Sheesh...so much to comment on in this thread!!! I guess I'll throw my two bobs worth in though.

Firstly I agree that a lot of Gilmour's stuff we've heard before, especially the solo at the start of WDYWFM...which is (as someone has already said) very similar if not the same to one of his songs off David Gilmour. It is also worth noting that part of the chord progression on High Hopes is the same as Welcome to The Machine.

A lot of people have said that it is nothing like the old PF, but I don't think it was meant to be. In fact I think that was the idea behind the title. Division Bell is a bell in parliament that calls people to make a decision...so I presume this was them saying "this is what we want to play these days, if you don't like it piss off".

As for my own opinion on the album, I need to be in a very quite mood to play it. That said, I really enjoy listening to it when I am in one of those moods. Lost for Words is the only song on the album that does ABSOLUTELY NOTHING for me.

I could say lots more but this is turning into another one of those REALLY long posts.

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