Smile [Single, Import]

David Gilmour | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 13, 2006)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Single, Import
• Label: EMI Import
• ASIN: B000FJAV6O
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #387,960 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Smile

2. Island Jam

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent single from Floyd's legendary guitarist, January 12, 2007

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Blah "Blah" (Blah, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Smile (Audio CD)

Pink Floyd singer and guitarist David Gilmour's EP Smile was released in June of 2006.
Gilmour first played the track live in 2001 at his Meltdown concert (which is available on the 2002 David Gilmour in Concert DVD) with just him on acoustic guitar and vocals, rhythm guitarist Neil MacCall on acoustic slide guitar and backing singer Aitch Robinson.
The version here is an edited version of the track which appears on his On an Island solo album. The studio version, which was the actual demo from 2001, features Gilmour on all instruments and vocals save drums where it was Willie Wilson (whom played on DG's 1978 self-titled solo album) (recorded at Astoria), backing vocals by Gilmour's wife Polly Samson and orchestrations by Zbignew Preisner (recorded at Abbey Road).
The reason to own this is for Island Jam, a great blues jam instrumental which was only released on the initial pressings of On an Island sold at the Best Buy stores in the US.
If you are a Gilmour or Floyd fan, this is a must own!

5.0 out of 5 stars Just Superb!!!, October 19, 2007

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sfchillout "sfbaychillout" (San Franciso, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Smile (Audio CD)

The only reason the track "Island Jam" is NOT on his fabulous recent solo album is just because it may not blend in with the general sound of the album. The real pearl of this cd single is of course Island Jam. Just get it. A truely unforgetable piece of music writing and musical expression as only Dave Gilmour knows how....a real pearler!!!

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars David vs. Roger, August 17, 2008

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MsGilmour "msgilmour" (Palm Beaches FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Smile (Audio CD)

I agree with Lenny for the most part. I think that David and Roger did need each other in the beginning and although I've been a David fan from the git-go (given the David vs. Roger scenario), I wouldn't say he's got the best solo albums.

Amused to Death is an incredible work of art! Have you ever listened to it -- I mean r-e-a-l-l-y listened to it from beginning to end and understood the message? The message, prophesy, whatever you want to call it, is very real. This species truly has "amused itself to death!"

Also, if you haven't heard it yet, listen to "Towers of Faith" on his Flickering Flame CD, in which he refers to the business man in the World Trade Center (this was before 9/11), saying he doesn't care about the desert sands or who owns the land, his sole interest is the "hydrocarbons underneath".

Roger has a story to tell and I've always thought of him as kind of an "in-your-face" kinda guy, but he does make a point and maybe sometimes we do need to be grabbed by the shoulders and shaken up a bit so we'll stop putting our heads in the sand, listen to what others have to say, and take heed to warnings!

David, on the other hand, who has always been my main man, is more subtle, seemingly softer, sweet and tender. But as far as solo albums go, I can't honestly say David's are better than Roger's. I think it's just a matter of indiviual preference.

I agree that Roger was a hot head ("old grumpy guts," as David referred to him in an interview - LOL) but I believe he's mellowed with age. Maybe freeing himself from the Floyd was what he needed -- indeed, what both of them needed -- in order to satisfy their souls and better express themselves as individuals. Both of them are artistic geniuses in their own right.