A Momentary Lapse of Reason

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review by: You know what they say about payback? Well I'm the B*tch! date: 2008-07-29 rating:
Get real and get a life.
So Roger Waters threw the toys out of the pram and spat out his dummy. Who the hell cares? He went on to have a successful solo career and jolly good luck to him.

But to then say, oh well Pink Floyd is no longer in existence and this is a Gilmour solo album, under the name of Pink Floyd, is frankly infantile. This is David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Rick Wright and they are as much the essence of Pink Floyd as Roger Waters ever was. Oh and by the way if Roger Waters was so damn sure that Floyd could not exist without him, why did he take such trouble to exclude Rick Wright and draw up legal papers preventing him from ever rejoining the group? Perhaps because he recognised, as anyone with a semblence of wits should, that great groups are not simply the product of one individual. The Floyd survived Syd Barrett and they sure as hell survived Roger Waters.

This album is an excellent illustration of what Floyd had been waiting for, the digital revolution, the chance to present themselves as they wished to be heard. No tape hiss, no pops and clicks, just pure sonic genius.

The song writing of Gilmour has always been underrated and played second best to the obsessive drive of Roger Waters. But here for the first time he is given room to breathe and experiment.

I own copies of all of Pink Floyds studio albums and several live ones. They vary enormously in sound and in intent, but the quality of musicianship and attraction of each, although unique in and of themselves is farely constant. 'A Momentary Lapse of Reason' is up there with the groups best work to date.

Long live Pink Floyd.

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review by: date: 2008-03-25 rating:
Great album but not a timeless classic
I listened to this two evenings ago for the first time in 15 years and it sounded absolutely amazing. The sounds are diverse and and full of interest and I was on tenderhooks for the next thing coming along. On another listen last night the heavy 80's influence was all too apparant, especially the lyrics to some of the songs, if you are allergic to dairy products (cheese) then be careful. Their albums prior to this reflected the era they were made in, but there was/is a timeless quality too - Wish You Were Here will always be a masterpiece. For this album there is too much influence from the era of recording, too much immitation of the Floyd sound and not enough aloofness from everything else which is the true hallmark of Pink Floyd.

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review by: date: 2008-01-01 rating:
dated production let down good songs
Waters had left, and the remaining two Floyds (aided by Rick Wright) carried on in a controversial move that kept lawyers and journalists busy for most of the Eighties. "Momentary Lapse" suffers from a dated production, but contains a fine collection of songs that accurately re-create the Floyd sound of the seventies with mystical, aspirational imagery, sweeping solos, majestic and atmospheric keyboard parts, and understated, unfussy drumming from Mason. Aided and abetted by 17 session musicians, one could argue this isn't the Floyd but a solo Gilmour album under the Floyd tag - though quite how this would differ from the equally bloated "Wall" and "Final Cut" (and their respectively singular vision that makes them practically Waters solo records) I don't know

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review by: mestor_ben date: 2007-10-21 rating:
Different
The 80s was certianly an interesting period for music, but unfortunately, we only have one album to go on from Floyd, in which David Gilmour and Nick Mason started to create some more electronic sounds with their music. However, unlike The Wall and Animals, the songs do not really match, and because David isn't quite as good at writing lyrics, we are commonly left unclear as to what the situation is and the words that we listen to really mean.
After seven years of deciding what to do, David Gilmour released this package of hidden classics, fearful of being alone and what the comeback might be. Well, I can say that he has done a good job, and On The Turning Away is a classic that is mostly ignored over Sorrow and Learning To Fly (I hate Learning To Fly!) Themeless and padded, it is still a personal favourite.


review by: date: 2007-09-01 rating:
ok its Pink Floyd 2
Its not Floyd ok lets get that out of the way. After there court battle with Waters, Gilmour won the name of the Pink Floyd, and went about recording Momentary. The songs are good come on Floyd fans, they aren't the real floyd but they can hold there own. Waters when he heard this Record, has believed to have said "well...uh its not Pink Floyd is it" most of the songs which are on this record were either B songs from The Wall which didn't get cut in the original due to Waters saying "NO". So Gilmour now released from Waters put them on This record thats how the story goes. Gilmour was so worried about this record when it came out that he was peeing in his pants. But it became a true hit and still is a good solid record. Also the intro's for some of the songs were put in due to Gilomur thinking that its Pink Floyd and we need intro's ! i dont buy this story though.
Always remember BIG bands like Floyd, Genesis always want to make money, at the end of the day, gilmour had the name but not the rights on the songs which made them super rockers which was THE WALL!.

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