David Gilmour Announced First New Album in 9 Years
David Gilmour is releasing his first new album in nine years this fall. Due out on September 6 in Luck and Strange. A full tracklist is below, and the album is…
David Gilmour is releasing his first new album in nine years this fall.
Due out on September 6 in Luck and Strange. A full tracklist is below, and the album is available for pre-order in a variety of formats at DavidGilmour.com. A teaser to Luck and Strange is also below.
The album announcement states Luck and Strange was recorded during a five-month period and produced by Gilmour and Charlie Andrew. Gilmour said of working with Andrew, "He's very direct and not in any way overawed, and I love that. That is just so good for me because the last thing you want is people just deferring to you."
As expected, lyrics were written by Polly Samson, Gilmour's wife and collaborator for the past three decades. The overall theme of the album addresses growing older and how mortality is often top of mind as someone ages.
A number of musicians are featured on Luck and Strange, but Pink Floyd fans will be thrilled to find out the late keyboardist Richard Wright can be heard on the album's title track. Wright's recording is from a jam session in a barn on Gilmour's residential property back in 2007.
David Gilmour - Luck and Strange - Tracklisting
Black Cat
Luck and Strange
The Piper's Call
A Single Spark
Vita Brevis
Between Two Points (With Romany Gilmour)
Dark and Velvet Nights
Sings
Scattered
Perhaps the Coolest Fun Fact About David Gilmour
David Gilmour is one of rock's most iconic guitarists of all time for multiple reasons, but perhaps one of those could be related to his classic solos on Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb" from the band's landmark album The Wall.
Bob Ezrin, who produced The Wall, shared in a June 2022 interview with Total Guitar that Gilmour's magical second solo on "Comfortably Numb" was captured on the first take.
"It was so powerful when I heard it and saw him play it, it literally brought tears to my eyes – and it has many times since then," recalls Ezrin. "Even though this is a record that I participated in, and by all rights by now should be fairly dry for me, that moment is still, for me, one of the most emotional moments in all of music."
Apparently, Gilmour recorded multiple takes of that solo, but they never improved on that first take. It's one of the reasons why Ezrin told Total Guitar that Gilmour was his favorite guitarist he's ever worked with in his legendary career.
Nearly 40 years after their main songwriter Roger Waters left the band and nearly 30 after their final real album (1994’s ‘The Division Bell’) Pink Floyd remain one of the most popular rock bands of all time. As their masterpiece - or one of their masterpieces - ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’ turns 50, we’re counting down their greatest songs, from their early Syd Barrett era to their post-Waters days.
We are combining titles here: “Brain Damage” and “Eclipse,” for example, are hard to separate. “Pigs On The Wing (Part One)” and “Pigs On The Wing (Part Two)” kind of go together, as does the whole “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” suite, and we wish they’d put out a track that includes all of the segments of the song together. Anyway, check out our list of our favorite Floyd jams.
40. “Southampton Dock” from ‘The Final Cut’ (1983)
Pink Floyd Music/Sony Music39. “On The Turning Away” from ‘A Momentary Lapse Of Reason’ (1987)
Pink Floyd Music/Sony Music38. “Outside The Wall” from ‘The Wall’ (1979)
Pink Floyd Music/Sony Music37. “Sheep” from ‘Animals’ (1977)
Pink Floyd Music/Sony Music36. “The Trial” from ‘The Wall’ (1979)
Pink Floyd Music/Sony Music35. “Lucifer Sam” from ‘The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn’ (1967)
Pink Floyd Music/Sony Music34. “Run Like Hell” from ‘The Wall’ (1979)
Pink Floyd Music/Sony Music33. “Arnold Layne” (single release, 1967)
Pink Floyd Music32. “Is There Anybody Out There?” from ‘The Wall’ (1979)
Pink Floyd Music/Sony Music31. “If” from ‘Atom Heart Mother’ (1970)
Pink Floyd Music/Sony Music30. “Goodbye Blue Sky” from ‘The Wall’ (1979)
Pink Floyd Music/Sony Music29. “Dogs” from ‘Animals’ (1977)
Pink Floyd Music/Sony Music28. “Empty Spaces”/”Young Lust” from ‘The Wall’ (1979)
Pink Floyd Music/Sony Music27. “Careful With That Axe, Eugene (live)” from ‘Ummagumma’ (1969)
Pink Floyd Music/Sony Music26. “Hey You” from ‘The Wall’ (1979)
Pink Floyd Music/Sony Music25. “Pigs On The Wing 1”/”Pigs On The Wing 2” from ‘Animals’ (1977)
Pink Floyd Music/Sony Music24. “One Of These Days” from ‘Meddle’ (1971)
Pink Floyd Music/Sony Music23. “The Thin Ice” from ‘The Wall’ (1979)
Pink Floyd Music/Sony Music22. “Echoes” from ‘Meddle’ (1971)
Pink Floyd Music/Sony Music21. “Not Now John” from ‘The Final Cut (1983)
Pink Floyd Music/Sony Music20. “Us And Them”/”Any Colour You Like” from ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’ (1973)
Pink Floyd Music/Sony Music19. “Interstellar Overdrive” from ‘The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn’ (1967)
Pink Floyd Music/Sony Music18. “The Great Gig In The Sky” from ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’ (1973)
Pink Floyd Music/Sony Music17. “Astronomy Domine” from ‘The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn’ (1967)
Pink Floyd Music/Sony Music16. “In The Flesh?”/”In The Flesh” from ‘The Wall’ (1979)
Pink Floyd Music/Sony Music15. “See Emily Play” (single release, 1967)
Pink Floyd Music14. “Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun” from ‘A Saucerful Of Secrets’ (1968)
Pink Floyd Music/Sony Music13- “Speak To Me”/”Breathe (In The Air)”/”On The Run” from ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’ (1973)
Pink Floyd Music/Sony Music12. “Nobody Home” from ‘The Wall’ (1979)
Pink Floyd Music/Sony Music11. “Have A Cigar” from from ‘Wish You Were Here’ (1975)
Pink Floyd Music/Sony Music10. “Pigs (Three Different Ones)” from ‘Animals’ (1977)
Pink Floyd Music/Sony Music9. “Mother” from ‘The Wall’ (1979)
Pink Floyd Music/Sony Music8. “Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 1-5)”/”Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 6-9)” from ‘Wish You Were Here’ (1975)
Pink Floyd Music/Sony Music7. “Brain Damage”/”Eclipse” from ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’ (1973)
Pink Floyd Music/Sony Music6. “Another Brick In The Wall, Part 1”/”The Happiest Days Of Our Lives”/”Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2” from ‘The Wall’ (1979)
Pink Floyd Music/Sony Music5. “Time” from ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’ (1973)
Pink Floyd Music/Sony Music4. “Welcome To The Machine” from ‘Wish You Were Here’ (1975)
Pink Floyd Music/Sony Music3. “Comfortably Numb” from ‘The Wall’ (1979)
Pink Floyd Music/Sony Music2. “Money” from ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’ (1973)
Pink Floyd Music/Song Music1. “Wish You Were Here” from ‘Wish You Were Here’ (1975)
Pink Floyd Music/Sony Music
