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Pink Floyd
The Division Bell
Release Date: 1994 03 30
Label: Columbia

The second post-Roger Waters Pink Floyd album is less forced and more of a group effort than A Momentary Lapse of Reason -- keyboard player Rick Wright is back to full bandmember status and has co-writing credits on five of the 11 songs, even getting lead vocals on "Wearing the Inside Out." Some of David Gilmour's lyrics (co-written by Polly Samson and Nick Laird-Clowes of the Dream Academy) might be directed at Waters, notably "Lost for Words" and "A Great Day for Freedom," with its references to "the wall" coming down, although the more specific subject is the Berlin Wall and the fall of Communism. In any case, there is a vindictive, accusatory tone to songs such as "What Do You Want From Me" and "Poles Apart," and the overarching theme, from the album title to the graphics to the "I-you" pronouns in most of the lyrics, has to do with dichotomies and distinctions, with "I" always having the upper hand. Musically, Gilmour, Nick Mason, and Wright have largely turned the clock back to the pre-Dark Side of the Moon Floyd, with slow tempos, sustained keyboard chords, and guitar solos with a lot of echo. William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Tracks:
TitleComposerTime
1Cluster OneWright, Gilmour5:58
2What Do You Want from MeWright, Gilmour, Wright, Samson4:21
3Poles ApartGilmour, Samson, Laird-Clowes7:04
4MaroonedGilmour, Wright5:28
5Great Day for FreedomGilmour, Samson4:18
6Wearing the Inside OutWright, Moore6:49
7Take It BackEzrin, Gilmour, Samson, Laird-Clowes6:12
8Coming Back to LifeGilmour6:19
9Keep TalkingWright, Gilmour, Samson6:11
10Lost for WordsGilmour, Samson5:15
11High HopesGilmour, Samson8:32

Releases:
YearTypeLabel
1994CDColumbia
1994CSColumbia
2007CDEMI Music Distribution
1994CDCapitol Records
1994CDColumbia
1994LPEMI Music Distribution
2005CDSony Music Distribution
1994CSEMI Music Distribution
2002CDSony Music Distribution
2008CDEMI Music Distribution



Group Members:
Roger Waters
Nick Mason
Richard Wright
David Gilmour
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