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Pink Floyd Was An English Rock Band Formed In London In 1965. Gaining An Early Following As One Of The First British Psychedelic Groups They Were Distinguished By Their Extended Compositions Sonic Experimentation Philosophical Lyrics And Elaborate Live Shows. They Became A Leading Band Of The Progressive Rock Genre Cited By Some As The Greatest Progressive Rock Band Of All Time. Pink Floyd Were Founded In 1965 By Syd Barrett Guitar Lead Vocals Nick Mason Drums Roger Waters Bass Guitar Vocals And Richard Wright Keyboards Vocals . Under Barrett's Leadership They Released Two Charting Singles And The Successful Debut Album The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn 1967 . Guitarist And Vocalist David Gilmour Joined In December 1967 Barrett Left In April 1968 Due To Deteriorating Mental Health. Waters Became The Primary Lyricist And Thematic Leader Devising The Concepts Behind The Band's Peak Success With The Albums The Dark Side Of The Moon 1973 Wish You Were Here 1975 Animals 1977 And The Wall 1979 . The Musical Film Based On The Wall Pink Floyd – The Wall 1982 Won Two BAFTA Awards. Pink Floyd Also Composed Several Film Scores. Following Personal Tensions Wright Left Pink Floyd In 1979 Followed By Waters In 1985. Gilmour And Mason Continued As Pink Floyd Rejoined Later By Wright. They Produced Two More Albums—A Momentary Lapse Of Reason 1987 And The Division Bell 1994 —and Toured In Support Of Both Before Entering A Long Hiatus. In 2005 All But Barrett Reunited For A One-Off Performance At The Global Awareness Event Live 8. Barrett Died In 2006 And Wright In 2008. The Last Pink Floyd Studio Album The Endless River 2014 Was Based On Unreleased Material From The Division Bell Recording Sessions. In 2022 Gilmour And Mason Reformed Pink Floyd To Release The Song "Hey Hey Rise Up!" In Protest Of The Russo-Ukrainian War. By 2013 Pink Floyd Had Sold More Than 250 Million Records Worldwide Making Them One Of The Best-Selling Music Artists Of All Time. The Dark Side Of The Moon And The Wall Were Inducted Into The Grammy Hall Of Fame And These Albums And Wish You Were Here Are Among The Best-Selling Albums Of All Time. Four Pink Floyd Albums Topped The US Billboard 200 And Five Topped The UK Album Chart. Pink Floyd's Hit Singles Include "See Emily Play" 1967 "Money" 1973 "Another Brick In The Wall Part 2" 1979 "Not Now John" 1983 "On The Turning Away" 1987 And "High Hopes" 1994 . They Were Inducted Into The US Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 1996 And The UK Music Hall Of Fame In 2005. In 2008 Pink Floyd Were Awarded The Polar Music Prize In Sweden For Their Contribution To Modern Music. Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Pink_Floyd Studio Albums
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn 1967 A Saucerful Of Secrets 1968 More 1969 Ummagumma 1969 Atom Heart Mother 1970 Meddle 1971 Obscured By Clouds 1972 The Dark Side Of The Moon 1973 Wish You Were Here 1975 Animals 1977 The Wall 1979 The Final Cut 1983 A Momentary Lapse Of Reason 1987 The Division Bell 1994 The Endless River 2014
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Pink Floyd Was An English Rock Band Formed In London In 1965. Gaining An Early Following As One Of The First British Psychedelic Groups They Were Distinguished By Their Extended Compositions Sonic Experimentation Philosophical Lyrics And Elaborate Live Shows. They Became A Leading Band Of The Progressive Rock Genre Cited By Some As The Greatest Progressive Rock Band Of All Time. Pink Floyd Were Founded In 1965 By Syd Barrett Guitar Lead Vocals Nick Mason Drums Roger Waters Bass Guitar Vocals And Richard Wright Keyboards Vocals . Under Barrett's Leadership They Released Two Charting Singles And The Successful Debut Album The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn 1967 . Guitarist And Vocalist David Gilmour Joined In December 1967 Barrett Left In April 1968 Due To Deteriorating Mental Health. Waters Became The Primary Lyricist And Thematic Leader Devising The Concepts Behind The Band's Peak Success With The Albums The Dark Side Of The Moon 1973 Wish You Were Here 1975 Animals 1977 And The Wall 1979 . The Musical Film Based On The Wall Pink Floyd – The Wall 1982 Won Two BAFTA Awards. Pink Floyd Also Composed Several Film Scores. Following Personal Tensions Wright Left Pink Floyd In 1979 Followed By Waters In 1985. Gilmour And Mason Continued As Pink Floyd Rejoined Later By Wright. They Produced Two More Albums—A Momentary Lapse Of Reason 1987 And The Division Bell 1994 —and Toured In Support Of Both Before Entering A Long Hiatus. In 2005 All But Barrett Reunited For A One-Off Performance At The Global Awareness Event Live 8. Barrett Died In 2006 And Wright In 2008. The Last Pink Floyd Studio Album The Endless River 2014 Was Based On Unreleased Material From The Division Bell Recording Sessions. In 2022 Gilmour And Mason Reformed Pink Floyd To Release The Song "Hey Hey Rise Up!" In Protest Of The Russo-Ukrainian War. By 2013 Pink Floyd Had Sold More Than 250 Million Records Worldwide Making Them One Of The Best-Selling Music Artists Of All Time. The Dark Side Of The Moon And The Wall Were Inducted Into The Grammy Hall Of Fame And These Albums And Wish You Were Here Are Among The Best-Selling Albums Of All Time. Four Pink Floyd Albums Topped The US Billboard 200 And Five Topped The UK Album Chart. Pink Floyd's Hit Singles Include "See Emily Play" 1967 "Money" 1973 "Another Brick In The Wall Part 2" 1979 "Not Now John" 1983 "On The Turning Away" 1987 And "High Hopes" 1994 . They Were Inducted Into The US Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 1996 And The UK Music Hall Of Fame In 2005. In 2008 Pink Floyd Were Awarded The Polar Music Prize In Sweden For Their Contribution To Modern Music. Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Pink_Floyd Studio Albums
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn 1967 A Saucerful Of Secrets 1968 More 1969 Ummagumma 1969 Atom Heart Mother 1970 Meddle 1971 Obscured By Clouds 1972 The Dark Side Of The Moon 1973 Wish You Were Here 1975 Animals 1977 The Wall 1979 The Final Cut 1983 A Momentary Lapse Of Reason 1987 The Division Bell 1994 The Endless River 2014 read less
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The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn 1967 A Saucerful Of Secrets 1968 More 1969 Ummagumma 1969 Atom Heart Mother 1970 Meddle 1971 Obscured By Clouds 1972 The Dark Side Of The Moon 1973 Wish You Were Here 1975 Animals 1977 The Wall 1979 The Final Cut 1983 A Momentary Lapse Of Reason 1987 The Division Bell 1994 The Endless River 2014 read less
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-David Gilmour Questions And Answers With David Gilmour Reception The Album Was Received Mostly Poorly By Professional Critics Despite Its Strong Sales. Jerry McCully Of Amazon.Com Said Of The Album In His Editorial Review That "The Division Bell Is Not A Great Pink Floyd Album But An All-Too-Fallible Simulation". Tom Sinclair Of Entertainment Weekly Echoed McCully's Sentiment Giving The Album A Grade Of "D" And Saying That "avarice Is The Only Conceivable Explanation For This Glib Vacuous Cipher Of An Album Which Is Notable Primarily For Its Stomach-Turning Merger Of Progressive-Rock Pomposity And New Age Noodling". Tom Graves Of Rolling Stone Criticized Lead Guitarist David Gilmour's Performance On The Album Stating That His Guitar Solos "were Once The Band's Centerpieces As Articulate Melodic And Well-Defined As Any In Rock He Now Has Settled Into Rambling Indistinct Asides That Are As Forgettable As They Used To Be Indelible" Adding That "only On 'What Do You Want From Me' Does Gilmour Sound Like He Cares". Waters Described The Album As "rubbish " And Mocked Gilmour's Decision To Have His Wife Write Many Of Its Lyrics. However The Album Enjoys A Strong Positive Reputation With Pink Floyd's Fanbase. Mark Henderson Of The Pink Floyd Fansite Pink Floyd.Net Called The Album "quite Possibly One Of The Most Amazing Albums Of All Time" Adding To Fellow Pink Floyd.Net Reviewer Tim Shelton's Comment That The Division Bell "encompasses The Best Aspects Of The Band".
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The Division Bell Is The 14th Studio Album By Pink Floyd Released In 1994 30 March In The United Kingdom And 5 April In The United States And The Second Album Without Original Bassist Roger Waters. It Was Recorded At A Number Of Studios Including Guitarist/vocalist David Gilmour's Houseboat Studio Called The Astoria. It Went To #1 In The UK And Debuted At The Top Of The U.S. Billboard 200 Album Charts In April 1994 Spending Four Weeks As The Top Album In The Country. By Contrast Pink Floyd's Previous Album A Momentary Lapse Of Reason Had Peaked At #3. The Division Bell Was Certified Gold Platinum And Double Platinum In The U.S. In June 1994 And Triple Platinum In January 1999. Its Release Was Accompanied By An Extremely Successful Tour Documented In The P•U•L•S•E Album Released The Following Year. History Before The Roger Waters-Led Period David Gilmour Stated That The Music And Lyrics Were In Balance And The Importance Of The Music Was Understood. The Division Bell's Atmosphere Is Spacier Sounding More Like Meddle Or Obscured By Clouds Than The Grittier And Harsher Tones Of Animals Or The Wall. David Gilmour And Keyboardist Richard Wright Stated On "In The Studio With Redbeard" Which Spotlighted The Division Bell Including Interviews Which Were Recorded For The World Premiere Special Of The Division Bell Aired One Week Before Its U.S. Release That The Album Was The Band's Best Since Their 1975 Release Wish You Were Here. This Release Marks The First Time Richard Wright Had Sung Lead Vocals On A Pink Floyd Album Since 1973's The Dark Side Of The Moon Although He Did Provide Backing Vocals For Wish You Were Here Animals And A Momentary Lapse Of Reason. It Also Marks His First Songwriting Credit On A Pink Floyd Album Since Wish You Were Here. The Track "Marooned" Was Awarded A Grammy In The Category Of Best Rock Instrumental Performance At The Grammy Awards Of 1995. This Has Been Pink Floyd's Only Grammy To Date. EMI Concocted An Internet-Based "puzzle" Known As The Publius Enigma In Connection With The Album's Release. Officially It Was Never Solved. Structure Douglas Adams The Author Of The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy Series Chose The Name Of The Album Being A Friend Of David Gilmour. This Came About Because The Three Band Members Could Not Agree On An Album Title With Both "Pow Wow" And "Down To Earth" Being Suggested . When Gilmour Told Adams About The Problem Adams Quickly Responded That He Had A Title But That He Would Only Tell Gilmour If He Would Donate £25 000 To The Save The Rhino Foundation . Gilmour Agreed And The Name Taken From A Line In The Final Track "High Hopes" Was Suggested. The Phrase Itself Derives From The Division Bell Which Is Rung In The British House Of Commons And Some Other Legislatures To Signal The Commencement Of A Division Vote To Members Of Parliament. Despite No Specific Over-Arching Concept There Is A Musical Connection Between The Songs In The Form Of A Linking Theme Of Communication And The Lack Of It. Tracks Such As "What Do You Want From Me" "A Great Day For Freedom" And "Take It Back" Seem Chiefly Concerned With Communication Problems Within Relationships While "Keep Talking" Is More Generally About The Importance Of Maintaining A Dialogue And The Dangers Of Allowing Oneself To Become Insular. Samples Of Professor Stephen Hawking From A Telephone Company Advertisement Provide The Spoken Word Portions Of "Keep Talking". While Some Songs Can Be Interpreted As References To The Then Ongoing Relationship Problems Between Pink Floyd Members Especially The Long-Standing Estrangement Between David Gilmour And Roger Waters Gilmour Denies That The Album Is An Allegory For The Split And Acknowledges Only "a Couple Of Hinted Mentions That Could Or Could Not Have Something To Do With Him ". At The End Of The Album Gilmour's Stepson Charlie Can Be Heard Hanging Up The Telephone On Pink Floyd Manager Steve O'Rourke Who Had Pleaded To Be Allowed To Appear On A Pink Floyd Album. Recording We Started Off By Going Into Nick's Studio Brittania Row Studio In London In January 1993 With Myself Nick And Rick And Guy The Bass Player From Our Last Tour. And We Just Jammed Away At Anything For Two Weeks Just Playing Anything That We Had In Our Heads Or That We Made Up On The Spot. And Then We Took All That Over To Astoria And Started Listening To All The Tapes And Working Stuff Out. We Found That We Had 65 Pieces Of Music Which We Worked On All Of To A Certain Extent And Then We Started Adding These Things. We Had A Couple Of Sessions Which We Called 'The Big Listen' Where We Listened To All These 65 And All The People Involved With It Voted On Each Track On Each Piece Of Music As To How Popular It Was With Them. And So We Then Arranged These 65 Pieces Of Music In Order Of Popularity Amongst The Band And Then We Dumped 40 Of Them And Worked On The Top 25 Which In Fact Became The Top 27 Because A Couple More Got Added In. And So The Process Went On From There With Us Working Away On All These Pieces Of Music And Gradually Either Merging Pieces Together Or Scrapping Them Until We Finally Were Down To About Twelve To Fifteen Things That We All Kind Of Liked. And In The End One Or Two Of Them Went By The Way And We Were Left With Eleven On The Album I Think. ”-David Gilmour Questions And Answers With David Gilmour Reception The Album Was Received Mostly Poorly By Professional Critics Despite Its Strong Sales. Jerry McCully Of Amazon.Com Said Of The Album In His Editorial Review That "The Division Bell Is Not A Great Pink Floyd Album But An All-Too-Fallible Simulation". Tom Sinclair Of Entertainment Weekly Echoed McCully's Sentiment Giving The Album A Grade Of "D" And Saying That "avarice Is The Only Conceivable Explanation For This Glib Vacuous Cipher Of An Album Which Is Notable Primarily For Its Stomach-Turning Merger Of Progressive-Rock Pomposity And New Age Noodling". Tom Graves Of Rolling Stone Criticized Lead Guitarist David Gilmour's Performance On The Album Stating That His Guitar Solos "were Once The Band's Centerpieces As Articulate Melodic And Well-Defined As Any In Rock He Now Has Settled Into Rambling Indistinct Asides That Are As Forgettable As They Used To Be Indelible" Adding That "only On 'What Do You Want From Me' Does Gilmour Sound Like He Cares". Waters Described The Album As "rubbish " And Mocked Gilmour's Decision To Have His Wife Write Many Of Its Lyrics. However The Album Enjoys A Strong Positive Reputation With Pink Floyd's Fanbase. Mark Henderson Of The Pink Floyd Fansite Pink Floyd.Net Called The Album "quite Possibly One Of The Most Amazing Albums Of All Time" Adding To Fellow Pink Floyd.Net Reviewer Tim Shelton's Comment That The Division Bell "encompasses The Best Aspects Of The Band".