Pink Floyd

A Momentary Lapse Of Reason

"Fink Floyd"

Review Score:

(4/10)
There is a reason why my rating of this album is low. It's because the powers that be (lawyers, business people, etc.) decided to call it a Pink Floyd album. There have been many reviews stating things like "give it a chance" or "don't listen to what people say". If this recording were originally presented to us as a David Gilmour solo album, or just an album of a band whose members included Gilmour, Mason and Wright, then I would have given it perhaps three or four stars. It's not a "bad" album. It's just not a Pink Floyd album. The drum work of Nick Mason is its usual solid and dependable. The keyboard playing of Rick Wright is, as always, subtle and jazzy. The guitar work of David Gilmour is magnificent. Yes. It's really, really good. Gilmour's guitar phrasings and, most importantly, soloing, are in perfect form. His vocals are also quite good. Still, Pink Floyd as an idea, as a mode and style of music is completely missing from this album. However hard it tries, it's not there at all. Yes, there will never be another Dark Side, or Wish You Were Here. But, when, say, Animals came out, people didn't shout, "it's not Wish You Were Here!" They didn't have to. Animals was pure Floyd, just as The Wall was. Just as was every other album that had Roger Waters in its make-up. Those albums stood by themselves while still retaining whatever it was that made them a Pink Floyd album. I recommend A Momentary Lapse of Reason to people who like good rock and roll guitar. Other than that, I would advise against buying it.

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