Neues Pink Floyd-Album (The Endless River)

[Booh]

Klingt wie ein Axa-Werbespot aus den 90ern.

[diceman]

Okay.

[Booh]

Hat mich grad lebhaft an diese Infomercial aus DONNIE DARKO erinnert.

[diceman]

Ist natürlich Quatsch. Aber Julio findet das bestimmt lustig.

[Booh]

Cunning Linguistics (hihi). Wo ist Julio eigentlich? Dreht der gerade MAD MAX 5 mit Michael Douglas?

[Joachim Bauer]

Schon vergessen? Julio hat sich verabschiedet.

[Mr. Vincent Vega]

[diceman]

Hasspredigt auf THE INDEPENDENT:

Boring and desperately disappointing
[...]
The title is fraudulent: like living things, rivers pass through stages as they proceed from source to sea, from the frothing cascades of youth, through the majestic flow of maturity, to the meandering ruminations of old age and eventual accession into oceanic oneness; but Pink Floyd here have jumped straight to the late stage, which may be hardly surprising for such elder statesmen of rock, but doesn't make for a narratively gripping exercise. It just trickles on and on and on, and when it's over, it's as if it never happened. It just evaporates away.
[...]
It would take a Barrett-load of drugs to make this sound remotely interesting, though I wouldn't advise that. But what's blindingly clear is that, without the sparking creativity of a Syd or Roger, all that's left is ghastly faux-psychedelic dinner-party muzak. Which is fine, if you're thinking of throwing a ghastly faux-psychedelic dinner-party.

Offensichtlich hat der Reviewer aber den ganzen Ansatz des Albums nicht kapiert, und auch den Background nicht in Betracht gezogen. Ultimate Classic Rock siehts auch kritisch, aber entspannter und vor allem differenziert:

Pink Floyd aren’t hiding the basic facts behind what will probably turn out to be their last-ever album: ‘The Endless River’ consists of leftovers from their last studio LP, 1994′s ‘The Division Bell,’ includes mostly instrumental tracks and was assembled as a tribute to keyboardist Richard Wright, who died in 2008.
So if it sounds like a collection of old outtakes at times, that’s the point. And if it has more in common with the band’s post-Syd Barrett, pre-superstardom records than the mid-’70s epics that turned on millions of headphones-wielding fans, that’s sorta the point, too.
‘The Endless River’ sounds like it was made by a band in transition. And in a way, that’s pretty much what Pink Floyd are these days, with only singer-guitarist David Gilmour and drummer Nick Mason left. Wright plays on these tracks, but he’s almost an ethereal spirit here, drifting above, below and alongside the songs with ghostly detachment. He gives ‘The Endless River’ its familiar qualities, but he also gives it some purpose and some of its aimlessness.
[...]
So when Gilmour’s voice cuts through the clutter on ’Louder Than Words,’ the closing track and the album’s only song with a lead vocal, it’s like a memory from the past, reminding us that ‘The Endless River’ is a Pink Floyd album.
But the thing is, it really isn’t. It’s more like a remix record of previously unreleased songs that just happened to be assembled by the artists who made the music. It may not be the final LP fans want from one of classic rock’s most beloved bands, but as a closing-chapter tribute to both their late bandmate and lasting legacy, it’s kinda fitting.

[ScheichHabib]

Ach so, jetzt kann man auch schon Alben "nicht verstehen".

#dassollso

[Bewitched240]

Musste grade auch hart lachen.