Talk:A Momentary Lapse of Reason

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I see some NPOV issues here. Bloodshedder 04:36, 26 Sep 2003 (UTC)

Indeed, a momentary lapse of NPOV... GRAHAMUK 04:38, 26 Sep 2003 (UTC)
Problem solved, I pretty much butchered the so-called "article". This should do for now. (note : I didn't know I wasn't logged in when I edited the article, hence the IP adress). Vanieter 02:37, 29 Sep 2003 (UTC)

Does anybody know about that 2005 remaster mentioned in the article? I don't see any information on it on the Internet or anywhere else, I'm starting to doubt the validity of the claim. --194.89.3.31 02:28, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

OK, since nobody answered I'll be bold. --194.89.2.184 21:31, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

I added the sentence about how many percieve this to be a de facto Gilmour solo album and also moved Richard Wright to the 2nd category of contributors as he did not write anything for the album, recorded very little in the studio and was not an official member of the band until after the album was completed and released. - December 23, 2005

Hi there, please sign your submissions and comments with four tildes (~~~~). Rick Wright wasn't listed on the initial release, but some later releases of the album show him as a member. AFAIK, the real issue wasn't so much how much he played on it (he is more present than Nick Mason, who basically only plays the drum fills on "Learning To Fly"), but the fact that Gilmour and Mason put up their own money to fight the lawsuits against Waters, while Wright did not wish to. Wright was included in the band photo sessions used on the album, but he ended being trimmed out of the version used on the initial album, so there had been some thought of including him, but Gilmour did not make him a full member again until later. ProhibitOnions 19:05, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
Actually, the reason Nick Mason mentions in his book for Wright being a member is that his previous agreement with Waters and the band to leave Pink Floyd precluded him rejoining, and Gilmour did not wish to give Waters any further legal ammunition, even though having Wright on board would have strengthened the band's credibility as Pink Floyd. (I suspect it was a combination of this plus the factors mentioned above.) I don't have the book with me to give you a direct citation, sorry. ProhibitOnions 12:18, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
Yup, that's correct — Richard remained out of the official band roster until Waters dissolved his management contract with Pink Floyd in December 1987. To list him with Dave and Nick would be to engage in erroneous revisionism. BotleySmith 03:33, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Genre

If I recall correctly, the album's genre was originally listed as "Progressive Rock," and was changed to just "Rock" later on. This is debatable, I guess, but I would still put progressive myself; although the song structure and heavy use of guitar and synth resembles pop music, they still have saxophone and other traditional Floyd instruments (even if they admittedly forced them in). This goes against the "David Gilmour solo pop album" comment in the article, but then again, I would take the word "pop" out too. ;) 169.139.1.20 16:50, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

why did mason and wright do so little on this record?

[edit] Next Album

I was reading through the Floyd chronology tonight, and got to Final Cut, and the "next album" was Momentary Lapse. I edited this to reflect Works. The reason I did this was that previous complations were in the sequence too (A Nice Pair & Relics). Given those were in the sequence, then Works should be as well, so I altered the previous next sequences on Final Cut, Works, & Momentary Lapse to reflect this.

Dopefish

[edit] Nick Mason

So, in which songs of the album did he played? --200.118.220.29 01:20, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Learning To Fly CD-single

The article says: "It incidentally holds the distinction of being the first song to be released worldwide as a CD-only single." If this is true, why do I have an EMI pink vinyl-45 RPM-single (EMP26) then? Felix Atagong 19:37, 28 June 2007 (UTC)