- Band Name: Pink Floyd
- Record Label: Columbia
- Release Date: Nov 10, 2014
- Summary: The 15th and final full-length studio release from the British rock band features unreleased music from its 1993 Division Bell sessions.
- Record Label: Columbia
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 1 out of 6
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Mixed: 4 out of 6
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Negative: 1 out of 6
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Nov 7, 2014A suite of mostly instrumental moods and fragments, The Endless River rolls like a requiem through familiar echoes.
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Nov 4, 2014Although the 18 tracks (12 of which are co-credited to Wright) are short on catchy tunes, it’s still an effective 53-minute trip.
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Nov 6, 2014People tend to use the phrase “a footnote to their career” in order to damn a record with faint praise, but there’s a sense that a footnote to Pink Floyd’s career may be precisely what The Endless River is supposed to be: not a new album from an extant band, but an echo from the past--or a last, warm but slightly awkward group hug.
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Nov 4, 2014It’s interesting from a certain geeky perspective, but it's never quite as satisfying or substantial as you want it to be.
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Nov 7, 2014Ultimately, The Endless River is another Floyd album about the inability to communicate--it doesn't "say anything" or "go anywhere", but maybe that's the point. While it's unlikely to win the band many new admirers, the casual Floyd fan will find much to enjoy here.
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Nov 5, 2014What'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.