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The Division Bell [MINIDISC]

~ Pink Floyd
4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (69 customer reviews)

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  • Mini-Disc (1 Sep 1994)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: EMI
  • ASIN: B00004WY10
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (69 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 342,454 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Cluster One
2. What Do You Want From Me
3. Poles Apart
4. Marooned
5. 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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The slow melodious instrumental overture that announces "Cluster One" trumpets the return of one of rock's most enigmatic ensembles; art rockers supreme--Pink Floyd. And in reclaiming centre stage in the arena, THE DIVISION BELL straightaway tolls a characteristic chime of ambivalence, as a voice cries out from the heart of a massed chorale and strings, "What Do You Want From Me".
But for longtime fans of Pink Floyd, THE DIVISION BELL offers an immense, reassuring sense of scale, as David Gilmour and company continue to expand upon the dark subtexts, rich orchestral textures and densely detailed arrangements that are the band's psychic and sonic signatures. A song such as the moody film noire jazz-pop introof "Wearing The Inside Out" suggests the mysterious futuristic romanticism of the BLADE RUNNER soundtrack (or vice versa), with lyrics that offer a typically mordant view of life:the outcast in the centre of his (or her) self-destructed world, striving for peace and redemption.
And somewhere inthe heart of all this darkness, David Gilmour's arching, anthemic guitar provides a powerful melodic focus, especially when he can provide all the "vocal" intensity himself, as onthe moody instrumental tone poem "Marooned", where he seemsto be floating out of Earth orbit until Nick Mason's strong, centred drumming grounds his elisions in the gravitationalpull of a simple backbeat. The closing "High Hopes" mixes mysticism with a dream-the-impossible groove, as Pink Floyd looks back longingly at old times and old friends. THE DIVISION BELL was nominated for Best Engineered Album.

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24 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!!!!!, 3 Oct 2003
By Mitch "robwmitch" (Norwich, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Division Bell (Audio CD)
This has to go down as one of the best Floyd albums ever written. Dating from 1994 well after the departure of Roger Waters, this is the second studio album with David Gilmour as the lead man. It is the heavy side of Pink Floyd with all guitars , drums and Daves powerful voice blazing away.

The opening track is an instrumental - Cluster 1, very keyboard orientated, leads nicely into 'What do you want from me'. You suddenly realize why you bought this album when the guitar solo starts- for me thats the beauty of Pink Floyd the guitar solos from Dave Gilmour. This song is very hard-hitting with its powerful lyrics.

A slightly more swing style is adopted in Poles Apart. Following this is the magnificent Marooned. I first heard this moving instrumental on Echoes- the best of P.F., in an abbreviated form. What you've got here is a piece to move you to tears.

A great day for freedom is not one of the best tracks on the album, but makes way for possibly my favourite- Wearing the inside out. This emotional ballad- like piece, with its moaning saxophone and haunting lyrics is one that not everyone will enjoy- but definately my favourite.

A more commercial stance is taken on the next track- Take it back, with a song that could have come out of U2's back catalogue. This segues into the gentle 'Coming back to life'. Another maybe more familiar track is Keep Talking- another classic rock song with a touch of genius by adding Steven Hawking to add naration.

This is then followed by Lost for words- maybe the best song on the album. Its not got heavy guitars and the chord sequence is simple but what a tune and great lyrics- you'll be singing this wherever you go.

The last song is a great way to end the album. High hopes is again powerful and thought-provoking.
This album is best listened to in the evening with the lights off, to chill out to. Perfect music.

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23 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Dont knock it - genuine class, 10 Jun 2006
By Peter Brunskill "petertheclaret" (West Yorkshire UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Division Bell (Audio CD)
Yes its post Waters and very different from the Syd era, but still the Floyd album I listen to when I really want a musical kick in the teeth.

Some splendid moments both musically and lyrically, it finishes on a real high. SO just open your mind to post-Waters Floyd, and if your friends tell you different, maybe you just can't win.

Couldn't imagine leaving any of this off my iPod!
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Last Blast of Greatness, 10 Sep 2003
By N. S. Rushton (London) - See all my reviews
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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.
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