A MOMENTARY LAPSE OF REASON

SIGNS OF LIFE: I have heard soooo many people "bad mouth" this track, all I can say is "WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?????????". This track always takes me somewhere magical, even when I listen to it now with the cool wind in my face, staring at the tress & the waters, it feels like I'm going to heaven & back. You will here some of the best chord sequences in this track ever! The keys are so dramatic sounding but in a calm way & Gilmour's guitar playing just sets the tone for the start of the album, beautiful.

LEARNING TO FLY: The best way to listen to this track is just like in the video (it's as if they read my mind) Hot beaming sunshine with a nice mild breeze hitting your face. It's such an up-lifting song. I feel best only listening to it when It's sunny, then I just breathe in & listen.

THE DOGS OF WAR: This is without a doubt Pink Floyd's most underated track ever!!!! I love this song to death! I actually think it was the first ever Floyd song I heard when I was 5. The lyrics are smart, the music is tense & gripping & the video projections (Live) just makes me think "Ha, nice one Gilmour, I agree too, these guys in suites with so called money think they're god's gift until you sang about them". The highlight of this track is definatley the tempo change in the middle section where the saxophone solo comes in. No one in the world could have seen this coming! not only is it a tempo change (out of nowhere) but it's a raunchy sax solo that I'd never heard before. Great track!

ONE SLIP: I enjoy this track but can also understand why Pink Floyd fans hate it. It's very 80's sounding & lovey dovey but I think it's got that typical Floyd sound (mainly from Rick Wright's keyboards) giving it that mysterious kind of sound too. It's another uplifter & I enjoy it, very catchy track

ON THE TURNING AWAY: From 5 years old to 20 years old (which I am now) this still is my favourite Pink Floyd song ever! I don't listen to critics or fans or reviews etc, I listen to music & David Gilmour. It's so beautiful & you can easily reflect on past childhood memories with this great track! Every time I hear the G Major keys intro I picture myself on an island at night with plenty of stars, very mild air, clam, loads of palm trees slowly blowing in the wind & the sand I lay on is like crystals of sand. The guitar solo at the end is the highlight of this song & alhtough is sounds MUCH better live on the delicate sound of thunder album, I enjoy listening to the album version just as much because it's totally EQ'd & in your face & the guitar sound is quite unique, I think there's a hint of chorus effect too.

YET ANOTHER MOVIE: Yet another track I like (no pun intended) I prefer this track on the album rather than them playing it LIVE because there's not much happening in this one, so in the studio, they made it come to life whereas live, it was more like a load of chords played with a guitar solo, pretty bland. It's a great song to listen to on a cloudy (but not dull) mild day, breathing in the air listening to the haunting keys & TV sounds too.

ROUND AND AROUND: The follow up to yet another movie, just the same, better on this album than LIVE. Even only lasting a few seconds in length, this outro is quite magical.

A NEW MACHINE (PART 1): Now if Floyd fans want to have a dig at songs, here's your chance! this is terrible. I am always open to any of Floyd's stuff but I just couldn't get my head round this one. David Gilmour provides vocals & that's it, nothing else, no guitars, no drums, nothing! I even tried liking the lyrics at least but, I remain a straight forward Floyd critic & have to say "what a pile of you know what".

TERMINAL FROST: This song is exactly what it says it is "terminal frost". I listen to this track in bed with the window open & as the breeze hits me & instantly go back in time to a time when I was happy outdoors in the breeze. Another great reflective track. With it being an instrumental, it needed to be highly listenable, & it was. David Gilmour does what he does best to make Floyd tracks stand out, he layered guitars down everywhere, tiny fills here & there, even a majestic sax fill here & there. There track really is quite beautiful for open minded people who like to reflect.

A NEW MACHINE (PART 2) Exactly the same as part 1, rubbish.

SORROW: I can see why they still use this track from this album when they play live. This track has alot of good qualities (including an obligitory Gilmour solo at the end) but It's catchy & I think David enjoy's playing it more than anyone but I've seen the band play it too, they all love this one. They get right into it at the end! This studio version sounds more electroic & cold than the live version which is a shame but I've never hated the track & love the studio version for what it stands for.

I rate this album 5 stars, it is sooooooo underated & I think Pink Floyd fans listen to myths more than music. They believe that "Syd Barrett was the god of Pink Floyd & Dark side of the moon was the best album", they should stop listening to myths & just listen to the music. It was set in the 80's but at least they didn't make it sound as poppy as RADIO KAOS by Roger Waters. If anyone sold out to the 80's decade it was him.

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