Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd by Pink Floyd (CD, Nov-2001, 2 Discs, Capitol/EMI Records)

Pink Floyd is the one of the few bands who can escort the listener on a journey, without the use of any substances whatsoever. Good earbuds or headphones, and you're on your way. This should be the FIRST Pink Floyd CD one should buy, as people tend to either: a) love Pink Floyd or b) hate Pink Floyd. Should one love their unique music and style, it is almost a certainty that one will delve into the individual CD's that made this group unlike any other in musical history.

When the Tigers Broke Free is a Pink Floyd love song, much akin to a dirge; very moving. The Fletcher Memorial Home is just right for those political afficionados, and is itself a brief history lesson without the drone of traditional education. Great stuff. Start here, and stay Pink.