# Your Favorite Pink Floyd CD? (post R. Waters) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 10, 2002, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-pink-floyd-cd-post-r-waters/141697 "2002-12-10T03:00:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-pink-floyd-cd-post-r-waters/141697/1 "2002-12-10T03:00:31Z")
Just wondering: Would some SDopers care to recommend their favorite Pink FLoyd album after Roger Waters left the group. Is “The Division Bell” worthwhile? What about “The Delicate Sound of Thunder” (or is this a Best of?) Thanks, Jinx What else did they do since “Momentary Lapse of Reason”? - Jinx ---
**Author:** ![Young\_Mr.Grace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e47c2d/32.png) [@Young\_Mr.Grace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Young_Mr.Grace)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-pink-floyd-cd-post-r-waters/141697/2 "2002-12-10T03:19:24Z")
“Division Bell” is a great studio album. “Delicate Sound of Thunder” is a so-so live album. If you’re looking to go live, I’d suggest Pulse. Awesome album in my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-pink-floyd-cd-post-r-waters/141697/3 "2002-12-10T03:23:36Z")
Though none of the post-Waters Pink Floyd albums are as good as the classic Floyd albums of the 70s, “The Division Bell” was very good, and even “Momentary Lapse of Reason” was okay. At the very least, it’s a lot better than “The Final Cut” or any of the crud Waters has put out since dissolving the band. ---
**Author:** ![typhoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed8c4c/32.png) [@typhoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typhoon)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-pink-floyd-cd-post-r-waters/141697/4 "2002-12-10T03:48:02Z")
Astorian has the right idea. _The Division Bell_ is worthwhile, even though it’s heavy on guitar solos and similarly arranged songs. To its benefit, Gilmour is a great guitarist and the songs, except for “Keep Talking” and “Lost For Words,” are good. _Delicate Sound of Thunder_ is rubbish. Get _Pulse_ instead if you want a live album. And _Momentary Lapse of Reason_ is half good. ---
**Author:** ![minty\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@minty\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minty_green)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-pink-floyd-cd-post-r-waters/141697/5 "2002-12-10T04:03:52Z")
In descending order of necessity: _Division Bell_ is a very, very good album. Its couple of missteps (“Wearing the Inside Out” and “A Great Day for Freedom”) are more than made up for by the excellence of everything else, and “Poles Apart” kills me (and hopefully also Roger Waters). _Pulse_ is a damn good live album. The mix of material is pretty good, the band sounds like they’re paying attention and having fun, and the sound quality is great. _Momentary Lapse of Reason_ is pretty good. It suffers from a bit of 80s synthesizer disease and a lot of the lyrics are transparent pandering (“On the Turning Away” and the crapfest “Dogs of War”), but Gilmour’s playing sounds rejuvenated and much of the material is very, very good. “Sorrow” and “Yet Another Movie” are just damn fine Floyd songs, in my opinion. _Delicate Sound of Thunder_ is the kind of pointless live album the Rolling Stones keep releasing. Adjectives that come to mind include muddled and perfunctory. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-pink-floyd-cd-post-r-waters/141697/6 "2002-12-10T04:51:17Z")
And supposedly, there’s another Floyd album done, it’s just waiting on Gilmour to get around to put the final touches on it. However, he’s stated in at least one interview that he’ll probably not do it, since he’s got other things occupying his time. (What, I don’t know.) ---
**Author:** ![minty\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@minty\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minty_green)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-pink-floyd-cd-post-r-waters/141697/7 "2002-12-10T05:14:38Z")
I’d like to see a cite on that one. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-pink-floyd-cd-post-r-waters/141697/8 "2002-12-10T05:18:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by minty green \* > \*\*I’d like to see a cite on that one. \*\* It was an interview with Gilmour in a music magazine some months ago. Sorry I don’t remember which one or what issue it was. I didn’t buy it, simply read it in Tower. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-pink-floyd-cd-post-r-waters/141697/9 "2002-12-10T05:20:22Z")
“[Meddle](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000002U8G/qid=1039497784/sr=1-6/ref=sr_1_6/102-1877818-5204951?v=glance&s=music)” has always been my favorite. ---
**Author:** ![minty\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@minty\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minty_green)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-pink-floyd-cd-post-r-waters/141697/10 "2002-12-10T05:23:05Z")
A few months back, he was saying that he was mostly done with a solo album (Described as rather quieter than a PF album). I’ve heard no indication that he’s working on anything with Nick Mason and/or Rick Wright. Don’t get me wrong, I’d _love_ another Gilmour-Mason-Wright album, under whatever monicker they care to give it. It’s just that everything I’ve seen is that there won’t be one. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-pink-floyd-cd-post-r-waters/141697/11 "2002-12-10T05:29:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by minty green \* > \*\*A few months back, he was saying that he was mostly done with a solo album (Described as rather quieter than a PF album). I’ve heard no indication that he’s working on anything with Nick Mason and/or Rick Wright. > > Don’t get me wrong, I’d _love_ another Gilmour-Mason-Wright album, under whatever monicker they care to give it. It’s just that everything I’ve seen is that there won’t be one. ☹ \*\* It may have been that. I just remember getting pissed off by Gilmour’s “Yeah, I should probably do something about that, but I’m too busy counting my money at the moment” attitude. If he does put out another solo album, I hope it’s as good as his first one. (The second’s a good one, but not nearly as strong as the first, IMHO.) ---
**Author:** ![B.Pants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@B.Pants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Pants)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-pink-floyd-cd-post-r-waters/141697/12 "2002-12-10T06:11:12Z")
> [@](#): > > “Meddle” has always been my favorite. _Meddle_ was with Roger Waters, not without. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-pink-floyd-cd-post-r-waters/141697/13 "2002-12-10T06:28:31Z")
Ah yes. I didn’t read that part of the OP. I wondered why all the albums I saw posted were on my “inferior PF album” list. 🙂