A MOMENTARY LAPSE OF REASON

Kind of hard to review this album, really. I never really liked this album because it sounded "too 80s" to me. But then again, being born in 1985, I never really understood the musical landscape of that decade. Sure I have some albums from the 80s, but only a handful of them. To me, the 80s were too much about image instead of substance. In certain cases some artists made it work, while others faltered.

That being said, I'm going to review this album regardless of the era of music it was made in.

'Signs of Life', the opening track, is pretty slow and dull. Nothing much to see there. I remember when I was getting into Pink Floyd I heard 'Learning to Fly', and immediately thought "I know that song!" No doubt I'd had heard it on the radio countless times when I was very young, and probably a few more times when I was a little older. Really the only high point I see in this album is 'On the Turning Away'. It's a smooth, uplifting song.

Personally I think Dave Gilmour was simply trying to not sound like Roger Waters. Maybe if he'd had tried to stick to a more traditional sound, this album would have worked better.

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