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[rettucs]

oh so there was speculation on the internet today that PF were going to announce a reunion tour to mark the 20th anniversary of that terrible album of theirs.

thankfully it came to nowt.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

7CD edition of the division bell £150 ffs

 

[rettucs]

FAO @Shaney

(this made me a bit angry)

Pink Floyd's 14 studio albums rated - Telegraph

1967: Piper At The Gates of Dawn

Fascinating, nascent psychedelic space rock lunacy.

1968: A Saucerful Of Secrets

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Syd goes mad, Gilmour joins, band ventures further into the cosmos (and away from the song).

1969: More

Film soundtrack lets the band get heavier and start to define experimental instrumental identity.

1969: Ummagumma

Avant-garde experimental double album mixing live tracks and space rock jams, beauty and absurdity in about equal measure

1970: Atom Heart Mother

Classical suites, folk, psychedelia & sonic collages, this if Floyd testing the limits of prog rock and finding they are mostly unrewarding and unlistenable.

1971: Meddle

The start of the new signature Floyd 70s rock sound really takes shape on the 23 sublime minutes of Echoes, as their experimental instincts begin to coalesce around songs.

1972: Obscured By Clouds

Another soundtrack, its elegant instrumentals point the way to Dark Side, recorded at the same time.

1973: Dark Side of the Moon

Everything comes together on a gorgeoues, trippy, sonically, lyricall, melodically, harmonically fluid rock journey into inner space.

1975: Wish You Were Here

he sound of Pink Floyd as a perfect rock machine, repeated musical motifs glistening in the crazy diamond heart of its tribute to an absent friend, Syd Barrett.

1977: Animals

Roger Waters assumes control. All the Floyd signatures are in place but somehow not locked together. The result is darker, patchier, at times ungainly yet still classic Floyd.

1979: The Wall

Bold, ambitious, even radical, many consider this ultimate Floyd but Waters double album concept has too many slight songs overburdened by ego and undermined by the obvious disharmony of the participants. Waters can’t really sing but that’s not going to stop him, and his verbose lyrics dominate proceedings, while the sound is edgier and less burnished than before. It says it all that the stand out track, Comfortably Numb, is also the one the other members contributed most to.

1983: The Final Cut

Dreary, dark concept album that should have been Waters solo debut. He left shortly after completing it.

1987: A Momentary Lapse of Reason

Essentially a David Gilmour solo album made to keep the Floyd brand going.

1994: The Division Bell

Gilmour, Wright and Mason reconvene to recreate the classic Floyd sound but it lacks higher purpose or worthwhile songs. Waters called it “a fair forgery.”

 

[rettucs]

My ratings of these albums would be (I know we had another thread about it but whatevvvvs)

Piper: 4/5
Saucerful: 4/5
More: 4/5
Ummagumma: (depends how you rate it but)
-- live part - 5/5
-- studio - 3/5
Atom Heart Mother - 4/5
Meddle - 5/5
Obscured - 4/5
DSOTM - 5/5
WYWH - 5/5
Animals - 5/5
Wall - 5/5
Final Cut - 4/5
Momentary Lapse - 0/5
Division Bell - 1/5

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

You don't like the reviews? I think it's mostly reasonable although they under rate my favorites a little

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

I had a listen to piper last week for the first time ages, it's not nearly a good as I thought it was

 

[rettucs]

You don't like the reviews? I think it's mostly reasonable although they under rate my favorites a little

when I see someone give 5/5s to the 2 'big' albums and give lazy reviews to everything else, it makes me a bit mad

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

Fair enough, still at least they listened to More and Obscured By Clouds

 

[nlgbbbblth]

7CD edition of the division bell £150 ffs

No CDs in it - all vinyl!

Which is annoying.

They should have put out a proper Immersion set with CDs, DVD and Blu Ray.

And a separate double LP for those who missed out in 1994.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

There was talk at one point of an album of division bell out takes - they should have put that in it. I already have the pink vinyl Take it Back 7"

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

New Pink Floyd album on the way

Pink Floyd news :: Brain Damage - New Pink Floyd album, The Endless River, in October

Tweeted on Polly Samson's Twitter feed is the rather unexpected but incredibly welcome news of a new Pink Floyd album. She revealed that it is called "The Endless River" and is based on sessions recorded in 1994 - which were for The Division Bell.

She also notes that it "is Rick Wright's swansong and very beautiful". The singer Durga McBroom-Hudson also expands on this, by revealing the recent picture of David Gilmour in the studio with her (Durga), along with Sarah Brown and Louise Clare Marshall was not in actual fact from the recording sessions of David's new work, but from the sessions working on completing The Endless River.

There were a number of comments from people concerning the lack of any outtakes in The Division Bell 20th anniversary boxset (particularly as the existence of some instrumental recordings - commonly known as The Big Spliff - has been known for many years and has moved into the stuff of legend and the odd dodgy download). Clearly, it seems, plans had been afoot for a standalone release for some time, which should please those who are only after these recordings so they don't have to buy a full box set just for this CD. Needless to say, this should prove incredibly popular and we expect demand to be very high.

More details, including ordering details and more, to come as soon as we have them.

 

[Space]

Watched the director's cut of Live At Pompeii last night. Well worth a watch.

 

[ernesto]

Watched the director's cut of Live At Pompeii last night. Well worth a watch.

It's class

 

[Jim A. Morrish]

Watched the director's cut of Live At Pompeii last night. Well worth a watch.

have the dvd, love it

 

[rettucs]

New Pink Floyd album on the way

Pink Floyd news :: Brain Damage - New Pink Floyd album, The Endless River, in October

this is awful news. Its going to be absolutely terrible and as a Pink Floyd fan I'm going to have to waste money buying it (probably on several formats) and waste time listening to it (and waste time on thumped complaining about it). Awful news. Pink Floyd should just fuck off.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

I'm getting excited

 

[ann post]

this is awful news. Its going to be absolutely terrible and as a Pink Floyd fan I'm going to have to waste money buying it (probably on several formats) and waste time listening to it (and waste time on thumped complaining about it). Awful news. Pink Floyd should just fuck off.

well that's got me hyped up about it anyways.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

BP Fallon was on the radio this morning dissing Roger Waters, Kevin Courtney is deluding himself that the new album might sound like Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun
The John Murray Show Thursday 10 July 2014 - The John Murray Show - RTÉ Radio 1

 

[ernesto]

Bp Fallon is a creepy useless fucking shitehawk

 

[ernesto]

Looking forward to being disappointed by this new floyd album