New Pink Floyd album?

[wally funk]

http://www.straight.com/blogra/6802...leaks-news-twitter-about-new-pink-floyd-album

So, the social media is abuzz with talk of a new Pink Floyd album, thanks to Dave Gilmour's squeeze tweeting this

Btw Pink Floyd album out in October is called “The Endless River”. Based on 1994 sessions is Rick Wright’s swansong and very beautiful.

Apparently will include offcuts/reworkings from the Division Bell sessions (including the late Rick Wright) mixed with new tracks. Presumably Roger Waters is not involved at all, otherwise we'd probably be hearing about it. It'll be interesting to see where this goes...

 

[crownie]

No official announcement from the band or record company but pictures posted and comments by people involved with the recording pretty much confirm its happening.

Not sure i would of taken much interest if it was an instrumental album as first planned so i was glad to hear some vocals had been recorded so hopefully there is only a few instrumental tracks which is the case on most Floyd albums.

Perhaps the biggest bummer is this quote from the albums wiki page "According to Wootton there will be no tour for the album."

 

[Roobs321]

Looks like something I would probably give a miss unless it gets a decent reception.

Recently been enjoying Saucerful of Secrets a lot, great little album.

 

[wally funk]

https://www.facebook.com/pinkfloyd/posts/10152219228892308

Confirmation on the Pink Floyd Facebook page. Very curious about the term 'based on the Division Bell sessions' that keeps coming up. I'd be interested to hear what 21st century Pink Floyd would sound like (if you should even call it Pink Floyd with no Barrett, Wright or Waters). Probably more of a Gilmour solo album featuring Mason. If it's little more than rejected tracks from twenty year old TDB recordings, I don't know why it wouldn't be released as a bonus disc on a TDB re-release.

 

[wally funk]

I am apprehensive of this. I hold Floyd on a pedestal, and I really don't want a repeat of the piper at the gates.

Eh? Not a fan of that album?

 

[Mr_Bojangles]

Nickelback will probably put out an album that dares to do more than this.

As much as I love Pink Floyd the band post 1987 reformation is pretty much a Dave Gilmour solo band/ego stroke.

 

[Gasometer]

Nickelback will probably put out an album that dares to do more than this.

As much as I love Pink Floyd the band post 1987 reformation is pretty much a Dave Gilmour solo band/ego stroke.

So anything after 'A momentary lapse of reason'?

I would agree with that.

 

[Mr_Bojangles]

I meant MLOR too. Even that album was a bit MOR and Gilmour ego stroke.

 

[Nostradumbass]

No Waters -No PF.

 

[Mr_Bojangles]

That was Syd though. Very melody and innocent. You're not in to Syd's solo stuff I assume.

 

[crownie]

So anything after 'A momentary lapse of reason'?

I would agree with that.

no doubt that album was a 'get back' at Waters for the final cut album.

until they say we wont know the motivation for this, I doubt they need the cash else they would do a tour to support it. Maybe Wright wished the sessions would see the light one day and they are doing it as a tribute to him with the profits going to a charity he felt strongly about or his family members who need the money.

wild speculation but you never know...

 

[Gasometer]

no doubt that album was a 'get back' at Waters for the final cut album.

until they say we wont know the motivation for this, I doubt they need the cash else they would do a tour to support it. Maybe Wright wished the sessions would see the light one day and they are doing it as a tribute to him with the profits going to a charity he felt strongly about or his family members who need the money.

wild speculation but you never know...

A few good songs on MLR...learning to fly, turning away...dogs of war...there was an instrumental that was okish...Tour was awesome for its time...

 

[crownie]

A few good songs on MLR...learning to fly, turning away...dogs of war...there was an instrumental that was okish...Tour was awesome for its time...

i don't mind it, 4 decent tracks with 2 of them (learning to fly and one slip) being 2 of my all time favorite floyd songs although the albums production is fairly bad.

They recorded a concert from that tour and it looked awesome, I would of loved to be there.

 

[Illinois Nazi]

There was talk of a second album from the "Division Bell" sessions right back to when that album was released. It was also said that Wright was working on some new material when he died, so I'd expect they've put the two together and finished them off.

They just released a 20th anniversary Division Bell. If they just wanted to put out the spare 1994 material they could have done it there, like the "Immersion" releases of other albums they did a few years ago. I suspect that was the original plan, but when they listened to it they decided the material was worth doing more with.

Personally I can't wait to hear it, although I expect the critical reaction to be pretty savage as it's not going to be Dark Side of the Moon or The Wall part 2.

 

[Mr_Bojangles]

Will it be in synch with a movie though. Maybe Twilight?

 

[crownie]

any updates on endless river?

 

[Illinois Nazi]

any updates on endless river?

November 7th.

http://www.pinkfloyd.com/theendlessriver/

 

[eldorado]

Pink Floyd are a classic case of a band that needs the creative tension between two different elements to find alchemy.

Final Cut (apart from Gunner's Dream)...Bit of a morosely intense navel gaze from Waters

MLOR, Division Bell, muzak with no impetus from Gilmour..

Take me back to the seventies... "Have ya heard the news? The dogs are dead! Bawowowow"...