Pink Floyd - The Division Bell

The second post-Roger Waters Pink Floyd album is less forced and more of a group effort than A Momentary Lapse of Reason -- keyboard player Rick Wright is back to full bandmember status and has co-writing credits on five of the 11 songs, even getting lead vocals on "Wearing the Inside Out." Some of David Gilmour's lyrics (co-written by Polly Samson and Nick Laird-Clowes of the Dream Academy) might be directed at Waters, notably "Lost for Words" and "A Great Day for Freedom," with its references to "the wall" coming down, although the more specific subject is the Berlin Wall and the fall of Communism. In any case, there is a vindictive, accusatory tone to songs such as "What Do You Want From Me" and "Poles Apart," and the overarching theme, from the album title to the graphics to the "I-you" pronouns in most of the lyrics, has to do with dichotomies and distinctions, with "I" always having the upper hand. Musically, Gilmour, Nick Mason, and Wright have largely turned the clock back to the pre-Dark Side of the Moon Floyd, with slow tempos, sustained keyboard chords, and guitar solos with a lot of echo. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Name Credits Aden Hynes Sculpture Andrew Jackson Mixing, Engineer Bob Ezrin Producer, Percussion, Keyboards Carol Kenyon Vocals (Background) Chris Thomas Mixing David Gilmour Programming, Guitar, Producer, Mixing, Vocals, Bass, Keyboards Dick Parry Sax (Tenor) Doug Sax Mastering Durga McBroom Vocals (Background) Edward Sheamur Orchestration G. William Forgey Sound Effects Gary Wallis Percussion, Programming Guy Pratt Bass Ian Wright Artwork Jackie Sheridan Vocals (Background) James Guthrie Mastering John Robertson Sculpture, ? Jon Carin Programming, Keyboards Jules Bowen Mixing Assistant Keith Grant Engineer Michael Kamen Arranger, Orchestration Nick Mason Drums, Percussion Rebecca Leigh-White Vocals (Background) Richard Wright Keyboards, Vocals Rupert Truman Photography Sam Brown Vocals (Background) Stephen McLaughlin Engineer Stephen Piotrowski Photography Storm Thorgerson Cover Design Tim Renwick Guitar Tony May Photography