A MOMENTARY LAPSE OF REASON

While "The Final Cut" got criticized for being an unofficial Roger Waters aolo-album, this album got criticized for being an unofficial David Gilmour solo-album. Still, I like this album quite a lot. True, there are some fillers ("A new machine", "Round and around"), and yes, the production is to clean. But let's be honest, it was 1987, and the production of Waters' "Radio KAOS" sounded just as dreadful. But while Waters came up with the most idiotic story any concept-album has ever had, Gilmour wisely didn't come up with a concept, but instead released a collection of songs. "On the turning away" is one of the most beautiful Pink Floyd-songs ever, and over the whole album Gilmour shows he can still play some moving solos which were so sorely missed on the album before this one. And hey, even "One slip" is a relief after Waters' misanthropic stuff. Finally a song on a Floyd-album about having fun! I won't give it five stars because of the fillers mentioned before, but "A momentary lapse of reason" still deserves four stars.