David Gilmour says his new solo album is the “best album” he’s made since Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon
David Gilmour fans better get excited, as the Pink Floyd guitarist reckons his upcoming album, Luck and Strange, is the best album he’s made since The Dark Side of the Moon.
Gilmour makes the bold claim in a new interview with Prog, in which he discusses the record, which arrives 6 September via Sony.
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“It’s over 50 years now since The Dark Side of the Moon,” Gilmour says. “My feeling is that this album is the best album I’ve made in all those years since 1973 when The Dark Side of the Moon came out.”
The Dark Side of the Moon is widely considered to be one of the greatest prog rock albums of all time, spawning hits like Money, Time, Breathe (In The Air) and Brain Damage.
And in terms of material to compare it to, so far we only have two singles from Luck and Strange: The Piper’s Call and Between Two Points. We’ll put those tracks below so you can assess Gilmour’s call for yourself.
And if you like what you hear so far, you’ll be pleased to know that Gilmour already has material for a followup in the pipeline.
“Our plan is just to get this one out and run it and then do another one straight away,” he says elsewhere in the interview. “I will be working with all these people again. I’ve had this problem in the past, of wanting to throw myself in the studio with a few people and just kick stuff around, but not knowing who those people should be.
“And that is now a pressure that’s evaporated, because I’ve got these phone numbers. It feels like a team and I love being in a team – I didn’t choose to be a solo artist.”
He continues: “Being in a band when you’re young, you’re equal members at the outset: you can shout at each other and criticise and have any tantrum you like, but you still stick together.
“But when you have achieved a higher level of success, most of the people that come into your sphere are going to look to you. They’re not going to be like [Luck and Strange, alt-J producer] Charlie Andrew – Charlie is the kind of refreshing thing that you want to have happen to you.”
Catch all the latest news in the lead up to the release of Luck and Strange at David Gilmour’s official website.
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