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David Gilmour - David Gilmour Audio CD

A fair review of the David Gilmour "David Gilmour" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all David Gilmour reviews here, or go back to the David Gilmour tabs.

David Gilmour Band: David Gilmour
Title: David Gilmour
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Release Date: 2002-10-14
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Mihalis 2: There's No Way out of Here 3: Cry from the Street 4: So Far Away 5: Short and Sweet 6: Raise My Rent 7: No Way 8: It's Deafinitely 9: I Can't Breathe Anymore

Almost
But you know, I'm going to do the reverse, even though I think people over-rate most music in Amazon. I almost gave this 4* and was going to say I almost gave it 5*. All those really average neo-Prog bands getting 5*. . . just sad.

But you know, I'm a huge guitar music fan. I play guitar. I also have 4000 CDs/LPs, and of everyone Gilmore is my favorite guitarist. His fluid lines. Sense of melody. And virtuosity (no he's no Fripp, but I prefer his style and sound).

I have all the Floyd albums (including More, Clouds, etc) and all the Gilmore and Waters solo albums. I think each man is amazing. Waters as a songwriter and his lyrics, and Gilmore as a singer and guitarist. And at the end of the day, as good as Gilmore's three solo albums are, this one is my favorite. If you're a fan of the wonderful lines he plays throughout Wish You Were Here, you'll love this album. And for that, plus the surprisingly strong songwriting, I give this album 5*.

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Personally my favorite solo effort from all Pink Floyd solo projects

David Gilmour's self-titled effort was recorded during down time in Pink Floyd's history. Pink Floyd guitarist and vocalist David Gilmour released his self-titled solo debut in June of 1978 in the US(was released a month beforehand in Europe).
At the same time David was making this solo album, bass player/singer Roger Waters created demos for The Wall and Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking (which would be his second solo album) whilst drummer Nick Mason was producing bands like punk rockers The Damned and art rocker Steve Hillage and lastly keyboard player Rick Wright was making a solo album of his own Wet Dream.
David's album was recorded in late 1977/early 1978 at Superbear Studios in France with David producing and handling guitars, vocals and keyboards. Also joining him were Roxy Music/future Foreigner bassist Rick Wills and Quiver drummer Willie Wilson, whom both had played with David in the power trio Bullet in 1967.
All of the tracks were written or co-written by Gilmour (except as noted).
This album kicks off with the great instrumental "Mihalis" which is a great guitar workout for David. The next song is "There's No Way Out Of Here" (written by Unicorn member Ken Baker) and is a laid back classic delivered with the minimum of fuss and overdubbing; Gilmour's voice rarely rising above a breath. This track was originally recorded by the band Unicorn as No Way Out of Here and this song was the single off the album doing well on rock radio in the US in 1978. In fact, this was the song that sent me looking for the album in March of 1988 on cassette (I have on CD now). Next is "Cry From the Street" (co-written by Gilmour and Eric Stuart) is a great rocking number with some great playing. "So Far Away" is a nice ballad which has David singing calmly throughout and one of his best guitar solos. Mick Weaver plays some piano on this track.
The rocker "Short and Sweet" kicks off the album's second half and was co-written by David with fellow Harvest labelmate Roy Harper and is a great song. "Raise My Rent" follows and was the second instrumental on the album with more fretwork from Gilmour on the Fender Strat and the riff was inadvertently resurrected in 1994 on Pink Floyd's The Division Bell on What Do You Want From Me. The bluesy "No Way" follows and has a great Gilmour vocal and superb lap steel guitar work. The instrumental "It's Deafinitely" follows and has superb guitar work from Gilmour. The album closes with the atmospheric "I Can't Breathe Anymore" which sounds like it could have appeared on a Floyd album and rocks out to a collage of Stratocasters and lap steel guitars.
David Gilmour's self-titled effort was a modest success as it peaked at #29 in the US and went Gold. Today, the album has held up well over the years (Columbia Records re-released the album in September, 2006 as a remastered CD).
David Gilmour's self-titled album is Highly Recommended! .


David Gilmour - self-titled (Sony)
74. Review no. Originally came out in 1978, as this was the long-time Pink Floyd frontman's first of three solo albums. CD's two best tracks, hands down are the FM radio friendly "There's No Way Out Of Here" and the Floyd-ish "Raise My Rent". A couple of other tunes here I was quite impressed with were the rocking "Short And Sweet" and {also} Floyd-sound-alike "I Can't Breathe Anymore". Never did own this record on vinyl, but now I'm more that happy to get the CD reissue. Just look at the asking price. Well worth it. Recommended.


A good cd but...
It is not a four stars also, this kind of rating would go to album like "A momentary lapse of reason" The conclusion, each of these are greater albums than David's first solo effort. It does not deserve a five stars, I would give it to "Wish you were here" for instance. One thing is clear, remember that this album has been issued between "Animals" and "The Wall"
It is clear to me that David, with this album, is showing that he is not the genious for the Floyd's, this title defineately goes to Roger.
Overall, a good cd, not a masterpiece (five stars) and not close to it (a four star, so this one deserve a three stars, but it is a good album after all.


Gilmour's version of Animals
Most of these songs were written during the Animals era but Roger already had the Animals trilogy written unfortunately for David. What a beautiful album. He must have been relieved to get his songs out here and he creates an album that is better than Animals in my opinion .


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