![]() ![]() ![]() Gilmour gave two pieces to producer Youth, who added guitar and bass parts. Manzanera, Jackson and engineer Damon Iddins spent six weeks assembling four 14-minute pieces. Gilmour asked guitarist and producer Phil Manzanera, who co-produced his 2006 solo album On an Island, to work on the material. Gilmour said: "With Rick gone, and with him the chance of ever doing it again, it feels right that these revisited and reworked tracks should be made available as part of our repertoire." Only a small part of The Big Spliff was used. In 2013, Gilmour and drummer Nick Mason decided to revisit the unused Division Bell recordings to make a new album, rerecording parts, adding new ones, and using modern studio technology. Keyboardist Richard Wright died of cancer on 15 September 2008. The album received mixed reviews: some critics praised the nostalgic mood, while others found it unambitious or meandering.ĭrummer Nick Mason (left) and guitarist David Gilmour (right) took up the project in 2013, intending to create "a 21st-century Pink Floyd album". The vinyl edition was the fastest-selling UK vinyl release since 1997. It became the most pre-ordered album of all time on Amazon UK and debuted at number one in several countries. The Endless River was promoted with the "Louder than Words" single and artwork installations in cities around the world. After the death of longtime Pink Floyd artist Storm Thorgerson in 2013, the cover was created by artist Ahmed Emad Eldin, design company Stylorouge and Aubrey Powell, co-founder of Thorgerson's design company Hipgnosis. Only one track, " Louder than Words", has lead vocals. It was produced by Gilmour, Youth, Andy Jackson and Phil Manzanera. Additional material was recorded in 20 on Gilmour's Astoria boat studio and in Medina Studios in Hove, England. The Endless River is a double-album that comprises mainly instrumental and ambient music composed on material recorded during sessions for the previous Pink Floyd album, The Division Bell (1994). Gilmour has said it will be the final Pink Floyd album. It was the third Pink Floyd album recorded under the leadership of guitarist David Gilmour after the departure of bassist Roger Waters in 1985, and the first following the death of keyboardist Richard Wright in 2008, who appears posthumously. The Endless River is the fifteenth and likely final studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released in November 2014 by Parlophone Records in Europe and Columbia Records in the rest of the world. ![]()
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