The threat of a lawsuit from Gilmour, Mason and CBS Records was meant to compel Waters to write and produce another Pink Floyd album with his bandmates, who had barely participated in making The Final Cut Gilmour was especially critical of the album, labelling it "cheap filler" and "meandering rubbish". After the failure of his About Face tour, Gilmour hoped to continue with the Pink Floyd name. In December 1985, Waters announced that he had left Pink Floyd, which he believed was "a spent force creatively". Gilmour was working on other collaborations, including a performance for Bryan Ferry at 1985's Live Aid concert, and co-produced the Dream Academy's self-titled debut album. With a shared love of aviation, Mason and Gilmour were taking flying lessons and together bought a de Havilland Dove aeroplane. His visit coincided with the release in August of his second solo album, Profiles, on which Gilmour sang. Nick Mason, In the Studio with Redbeard (1987) Īfter drummer Nick Mason attended one of Waters' London performances in 1985, he found he missed touring under the Pink Floyd name. Īt that time, certainly, I just thought, I can't really see how we can make the next record or if we can it's a long time in the future, and it'll probably be more for, just because of feeling of some obligation that we ought to do it, rather than for any enthusiasm. Waters returned to the US in March 1985 with a second tour, this time without the support of CBS Records, which had expressed its preference for a new Pink Floyd album Waters criticised the corporation as "a machine". Although both had enlisted a range of successful performers, including in Waters' case Eric Clapton, their solo acts attracted fewer fans than Pink Floyd poor ticket sales forced Gilmour to cancel several concerts, and critic David Fricke felt that Waters' show was "a petulant echo, a transparent attempt to prove that Roger Waters was Pink Floyd". Guitarist David Gilmour expressed feelings about his strained relationship with Waters on his second solo album, About Face (1984), and finished the accompanying tour as Waters began touring to promote his debut solo album, The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking. The album was supported by a highly successful world tour between 19, including free performance on a barge floating on the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy.Īfter the release of Pink Floyd's 1983 album The Final Cut, viewed by some as a de facto solo record by bassist and songwriter Roger Waters, the band members worked on solo projects. It was nonetheless a commercial comeback for the band, reaching number three in the UK and US, and outsold Pink Floyd's previous album The Final Cut (1983). The album was promoted with three singles: the double A-side " Learning to Fly" / " Terminal Frost", " On the Turning Away", and " One Slip".Ī Momentary Lapse of Reason received mixed reviews some critics praised the production and instrumentation but criticised Gilmour's writing, and it was derided by Waters. It includes writing contributions from outside songwriters, following Gilmour's decision to include material once intended for his third solo album. Unlike most earlier Pink Floyd records, A Momentary Lapse of Reason is not a concept album. It also saw the return of keyboardist and founding member Richard Wright, who was fired from the band by Waters during the recording of The Wall (1979). The production was marred by legal fights over the rights to the Pink Floyd name, which were not resolved until several months after release. It was recorded primarily on guitarist David Gilmour's converted houseboat, Astoria.Ī Momentary Lapse of Reason was the first Pink Floyd album recorded without founding member Roger Waters, who departed in 1985. A Momentary Lapse of Reason is the thirteenth studio album by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd, released in the UK on 7 September 1987 by EMI and the following day in the US on Columbia.
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