Pink Floyd new album?

OzarkTom · « **on:** 6 Jul 2014, 12:33 am »

http://www.straight.com/blogra/680271/david-gilmours-wife-polly-samson-leaks-news-twitter-about-new-pink-floyd-album

Well, it just might be true.

MaxCast · « **Reply #1 on:** 6 Jul 2014, 12:47 am »

that would be very nice if it were.

milford3 · « **Reply #2 on:** 6 Jul 2014, 01:10 am »

If by any chance this is true I'll be in Floyd heaven again.

FireGuy · « **Reply #3 on:** 6 Jul 2014, 01:19 am »

"Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants." With the exception of a new PF album.

wushuliu · « **Reply #4 on:** 6 Jul 2014, 02:17 am »

Not to sound partisan (I'm not) but if Roger's not involved then it's hardly worth getting excited about as a Pink Floyd album. A Gilmour + Friends album, sure, cause Gilmour's a legend and it's always great to hear him play.

Here's to hoping Roger at least contributed some bass to the album.

wushuliu · « **Reply #5 on:** 6 Jul 2014, 02:29 am »

Actually I take that back somewhat: apparently the new album is based on full length ambient sessions recorded during the Division Bell knows as The Big Spliff that was never released. So very much a Wright-centered album. Still not a huge fan of Polly Samson's lyrics though. I'd take Roger or Rick before her. Hopefully Wright recorded/wrote lyrics for some of these tracks as well.

I think the chances of Roger doing some bass tracks went up considering all that.

MaxCast · « **Reply #6 on:** 6 Jul 2014, 11:47 pm »

I do hope Roger can get involved. There is only so much time for these guys to come together and make some music.

arthurs · « **Reply #7 on:** 7 Jul 2014, 12:28 am »

It would be great but I'm not holding my breath for it.

milford3 · « **Reply #8 on:** 7 Jul 2014, 09:15 am »

It's true. Album coming out in October.

FullRangeMan · « **Reply #9 on:** 7 Jul 2014, 11:04 am »

If the end result will similar to Division Bell and Lapse of Reason Iam out.
Gilmour has good intentions but his compositional talent is very similar to Genesis and not stand the great PF we all love.
Hope for the best.

Also I will no buy a regular CD, I want only a SACD.

HsvHeelFan · « **Reply #10 on:** 7 Jul 2014, 01:22 pm »

I'm perfectly okay with Pink Floyd in its current incarnation without Roger. I like Momentary Lapse of Reason and the Division Bell just fine. Are they like early PF? Of course not, but the band members aren't 20 any more and I would hope have a slightly different perspective on music and life.

My least favorite Pink Floyd album? The Wall. It was okay 35 years ago, but now, I listen to it once every 5-6 years and go "still don't like it".

In some ways it is sad that Roger decided to go his own way and then tried to say that he was "Pink Floyd" and without him they couldn't be a band. I'm happy that Mr. Gilmour, Mr. Mason and Mr. Wright soldiered on without him.

I'll pick up a copy as soon as it is released and give it a listen.

HsvHeelFan

wushuliu · « **Reply #11 on:** 7 Jul 2014, 02:34 pm »

Quote from: HsvHeelFan on 7 Jul 2014, 01:22 pm

I'm perfectly okay with Pink Floyd in its current incarnation without Roger. I like Momentary Lapse of Reason and the Division Bell just fine. Are they like early PF? Of course not, but the band members aren't 20 any more and I would hope have a slightly different perspective on music and life.

My least favorite Pink Floyd album? The Wall. It was okay 35 years ago, but now, I listen to it once every 5-6 years and go "still don't like it".

In some ways it is sad that Roger decided to go his own way and then tried to say that he was "Pink Floyd" and without him they couldn't be a band. I'm happy that Mr. Gilmour, Mr. Mason and Mr. Wright soldiered on without him.

I'll pick up a copy as soon as it is released and give it a listen.

HsvHeelFan

Roger did not leave and try to say he was was Pink Floyd. He thought it only fair that since the band broke up that the name be dropped. It was after Gilmour and Mason revived the name for Momentary Lapse that Roger got really bent out of shape. Rick Wright was still AWOL with personal issues I believe.

No black and white. Not unlike any family or friendship that spans decades.

I like Division Bell, but even Gilmour has admitted that Momentary Lapse was a solo album that reworked into sounding more 'Floyd' and sounds like it. I've never really thought of it as a PF album (though I LOVE Learning to Fly). Division Bell OTOH fits right in as a fitting last album after The Final Cut.

shahed · « **Reply #12 on:** 7 Jul 2014, 02:51 pm »

Roger Waters is not involved in this new Pink Floyd album: http://pitchfork.com/news/55797-pink-floyd-announce-the-endless-river-their-first-record-in-20-years/

FullRangeMan · « **Reply #13 on:** 7 Jul 2014, 03:36 pm »

Bad news, not what I was expecting.

arthurs · « **Reply #14 on:** 7 Jul 2014, 03:42 pm »

Quote from: FULLRANGEMAN on 7 Jul 2014, 03:36 pm

Bad news, not what I was expecting.

Hence, not holding my breath for it...it is a bummer though.

pjchappy · « **Reply #15 on:** 14 Jul 2014, 01:58 am »

Bah. IMO, Gilmour (along with Wright) brought the majority of the musicality to PF. I know plenty love Waters' solo work, but if you objectively listen to that compared to Gilmour's solo albums, you can clearly hear where the Pink Floyd sound/mood/melodies came from.

From my understanding of the new album, it has a basis from the leftovers of the Division Bell, but also incorporates Wright's recent work. I know he was working on a solo album before he passed, but I don't know if any of that will be/was directly related to the leftovers. Moreover, Gilmour and Mason have been adding to (at least) the leftovers.

WAIVER: I am a huge PF fan who also thinks the Division Bell is absolutely amazing. I personally can't wait for this new album and its announcement put a grin on my face for about a week.

Paul

SeaNile · « **Reply #16 on:** 14 Jul 2014, 02:19 am »

I don't have the highest of expectations for this album as it will be mostly instrumental.

Huge fan here as well, saw the 87/88 tour 2x, 94 tour 6x, Roger solo 2x and saw The Wall 18x from 2010-2013.

wushuliu · « **Reply #17 on:** 14 Jul 2014, 06:38 am »

Quote from: pjchappy on 14 Jul 2014, 01:58 am

Bah. IMO, Gilmour (along with Wright) brought the majority of the musicality to PF. I know plenty love Waters' solo work, but if you objectively listen to that compared to Gilmour's solo albums, you can clearly hear where the Pink Floyd sound/mood/melodies came from.

From my understanding of the new album, it has a basis from the leftovers of the Division Bell, but also incorporates Wright's recent work. I know he was working on a solo album before he passed, but I don't know if any of that will be/was directly related to the leftovers. Moreover, Gilmour and Mason have been adding to (at least) the leftovers.

WAIVER: I am a huge PF fan who also thinks the Division Bell is absolutely amazing. I personally can't wait for this new album and its announcement put a grin on my face for about a week.

Paul

I'll disagree there. You can't really parse the Gilmour and Waters' contributions apart. I mean Gilmour's About Face doesn't exactly conjure Floyd sound/moods, etc. (neither does Pros and Cons). Gilmour's website says The Voice and Guitar of Pink Floyd and that's on the money. The atmospherics were very much driven by Waters as well as the Classic Albums Dark Side dvd shows clearly as he works out the sequencer track for On the Run. Let's not forget all the amazing background vocal effects he's done for many of the albums. And Amused to Death has by far the best 'Floyd' effects and atmospherics of the post breakup period, including the use of Q sound. Yeah he's more concerned about making statements but he knows how to produce an album as an organic whole, which is more than can be said for Mason/Gilmour. Perhaps if Wright had not drifted off until Division Bell things would be different, so I'm excited to hear a mostly instrumental album based around his comeback material.

But neither Gilmour or Waters have much to brag about when it comes to post break-up efforts. It's Lennon v. McCartney

FullRangeMan · « **Reply #18 on:** 14 Jul 2014, 12:00 pm »

IMO About Face was a so bad album I sold the CD at the time, this image is a bit better the songs are like a garage band.
Dave have not the drama and depth as a composer as Roger, but if it change in this new album I would like.

MaxCast · « **Reply #19 on:** 14 Jul 2014, 03:24 pm »

Yeah, well, I like em all

We have to remember our favorite albums were produced under the influence, so...

I would like to see them back together and see what they could cook up. Set the differences aside and do what each do best, feed off each other. The Pink Floyd Sound.