Delicate Sound of Thunder [Import] [Limited Edition] [Live]

Track Listings
Disc: 1

1. Shine on You Crazy Diamond

2. Learning to Fly

3. Yet Another Movie

4. Round and Around

5. Sorrow

6. Dogs of War

7. On the Turning Away

Disc: 2

1. One of These Days

2. Time

3. Wish You Were Here

4. Us and Them

5. Money

6. Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2

7. Comfortably Numb

8. Run Like Hell

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Originally released in 1988, this 2 CD set comes housed in a paper sleeve. CBS. 2005.

Tracks:

Shine On You Crazy Diamond
Learning To Fly
Yet Another Movie
Round And Round
Sorrow
The Dogs Of War
On The Turning Away

Tracks:

One Of These Days
Time
Wish You Were Here
Us & Them
Money
Another Brick In The Wall Part II
Comfortably Numb
Run Like Hell

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In the late 1980s, Pink Floyd came roaring back with a decent studio album and an awesome stadium tour. Delicate Sound is a postcard from that tour that has the impossible task of capturing the spectacle of flying pigs and crashing beds. Also without the brood and bass of the departed Roger Waters, even a large backing band can't recreate the majesty of the original recording of "Shine on You Crazy Diamond." Still "On the Turning Away," from A Momentary Lapse of Reason, sounds better than the studio version and a smattering of Floyd's best cuts from The Wall and Darkside of Moon make this live album a decent collection. --Greg Emmanuel

Customer Reviews:

Sadly This First Ever Live Version Of Pink Floyd Fails To Live Up To The Standards Of Its Studio Albums.......2007-05-23

If you would ever like to hear Pink Floyd perform live, do not purchase this double live CD. The songs simply fail to live up to the standards set forth in their studio versions. This CD set was recorded during the band's 1987-88 Momentary Lapse Of Reason World Tour. There's also a video version of this concert only the set list is different. The recording basically highlights the songs from the 1987 release A Momentary Lapse Of Reason rather than the classic Floyd tracks we know and love. A number of well-known tracks is missing from this set such as Welcome To The Machine, Echoes, Brain Damage/Eclipse, Arnold Layne, See Emily Play, and Astronomy Domine. This was when there was competition between the remaining Floyd members and Roger Waters. Roger Waters sued the other three band members because he thought they were stealing the name he assumed he rightfully owned. Roger released a solo album titled Radio KAOS and subsequently toured in support of that record. But the venues he was playing in weren't selling as fast as those of his former bandmates. Competition is one word used to describe the history of Pink Floyd and has been a common theme in the band's music. But when the smoked cleared, the three-member team of David Gilmour, Nick Mason, and Richard Wright simply ran circles around the one-man army of Roger Waters.

Delicate Sounds of Thunder In My Head Phones All The Time.......2007-03-27

All I am going to say is that I listened to this cd one day all day long for about 12 hours over and over...both discs..no skipping songs. For three months I listened to it at night for two sessions of each discs .... that is a lot of Floyd. If there is one cd that I have listened to more than any other, this is it. I have worn one out, I am working on the second and I have a spare still unwrapped ...... this is the cd of all cds..for Joliet Jayke The Bluze Brother .... if it isn't blues then why do I listen to it so much? Well I dig a lot of musical genres and The Brother doesn't have to just dig the blues.... being in Joliet so long ... I got use to a lot ...... so this is my cd ...now no more questions ... buy it ... man IT IS A LIVE PERFORMANCE ....... oh so good ..... order now you hear.

Great live CD from Pink Floyd.......2007-03-05

I cannot understand how can someone rate this cd as a one star...
This was a great concert, I was there in the first row, it was simply amazing. You have the best of "Momentary lapse" in live version plus some great classics from Pink Floyd in the 70's
Of course, Roger Waters is missing and he was the spirit of the band but you have to admit that a band can still offer great versions without his bass player. Don't get me wrong, I prefer Pink Floyd with Roger in the band. I am a huge fan of Roger Waters and I have great respect for the man and his work, but David also was a great contribution in the sound and he does a very good job with this live set. My only complaint is for two great moment of the concert that has not been included, these are "Great gig in the sky" and "Echoes", yes "Echoes" was the opening track for this concert, those who were there surely remember !

Amazing version of Comfortably Numb.......2006-12-29

Gilmour nails the solo on Comfortably Numb in such a way that left me speechless the first time I heard it. There are some pedestrian versions of other classic PF songs and great mistakes like Sorrow, the worst Floyd song ever - well, maybe not as bad as The Trial from the wall but really awful. But this is mostly a very good live cd. Nothing compares to the classic line up that included Roger Waters but seeing as how Waters opted to become impossible to work with I think the rest of the band carried on well.

FLOYD AT ITS BEST!.......2006-11-10

Having been to the live performance of this album, I can honestly state it is fabulous! Have enjoyed it for years; this is my second copy. It holds many of the classics; a shame the techno show isn't on it (that was absolutely incredible) but honestly it is exactly what I want to hear when listening to Pink Floyd. The best as they always are! They couldn't be more perfect. Their precision is on target and the blend is complimentary.

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Floyd Lives
Floyd's first live Waters-less album gets mini-LP treatment

Delicate Sound of Thunder
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Manufacturer: Sony Japan
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Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2005-06-21

Tracks:

Shine on You Crazy Diamond
Learning to Fly
Yet Another Movie
Round and Around
Sorrow
Dogs of War
On the Turning Away

Tracks:

One of These Days
Time
Wish You Were Here
Us and Them
Money
Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2
Comfortably Numb
Run Like Hell

Album Description

Originally released in 1988, this 2 CD set comes housed in a paper sleeve. CBS. 2005.

Album Details

Japanese Limited LP Replica Sleeve Edition of the Original Live Album Release from 1988.

Customer Reviews:

Floyd Lives.......2006-09-10

In an attempt to understand this CD, I have listened to it for two days straight, at least ten times. While the CD may have its flaws, the dark, brooding sound and heavy wallowing bass matched my mood, and reminded me once more of Pink Floyd's eminence in Progressive Rock.

I have the advantage of being unfamiliar with Floyd's first live album, and thus I do not have a comparison point. Comparing this album to the other live albums I have heard, the principal thing I noticed was that the crowd noise was reasonably minimal. Second, the bass is very heavy and either represents the mixing or the way Floyd plays in concert. I suspect that at least some of the bass is due to the mixing since one effect of the deeper bass would be to mute the crowd sound somewhat. The result is a live album that nearly has a studio album feel to it.

As for the songs themselves, many of them come across very well. I particularly like "The Dogs of War" and "Run like Hell," but many of the other songs come across quite nicely as well. The live versions of the songs from "Dark Side of the Moon" I thought were interesting and serviceable. Admittedly the sound is different without Roger Waters, but the songs still come across with the distinctive Pink Floyd sound.

I have seen some negative comments regarding the saxophone and the female backup singers. Being a fan of the saxophone I thought the sax on the songs helped distinguish the songs from the studio albums. I generally expect live versions to be different from studio versions. Sometimes the live version works well, other times not. In this case I enjoyed the unique contributions of the saxophone. As for the female backup singers, there are a few places where they are a bit obtrusive and add little to the songs, but fortunately those places are relatively few.

The difficulty with recommending this CD is that Pink Floyd fans are technically astute people, and I think many Floyd fans will prefer the mathematical precision of a studio album over a loosely choreographed live album. Pink Floyd's music is well arranged and created in the fashion of classical music and the extrinsic distractions of crowd noise and special effects can spoil the effect for some fans. I enjoy the variations from the studio albums, and the generally low crowd noise was not a distraction to me. If you are seeking an album to relive a live Floyd experience, sans Roger Waters, this album is a good one. If you are looking for a collection of Pink Floyd's best through the time of "A Momentary Lapse of Reason," but are not particularly interested in a live album, then you may want to pass this one by.

Floyd's first live Waters-less album gets mini-LP treatment.......2006-03-24

Pink Floyd's first official multiple disc live album entitled Delicate Sound of Thunder was released in November of 1988(the satellite video was released in June of 1989).
The album(and video) was recorded over five nights at the Nassau Coliseum in New York in August of 1988(the end of the regular Momentary Lapse tour '87-'88. The band would tour Europe again in 1989/90 in support of Delicate Sound with the tour called Another Lapse).
The band first attempted to record a live album and video in November of 1987 in Atlanta but the band were not up to par. Subsequently, they tried again in the summer of 1988. As a result, a great live album.
The album has superb live versions of Yet Another Movie, Round and Around, On The Turning Away and One of These Days. The fans' much reviled track The Dogs of War is superior to its studio counterpart with Nick Mason playing drums this time and Rick Wright playing on keyboards like he did in the old days(the two are the only two original Floyd members who did every tour) and of course David Gilmour's vocals and superb guitar work.
Other standouts are Wish You Were Here and Learning To Fly. The other tracks are great like Shine on You Crazy Diamond and the Dark Side and Wall material but are much better on the 1995 live disc Pulse.
Missing on this disc is Signs Of Life and One Slip which are available on the now out-of-print video version.
Gilmour produced the album and mixed it at Abbey Road Studios.
The album did well for a live album as it peaked at #11 on the album charts in the US and #4 on the US CD charts and went Triple Platinum upon release with 3 million sold. Not too shabby for a live release.
I first got this album in November of 1988 on cassette and this was the 20th CD I ever owned when I upgraded in September of 1991 when my father bought me this CD.
In 2005, Sony Japan re-issued the album using the original artwork in a mini-LP vinyl sleeve. It comes with all of the original artwork, pictures and picture labels that were on the record and the sound quality is commendable!
Highly recommended!

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Sadly This First Ever Live Version Of Pink Floyd Fails To Live Up To The Standards Of Its Studio Albums
Delicate Sounds of Thunder In My Head Phones All The Time
Great live CD from Pink Floyd
Amazing version of Comfortably Numb
FLOYD AT ITS BEST!

Delicate Sound of Thunder
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Manufacturer: Sony Music Video
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2005-07-26

Tracks:

Shine on You Crazy Diamond
Learning to Fly
Yet Another Movie
Round and Around
Sorrow
Dogs of War
On the Turning Away

Tracks:

One of These Days
Time
Wish You Were Here
Us and Them
Money
Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2
Comfortably Numb
Run Like Hell

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Customer Reviews:

Sadly This First Ever Live Version Of Pink Floyd Fails To Live Up To The Standards Of Its Studio Albums.......2007-05-23

Delicate Sounds of Thunder In My Head Phones All The Time.......2007-03-27

Great live CD from Pink Floyd.......2007-03-05

Amazing version of Comfortably Numb.......2006-12-29

FLOYD AT ITS BEST!.......2006-11-10

Music Review:

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1. Shine on You Crazy Diamond
2. Learning to Fly
3. Yet Another Movie
4. Round and Around
5. Sorrow
6. Dogs of War
7. On the Turning Away

1. One of These Days
2. Time
3. Wish You Were Here
4. Us and Them
5. Money
6. Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2
7. Comfortably Numb
8. Run Like Hell