David Gilmour - David Gilmour

Pink Floyd Guitarist went solo SO LONG AGO...

Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmore went solo with this self titled LP when I was in high school. As a devoted Pink Floyd fan I bought it then. It did not dissapoint, it was 'Floyd flavored' with his distinctive vocals and guitar riffs. It also took the departures that I'm sure he wanted to try with the band, but that didn't fit in with their latest releases; Wish You Were Here and Animals.

I recently purchased the album on CD and 'bam' I was back in time listening to a great LP that still holds up from a talented, versatile singer and axe man.

Highly recommended for Floyd fans who missed it the first time around or like me who were just missing it.

Great Guitar!

I have been listening to David Gilmour for years and he is still one of my all time favorites. He is a great guitar player with a heck of a voice. If you like Pink Floyd then you must try this solo album by David Gilmour. MOST EXCELENT!

David Gilmour

The eponymous solo debut by Pink Floyd's lead guitarist is an exceptional effort. Surprisingly, it doesn't sound very much like a Pink Floyd album. It managed to get to #29 on the charts. There weren't any singles that penetrated Billboard's Top 200 but how often did Pink Floyd do that?

The album opens with the instrumental "Mihalis" which is one of the best songs on here. "There's No Way Out of Here" was written by a friend of his. This song, at least in the area I live in, was the most played song on the radio from this album. This is the best song on the album. It has good lyrics, a catchy melody & a distinctive harmonica. "Cry from the Street" is also a very good song. "So Far Away" is a piano based slow song that's the weakest song on the album. "Short and Sweet" sounds as if it could be a Pink Floyd effort. "Raise My Rent" is an instrumental that also could have been a Pink Floyd song; it also has one of Gilmour's trademark leads. "No Way" is another very good song with another trademark lead. "Deafinitely" is another instrumental & is only an average song, Gilmour does one of those odd sounding leads on this one. "I Can't Breathe Anymore" closes out the disc. Has anyone else ever noticed how often Gilmour songs have a reference to breathing? It starts off slow then builds up to some crushing rhythm & leads by Gilmour.

This is Gilmour's most consistent effort. It sounds more like Pink Floyd than his two other solo efforts. The remastering by Columbia/Legacy is excellent. The booklet provides no information but there are some photos, some of them appear to have been taken while he was very young, high school perhaps. Apparently David Gilmour, Rick Wills & Willie Wilson must have played together when they were young; some of the photos show them playing together live when they were younger. Rick Wills (bass & vocals) would later become the bassist for Foreigner beginning with Head Games. Interestingly, Wills was also a co-composer of Frampton's "Do You Feel Like We Do".

Another must have for any PF Fan...

A must have for any PF Fan..., posibly the best until "some" of the On an Island songs came along, many nice "blues"-like songs, on some lenghty passages close to WYWH.

Wonderful.

I Love This Album!

This is definitely David Gilmour's best solo album, I LOVE that song "There's No Way Out Of Here" and the other songs are great, too! Definitely worth getting if you love David Gilmour's voice and guitar-playing. He really did wonderfully on this album!