A MOMENTARY LAPSE OF REASON

if you are a die-hard PF fan, and are obsessed with Water's vocals and lyrics, you will hate this album. Yes, his absence is clearly evident, but what did you expect? Of course they would have a different sound when Waters left since he was the driving force behind everything up untill "Final Cut". Look at what happened to them after Syd left. To expect something like "Dark Side of the Moon" or even "The Wall" is naiive. Because so many people expect this, they end up hating the album. Look at "Saucerful of Secrets" and "More" when they were adjusting to the absence of Syd. Of course this album sounds different.

Much like the album "More" it has several weak points, but also many strong ones that reveal what would later come (The Division Bell)

Weak: Dogs of Water: possibly one of thier worst songs. Would not be bad if it was a shorter piece. The Crappy lyrics and repititive rythm make the song drag out for too long Yet Another Movie/Round and Around: Another boring song, with good lyrics but slow vocals A New Machine (1 & 2): good lyrics but it just suck in all other aspects, fortunatley both parts are short, so it manegable

Strong: Learning to Fly: I've always loved this song, mostly the lyrics and vocals but it's just a really cool song On the Turning Away: Another good song with and awesome Gilmour solo Terminal Frost: A neat insturmental, which reflects the name quite well. A little long, and not as good as "Marooned" would be an album later Sorrow: Amazing bass and cool solo. The lyrics are good too, either about depression or a post war world

More strong points than weak ones, so I'll give this album a three