The album that came out of the tour in 1994 was Pulse, among the best live rock albums ever made. Where those Division Bell songs came to life was when Pink Floyd performed them live. Division Bell wasn't a great album, either-it was good, yet still many stars better than Endless River. Maybe what this album lacks truly IS LIFE. I could point to any number of albums of a similar vein from the old Musax or Patchwork Libraries that do this 10 times better, and those albums were written 30 years ago. Gilmour used to write solos that made us weep. With classic Floyd, even when Gilmour played quietly, his guitar was still on display and his long tones carried the music. Gilmour's guitar lacks the power and volume of his earlier works-the best that I can describe it is that he sounds flat. Especially noticeable in the first half of the album are the airy synthesizers which sound more Yanni than I am comfortable with. Gilmour is simply not that great as a Producer (that was Waters). There is very little life in these songs and what is there fails due to Gilmour's fading studio skills.
If you're hoping for the classic Pink Floyd sound to resurrect itself, you'll be disappointed and if you are anticipating they would take their music to some new, exciting direction, here again you'd be disappointed. The sound is clean and there are flickering moments, like on "Allons-y" and "Talkin' Hawkin'", that take you back to the classic Pink Floyd sound, but they never really get off their feet and the songs trudge slowly to no pay off. And what I discovered is that Pink Floyd really has become their own parents-and let's not kid ourselves, these "leftovers" from the Division Bell sessions are really just the fruits of Dave Gilmour sitting in a Production studio and mixing his and Rick Wright's tracks from those older sessions.
ALL PINK FLOYD ALBUMS AND RELEASE DATES FULL
In preparation for this "event", I saddled up my Sennheiser headphones, smoked a phat bowl and cranked this album full through. I'm a Pink Floyd loyalist, but when I heard the news that Floyd was releasing a new album, I sensed it a bit late in the game to have very high expectations for it. I'm a Pink Floyd loyalist, but when I heard the news that Fifteen years ago I would have been giddy at the news of a new Pink Floyd album. … Expandįifteen years ago I would have been giddy at the news of a new Pink Floyd album. Like I said, I am not a music critic, I don't 'get' music necessarily, I just enjoy it, and I really enjoyed this album and I've listened to it all the way through about 4 or 5 times now. I actually really like it, I think it's quite a fitting song to finish with. The final side concludes with Louder than Words, the only song with proper vocals. Each side is really enjoyable in their own right. The album is essential four pieces of music, made up of smaller parts. On a couple of tracks there'd be a bit of the song that really reminded me of older tracks from the likes of Animals, WYWH, etc, and of course The Division Bell. There were small hints of the Pink Floyd from the 70s, 80s, etc. But what I found was a thoroughly enjoyable, and quite ambient and relaxing collection of instrumental pieces of music. I didn't have massively high hopes (excuse the pun), even though I do like The Division Bell (but it's not my favourite obviously), so I went into this album not expecting a great deal. I am a massive Pink Floyd fan, they're my favourite band of all time, so I was extremely excited that they had a new album coming out. I am a I am far from qualified to post an in depth review of the album, all I can base my score on is whether I enjoy listening to it or not. I am far from qualified to post an in depth review of the album, all I can base my score on is whether I enjoy listening to it or not.
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