Discovery is an album by Pink Floyd, released in 2011. A cosmic journey through experimental soundscapes and psychedelic explorations that define Pink Floyd's legacy. The box set serves as an essential retrospective of Pink Floyd’s discography, notably reaching the top of various charts worldwide upon release. It also prompted renewed interest in the band's music, introducing their work to new generations and solidifying their status as pioneers of rock music. The compilation received positive reviews for its curation, underscoring the band's influence across multiple musical genres. Here's what makes it worth your time and what to listen to next.

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Disc 1

• 1 Astronomy Domine 4:12
• 2 Lucifer Sam 3:07
• 3 Matilda Mother 3:08
• 4 Flaming 2:46
• 5 Pow R. Toc H. 4:26
• 6 Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk 3:06
• 7 Interstellar Overdrive 9:40
• 8 The Gnome 2:13
• 9 Chapter 24 3:42
• 10 The Scarecrow 2:11
• 11 Bike 3:23

Disc 2

• 1 Let There Be More Light 5:38
• 2 Remember a Day 4:32
• 3 Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun 5:27
• 4 Corporal Clegg 4:12
• 5 A Saucerful of Secrets 11:56
• 6 See‐Saw 4:36
• 7 Jugband Blues 3:00

Disc 3

• 1 Cirrus Minor 5:18
• 2 The Nile Song 3:26
• 3 Crying Song 3:33
• 4 Up the Khyber 2:12
• 5 Green Is the Colour 2:58
• 6 Cymbaline 4:49
• 7 Party Sequence 1:08
• 8 Main Theme 5:26
• 9 Ibiza Bar 3:19
• 10 More Blues 2:12
• 11 Quicksilver 7:13
• 12 A Spanish Piece 1:05
• 13 Dramatic Theme 2:18

Disc 4

• 1 Astronomy Domine 8:32
• 2 Careful With That Axe, Eugene 8:49
• 3 Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun 9:27
• 4 A Saucerful of Secrets 12:51

Disc 5

• 1 Sysyphus, Part One 1:09
• 2 Sysyphus, Part Two 3:30
• 3 Sysyphus, Part Three 1:49
• 4 Sysyphus, Part Four 6:59
• 5 Grantchester Meadows 7:27
• 6 Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving With a Pict 4:58
• 7 The Narrow Way, Part One 3:28
• 8 The Narrow Way, Part Two 2:53
• 9 The Narrow Way, Part Three 5:57
• 10 The Grand Vizier’s Garden Party, Part One – Entrance 0:59
• 11 The Grand Vizier’s Garden Party, Part Two – Entertainment 7:05
• 12 The Grand Vizier’s Garden Party, Part Three – Exit 0:41

Disc 6

• 1 Atom Heart Mother: a) Father’s Shout / b) Breast Milky / c) Mother Fore / d) Funky Dung / e) Mind Your Throats Please / f) Remergence 23:42
• 2 If 4:30
• 3 Summer ’68 5:28
• 4 Fat Old Sun 5:23
• 5 Alan’s Psychedelic Breakfast: a) Rise and Shine / b) Sunny Side Up / c) Morning Glory 13:01

Disc 7

• 1 One of These Days 5:55
• 2 A Pillow of Winds 5:12
• 3 Fearless 6:08
• 4 San Tropez 3:43
• 5 Seamus 2:14
• 6 Echoes 23:34

Disc 8

• 1 Obscured by Clouds 3:05
• 2 When You’re In 2:31
• 3 Burning Bridges 3:30
• 4 The Gold It’s in The… 3:07
• 5 Wot’s… Uh the Deal 5:09
• 6 Mudmen 4:17
• 7 Childhood’s End 4:33
• 8 Free Four 4:16
• 9 Stay 4:07
• 10 Absolutely Curtains 5:52

Disc 9

• 1 Speak to Me 1:07
• 2 Breathe 2:49
• 3 On the Run 3:45
• 4 Time Standout 6:53
• 5 The Great Gig in the Sky 4:44
• 6 Money 6:23
• 7 Us and Them 7:49
• 8 Any Colour You Like 3:26
• 9 Brain Damage 3:46
• 10 Eclipse 2:12

Disc 10

• 1 Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Parts 1–5 Standout 13:32
• 2 Welcome to the Machine 7:31
• 3 Have a Cigar 5:07
• 4 Wish You Were Here 5:34
• 5 Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Parts 6–9 12:29

Disc 11

• 1 Pigs on the Wing, Part 1 1:25
• 2 Dogs 17:05
• 3 Pigs (Three Different Ones) 11:26
• 4 Sheep 10:18
• 5 Pigs on the Wing, Part 2 1:28

Disc 12

• 1 In the Flesh? 3:20
• 2 The Thin Ice 2:26
• 3 Another Brick in the Wall, Part 1 3:11
• 4 The Happiest Days of Our Lives 1:50
• 5 Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2 3:58
• 6 Mother 5:34
• 7 Goodbye Blue Sky 2:47
• 8 Empty Spaces 2:07
• 9 Young Lust 3:29
• 10 One of My Turns 3:36
• 11 Don’t Leave Me Now 4:15
• 12 Another Brick in the Wall, Part 3 1:14
• 13 Goodbye Cruel World 1:17

Disc 13

• 1 Hey You 4:40
• 2 Is There Anybody Out There? 2:41
• 3 Nobody Home 3:22
• 4 Vera 1:33
• 5 Bring the Boys Back Home 1:27
• 6 Comfortably Numb Standout 6:22
• 7 The Show Must Go On 1:36
• 8 In the Flesh 4:15
• 9 Run Like Hell 4:23
• 10 Waiting for the Worms 3:57
• 11 Stop 0:30
• 12 The Trial 5:18
• 13 Outside the Wall 1:46

Disc 14

• 1 The Post War Dream 3:00
• 2 Your Possible Pasts 4:26
• 3 One of the Few 1:13
• 4 When the Tigers Broke Free 3:15
• 5 The Hero’s Return 2:42
• 6 The Gunner’s Dream 5:18
• 7 Paranoid Eyes 3:41
• 8 Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert 1:16
• 9 The Fletcher Memorial Home 4:10
• 10 Southampton Dock 2:12
• 11 The Final Cut 4:42
• 12 Not Now John 5:01
• 13 Two Suns in the Sunset 5:18

Disc 15

• 1 Signs of Life 4:23
• 2 Learning to Fly 4:52
• 3 The Dogs of War 6:03
• 4 One Slip 5:08
• 5 On the Turning Away 5:41
• 6 Yet Another Movie 6:13
• 7 Round and Around 1:13
• 8 A New Machine, Part 1 1:45
• 9 Terminal Frost 6:15
• 10 A New Machine, Part 2 0:39
• 11 Sorrow 8:46

Disc 16

• 1 Cluster One 5:56
• 2 What Do You Want From Me 4:21
• 3 Poles Apart 7:03
• 4 Marooned 5:29
• 5 A Great Day for Freedom 4:17
• 6 Wearing the Inside Out 6:49
• 7 Take It Back 6:12
• 8 Coming Back to Life 6:19
• 9 Keep Talking 6:10
• 10 Lost for Words 5:13
• 11 High Hopes 8:34

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