old music

Wednesday, December 07, 2005

represents

a return to those cooperative group principles which disappeared in the late Seventies. In the beginning of 1993, Gilmour, Mason and Wright spent two weeks improvising together, compiling nearly 50 song ideas. The next step was to enlist producer Bob Ezrin, who had helped pound The Wall and A Momentary Lapse of Reason into shape. The result? Perhaps the most achingly beautiful album of their long career.