DAVID GILMOUR

3.5 stars. I like this slightly better than "On An Island" as there is more emphasis on his guitar playing on this one.

The record opens with an instrumental called "Mihalis", a light, mellow mid-paced tune with some nice guitar melodies. After 3 minutes the song intensifies and the guitar sounds great ! "There's No Way Out Of Here" is a really good song I remember being on the radio back then in 1978. There is some organ, good vocals and passionate guitar. "Cry From The Street" features fairly restrained guitar riffs throughout and sounds rather listless to me. "So Far Away" sounds better with meaningful lyrics,piano and a laid back guitar solo.

"Short And Sweet" has some raw sounding guitar outbreaks followed by vocals and background organ. "Raise My Rent" is an instrumental that rivals "There's No Way Out Of Here" as the best track on the record. We finally get some Gilmour-like (haha) guitar melodies that are beautiful to say the least. "No Way" is a pretty good song, mostly because of the main melody ."It's Deafinitely" is more uptempo with some interesting guitar playing on this instrumental. "I Can't Breathe Anymore" is a slow paced, reserved song until a minute and a half in when the heavy drums signal an increase in intensity the rest of the way.

This record is not as polished as "On An Island" but this came out 28 years ago ! Well worth a listen for PINK FLOYD fans.