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Posted: June 28 2016 at 21:58 |
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Momentary Lapse of Reason is actually one of my favorite Pink Floyd albums, and I do prefer it over The Final Cut. I know the overbearing pop-influences of Gilmour kind of got under some people's skin. I do love practically every song from the album, give probably one or two.
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Posted: June 28 2016 at 22:02 |
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I guess "Sorrow", if only for the live versions.
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Posted: June 28 2016 at 22:05 |
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Signs of Life, terrific opener to a great album.
Edited by Barbu - June 28 2016 at 22:10
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Posted: June 28 2016 at 22:08 |
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Yet Another Movie
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Posted: June 28 2016 at 23:36 |
^ Same. This album was their most mechanical and in many ways most gloomy (and that's saying a lot for PF  ). You'd think Gilmour the most darkly cynical man in the world.
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Posted: June 28 2016 at 23:53 |
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It's very interesting to hear some of the story behind the experimentation by Gilmour, specifically A New Machine. The sound manipulation on it and the entire album is great.
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Posted: June 29 2016 at 00:16 |
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I really like this album, but if I had to pick favorites I'd choose A New Machine Parts 1 and 2. It's short, but evokes so much in that short time.
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Posted: June 29 2016 at 05:39 |
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One Slip does it for me.
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Welcome to the middle of the film.
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Posted: June 29 2016 at 05:51 |
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"One Slip" had enough of a pop hook that should of been the lead single from AMLOR instead if the even longer co-credits of Learning To Fly.
The first side is quite presentable, but the second side can't support Sorrow!
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Posted: June 29 2016 at 06:10 |
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A true 'product' of the 80's.
Always, for me, a toss-up between Yet Another Movie (and the 7/4 interlude Round and Around) and the long cut Sorrow. Both much better in live performance. A solid 3 star album, MLOR. I still have a near-pristine vinyl from the first-day issue here in Australia, where I took a day off school (with my Mother's approval) to go and by it !!
..........Gilmour solo or true Floyd album........ who cares, still a very pleasant and enjoyable album.
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Posted: June 29 2016 at 06:29 |
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This is a good album , probably Learning to fly, being first let's say prog piece I"ve ever heared , it was 1988
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Posted: June 29 2016 at 06:52 |
 Tom Ozric wrote:
A true 'product' of the 80's.
Always, for me, a toss-up between Yet Another Movie (and the 7/4 interlude Round and Around) and the long cut Sorrow. Both much better in live performance. A solid 3 star album, MLOR. I still have a near-pristine vinyl from the first-day issue here in Australia, where I took a day off school (with my Mother's approval) to go and by it !!
..........Gilmour solo or true Floyd album........ who cares, still a very pleasant and enjoyable album. |
I agree with this (except for one single point: Round and Round is 5/4) and I feel the same way. Today I vote for Yet Another Movie.
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Posted: June 29 2016 at 06:57 |
^  - yes - 5/4............ been a while..............
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Posted: June 29 2016 at 09:42 |
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Honestly I don't like this album. (IMO) There are 2-3 songs in this album that better than others and I choose between them : "Sorrow".
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Posted: June 29 2016 at 11:12 |
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Not my fave Floyd album but not as bad as most people tend to consider it...One Slip is the winner. Great song and cool lyrics...
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Posted: June 29 2016 at 11:45 |
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I'd probably say One Slip too, minus the slightly annoying opening.
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Posted: June 29 2016 at 13:25 |
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Sorrow
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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Posted: June 29 2016 at 14:33 |
I prefer the Phil Manzanera Floyd of "One Slip".
This album is so interesting that nobody realizes the supergroup type line-up for playing and composition.
Anthony Moore from Slapp Happy wrote a lot of this album. Phil Manzanera did one track. Bob Ezrin wrote some. and Patrick Leonard, of Madonna and Kevin Gilbert's Toy Matinee fame, wrote quite a few.
Session musicians contained a lot of Supertramp's back up artists.
This album IS prog but about as un-pink floyd as a pink floyd album could be. Either way, I liked it (probably because most of the writing had little to do with Pink Floyd). (Now watch as the Pink Floyd purists tear me a new one for bringing this up).
Edited by cemego - June 29 2016 at 14:38
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Posted: June 29 2016 at 18:12 |
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One Slip and Sorrow.
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Posted: June 29 2016 at 21:59 |
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I didn't expect so much love for "One Slip". As for me, my favourites are "On the Turning Away" and "Yet Another Movie", still, I like them better on "Delicate Sound of Thunder". Since I can almost not enjoy the studio version of YAM because I would rather be listening to the live one, I'll be going with OTTA.
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Best of less than stellar albums: MLOR (1987)
