilation album promoting Pink Floyd's UK label Harvest Records entitled Picnic – A Breath of Fresh Air in January 1970.<ref name=AM/>

Some tracks are crossfaded into one another, such as "See Emily Play" into "[[Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict|Several SpeciesTemplate:Nbsp...]]" and "Fearless" into "Brain Damage". The album also opens with a heartbeat similar to the opening of Dark Side of the Moon that fades into the wind intro of "One of These Days". This creates a bookend effect on side 1, which ends with the heartbeat fadeout of "Eclipse".

Cover

The cover art, illustrated by Ron Larson, was inspired by the c. 1948 poster "Nederland industrialiseert" ("The Netherlands industrialise"),<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> designed by Dutch graphic artist Wladimir Flem.

Track listing

Side one Template:Track listing

Side two Template:Track listing

Personnel

• Syd Barrett — guitar ("Arnold Layne", "Set the ControlsTemplate:Nbsp...", "See Emily Play"), lead vocals ("Arnold Layne", "See Emily Play")
• David Gilmour — guitar (all but "Arnold Layne", "See Emily Play", "Several SpeciesTemplate:Nbsp..."), bass guitar ("One of These Days"), lead vocals ("Fearless", "Embryo"), backing vocals
• Nick Mason — drums, percussion, tape effects, vocalisations ("One of These Days")
• Roger Waters — bass guitar, tape effects, lead vocals ("Brain Damage", "Eclipse", "Set the ControlsTemplate:Nbsp...", "Free Four"), vocalisations ("Several SpeciesTemplate:Nbsp..."), backing vocals
• Richard Wright — keyboards, piano, synthesisers, backing vocals

Charts

Chart (1983)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	64
Template:Album chart