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After a protracted legal battle over the rights to the Pink Floyd name, David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright released 1987's A MOMENTARY LAPSE OF REASON despite Roger Waters' protests. Retaining collaborators from Floyd's past (like producer Bob Ezrin), this Gilmour-led version of the band crafted a number of songs that were as cerebral and introspective as anything Floyd had done in the past. The first single, "Learning to Fly," served as the unofficial anthem for this latest chapter of Pink Floyd.
The Andy McKay/Gilmour-penned "One Slip" uses the requisite bells and whistles along with Tony Levin's impressive stick solo to guarantee it a prominent place in the band's canon. "The Dogs of War" and "On the Turning Away" are perfect commentaries on the conservative mindset shaping the '80s at the time. The former is an ominous screed composed at a time when the Cold War was still a reality, and the latter is a swipe against the self-absorption of the Me Decade.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Recorded at Astoria, Hampton; Britannia Row Studios, London, England; A & M Studios, Los Angeles, California; Can Am Studios, Los Angeles, California; Village Recorder, Los Angeles, California; Mayfair, London, England; and Audio International, London, England.
Pink Floyd: David Gilmour (guitar, vocals, keyboards, programming); Richard Wright (piano, vocals, Kurzweil, Hammond organ); Nick Mason (electric & acoustic drums, sound effects).
Additional personnel: Michael Landau (guitar); Tom Scott (alto & tenor saxophones); Scott Page (tenor saxophone); John Halliwell (saxophone); Bob Ezrin (keyboards, percussion, programming); Jon Carin (keyboards); Bill Payne (Hammond organ); Pat Leonard (synthesizers); Tony Levin (bass); Jim Keltner, Carmine Appice (drums); Steve Forman (percussion); Andrew Jackson (sound effects); Darlene Koldenhaven, Carmen Twillie, Phyllis St. James, Donnie Gerrard (background vocals).
Q - Highly Recommended
Recommended A Momentary Lapse of Reason Music Pink Floyd A Momentary Lapse of Reason Songs | 1. | Signs of Life |
| 2. | Learning to Fly |
| 3. | Dogs of War, The |
| 4. | One Slip |
| 5. | On the Turning Away |
| 6. | Yet Another Movie / Round And Around |
| 7. | New Machine, A (Part 1) |
| 8. | Terminal Frost |
| 9. | New Machine, A (Part 2) |
| 10. | Sorrow |
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A Momentary Lapse of Reason Music Review Average Rating: (4.2 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews Superb Listening
This is one of Pink Floyd's best. Without Roger Waters, there was talk it would be unremarkable. No way. Gilmore and Mason have taken on new avenues - it's the most dramatic of their recordings. Sorrow is my all-time favorite followed by One Slip. If you are a Floyd fan, or even if you are not, you owe it to yourself to spend a half hour listening. It may change your perspective on music.
Submitted by redatlarge (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) 
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cool
very cool music from a great band.
I play it over & over all the time. Goes well with all of my other Floyd Cd's.
Submitted by sica69 (Columbia, Md. USA)
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This release is probably better then final cut and more, and some of the studio parts of umma gumma, but by in large you take 2 tracks away and its all crap turning away is boring, dogs of war is probably their worse song. The band would have been better to all go solo. I think i enjoyed nick mason's solo stuff more then this. If you are a collector and must own everything by Pink Floyd, buy it, if not start with just about anything else first, and buy this much later
Submitted by Mitchell (Boulder CO)
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 They new how to make a comeback!!!
In 1983, Pink Floyd made a slight downfall due to Roger Waters fleeing from the band, but that didn't stop them!!! Guitarist David Gilmour took lead vocals and in 1987, they released this album with the sound of their old 60's/70's technical progressive-rock tuneage with the pop-rock scene of the late 80's... thus creating their best album!!! This album is genius from start to finish! All 10 tracks prove worthy!!! Every song deserves a "5"! There's the soft rock track "Learnig To Fly", the heavy-rock song "Dogs of War", the instrumental "Terminal Frost", the haunting-rock song "Sorrow" (which starts off with the talkbox machine) and the rock ballad "On The Turning Away"! The other 5 songs (Signs of Life, One Slip, Yet Another Movie, A New Machine-Part I/ Anew Machine-Part II) keep the album goin' strong!!! If you want to add a Pink Floyd album to your collection that you have yet to aquire, it's definetely this one!!! If you're not, GET IT ANYWAY!!!
Submitted by Roxas (Fayettville, N.C.)
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Pretty Neat
In the 1980s, keyboard noises and synths dominated pop radio. It's no wonder that mixing these sounds with the wail of David Gilmour's guitar gave the band a new lease on life. The instermental "Terminal Frost" is the best example of this, tucked neatly in between the chilling "A New Machine." Top song is "On The Turning Away" and the opening Guitar solo in "Sorrow" will imbed itself into your mind.
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