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THE DIVISION BELL

Pink Floyd

 

Psychedelic/Space Rock

3.74 | 2263 ratings

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Chris S
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4 stars Four and a half stars..for sure Division Bell was even better than Momentary Lapse of Reason. Maybe this was down to the fact that Rick Wright was back as co-pilot alongside Gilmour.' Cluster one' is so emotionally stirring and you could not start an album on a better note. Even the hard hitting stab at disatisfied fans on ' What do you want from me' has a great hook and guitar riff. ' Poles apart' is nostalgic, fragile and beautifully written. Why people knock the lyrics on Divsion Bell is anybody's guess but Gilmour's other half lends her pen to the lyrics and they are exceptional. Rick Wright steals the show on ' Wearing the inside out'. Gilmour has cleverly crafted a perfect formula on Division Bell. The format in which the tracks are laid down are wll structured.' Lost for words' has some neat accoustic riffs where Gilmour throws his arms up in despair in the bitterness between him and Waters and no matter how he offers the peace pipe Waters basically tells him to go screw himself ( to put it politely). The album ends with the equisite and tragic ' High Hopes' which tells us of the wonder of childhood and how on growing older we lose that magic and grow more cynical in the... 'myriad of small creatures'. Division Bell was a great way for Floyd to sign off. I still have high hopes for one more album from them perhaps before the arthritis sets but I think it would take a small miracle for that to happen.
Chris S | 4/5 |

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