Musical Over Dose is proud to present Since January 2002 another new release, have fun .: about release :. Name .:. David Gilmour - Luck and Strange Genre : Rock Source : CDDA Type .:. Album Artist : David Gilmour Label : SONY MUSIC Titel : Luck and Strange Tracks : 11 Playtime : 61:44 Size : 115,36MB Encoder : VBRNEW - LAME3.100 - V0 Quality : VBR kbps / 44.1kHz / Joint-Stereo Bitrate : avg. 259kbps [ Tracklist ] 01.Black Cat 01:32 02.Luck and Strange 06:57 03.The PiperÆs Call 05:15 04.A Single Spark 06:04 05.Vita Brevis 00:46 06.Between Two Points 05:47 07.Dark and Velvet Nights 04:45 08.Sings 05:14 09.Scattered 07:34 10.Yes, I Have Ghosts 03:50 11.Luck and Strange (Original Barn Jam) 14:00 Total 61:44 Min As frontman for Pink Floyd after the acrimonious split with Roger Waters, guitarist/singer/songwriter David Gilmour had been synonymous with that groupÆs output from 1987 until 1994. A final Floyd release was cobbled together from old tapes in 2014. Gilmour though has been recording solo albums even as the band was an active concern, with 2015s striking Rattle That Lock his most recent. It has taken nine years but heÆs back with Luck and Strange (out Sept. 6), a long awaited return for anyone with even a passing interest in Pink Floyd. ThatÆs a substantial following. ItÆs quite a production, and one with a lengthy gestation. ThatÆs confirmed by the appearance of FloydÆs late keyboardist Richard Wright, who passed in 2008. The seven minute title track, pieced together and enhanced from a longer 14-minute jam (included as a bonus), is as close to Pink Floyd as weÆre likely to get going forward. Both versions are included as a memorial to Wright. Otherwise Luck and Strange is what youÆd expect from Gilmour. Eight immaculately written, atmospheric melodies (and one obscure cover) that float, weave and hover around spacey lyrics (most penned by his wife Polly Samson). After a brief opening instrumental with just piano and guitar, the title track enters like the great lost Pink Floyd tune it sounds like. At nearly seven minutes, this is a melancholy reminiscence of innocence from GilmourÆs younger days. He sings ôQuite the time to be a boy/Six-string masters of an expanding universe/It was a high time to be sure/Soaring and free from the bounds of the Earth.ö It reminds us of how much we missed having GilmourÆs dryly talk/sung vocals and spiraling guitar. He follows with, ôBut letÆs hope itÆs not just luck and strange/A one-off peaceful golden age.ö Amen. It ends with a two-minute class in how to play just the right notes, when to leave space between them, and how to bend those strings. Perfection. Breathy yet compelling vocals from Romany Gilmour (yep, his daughter) on ôBetween Two Pointsö are so impressive, itÆs worth wondering why she wasnÆt invited in for more. At 78, GilmourÆs voice shows signs of strain but he remains a distinctive, persuasive singer and emotional guitarist. His closing solo to the track weeps, moans and cries. In other words, itÆs pure Gilmour. On ôThe PiperÆs Call,ö another rumination on life through an oblique lens (perhaps referencing FloydÆs 1967 debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn) he sings ôThe flames are high, the piperÆs call contagious/A fixer who will numb your pain and strangeness.ö Gilmour begins by strumming acoustic ukulele, gradually building the mid-tempo rocker to a crashing electric slide guitar conclusion, a step removed from The Dark Side of the Moon-era Floyd. There are hints of Mark Knopfler-styled ruminations in the exquisite, hazy ballad ôSings.ö Gilmour (or more specifically his wife, who writes the lyrics), considers the years of their relationship with the touching ôAnd behind the kitchen shelves, somethingÆs lost there and out of sight/Young loveÆs photographs, growing old in black and white,ö as the music undulates behind him. At nearly eight minutes, the closing ôScattered,ö yet another pensive ballad, feels like the epic it is. Gilmour plays acoustic and electric solos as full orchestration swells behind him and he warbles ôTime is a tide that disobeys and it disobeys me/It never ends.ö Much of Luck and Strange could be an extended goodbye, possibly the last album David Gilmour plans on recording. If so itÆs a classy, often moving, closing of the book on a legendary career that will be influential on future generations of musicians trying to figure out how Gilmour makes it look so easy. https://www.davidgilmour.com