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acts of Antonioni's choosing, including Pink Floyd, the Grateful Dead, and the

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. A 1997 re-release includes four bonus tracks each from Jerry Garcia and Pink Floyd that were used in the film, but not the original soundtrack.

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wrote the track "L'America" for the film, but was rejected by Antonioni ("L'America" was later released on The Doors' album '' L.A. Woman''). A Rolling Stones track, " You Got the Silver", is featured in the film but not included on this album.

Pink Floyd

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''. " Come in Number 51, Your Time Is Up" is a re-recording of " Careful with That Axe, Eugene," originally released as a b-side in December 1968. "Love Scene (Version 4)" is a

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solo piano composition. " Country Song" (also known as "The Red Queen") is a ballad filled with

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" (also known as "Rain in the Country") is a relaxed instrumental. "Love Scene (Version 6)" (also known as "Alan's Blues") is a bluesy instrumental. A track entitled "Fingal's Cave" and another called "Oenone" were recorded but did not appear on the finished album. Pink Floyd also recorded other unreleased material during the same sessions. Most notable is a lengthy composition which at that time was known as "

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" (later released on Dark Side of the Moon Immersion Box Set). This was later reworked, as "

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" from ''

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''. An additional number of tracks of previously unreleased studio work from these sessions have been released in 2016 on

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(Volume 4: 1970: Devi/ation).

Critical reception

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'' critic Robert Christgau has said the soundtrack album is "considerably deeper and more coherent" than the film.

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's Steven McDonald later called it "an odd melange of songs" but also "well worth hearing" for the Pink Floyd recordings.

Track listing

References

External links

* {{Authority control Jerry Garcia soundtracks Pink Floyd soundtracks 1970 soundtrack albums Split albums MGM Records soundtracks Drama film soundtracks