DAVID GILMOUR

Pink Floyd guitarist/vocalist David Gilmour hasn't been extremely prolific as a solo artist, issuing only three studio albums in over thirty years. Given the large gaps in his discography, it isn't entirely surprising that all three of his records are significantly different in style. On this, his debut record, David opts for a harder rocking sound that falls a bit closer to the classic Floyd style of the 70's. The music here is slightly bluesier and more straightforward than most of classic Floyd, while most of the track clock in at a relatively meager (by Floyds standards) 5-6 minutes. Still, many of the individual passages here still wouldn't have sounded horribly out of place on the Gilmour-heavy Floyd album Animals, which was released the previous year.

David Gilmour is ultimately the only one of Gilmour's studio releases that I find particularly satisfying, not because it adheres more closely to 70's hard rock orthodoxy but because it offers what is easily Gilmour's strongest set of melodies. "There's No Way out of Here" and "I Can't Breathe Anymore" are vocal-based pieces that nicely anticipate the bands more song-based approach of The Wall, while "It's Deafinitely" (the proggiest thing here) is an engaging instrumental whose guitar/synth interplay favorably recalls Steve Hackett's solo work of the same period. In fact, there isn't a single track here that I'd label as sub-par, even if dreamier cuts like "Mihalis" and "Short and Sweet" merely float by without leaving much of an impression.

A very good release that every Pink Floyd fan should look to acquire. Fans of classic hard rock who were never particularly keen on Floyd's spacey progressive style may also be interested in this record as a relatively accessible entry point into the band's greater corpus of work. 4.5

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