New Pink Floyd - November 2014

I meant the official release date of course...it was originally supposed to be in October.
 
We should honestly try to organize a few threads about various bands under one subforum.

Shpongle
Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd

and so on...

the problem is probably that nobody will really recognize this and it would just lead to a lot of thread moving.


Hey...WE don't need no stinking organization anyway, eh Cisco?
 
Going to pick it up tomorrow if it's available here in town.

Nando.
 
Elite-ist said:
Going to pick it up tomorrow if it's available here in town.

Nando.
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My Son picked it up today and held a small listening party with about 7 of his high school pals.
They listened to it, then DSOTM, in surround. Kind of 'old school'. :shaking2:

I'm listening to it now in stereo in the den.
Have a long way to go but it appears to be crossing many different Floyd album style types.
'Obscured By Clouds' and 'Wish You Here' right off the bat...
 
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Joe: Sure thing. I am confident the mastering, at least, will be good to excellent on CD.

Tony: You bet that sounds old-school - I haven't heard of teens getting together to demo anything at home - except for the odd doober.

Nando.
 
Oh yeah! This production is top shelf. Cutting across all your trademarks when you've been doing it this long and injecting something fresh is no small task.

Personally I think it could have benefited from more vocals but I'm not complaining. :happy2: It's cohesive and a complete arrangement.

Thumbs Up !
 
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I'm not that positive about this album. Nothing wrong with the production, but most of the album is sounding rather dull and predictable to me.
The highlights are the tracks Allons-Y 1 & 2 and Summer Of 68, in total less than 6 minutes of music......
All in all this album sounds a bit like the boat is sinking during this 55 minute trip on the endless river.
 
Sry but imo this is the most boring lifeless thing floyd has ever done!! I'm still kinda shocked that this is what they put out. The recording is good though!:sleepy5:
 
That's a few thumbs-down by members, already. So, what do you suppose was the purpose behind the release, if it's uninspiring? Keeping relevant? Enticing others to buy older albums?

Nando.
 
Miracle Mile said:
Don't expect anything new under the horizon with their album release in november, except for some brilliant guitar playing by Mr. Gilmour.....
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Mike, I never considered Gilmour a great guitar player in the context of great guitar players. His sound is pretty much overprocessed and he just sustains notes for the most part. He is good but not great. The whole band is great, he is just one good part of a greater whole
 
Elite-ist said:
That's a few thumbs-down by members, already. So, what do you suppose was the purpose behind the release, if it's uninspiring? Keeping relevant? Enticing others to buy older albums?

Nando.
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It's just another concept album IMHO and one that is explicitly a tribute to keyboardist Richard Wright. Anyone looking for "hits" on this one will certainly be quite disappointed.
It's a flow of instrumental works constructed primarily on previously untapped 'Division Bell' era material. I'm someone who essentially discounts 'Momentary Lapse' and 'Division Bell'.
There are good songs contained in both of those but not what I would call Pink Floyd inspired and actually lack the Pink Floyd ambient travels that this new album delivers on. It sounds like Pink Floyd throughout. Not for everyone though, without a doubt. But I would certainly not question the artistic effort put into it. Doesn't sound slapped together like I had originally expected and I hold it right up there with some of PF's better albums and it represents more of a prog-rock offering than many other aging prog-rock releases in more recent years. But hey, to each his own.

I definitely wouldn't call it a sinking ship though, but "whatever floats your boat". ;-) It's art.
 
My brain cells have hardened... Anything after "The Wall" just isn't Pink Floyd to me.

I blame it all on my LSD years, from "The Piper..." to "Animals." Ah, yes... sitting on the sofa, headphones playing "Atom Heart Mother," looking through the window and watching the clouds change color...
 
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