| | David Gilmour On An Island CD David Gilmour Discography of CDs
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The template for ON AN ISLAND seems to be tracks like "Breathe" from DARK SIDE OF THE MOON. The mood is an overwhelmingly mellow, spacious one, with Gilmour's trademark double-tracked vocals and plangent, liquid guitar tones flowing gracefully across almost exclusively slow-to-mid-tempo arrangements. But with Roger Waters missing from the equation, there's a notable lack of misanthropy in Gilmore's lyrical sentiments. The themes are more in keeping with the life of a fabulously wealthy elder statesman of British rock: placidly philosophical, with a luxurious air that finds its parallel in the elegant layers of guitar and keyboard lines that color the album in shimmering pastel shades.
This CD/DVD combination package includes the complete "On an Island" CD, coupled with a special AOL Sessions DVD, which includes 7 selections.
The men of Pink Floyd have always taken their time, turning out stately epics at a less than hectic clip. Accordingly, 22 years separate ON AN ISLAND from ABOUT FACE, the previous solo album by Floyd axeman/singer David Gilmour. On the latter, Gilmour was still trying to distance his own sound from Floyd's, but with that band mostly a memory in 2006, he was free to honor its legacy, much as Paul McCartney's later albums acknowledged the Beatles' work.
Personnel: David Gilmour (bass guitar); David Crosby, Graham Nash (vocals); Rado Klose, B.J. Cole (guitar); Caroline Dale (cello); Alasdair Malloy (harmonica); Robert Wyatt (cornet); Phil Manzanera (piano, keyboards); Jools Holland, Polly Samson, Leszek Mozdzer (piano); Chris Stainton, Georgie Fame, Richard Wright (Hammond b-3 organ); Chris Thomas (keyboards); Chris Laurence (double bass); Guy Pratt (bass guitar); Andy Newmark, Willie Wilson, Ged Lynch (drums); Ilan Eshkeri (programming); Jack Johnson, Adam Topol (sampler); Lucy Wakeford (harmonic canon).
Q (p.121) - Ranked #45 in Q Magazine's "100 Greatest Albums of 2006" -- "[The songs] demonstrated the Floyd leader's mastery of the reflective vocal and grand guitar showdown..."
Uncut (p.108) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he tone is oceanic and the mood contemplative, with Gilmour's keening guitar lines soaring across cloudless skies, hitting with extraordinary clarity notes that can usually only be heard by dogs."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.p.88) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] hugely sensual work, its prevailing mood one of Zen-like calm." David Gilmour On An Island Songs On An Island Music Review Average Rating: (4.2 out of 5 stars)   FLY HIGH Baby FLY
If you wanna imagine what is to be in a music limbo filled with joy.Listen to this Album.
The music conection full fill your body and soul.
excellend music work here..
Submitted by rescigno (recife,pernambuco, BRAZIL) 
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Not quite Floyd, but close
For the same reasons I loved Pink Floyd, I loved this.
Mellow, occasionally weird, haunting, with meaningful relaxed lyrics and, not so of the Roger Waters angst.
Wasn't Floyd but it was close, so I gave it 4 stars
Submitted by dfotopoulos (Belleair Bluffs, FL, USA)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No  He's lost his touch.
Unsure on how this got in the top 100 of 2006 - must of been a really bad year for music. The music on this album - with the except of a few tracks - can make you nausea. Don't listen to the album late at night or while going to work in the morning.
He's lost his touch. Too much instrumental music - not much of anything that resembles rock. And this from someone who hasn't release any material in years?
Submitted by Ed (Montreal, Canada)
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David is a genious *****
i have this album and i probed he is a genious, the sound in this is so pure, so calm, reax and enjoy the very best album of David Gilmour solo career. a masterpiece. *****
Submitted by vektorum (Mexico)
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This CD is a wonderfull in the music. David is a genius in the music. I love that.
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