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David Gilmour, who in his 1 5 or so years with Pink
Floyd has done so much to expand the sonic vocab
ulary of the guitar, and whose voice has been a
major part of that group's particular sound, has
now produced his second solo album. :
When About Face is compared to Gilmour's self
produced first album, the improvement is obvious.
Apparently Gilmour learned crucial production
knowledge during the recording o f The Wall, which,
like About Face, was co4-produced by Bob Ezrin.
Gilmour has gathered a number of fine musici
ans including Steve Winwood and John Lord of
Deep Purple. Of course Gilmour's own work is a
marvel of control and mastery. He has lost none of
the fire from his youth where the fret board is con
cerned. His solos can be as demonic as any head
banger's or as angelic and peaceful as a coffee house
guitarist. -
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"Murder" is a perfect example of this. After the
high-powered rocker "Until We Sleep," the single
acoustic guitar on "Murder" is melancholy and pow
erful As is so typical of Pink Floyd, one may overlook
the gradual change of mood until "Murder" has built
up into a driving, thunderous thing.
Lyrically, Gilmour has matured a great deal as
well Hi3 first album was plagued by cheesey, corn
ball lyrics. On About Face Gilmour's poetry exam
ines a wide range of issues including drugs ("Blue
Light"), aging ("Near The End"), and nuclear war
("Cruise"). y
Gilmour receives assistance from perhaps the
most eloquent man in music, PeteTownshend. Both
"Love On The Air" and "All Lovers Are Deranged"
were written by Townshend and put to music by
Gilmour.
Unfortunately, not the entire album is a pleasure
to hear. "Let's Get Metaphysical" is a piece of over
prententious, overproduced and overorchestrated
fluff. "Out Of The Blue" is a maudlin lament to
departed youth and quite forgettable. It lacks the
power of the rest of the album.
But where the rtal problem lies with this album is
when one begins to think of Gilmour's work with
Pink Floyd. Granted, this is a fine album, certainly
one that eventually should prove successful, but it
should have been better. Gilmour's ideas here are
good and translate well onto vinyl. Yet they remain
slightly outdated and not quite innovative (some
thing we've come to expect from Pink Floyd). v
With rumors flying recently of a Pink Floyd break
up, Gilmour's solo success suddenly has become
imperative for Pink Floyd fans. Gilmour's album has
some problems but with the thought of no more
Floyd in the back of their minds, fans will gobble it
up and be more than sufficiently pleased with what
the future might hold. .