Artist: Pink Floyd | Album: Delicate Sound Of Thunder | Released: 1988, 2017 | Genre: Rock, Progressive Rock | Country: UK | Duration: 01:37:30

In one respect, it’s hard to fault David Gilmour for retooling Pink Floyd as a neo-oldies act with Momentary Lapse of Reason, since Roger Waters took the band over the brink with his obsessive, nonmusical The Final Cut. Fans were eager for an album that sounded like classic Floyd, which is what Momentary Lapse was. But what they really thirsted for was a live spectacle from Floyd, where they could hear the old tunes and see all the old stunts. That’s what they got on the 1987/1988 Pink Floyd world tour, which is documented on the double-disc set The Delicate Sound of Thunder. Gilmour’s reunited Floyd was intent on recreating the sound and feel of classic Floyd, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the oldies feel like the classic records, only with Gilmour taking each vocal. He and Floyd deliver well, but this is a recreation that makes less sense on record than it did on-stage, where the nostalgia was justified. Here, it feels passable but never compelling. This is professional, competent, and, often, even enjoyable music, yet, like many souvenirs, it never once feels necessary.

Tracklisting:

01. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (12:01)
02. Learning To Fly (5:21)
03. Yet Another Movie (6:16)
04. Round And Around (0:56)
05. Sorrow (9:52)
06. The Dogs Of War (7:24)
07. On The Turning Away (7:57)
08. One Of These Days (6:13)
09. Time (5:11)
10. Money (9:50)
11. Another Brick In The Wall Part II (5:35)
12. Wish You Were Here (4:57)
13. Comfortably Numb (8:56)
14. Run Like Hell (7:02)

Single download
Pink Floyd – Shine On You Crazy Diamond 12:01
Pink Floyd – Learning To Fly 5:21
Pink Floyd – Yet Another Movie 6:16
Pink Floyd – Round And Around 0:56
Pink Floyd – Sorrow 9:52
Pink Floyd – The Dogs Of War 7:24
Pink Floyd – On The Turning Away 7:57
Pink Floyd – One Of These Days 6:13
Pink Floyd – Time 5:11
Pink Floyd – Money 9:50
Pink Floyd – Another Brick In The Wall Part II 5:35
Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here 4:57
Pink Floyd – Comfortably Numb 8:56
Pink Floyd – Run Like Hell 7:02

Category:Rock
Main catalog

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