Surpasses its predecessor

Review Score: (8/10)
This album is far superior to its predecessor, A Momentary Lapse of Reason. David Gilmour is the dominant composer on this album, whose noteworthy contribution to this album is "High Hopes." However, The Division Bell is incredibly long and Dave definitely throws in some bad tracks, such as "Take it Back" and "Lost for Words." This album is so long that it could have dumped the filler and still been a very comfortable 45 minutes.

The real difference that sets this album apart from AMLOR is that Rick Wright is back in action, composing and singing on "Wearing the Inside Out", an album highlight. He cowrites the instrumentals "Cluster One" and "Marooned," both of which are very nice to listen to. The tracks written by both Rick and Dave seem to naturally sound the most like Pink Floyd.

So if you were dissapointed by the 80s Gilmour solo effort mistakenly billed as "Pink Floyd," pick this up and I think you'll find a few tracks worthy of that title.

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