On An Island (180g LP) | Mint (M) Mint (M)

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Label:    Columbia – 19075836271
Format:    Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Repress, 180 Gram
Country:    US
Released:    Sep 7, 2018
Genre:    Rock
Style:    Prog Rock

A1        Castellorizon
Guitar – David*
Written-By – Gilmour*
A2        On An Island
Bass – Guy Pratt
Drums – Andy Newmark
Electric Organ [Hammond] – Richard Wright
Guitar – Rado Klose
Keyboards – Chris Thomas
Vocals – David Crosby, Graham Nash
Vocals, Guitar, Electric Piano, Percussion – David*
Written-By – Gilmour*, Gilmour Samson*
A3        The Blue
Drums – Andy Newmark
Electric Organ [Hammond] – Chris Stainton
Guitar – Rado Klose
Piano – Jools Holland, Polly Samson
Vocals – Richard Wright
Vocals, Bass, Guitar, Percussion, Piano – David*
Written-By – Gilmour*, Samson*
A4        Take A Breath
Bass – Guy Pratt
Cello – Caroline Dale
Drums – Ged Lynch
Keyboards – Phil Manzanera
Piano – Leszek Możdżer
Vocals, Guitar, Percussion – David*
Written-By – Gilmour*, Samson*
A5        Red Sky At Night
Cello – Caroline Dale
Double Bass – Chris Lawrence*
Programmed By – Ilan Eshkeri
Saxophone, Guitar – David*
Written-By – David Gilmour
B1        This Heaven
Drums – Andy Newmark
Electric Organ [Hammond] – Georgie Fame
Guitar, Vocals, Bass – David*
Keyboards – Phil Manzanera
Written-By – Gilmour*, Gilmour Samson*
B2        Then I Close My Eyes
Cello – Caroline Dale
Cornet, Voice, Percussion – Robert Wyatt
Glass Harmonica – Alasdair Malloy
Guitar [Weissenborn] – BJ Cole
Guitar, Bass Harmonica, Voice, Cümbüş – David*
Percussion – Andy Newmark
Piano – Phil Manzanera
Written-By – Gilmour*
B3        Smile
Drums – Willie Wilson
Guitar, Vocals, Percussion, Electric Organ [Hammond], Bass – David*
Vocals – Polly Samson
Written-By – Gilmour*, Samson*
B4        A Pocketful Of Stones
Double Bass – Chris Lawrence*
Electric Organ [Hammond], Guitar, Vocals, Piano, Bass, Percussion – David Gilmour
Glass Harmonica – Alasdair Malloy
Harp – Lucy Wakeford
Keyboards – Chris Thomas
Piano – Leszek Możdżer
Programmed By – Ilan Eshkeri
Written-By – Gilmour*, Samson*
B5        Where We Start
Drums – Andy Newmark
Guitar, Electric Organ [Hammond], Vocals, Bass, Percussion – David*
Written-By – Gilmour*

Licensed To – Sony Music Entertainment Inc. – 19075836271
Pressed By – MPO
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – David Gilmour Music Ltd.
Copyright © – David Gilmour Music Ltd.
Arranged By [Orchestral Arrangements] – Zbigniew Preisner
Artwork, Design – Blade Design Ltd.
Conductor – Robert Ziegler
Contractor [Strings Contracted By] – Hilary Skewes
Leader [Orchestra] – David Juritz
Management – Paul Loasby
Mastered By – Doug Sax, James Guthrie
Photography By – David Gilmour, Harry Borden, Jeremy Young (2), Sandra Kamen
Producer – Chris Thomas, David Gilmour, Phil Manzanera
Recorded By – Andy Jackson, David Gilmour
Recorded By [Assistance] – Damon Iddins, Devin Workman, Jamie Johnson
Recorded By [Orchestra - at Abbey Road] – Simon Rhodes
Technician [Technical Support] – Phil Taylor (5)
In gatefold sleeve with poster - one side feat. David Gilmour, other side lyrics & credits.

On sleeve back:
"℗2006 David Gilmour Music Ltd. under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment. ©2006 David Gilmour Music Ltd. under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment. Distributed by Columbia Records, A division of Sony Music Entertainment. Made in the E.U."

On label:
"℗2006 David Gilmour Music Ltd. under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment. ©2006 David Gilmour Music Ltd. under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment. "'Columbia" and tm Reg. U.S. Pat. & Tm. Off. Marca Registrada.
Barcode (Scanned): 190758632711

The men of Pink Floyd have always taken their time, turning out stately epics at a less than hectic clip. Accordingly, 22 years separate ON AN ISLAND from ABOUT FACE, the previous solo album by Floyd axeman/singer David Gilmour. On the latter, Gilmour was still trying to distance his own sound from Floyd's, but with that band mostly a memory in 2006, he was free to honor its legacy, much as Paul McCartney's later albums acknowledged the Beatles' work. The template for ON AN ISLAND seems to be tracks like "Breathe" from DARK SIDE OF THE MOON. The mood is an overwhelmingly mellow, spacious one, with Gilmour's trademark double-tracked vocals and plangent, liquid guitar tones flowing gracefully across almost exclusively slow-to-mid-tempo arrangements. But with Roger Waters missing from the equation, there's a notable lack of misanthropy in Gilmore's lyrical sentiments. The themes are more in keeping with the life of a fabulously wealthy elder statesman of British rock: placidly philosophical, with a luxurious air that finds its parallel in the elegant layers of guitar and keyboard lines that color the album in shimmering pastel shades.

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Format: Vinyl
• Genre: ROCK
• RSD Date: DDD
• Format Type: LP
• Released: 09/07/2018