- Mini-Disc (1 Sep 1994)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: EMI
- ASIN: B00004WY10
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (82 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 643,347 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Cluster One |
| 2. What Do You Want From Me |
| 3. Poles Apart |
| 4. Marooned |
| 5. A Great Day For Freedom |
| 6. Wearing The Inside Out |
| 7. Take It Back |
| 8. Coming Back To Life |
| 9. Keep Talking |
| 10. Lost For Words |
| 11. High Hopes |
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Last Blast of Greatness,
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This review is from: The Division Bell (Audio CD)
Trawling back over the great period of rock musical history (1966-1976), during which I was unfortunate enough to be too young to appreciate/experience any of it, one of the first stops had to be Pink Floyd. Sure enough, after listening properly to 'Wish You Were Here' and 'Dark Side of the Moon' it soon became apparent that this band were responsible for a myriad of copyists and were a huge influence on many of the bands that I grew up with in the 80s (especially Fields of the Nephilim). Delving further into the history of the band it soon became apparent that after Syd Barrett was ejected in 1967 PF was a construct of Roger Waters and Dave Gilmour -- both evidently geniuses, but with personalities that gradually drifted apart. So after 'The Final Cut' in 1983 Waters left Gilmour to carry on the mantle of PF. With 'A Momentary Lapse of Reason' in 1987 Gilmour proved that he was as much of a miserable old codger as Waters when it came to songwriting (miserable in a good way you understand), but it is with 'The Division Bell' (1994) that Gilmour suggests (gasp) that he's actually a BETTER songwriter than Waters. There is not a weak track on this album -- even the saxaphone (usually an instrument that sounds the death knell for any song on which it appears) on 'Wearing the Inside Out' sounds good. 'Cluster One' and 'Marooned' are instrumentals laced with dark, broody atmospherics, while special highlights are 'What do you want from me', 'Lost for Words' and 'High Hopes'. The sound as a whole is like a Keats poem: sumptuous, luxurious and all invasive. It's different than the Pink Floyd of the seventies, and could not have existed without the band's development during that time, but Gilmour has produced here a (presumably) last blast of greatness from one of the most influential bands to ever walk the planet.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A masterpiece.,
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This review is from: The Division Bell (Audio CD)
Momentary Lapse may not have been a masterpiece, but it was a perfectly passable 80s rock album. It took the Floyd three years of touring and four years of fannying around to get The Division Bell out - worth the wait?Absolutely. It doesn't make sense, really; the creative genius Roger Waters leaves the band, and somehow the Floyd MkIII put together an album this good. While lyrically it's not quite up to standard, the music is some of the most beautifull atmospheric the Floyd ever wrote and shows that the musical talent in the band lay with Rick Wright and David Gilmour; Waters just wrote great songs. The highlights are too many to mention, but High Hopes is undoubtedly the best song of the post-Waters wilderness years; Coming Back To Life is somewhat hilariously led by a cowbell yet would feel incomplete without it, and Lost For Words proves that Waters isn't the only one who can throw in a gratuitous f-word and make it work. This album is far, far better than it has any right to be. Buy it and be amazed.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Poor reviews undeserved,
This review is from: The Division Bell (Audio CD)
On music websites, as well as on Wikipedia, you will read very poor reviews about this album. As with many great bands, fans of the first minute tend to turn their backs on them over the years when band members leave and/or the sound evolves. This is a natural tendency and has more to do with nostalgia (life was indeed great when we were young) than with the quality of the music.
I am all but a long-time fan of Pink Floyd, and my first contact with this band must have been around 2001, long after this album came out. In fact, it is my father who is an old fan. So, unburdened by nostalgia to the old Pink Floyd and youthful nights in the 1970s, what do I think of this album? It's wonderful! It blew me away, and in my opinion it can easily compete with old Pink Floyd stuff like Dark Side of the Moon and Animals. I'm not good at describing the atmosphere of music, but this is definitely my favourite album to put on in the car, when you're driving home late at night and it's raining.
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