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A MOMENTARY LAPSE OF REASONPink FloydPsychedelic/Space Rock3.05 | 1560 ratings |
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![]() "A Momentary Lapse of Reason" opens in pretty convincing style with "Signs of Life", "Learning to Fly" and "The Dogs of War", which is also a pretty decent track. Unfortunately the remaining part of the album is also only decent and very seldom does it reach the heights of the first couple of tracks. The tracks often comes off as too polished and uninspired with female soul type backing vocals, cheesy sax playing and a dominant use of eighties synth sounds. There are redeeming features on the album like David Gilmourīs excellent guitar solos and pleasant vocal delivery, but they donīt manage to pull the project enough in the right direction. The sound production instantly gives away the fact that this is an album recorded in the eighties and in this case itīs not necessarily a good thing. The warmth of earlier releases by Pink Floyd is nowhere to be found on "A Momentary Lapse of Reason", which sounds quite soulless compared to itīs many predecessors. No body wanted Pink Floyd to be over because of Roger Waters departure from the band, but listening to "A Momentary Lapse of Reason" itīs clear to me, that he took the soul of Pink Floyd with him when he left, and that this album should probably have been released as a David Gilmour solo album. Itīs definitely the weakest release in the bandīs discography and a 2.5 star (50%) rating is warranted.
UMUR |
2/5 |
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