Redbeard had this to say, "The thirty-fifth anniversary of Pink Floyd's A Momentary Lapse of Reason gave me reason to reflect back to a chance meeting backstage at London's Wembley Arena after a Deep Purple concert in February 1987, when David Gilmour pressed his Astoria Studio phone number into my hand and whispered into my ear, 'There's going to be a new Pink Floyd album this year. album charts upon release, and has gone on to sell over 4 million copies in America (certified 4x platinum). It featured the hit single, 'Learning To Fly', and claimed the No.3 spot on both the U.S. The album was released in September 1987, following the departure of Roger Waters, and was produced by David Gilmour and Bob Ezrin. A standalone album was released on 29 October 2021.The 35th anniversary of Pink Floyd's "A Momentary Lapse of Reason" album is being celebrated by the syndicated radio show In The Studio With Redbeard: The Stories Behind History's Greatest Rock Bands. Rolling Stone described this version as “more tasteful … doesn’t drown in eighties reverb the way the original did …Īlthough none of the Momentary Lapse remixes will be dramatic enough to sway the band’s critics, they add clarity to what Gilmour was trying to achieve. The album was “updated and remixed” by Gilmour and Jackson, with restored contributions from Wright and newly recorded drum tracks from Mason to “restore the creative balance between the three Pink Floyd members”. It reached number three in the UK and US, and outsold Pink Floyd’s previous album The Final Cut(1983).Ī Momentary Lapse of Reason was reissued again as part of the Later Years box set released in December 2019. The album was promoted with a successful world tour and 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 had resigned from the band under pressure from 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 Reasonwas 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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