MORE (OST)

4.5 stars- Favorite of the first three albums.

More is Pink Floyd's first album since Syd has left and we see a new band full of ideas and indiviuality. With plenty of expectations from fans of both the remaining members as well as Syd, Pink Floyd set out to do what they do best, experiment around and make money while doing so. No other album says "Simple, but effective." quite as much as this one does. Most of the simplicity is probably due to the fact that this is "just" a soundtrack album, but don't let that fool you, like it has so many others unfortunetly. This is a very entertaining album full of innovated experimentation, progressive writing and improved musicianship.

More is an improvement from the past two album for several reasons. First of all, this album has a completeness that the past albums did not have. This completeness is a result of the perfect blend of instrumentation and singing, and also because the song arrangement is absolutely perfect. The instrumentation is very effective due to the catchy rythm's and massive amounts of experimentation. The singing is really a step up from A Saucerful of Secrets because Dave finally gets his chance to show us his real voice. His voice can be quite haunting as heard in Cirrus Minor, beautiful like in The Crying Song and Green is the Colour, heavy in The Nile Song, or even a drunk spanish conquistador like in A Spanish Piece.

The song arrangement has never been better, you really never know what is going to happen next, the album is so bipolar. Don't worry, even though every song is completely opposite of the one before it the album still flows without trouble and every song moves into the next as if it were an epic. After the dreamy organ chord solo by Rick we get the very heavy and first of its kind, The Nile Song, and also its brother Ibiza Bar, both songs being really one but split up with an added key change. The Floyd can either groove in Dramatic Theme, play two bongo's that go left and right through both ears in Party Sequence, experiment with various instruments including synthesizers and gongs in Quicksilver, jazz in Up the Khyber, or create headbanging rock in The Nile Song it doesn't matter, the Floyd do it with progressive style that will make you smile.

A lot of the music features the new and improved acoustic side of Floyd never seen before. Roger acompanies these lovely acoustic tunes with poetic lyrics that firmly establish him as the main lyric writer. "Willow weeping in the water, Waving to the river daughters, Swaying in the ripples and the reeds." - Cirrus Minor As you can see, the lyrics are miles ahead of Roger's work in the previous two albums. He even uses poetic devices such as alliteration and imagery and features some of his orriginal voice in his writings. Many of these songs have been part of Pink Floyd's live set, some are even orrignal versions of "The Man and the Journey" live songs. Others that were written in the studio have become fan favorites, including the best song on the album,Cirrus Minor. I bet you didn't know it was about getting high!

Although it is obvious that the album was quickly produced, it still sounds better than any of their other OST's. It is a very minor complaint and can really only be noticed in a few songs. The only other very minor complaint is that some of the really good songs just arn't long enough, like Cymbaline, the jammy More Blues, and the groovy Dramatic Theme. All in all we get two rockers, a jazz peice, two space rock songs, four acoustic ballads, a dance peice resembling The Doors, a blues number, and two short songs about nothing, one having a brilliant spanish melody, the other having a tribal melody. I'd say this album is well equiped, and no matter what anyone says, none of these great songs are filler. Everyone after the next is great, many even perfect. More is my favorite of the first three Floyd albums, which I think alltogether define Pink Floyd, each of the three in their own way. 4.5 stars for a damn good album that is highly underestimated. Try it for yourself, it is well worth the time.

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