A Momentary Lapse of Reason

Pink Floyd | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 2, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 1987
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B001QITO52
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #52,078 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Album, July 3, 2009

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Adam "'12'" (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Momentary Lapse of Reason (Audio CD)

Setting aside Waters exit from the band and Gilmours song writing abilities, I have come to thoroughly enjoy this album. Granted, it took me longer to get a feel for this one then say 'Dark side of the Moon' or 'Wish You Were Here'.
It really is underrated and under appreciated. I encourage all Pink Floyd fans and newcomers to give this a try without comparing it too much to Floyds past. Gilmour and crew deserve a chance.

AMLOR manages to capture the essence of Pink Floyd nicely without Waters involvement. In fact, I'd say the remaining band members have managed to recapture some of there creative essence featured in their earlier material that was lost as the turmoil in the band grew.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great album of the 80's, March 31, 2010

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B. G. Ball (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Momentary Lapse of Reason (Audio CD)

This is a must get if you like THE WALL and THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON, this album is great, even though the style is very different. Less of a focus on lyrics, but still the guitar is great, so that makes up for the lyrics easily. The album received bad reviews by critics, but who cares, they're are to fools of music.

If you want a good Pink Floyd collection, get this!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great David Gilmour album, OK Pink Floyd album, December 3, 2010

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K. Berglund "pinkflyd7" (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Momentary Lapse of Reason (Audio CD)

In 1987, both Pink Floyd and Roger Waters released new albums. Roger released "Radio KAOS", which I felt was the worst of his solo efforts. It had a bad 80's production value to it, and musically it was weak.

Pink Floyd (or, more accurately, David Gilmour) released this album, which musically is quite excellent, but lyrically weak. Gilmour has admitted that he's not a strong lyric writer, and while the lyrics here are certainly better than anything released by today's pop stars, it's not strong compared to anything Pink Floyd had released previously.

One reviewer had previously stated that Roger "wasn't missed." I feel quite the opposite. He certainly was missed, in the same way that Gilmour is missed on Roger's albums. These are two guys who NEED each other. They're the Lennon/McCartney of the band. To achieve the Pink Floyd that we all know and love, you need Roger's biting lyrics with David's awesome melodies and guitar solos. When they're together, it's magic.

There's quite a few highlights here: "Learning to Fly" and "One Slip" are great, catchy pop songs. "On the Turning Away" is a nice ballad that builds to a fiery Gilmour solo at the climax. "Sorrow" is a heavy guitar driven classic. However, as good as it is, it doesn't really hold up that well next to anything Pink Floyd put out in the 70's.

"The Division Bell", which came out 7 years later, is much closer to a true "Pink Floyd" album than this, and much better.