And 1995’s Pulse, which found them again performing songs from every Pink Floyd era, including new songs from The Division Bell. The three post-Roger Waters studio albums were augmented by two live albums, 1988’s Delicate Sound of Thunder, which found the band proving that they could still perform Waters-era Floyd material to great effect. Their final studio album, 2014’s The Endless River, was heavily culled from unused material from The Division Bell sessions. Including 1994’s The Division Bell, which is widely regarded to be the last true, fully-formed Pink Floyd album.

Much of the hoopla pretty much died down after that, with Roger Waters focusing on his solo career, and Pink Floyd continuing to tour and record a number of albums during the period. Despite the fact that I have a great amount of respect for Roger Waters’ creative genius, I just can’t reconcile his lack of enthusiasm for the other members of Pink Floyd with consideration to their significant contributions to the band’s music. That didn’t slow Roger Waters’ continual derision of what he viewed as a diluted version of the Pink Floyd brand, and he frequently complained loudly in the international press. The entire process was somewhat marred by an ongoing lawsuit over the band’s name, which was ultimately decided in favor of Gilmour and company. And that Pink Floyd was Roger Waters, and a Pink Floyd without Roger Waters, well it didn’t really exist, did it? David Gilmour decided that Pink Floyd was, indeed, still alive his first move was to rehire Rick Wright, and sessions soon commenced for their next album, 1987’s A Momentary Lapse of Reason. Most fans and critics alike generally consider The Final Cut to really be Roger Waters’ first solo album, anyway it barely even contextually resembled the Pink Floyd of The Wall era.ĭavid Gilmour, however, didn’t really seem to mind Waters’ departure he had a different concept of the situation, and didn’t necessarily ascribe to Waters’ idea that everyone else in the band was just a hired gun, and totally expendable. Even though the album charted well and was a commercial success, the Pink Floyd that most fans had known was essentially dead when Waters announced his departure from the band in 1985. Waters had already fired founding member Richard Wright during the recording sessions for The Wall, and the current album, The Final Cut, ended up being the final straw for Waters. Roger Waters’ increasingly politicized world view, along with his total negativity and complete disparagement of the contributions of bandmates David Gilmour and Nick Mason led to a considerable amount of tension in the band, both musically and creatively. This very noteworthy box deserved and required much greater attention I’ll get back to my usual wanderings and ramblings in the next issue!ġ982 found Pink Floyd in a state of complete disarray. This issue, I’m focusing on a single release, Pink Floyd’s The Later Years, which is a sprawling 18-disc box set that covers the band in the years following the departure of Roger Waters.

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