Pink Floyd - The Endless River
David Gilmour has recently spoken about this album and reckons it could have been better explained and pitched to Pink Floyd fans when released. It was the band's final album when it came out in 2014. At that point, Roger Waters had long departed from the group and sadly, Richard Wright had passed away a few years beforehand. While Waters has no part to play in this release at all, Wright does still feature in places.
The background to the album is that when their earlier album, The Division Bell, was being recorded, there were many hours of music with guitar noodling and jamming that went unused. Some went towards an unreleased piece of work The Big Spliff, the rest were left alone until Gilmour and Nick Mason developed a plan for it in 2013.
They developed it into what became The Endless River, a largely instrumental collection of music for that final Floyd album. It’s not a classic from the band, but to be fair look at the competition it has there. It is a great listen, but not one to focus on intently. Perhaps more as background ambient sounds or as a daydreaming soundtrack, especially the 360 reality audio version below with some headphones on. It’s got Pink Floyd trademark sounds and caries the Gilmour guitar solo hallmark, add in Wright’s keyboard work in places, and it is a great play in the right place, mood, and time.