Castellorizon

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"Castellorizon"

Song by David Gilmour from the album On an Island

Released

6 March 2006

Genre

Progressive rock

Length

3:54

Label

EMI (UK)
Columbia Records (U.S.)

Writer

David Gilmour

Producer

On an Island track listing

10 tracks
"Castellorizon" "On an Island" "The Blue" "Take a Breath" "Red Sky at Night" "This Heaven" "Then I Close My Eyes" "Smile" "A Pocketful of Stones" "Where We Start"

"Castellorizon" is the opening song on David Gilmour's third solo album, On an Island.^[1] It is an instrumental guitar solo, which starts off with an overture of various sounds from other tracks of the album before the guitar is introduced. The song is based on a night Gilmour spent on the Greek island of Kastelorizo. It segues into "On an Island", the title track. The song received a nomination for Best Rock Instrumental Performance at the 49th Grammy Awards. The song was nominated for the same Grammy Award again at the 51st Grammy Awards for a performance from Gilmour's Live in Gdańsk album.

References

↑ Mabbett, Andy (2010). Pink Floyd - The Music and the Mystery. London: Omnibus. ISBN 9781849383707.

v t e David Gilmour

Studio albums	David Gilmour (1978) About Face (1984) On an Island (2006) Metallic Spheres (2010, with The Orb)

Live albums	Live in Gdańsk (2008)

Singles	"There's No Way Out of Here" "Blue Light" "Love on the Air" "On an Island" "Smile "Arnold Layne" (live) "Chicago - Change the World"

Videos and DVDs	David Gilmour Live 1984 David Gilmour in Concert Remember That Night Live in Gdańsk

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