The Endless River
While recording 1994\'s *The Division Bell*, David Gilmour, Richard Wright, and Nick Mason also put to tape some ambient instrumental experiments they jokingly dubbed \"The Big Bong Theory.\" After Wright\'s death, Gilmour and Mason refashioned those ideas into Pink Floyd\'s farewell album, *The Endless River*. The richly textured music often revisits previous Floyd terrain: “Anisina” is reminiscent of “Us and Them,” while “Allons-y (1)\" quotes the disco-tinged throb of \"Run Like Hell.\" Amidst the ambient beauty, only the closing \"Louder Than Words\" features Gilmour\'s wistful vocals.
This mostly instrumental record is to late Floyd keyboardist Rick Wright what Wish You Were Here was to Syd Barrett: a eulogy of sorts, a commemoration of his contributions to the band in particular and to rock in general.
Have Pink Floyd, never the most beloved band in certain music critic circles, finally beaten the industry and signed off with an unreviewable album? After all, it is the critic's duty to devote a record their full attention, to listen closely and examine
Album review: Pink Floyd - The Endless River. A terrifically tedious affair of absolutely no consequence…
Pink Floyd’s swansong is understated, but packs a lot into its 53 minutes, writes <strong>Molloy Woodcraft</strong>
David Gilmour’s 2006 solo album On an Island was promoted with the slogan, “The Voice and Guitar of Pink Floyd”.
This “new” record based on 20-year-old outtakes sounds the most like Pink Floyd than any of album with their name in the past 25 years, writes <strong>Alexis Petridis</strong>
Pink Floyd - The Endless River review: Though a pleasant listen, The Endless River contains none of the depth that characterised the albums it supposedly pays tribute to.
The influential band's final album, cut from 1993 Division Bell sessions, will make you feel nostalgic, says Helen Brown
Embellished extracts from The Division Bell sessions make for an unneven requiem. Review by Graham Fuller