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David Gilmour is the debut solo studio album by Pink Floyd guitarist and co-lead vocalist David Gilmour, released on 26 May 1978. [2] The album reached number 17 in the UK [3] and number 29 on the Billboard US album charts; it was certified Gold in the US by the RIAA.
The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking is the debut solo studio album by Roger Waters, bassist/songwriter and co-founder of English rock band Pink Floyd; it was released in 1984. The album was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America in 1995.
In July 1978, amid a financial crisis caused by negligent investments, Waters presented two ideas for Pink Floyd's next album. The first was a 90-minute demo with the working title Bricks in the Wall; the other later became Waters's first solo album, The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking. Although both Mason and Gilmour were initially cautious ...
IGN rated Wish You Were Here as the eighth-greatest classic rock album, [80] and Ultimate Classic Rock placed Wish You Were Here as the second-best Pink Floyd album. [81] Wright and Gilmour cited Wish You Were Here as their favourite Pink Floyd album. Wright said: "It's an album I can listen to for pleasure, and there aren't many Floyd albums ...
Both appear on Pink Floyd's second album, A Saucerful of Secrets, [10] the first of several to feature cover artwork by Hipgnosis. [11] In 1969, Pink Floyd released a soundtrack album, More, and a combined live and studio album, Ummagumma. [12] Atom Heart Mother (1970) was a collaboration with Ron Geesin, featuring an orchestra and choir. [13]
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Ummagumma is the fourth album by English rock band Pink Floyd.It is a double album and was released on 7 November 1969 by Harvest Records. [4] The first disc consists of live recordings from concerts at Mothers Club in Birmingham and the College of Commerce in Manchester that contained part of their normal set list of the time, while the second contains solo compositions by each member of the ...
At this stage, there was no commitment to a new Pink Floyd release, and Gilmour maintained that the material might become his third solo album. CBS representative Stephen Ralbovsky hoped for a new Pink Floyd album, but in a meeting in November 1986, told Gilmour and Ezrin that the music "doesn't sound a fucking thing like Pink Floyd". [24]