The String Quartet Tribute to Pink Floyd (2002)

About this title: The String Quartet Tribute to Pink Floyd is different from its peers in its instrumentation. While most of the Vitamin label's string tributes feature a lineup of two violins, a viola, and a bass, this release augments this arrangement with cello and guitar. While this technically makes the title mathematically invalid, it also gives the Pink Floyd tribute a fuller sound that's closer to the originals than many tributes of this sort. Guitarist Doug Munro (who also arranged the album) brings rhythmic structure to tracks like "Money" and "Comfortably Numb," freeing the violin and viola to ... read more

Tracks:

1. Echoes [Gilmour/Mason/Water]
2. Have a Cigar [Waters]
3. Take up Thy Stethoscope and Walk [Waters]
4. Hey You [Waters]
5. Comfortably Numb [Waters/Waters]
6. Money [Waters]
7. Breathe [Gilmour/Waters/Wrig]
8. Another Brick in the Wall [Waters]
9. Wish You Were Here [Waters/Gilmour]
10. A Floydian Slip [Ferry/Munro]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.