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Relics (subtitle: A Bizarre Collection of Antiques & Curios) is a 1971 compilation album by English progressive rock band Pink Floyd.
The album was released in the UK on 14 May 1971 and in the United States on the following day. Initially released by Starline, the compilation was reissued by Music for Pleasure in the United Kingdom, while Harvest and Capitol distributed the album in the United States.
A remastered CD was released in 1996 with a different album cover, picturing a three-dimensional model based on the sketch drawn by drummer Nick Mason for the album’s initial release.
The album also includes a previously unreleased studio recording of a Roger Waters composition, “Biding My Time“.
The song originally was titled “Afternoon” which had been heard by live audiences as part of the Man and the Journey concert sequence. Following the sessions for Ummagumma, it was reworked as “Biding My Time“, before being held over for two years until the release of Relics. Unusually, Wright plays trombone on this track.