THE DIVISION BELL

This album has usually been understimated, probably because of his not so good predecessor: A momentary lapse of reason, which was, in my opinion too much 80ish, even though great musician played on it, like Tony Levin on bass. Let's talk about "The division Bell". It's very clear to the listener's ears the will expressed by Floyd to discover themselves again, by proposing an album which recalls very much, in the moods, in the sound and in the approach to the composition of them, to their 70's classics, like Wish You Were Here, Animals, Dark Side Of The Moon....and they do it in a really good way. This intent is clearly shown in the tracks "Cluster One" and "Marooned" ,two instrumental pieces which are classic Floyd. The contents of the whole album are about Roger and the band's past, and even Syd Barrett, I'm referring to "Poles Apart" and expecially "Lost For Words", an acoustic song, which intenctionally recalls very much "Wish You Were Here". There are no bad songs on the album, the best one in my opinion remains "High Hopes", an ideal epitaph of the band. Very great songs are there anyway...."Coming Back To Life", "Take It Back" and the one sung by Richard Wright "Wearing The Inside Out". An excellent album that deserves 4 stars.