The Division Bell - Pink Floyd

Since the early psychedelic days of Pink Floyd their career has progressed smoothly and they still remain one of the most highly respected bands around today. David Gilmours vocals and unique guitar playing style and capability make him a legend amongst guitarists everywhere. The release of The Division Bell back in 1996 brought the best album ever released by the band. Since Gilmour took over as lead vocalist, the band seem to have moved more away from their heavier rock roots and focused on a very pleasant sounding album, extremely original in style, almost hypnotic to listen to and with lyrics that make you wish you wrote them yourself. The ...  Read the complete review

==Background== Pink Floyd had enjoyed a very successful career since the late 60's, each album progressing further, developing more uniqueness as they went along. From the psychedelic sounds of 'Piper at the Gates of Dawn' in 1967, to 1973's world renowned 'Dark Side of the Moon', a record which probably resides in 99% of people with good musical taste's music collection. Each album saw changes, experiments, and in 1983 they released 'The Final Cut', an album so dominated by Roger Waters, that the others needn't have been there. After that, Waters decided that the band was over. Gilmour and Mason didn't agree though, and they carried on without Waters, ...  Read the complete review

The Division Bell is the second studio album recorded after Roger Waters left, its more commercial than their earlier offerings, but it stands up as one of the best, and pretty much signalled a return to form. ~~The story so far~~ Pink Floyd began their recording life in 1967, a quartet made up of Roger Waters, Rick Wright, Nick Mason, and Syd Barrett. A year later Syd Barrett became too unreliable and was replaced by Dave Gilmore. In 1979 Roger Waters became too arrogant and demanded that Rick Wright leave (saying he wasn't pulling his weight in the band) after the completion of The Wall album.1983 and the band had all but split, in 1987 Nick Mason and ...  Read the complete review

Pink Floyd! Don’t have to say much – ‘cos everyone knows them, and if you don’t – where the hell have you been? I was quite fascinated with the Division Bell album, did you know that on the CD cover there is braille so that the blind can read it! Amazing! I thought it was a brilliant idea and it was the first ever time I’d seen it on any CD. Pink Floyd are well known for their weird and wacky music and most peculiar videos, the song on the CD, ‘What do you want from me’ drew my attention almost instantaneously. It’s brilliant, and if you ever need an education in music –Pink ...  Read the complete review

That is what the Division Bell is all about as far as I concerned. I have been a fan of Pink Floyd for some years, and was hesitant to buy this album because I had been blown away by Dark Side Of The Moon, I thought the Division Bell would be a disappointment for some reason, but far from it, each track melts into the other as do so many other Pink Floyd compositions, but each track also has it's own individuality. My favourite track is "What Do You Want From Me" If you are a PF fan but haven't bought this album yet, I urge you to. ...  Read the complete review