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DAVID GILMOUR

David Gilmour

 

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Gatot
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3 stars When I bought this album in cassette format sometime in late seventies, I put aside this album as when I played at first time it was not as great as Pink Floyd music at the time. I put it at shelf for quite a long time until early eighties when many prog bands went pop I grabbed back the album and put it back at my cassette deck player (I think it was TEAC's first tape deck). It's not a bad album at all even though it's far from Pink Flod's Wish You Were Here or even Animals. I had a little problem with the opening track "Mihalis" (5:48) because it has so boring repetitive opening part. Lucky me, about in the middle of the track Gilmour moves his teeth by bringing the true Floydian guitar work. Excellent. "There's No Way Out of Here" (5:10) was once my favorite track because this song has a very close similarity with Pink Floyd music especially on the guitar solo. Even though the song structure is pretty straight forward but I still can enjoy this track with a feeling of excitement.

"Cry from the Street" (5:13) was for me like a rock-n'roll outfit with guitar work at opening very similar to bands like Mountains (with Leslie West as guitarist). When the music enters it's actually a blues-based song with unique Gilmour singing style and guitar work. Yes, it's repetitive, rhythm-wise, but since the singing line is excellent, this track is enjoyable. "So Far Away" (5:50) is a slow-beat song with piano as music filler as well as main rhythm. Key attraction point of this track is the Floydian guitar solo during interlude part, even though the rhythm section is quite boring.

The fifth track "Short and Sweet" (5:26) opens with guitar work and then followed with bass lines and voice line. This song has in a way inspired the band's "Division Bell" album. "Raise my Rent" (5:32) is an instrumental with slow tempo and simple (and repetitive) guitar fills. What makes this track interesting is the stunning guitar solo. "No Way" (5:32) brings Gilmour nice vocal in a blues-based music with slow tempo beats. Gilmour performs nice guitar solo in here. "It's Deafinitely" (4:27) is a faster tempo music exploring keyboard and guitar. "I can't breath Anymore (3:08)" concludes the album with simple guitar fills

Overall, it's a good album especially for those who enjoy Pink Floyd. One thing worth taking note is that all songs have a simple rhythm and structure. The things that deserve attention are excellent vocal quality and/or Floydian guitar style. What I mean with this is that the music that accompanies the guitar solo and/or vocal is flat and has a very simple flow. Look at how bass guitar is played - it's so repetitive. I would categorize this album as an ear candy prog. Keep on proggin' ..!

Progressively yours, GW

Gatot | 3/5 |

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