Momentary Lapse of Reason [Import]

Track Listings

1. Sign Of Life

2. Learning To Fly

3. Dogs Of War

4. One Slip

5. On The Turning Away

6. Yet Another Movie

7. Round And Around

8. New Machine Part 1

9. Terminal Frost

10. New Machine Part 2

11. Sorrow

Tracks:

Signs Of Life
Learning To Fly
The Dogs Of War
One Slip
On The Turning Away
Yet Another Movie (6a Round And Around)
A New Machine (Part 1)
Terminal Frost
A New Machine (Part 2)
Sorrow

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Though many predicted that Roger Waters's acrimonious split with the band after 1983's aptly named Final Cut would ultimately spell the end of Pink Floyd, the remaining band members confounded pundits by extending their status as classic rock's most ponderous dinosaurs into the 1990s and beyond. And if the title was a gentle jab at Waters after a years-long legal struggle over the Floyd moniker, the music was all too familiar; some would say even formulaic. And lest anyone doubted that the absence of Waters's dour soul would lighten things up a bit, guitarist and post facto leader Dave Gilmour gamely took on the Mantle of Conscience for topics ranging from the cold war ("The Dogs of War") to yuppie self-indulgence ("On the Turning Away"). And if this album sometimes evokes an uncomfortable feeling of a band on autopilot, it's one that can still turn out the likes of the anthemic "Learning to Fly" on cruise control. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

Excellent!.......2007-07-04

I don't know why some people didn't like this album. I Love it. The Dog of War pays the whole money!!!!!!!!!

they were trying to sound like Pink Floyd.......2007-06-15

listened to this for the first time in many, many years....they were trying to SOUND LIKE Pink Floyd, but couldn't pass it off without Roger Waters....totally contrived and insincere....eh, Waters may be the biggest jerk in the world (not sure he is), but even if he is, he is one talented jerk....this is pathetic compared to the likes of "Animals", and the rest of their 70s output....these people saying it's equal to previous, Waters-led Floyd are delusional....if you like it, fine, but don't even try to pass it off as legit PF. they lived off the name and legend of Pink Floyd - give them another name like Endless Self-Indulgence and attach this album to it and it would never have even made a major record contract.

Oh, that lapse was more than momentary..........2007-06-14

This is a pathetic attempt for the Roger Waters-less Pink Floyd to carry on without their heart and soul. Roger was self-centered, sure, but his lyrics and bass were both key parts of the Floyd Sound that this album horribly misses. Basically, it's useless. Nostalgiac about the early '70s, back when they would make ungodly amounts of money off of Dark Side of the Moon and such, "three-quarters" Floyd decided they'd try to recreate that sound, using lots of synthesizers, female backing vocals, saxes and studio effects. The resulting album is, far and away, Pink Floyd's nadir.
It's hard for me to tell what the album's lowest low is. I know I hate the mechanical hit Learning to Fly. But that's not all. The Dogs of War was voted as Pink Floyd's worst song ever, and I must say I agree. Basically it's a pathetic attempt to rewrite the classic Dogs - even the titles are similar! Give me a break here, guys! Arguably even worse than that is Signs of Life (which could very well win the "Joe Strummer Most Ironic Title Ever" award), the rather awkward On the Turning Way, and the A New Machine/Terminal Frost/A New Machine suite. I guess the closing Sorrow is okay - good guitar part, processed and mid-'80s as it is, and I like the lyrics just fine, but no way it's a nine-minute song, you know? And is that a DRUM MACHINE I hear?
Momentary Lapse hasn't aged very well, and like the following Division Bell it was a very bad idea. Thankfully, Pink Floyd's '70s output was so good that this will never tarnish their deserved reputation as rock legends. But that doesn't keep it from being arguably PF's worst.

Pink Floyd Return With A Vengeance But In Reality A David Gilmour Solo Album In All But Name.......2007-05-23

Much as The Final Cut was in reality a Roger Waters solo album albeit it had the Pink Floyd name on it, this album is no different in that it is in reality a David Gilmour solo album albeit the cover has the Pink Floyd moniker on it. Gilmour worked hard to preserve the integrity of the band name, but most if not all of the songwriting and music is credited to him. However, this is not to say that the album is bad or lackluster. Although Nick Mason, Richard Wright, and the other musicians play second fiddle here, Gilmour did an excellent job in keeping everybody together with a common focus. There is a change of the guard here, not only in band personnel, but also conceptually as well. The common themes of rebellion, isolation, and materialism have given way to hope for a better world as evidenced in songs such as On The Turning Away. Pessimism has turned to optimism. Learning To Fly is an appreciation of one's environment by indulging in the pleasure of flying an airplane, a favorite pastime of Gilmour's. Without the dictatorial control of Waters, Gilmour could focus on more positive topics. The Dogs Of War says that sometimes war is necessary in order to maintain a just society as opposed to a condemnation of all war as was the case in The Final Cut album. Gilmour and company launched a massive and successful world tour soon after the release of this album that stretched all the way to 1989. The pig balloons were back in full force as well as the airplanes disguised as hospital beds crashing into the stage. Some things never change. The album and tour showed that the band's popularity stood the test of time with or without Roger Waters. A Momentary Lapse Of Reason celebrates triumph over adversity.

don't we all occasionally have a momentary lapse of reason?.......2007-05-09

This is one of Pink Floyd's best albums. The songs are all good, and the sound is very 1980's-synthesizery, which I like.

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Floyd's comeback gets Japanese mini-LP treatment

A Momentary Lapse of Reason
Pink Floyd
Manufacturer: Sony Japan
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0007WZX94
Release Date: 2005-05-30

Tracks:

Signs of Life [Instrumental]
Learning to Fly
Dogs of War
One Slip
On the Turning Away
Yet Another Movie/Round and Around
New Machine, Pt. 1
Terminal Frost
New Machine, Pt. 2
Sorrow

Album Details

Japanese Limited LP Replica Sleeve Edition of the Original Album Release from 1987.

Customer Reviews:

Floyd's comeback gets Japanese mini-LP treatment.......2006-03-24

Pink Floyd's triumphant comeback A Momentary Lapse of Reason was released in September of 1987.
The album was the first without original member Roger Waters whom acrimoniously split from his bandmates in 1985.
For years, many thought that 1983's aptly named The Final Cut was the farewell album of Pink Floyd's but guitarist/vocalist David Gilmour, drummer Nick Mason(although he plays on half of the discs because his playing was underestimated by Waters and wasn't until the Momentary Lapse tour where he played better again) and returning keyboardist Rick Wright(as a salaried musician nonetheless) along with co-producer Bob Ezrin and session bassist Tony Levin spent eight months recording the album at David's home studio the Astoria in London and at various studios in London and L.A.(where they relocated after Roger's lawyers threatened legal action) with many people doubting the Floyd being relevant without Waters.
However, when I(as an 11 year old boy) first heard the first single Learning to Fly, I was in reassured that Floyd was back in a big way. When my father brought home the album for me shortly after its release, I was amazed on how superb this album was.
It was in fact David Gilmour whom sang most of the classics from 1969 to 1975 before Waters went on his ego trip for the next three discs(no disrespect to the last three albums, I like all of Floyd's work and am a die-hard fan). The songwriting burden nestled now on David's shoulders(he wrote all of the music and gave credit to those who came up with small ideas but he isn't confident in writing lyrics hence other people help with the lyrics).
The instrumental opening Signs of Life dated back to a riff that first emerged in the Animals era. The aforementioned Learning to Fly was a great song. The ominous The Dogs of War is next and featured one of David's best guitar solos and Carmine Appice was on drums on this track. One Slip was a great song and was co-written by Gilmour with Roxy Music guitarist Phil Manzanera. The poverty and injustice anthem On the Turning Away is one of Floyd's best songs.
Yet Another Movie and Round and Around reminds me of Wish You Were Here era Floyd and is killer. The A New Machine(pt.1)/Terminal Frost/A New Machine(pt.2) medley though they are separate tracks are spellbinding. The best track on the album was the closing Sorrow which goes back to the old epics of the past clocking in at close to 9 minutes.
The album was well received when release as it hit #3 on the album charts in the US and #1 on the CD charts here in the US. Also, the album sold over 4 million in the US alone and proved that the Floyd could survive without Waters. Also, the band embarked on a tour that would go on for three years and be documented on the album/video Delicate Sound of Thunder.
In 2005, the album was re-mastered and re-released yet again by Sony Japan with the original album artwork and graphics and also recreations of the picture labels like on the original record. It also features a new remaster thanks to James Guthrie and Joel Plante who remastered this album and it sounds better than either the 1987 or 1997 CD issues.
Highly recommended!

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Pink Floyd's "Phoenix"
More than just signs of life...

A Momentary Lapse of Reason
Pink Floyd
Manufacturer: Columbia
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2002-06-19

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Signs of Life [Instrumental]
Learning to Fly
Dogs of War
One Slip
On the Turning Away
Yet Another Movie/Round and Around
New Machine, Pt. 1
Terminal Frost
New Machine, Pt. 2
Sorrow

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Pink Floyd's "Phoenix".......2006-02-02

I really didn't know what to expect when I bought this (on vinyl, in 1987), I saw the video of "Learning To Fly," and even though it was a good song, and it was well played, it was so cluttered looking and sounding, as I have been a hard-core fan of this band for many, MANY years, I was used to the four-piece band. Yes, "The Wall" had many extra people involved, but that was all a part of the concept of alienation, as well as the first overt signs that there was trouble in paradise. But, understanding that Water's grim song cycles and near total control of the band in the late 1970's and early 1980's, sort of soured the other band members' attitudes toward the band, this was a breath of fresh air. So, with a little trepidation, I went to Hills (the store that eventually became Ames), and bought my own copy.

"Signs Of Life" set a mood of anticipation, and looking at the really beautiful packaging, I felt I had made a wise purchase. I felt a little cheated, though, because the so-called "band photo" consisted only of David Gilmour and Nick Mason, standing back-to-back, in what looked like Preppy clothes, smiling at the camera, looking more like business partners, not band mates. And knowing that Mason was, at the time only a figurehead, long out of practice, most of the drum tracks were played, in fact, by Carmine Appice and Jim Keltner, sort of put me in another place. And with Rick Wright listed in small print as a session player instead of a band member, a saxophone player and two drummers, as well as a rhythm guitarist and various back-up singers all listed, there's a side of me that says "This is not Pink Floyd at all!" And with Tony Levin of King Crimson on bass, good a musician as he is (I love King Crimson, by the way), I just thought I wouldn't like this at all. "Learning To Fly" followed, and since I had already heard that song, I just kind of sat through it. "Dogs Of War" had some cheezy lyrics, I wasn't sold yet, so when "One Slip" came on, I thought "This is King Crimson, featuring David Gilmour;" that kind of bass playing has never been part of Floyd's sound, but "On The Turning Away" came on, and reassured me, I had made a wise purchase. So powerful sounding. Beautiful production, and a guitar solo in the same league as "Comfortably Numb."

I flipped the record over (this was the '80's, mind you), and "Yet Another Movie" leapt out of my stereo with that MASSIVE sound, all the ornate arrangements and sound effects in the mix, I thought "OK, Gilmour has just sold me; this is a fantastic comeback!" At first, I didn't know "Round And Around" was a coda to "Movie," but it is a really good outro, the mind's eye watching this behemoth lumber off into the horizon, setting the listener up for "A New Machine, part one." A little brief, and not what I, as a Floyd fan, am used to in a Floyd record, but I enjoyed the oscillation of Gilmour's voice, and the way the piece sets the mood for "Terminal Frost." As the first reviewer said, the arrangement, and overall sound, are chill-inducing. A mood piece, it's an instrumental that would probably be ruined with words. It's just fine as it is. So, along comes part two of "A New Machine, bookending "Frost," so you are now all set for the closer, "Sorrow." This sounds like the old days, moderately slow, mechanical rhythm, and it just flows from the speakers to fill the room with power, and trademark Gilmour solos throughout. Come the fade-out, and there you have it. Pink Floyd, but not really Pink Floyd, playing a Pink Floyd record to a skeptical audience, myself included, and Waters' comments notwithstanding, this is an exceptionally good record, especially when you consider the time it came out, when most popular music was just a shell of it's former self, and with Waters' departure, the had band lost a phenominally talented lyricist and conceptualist. I didn't think they'd be able to do it, but, as I said, one listen, and I don't regret buying it. And I don't think most other people will, either.

More than just signs of life..........2005-11-01

It starts off oh so mysterious and withheld. A laidback guitar leads us through the instrumental Signs Of Life and into Learning To Fly.

David Gilmour then sings the first vocals on an album by Pink Floyd without Roger Waters. "Into the distance, a ribbon of black
Stretched to the point of no turning back". And there is no turning back. I am already hooked on this track, and this album, knowing I will not stop until I am through every track. I am simply flying into a new Pink Floyd sound, I have a new universe to discover.

A massive wall of sound surrounds me, the use of effects and instrumentation unlike almost anything yet heard in the 80s.

Dogs Of War starts off great, but is by many considered the weakest track on the album. I am not sure if I agree. In my opinion it fits beautifully inbetween Learning To Fly and One Slip. The sound is filled with hard guitars and backingvocals that could be taken from Dark Side Of The Moon. I think even the sax-solo fits well with everything. OK, the lyrics might not be the greatest ever written, but sometimes the instrumentation can do a lot as well, as they do now.

One Slip, starts slow, but intensifies as we go along. It has nice use of drums, percussion and bass. As well as Mr. Gilmour's guitar of course. I like the way they have built the song and the way the backing vocals are arranged. This is also the track that has the title of the album in the lyrics.

"One slip, and down the hole we fall
It seems to take no time at all
A momentary lapse of reason
That binds a life for life
A small regret, you won't forget,
There'll be no sleep in here tonight"

On The Turning Away is a classic Pink Floyd ballad. It has everything. A strong and laidback build-up, until it grows and grows to an elegant song that grabs you and takes you along. You can't help stomping your foot to this one, in steady rhythm. In the beginning it is just Gilmours voice and a synth, then an acoustic guitar joins in, before drums and bass are allowed into the party. The electric guitar is also allowed a place eventually. No Pink Floyd ballad without a solo from Mr. Gilmour, which is very understandable, he is a champion at those.

Yet Another Movie follows the great ballad. It starts off almost sci-fi like. Somehow it makes me think of the Alien-movies. I have no idea why. They have an elegant sound here too. Which is the case with every Pink Floyd album through the years. They have never released anything with poor sound-quality. Yet Another Movie is sort of an inbetween song. And it's not the only one. The thing is that they fit so well though. I just love how they have arranged the instruments in this song, to create an atmosphere and an incredible sound. The guitar solo is excellent also on this one.

A New Machine part 1 is a logical follow up to Yet Another Movie. The second part of the album is sort of conseptual, as it deals with loss of innocense, and gives portrait of a man in desperation. A New Machine is made by Gilmour manipulating his voice by a voicebox, and last for just over a minute.

It leads directly to the intstrumental Terminal Frost. A moody track, where the saxophone has a vital role in bringing through the emotions. It's very well played, and when I listened to it on headphones the first time I got small shivers down my spine. Because it sounds beautiful, really beautiful. Especially at the soloparts in the middle of the song, when the backing vocals wrap the whole thing in so beautifully.

A New Machine Part 2 is even shorter than the first part, and serves as merely an intermission towards the best track on the album.

Track 10. Sorrow.
The guitar in the beginning takes the control of you and whirls you inside the Pink Floyd universe. It is impossible to resist. On the other hand, after the 9 previous tracks there is no resistance left, if it ever was any. I am not really going to say more about Sorrow, other than that you have to lend an ear to it yourself. Then you will really hear the magic of Pink Floyd, and David Gilmour.

Is it a downer that Roger Waters is not participating on this album? Yes it is, but the quality of the album is outstanding anyway, so you don't really miss Waters after you have heard it. At least that is how I feel. I know that many fans of Pink Floyd disagree with me on that. Which I have no problem with. There will always be different opinions about music, and that is the beautiful thing with music - we all see and hear things differently.

I recommend this album very much. It is not Dark Side Of The Moon, it is no Wish You Were Here or The Wall. But it is an album by Pink Floyd and it is an extremely good one. I'd recommend you to buy it!

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Pink Floyd the Perfect Storm
Pink Floyd
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000PSRBG8

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TRACK LISTING: CD1: Intro, Shine On, Signs of Life, Learning To Fly, Yet Another Movie/Round and Around, New Machine Pt 1/Terminal Frost/New Machine Pt 2, Sorrow, Dogs of War, On the Turning Away. CD2: One of These Days, Time, On The Run, Wish You Were Here, Welcome To The Machine, Us & Them, Money, Another Brick Pt 2, Comfortably Numb, One Slip, Run Like Hell (fades out). QUALITY: Direct soundboard recording! Rating: Superior NOTES: Catalog No. POV2-110187-1/2. From The Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour 1987, this is an historic show. Storms were blowing through Miami during the performance, prompting comments from Gilmour. During some softer moments, claps of thunder rumbled as if greater forces were aiding the sound effects team. Dave promises a brief intermission - presumably because he feels they may need to cut the show short due to the weather - only to return and put on an amazing second half that we're so grateful was professionally recorded! It must have been a killer show to witness. Don't miss this one.

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1. Sign Of Life
2. Learning To Fly
3. Dogs Of War
4. One Slip
5. On The Turning Away
6. Yet Another Movie
7. Round And Around
8. New Machine Part 1
9. Terminal Frost
10. New Machine Part 2
11. Sorrow