THE DIVISION BELL

The last Pink Floyd album, I am already depressed... But it's true, this was the last Floyd album, but it was very good. It's far from being the best Floyd album, but still, it's excellent. and it has a much more secure sound than A Momentary Lapse of Reason and all the songs has that floyd look upon it's face, but it has some musical flaws which were not present in AMLOR that makes it gain a 4-star rating rather than a 5-star.

It starts with the almost zen Cluster One, which is a very calm instrumental song. The next song is What Do You Want From Me? which is a nice blues-like song with some nice guitar solos and a wonderful vocal arrengement. This is followed up by Poles Apart. PA is a wonderful and (like most other songs in this album) calm song with an psychedelic intersection and an long guitar solo at the ending which is very nice. The next song, Marooned in fact it's an huge guitar solo, it's fantastic and the band seems to be very inspired at this song. I said that this album had some flaws at the beginning of this review, and A Great Day For Freedom is one of them. The vocal part of this song is merely an introduction to another huge guitar solo, but both the solo and the rest of the song are weak and i have the sensation that the band should have worked more on this song. The next song Wearing the Inside Out is an Richard Wright song and it's very interesting to hear Rick doing lead vocals again. Take it Back is next and she is possibly the most commercial song in this album, but it's great. Coming Back to Life is the next one, and it's fantastic. Nice lyrics and great solos make this song one of the highlights of this album. The next song is the weird but terrific Keep Talking. this song rocks, and it's my favorite of this album. This is followed up by Lost for Words which is the worst song on this album, but it's still better than A Great Day For Freedom. The last song of the album is the experimental epic High Hopes. This is a fantastic song in every sense of the word, and it's another highlight of the album. It also closes every thing in a terrific way.

In the end this is a very gooed album, but A Great Day For Freedom and Lost For Words stops it from getting a 5-star rating, so I will give it 4.