Released: Sep 8, 1987
Label: EMI
Genre: Rock
Styles: Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Album Rock
Number Of Tracks: 10
If the music of this band is what has always moved you, then you're going to love this. Roger Waters may have left, but Pink Floyd remains.
A Momentary Lapse Of Reason
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davidgilmourfan, on may 20, 2006 5 of 6 people found this review helpful
Sound: When Roger Waters left Pink Floyd everyone thought (even some of the band members at the time) that Floyd would go down the drain! But, that did not stop David Gilmour from picking up the band and showing Roger what he could do. David Gilmour and Nick Mason were the only "official" members at the time, but they brought in lots of brilliant musicians to play on the album. These songs are much different from other Floyd songs, now that Roger was gone, you didn't have him writing songs or lyrics. David handle most of that. The best songs on the album are: "Learning to Fly", "Sorrow", "Terminal Frost", "On The Turning Away" and "One Slip". The guitar solos are great and so are the effects. All the songs flow well and it is a very enjoyable album. David did a great job keeping Pink Floyd going. // 10
Lyrics and Singing: Well, David himself said that he doesn't have a good time writing lyrics. He got help from a few people, including his wife. The lyrics are very nice, and I love "One Slip" and "On The Turning Away", the lyrics are best on that album! Not bad for David handling the all the lyrics for the first time. // 9
Impression: I really love this album, even though Roger is gone, David kept it going and made a beautiful album. If you are a Floyd fan, but haven't checked out this album yet, then do it, now! It's not my favourite Floyd album, but I love this album a lot. // 9
A Momentary Lapse Of Reason
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someone_not_you, on april 30, 2007 0 of 4 people found this review helpful
Sound: After "The Final Cut", it was clear that neither guitarist David Gilmour nor bassist/main lyricist Roger Waters were going to record an album together again. In 1983, both released solo albums ("The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking" by Waters, "About Face" by Gilmour) that only went gold in the US, and both went on tour to promote them in small arenas. It was clear that apparently a solo album by any member of Floyd wouldn't by much succesful if the name of the band wasn't attached to the releases. Anyway, Waters disbanded the group by 1985. Unfortunately, David was "nostalgic" at this point. He succesfully "un-disbanded" Pink Floyd by 1986, and 'reunited' with drummer Nick Mason and keyboardist Rick Wright (this one just as a session musician). The result? A purely "David Gilmour solo album" with the name "Pink Floyd" in it, with a lot of session musicians assisting Gilmour, with Mason rarely playing (and I can't even say the same thing from Wright! ) and often replaced by a drum machine ("Learning to Fly" and the entire second half of the album). The opener instrumental "Signs of Life" is a straight "Dark Side of the Moon" rip-off with some "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" traces. Next comes "Learning to Fly", which is a bit dull, but still one of the strongest numbers here. However, "The Dogs of War", the third song, comes near to the definition of "worst Floyd song ever", but it was surpassed but another song from this album, the AWFUL "A New Machine". I can't believe that David could come with the idea of placing such a disgusting song here, with those horrendous robotic-like vocals. "One Slip" sounded at first to me a bit to Duran Duran, but it's again Gilmour with it's "Another Brick in the Wall (Part I)"/"Run Like Hell" riffage and it's a good song. The best, however, is the beautiful "On the Turning Away", sounds to me a bit like "Wish You Were Here" (the song), but it's beautiful, and remarks the guitar habilities of David at the end. "Terminal Frost" is a somewhat pleasant instrumental, with a beautiful piano line. Finally, we have the disgusting "Yet Another Movie" with a aimless coda ("Round and Around"), and "Sorrow", a somewhat improved version of "Yet Another Movie", is not so bad, but I dislike a bit Gilmour's monotonous singing and the synthesizer line. // 5
Lyrics and Singing: If you're searching for lyrics, look somewhere else. David Gilmour is just the guitar player, the definitive lyricist was Waters, and for that reason David is generally assisted by other people (see the credits). You may find great lyrics in "Learning to Fly", "Sorrow" and "On the Turning Away", but then you just find horrible lyrics, just like in "The Dogs of War" and both parts of "A New Machine". The other lyrical spots just doesn't impress me, and I just don't care about 'em. // 3
Impression: It's sad that someone with the name "Pink Floyd" would release this. Compared to the earlier efforts, it's just a weak imitation/parody of them. If you love 80's mainstream music, well, this is the point to start with the band. But I'm not one of those. Fortunately, they released "The Division Bell" in 1994. // 4
A Momentary Lapse Of Reason
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Hendrix On acid, on july 12, 2005 0 of 4 people found this review helpful
Sound: Pink Floyd never dissapoints. This album, although lacking the amazing lyrical contributions of Roger Waters, still holds constant with David Gilmour's incredible solos, great guitar riffs, combined with Nick Mason's classic drumming, Rick Wright on keyboard and many others contributing. The combination of the 3 with the help of Bob Ezrin, who did work on "The Wall," Tony Levin, Scott Page, Michael Landua and others makes a great album. // 8
Lyrics and Singing: Roger Waters isn't with the band when this album was made, and before this he was the main lyrical driving force. However, Gilmour's lyrics on this album are surprisingly good. His voice on this album will make you reminisce with "Dark Side Of The Moon" and "Meddle." // 8
Impression: This album, like every Pink Floyd album, is worth buying. The last track, "Sorrow" is the most impressive because of the great guitar and lyrics that will make you think. Although this is not my absolute favorite album (Dark Side Of The Moon), this is one of the best. // 8
I know this will make people mad but Roger Waters IS Pink Floyd. With Roger, Pink Floyd would just be one of those things you remember people would listen to while high in the 70's and it's not about that. No offense--Dave still rocks.
KileManA7X- you couldn't have put it any better, so don't worry about people saying anything. Roger Waters was the genius, as his solo albums show, and things were clearly never the same following his departure. Gilmour is a fantastic musician, but he lacks a certain something that Roger seems to have.
Sure Roger was a genius but he was NOT the Floyd. I can't even believe you said that. Excluding everyone else form the band and saying Roger is the band. That's wrong dude, The Division Bell is some of Gilmour's finest lyrical work. Oh and by the way, Roger Waters was a huge ego-head. But about the album,this album sucked I think. I can totally understand why also. It was RIGHT after Roger left, of course they're not gonna be back on their feet that quick. All I'm saying is that you totally proved a point when you said that was going to make people mad.
Dave is old and later Pink floyd. But Roger OWNED pink floyd from Dark side to the final cut AT LEAST. And that's not even including the debut and Obscured by clouds.
Roger's songs are all a lot deeper in the lyrics. They are mostly about war, or depression, or going insane. They are mostly very depressing lyrics, but the instrumental parts of the songs are almost "happy". Roger could be called the "genious lyrics writer" but he isn't the whole thing. They are all equally good at their own things, whether it be writing the lyrics, the music or a bit of both. Thats why they are the greatest band to ever grace the planet.
No, perhaps DSOTM and (mainly) The Wall are overrated, but otherwise I've never seen a music critic praising Meddle, Obscured by Clouds or Animals at the same level as those two. And they usually fail to see the 2 or 3 gems that are randomly thrown in AMLOR .
I agree. This album, like a lot of other Floyd Albums is very underrated. I wouldn't say that it is the same as other floyd albums, or trying to immitate them. quite the opposite really, it took me weeks of casual listening to finally get into and appreciate this album,because the songs and feel are different, but it really is very good.
And no, Roger Waters is NOT pink floyd. like it was pointed out, roger was the lyrical genious, but many songs were written by the rest of the band to fit his lyrics. he couldnt have done it on his own, or with session musicians
This may seem off-topic, but i purchased the division bell the other day and found the lyrics by gilmour were decent, but nothing compared to waters'. I really liked the compositions on this album and wright finally contributed to songwriting on an album (at least he hasnt done so since wish you were here). The lyrical quality of the album is somewhat lacking, but the musical quality of the division bell is really good. I like the post-waters music a lot, but then again, all pink floyd is good pink floyd I may pick this one up, I liked some of the songs from this album that is on pulse Of course, nothing comopares to the wall - ****ing geeeeenious
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I may pick this one up, I liked some of the songs from this album that is on pulse 
Of course, nothing comopares to the wall - ****ing geeeeenious