Is anyone excited about the new Pink Floyd album?

As I have said before, I do am excited about this. However, I just thought about a risk here. For me, Pink Floyd had ended their discography on a very high note, Division Bell being among my favourite Floyd albums, and High Hopes being a really wonderful swansong... also, one of my favourite songs from them. Now, there's the risk for them to end with a not so stron effort. I hope this is not the case, of course.

moshkito wrote: progbethyname wrote: I am. I've been thinking about it and any Division Bell sessions unheard by my ears makes me very interested. I absolutely love Pink Floyd and the fact that they are gonna dedicate this album to Richard Wright makes it even more momentous and epic. It's just too bad that waters and Gilmour still can't join forces. The hate is strong between those two.     I think the "hate" part is over. Dave even did a couple of his Wall shows. And so did Nick. The problem is that Roger won't have a lot to add to it, other than lyrics, or want to add anything but lyrics, I would imagine, and not simply just enjoy the moment and add the bass to the work.   I think that we will be surprised and that Roger will show up and have a nickname and no one will know who that is.   It doesn't matter to me. Pink Floyd has nothing to release or prove to me anymore, and I don't need 20 more minutes of something to tell me what I have already heard and known all along. I would be surprised if there is anything "new" here.

I feel 'the Floyd' have nothing to prove to me as well either. They have a very well established and lavish discography to my ears. They have around 7 albums albums that I absolutely adore. Not many bands have that with me.
Anyway. It's exciting to get some new material out in the open.
Even if its terrible I won't be pissed.

If they put it on Spotify, I'll check it out there first.  If Waters and Gilmour aren't together, it will probably not be the type of Pink  Floyd recording that will interest me. 

progbethyname wrote: I am. I've been thinking about it and any Division Bell sessions unheard by my ears makes me very interested. I absolutely love Pink Floyd and the fact that they are gonna dedicate this album to Richard Wright makes it even more momentous and epic. It's just too bad that waters and Gilmour still can't join forces. The hate is strong between those two.

 

Hi,

Not hugely excited but not indifferent either.  Will definitely listen to it when it comes out, but I don't have high hopes, really (pun intended).

^ sounds a bit like a 4am Ibiza chillout outtake, do like the bass though

I am decidedly unexcited.  I realize that they're dubbing this as a tribute to Richard Wright, but there is a huge part of me that is thinking 'If Richard Wright wanted this to have been released why didn't they release it when he was still alive'.  It's almost like Mr. Wright resisted the release of the material but when he no longer had any input, it was put together.

zravkapt wrote: Here's a preview of what's on the album:

Sounds just fine to me.

Dayvenkirq wrote: Only if it's gonna be a classic, so ... no. Without Rick ... .

Actually, Rick is part of the band here. The album is meant to be some sort of homage to him, and uses recordings that haven't been used before. Actually, this album might as well have more writing credits from him than most other Floyd albums... we'll just have to wait and see.