I still need to finish this timeline and maybe the 'So You Think You Can Tell...' one.
Anyway, I think on move to Brazil with a famous band here, Os Mutantes (Some people here may already heard about). That would be quite different!
Projection - A Pink Floyd(?) Timeline
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Anyway, I think on move to Brazil with a famous band here, Os Mutantes (Some people here may already heard about). That would be quite different!
What parts does Shine On You Crazy Diamond consist of in this TL?
Parts 4 to 7
Parts 1 to 3 are "Four Notes" while 8 and 9 are "The Farewell March" in WYWH
Wonderful! I like to know these things when I make playlists for these albums! Finally, about the Davids - who would sing what parts on Shine On and Golden Years? Also, how come Rick sings Wyatt's Sea Song on WYWH and Rick doesn't sing anything on this LP? Love all the work you're doing, glad to see your updating your old unfinished TL's.
Wright felt that his vocals were fine to The Sea Song but not to Little Red Robin Hood Hit the Road. He did some work on backing/supporting vocals in the song, but not too much relevant to be credited as the lead role.
Shine On You Crazy Diamond starts with Gilmour on this verse, "Remember when you were young/[...]", then the chorus is sung by Gilmour and Bowie, and then switches to Bowie on "You were caught in the crossfire/[...]", and then switches back to Gilmour.
In Golden Years, Bowie and Gilmour are switching in each stanza.
"Heroes"
"HEROES"
"Heroes" is the tenth studio album by the British rock band, Projection. The album was released in 14 October 1977 in the United Kingdom and Europe by Harvest Records and in the United States by Columbia Records. Produced by Tony Visconti, "Heroes" represents a new era for the group, the so-called Berlin Trilogy along with Rainbow Takeaway and Ashes to Ashes. As the previous covers, this one was also made by Hipgnosis.
After passing through hard times during the Wish You Were Here/Shine On You Crazy Diamond sessions, David Bowie and Robert Wyatt conciliated and both suggested to move the group, to another place. In first place, the band moved to Switzerland in January 1977, and then France, staying for two weeks before finally establish themselves in West Berlin. But, before they start the recording sessions for the new album, Roger Waters and Nick Mason, with The Echoes Crew, decided to tour promoting Animals, leaving Projection, along with Iggy Pop, Marc Bolan, Brian Eno, and producer Tony Visconti. In West Berlin, and the West Germany, the members started to get in touch with the local music culture, such as the Krautrock, electronic, and ambient music, mostly influenced by bands as Tangerine Dream. During the stay, it was also recorded at the same time: David Bowie's A New Career in a New Town and Lodger, Kevin Ayers's double album A View from the Mountain and Super Salesman, and Robert Wyatt's Rock Bottom.
In favour of promote the album, Columbia Records marketed "Heroes" with the slogan "There's Old Wave. There's New Wave. And there's Projection...". The title track, became a worldwide hit, topping in UK Single Charts and Billboard Hot Rock Songs, peaking in number 3 in Billboard Hot 100, building a big hype to the album. With the release, "Heroes" put Projection back in the game by topping UK Album Charts and Billboard 200, and also the West German and French charts. Two months later, Columbia released Richard Wright's Holiday and then, Gilmour's So Far Away, assuring the success of the album by also being successful. It was their first album to be released in Eastern Europe, a conquest by Robert Wyatt, who negotiated the release.
In a mostly focused electronic-oriented sound, backed to the progressive rock roots of David Gilmour/Richard Wright/Robert Wyatt songs, influenced by the minimalist West German music, with incorporated rock/pop elements, and less funky and groovier music, Projection reaches a new era which would prevail until 1980, when they've released their last album recorded in Berlin, Ashes to Ashes. The album remains as Projection's second best-selling album, and acclaimed by the critics at the time. Melody Maker and NME named it "Album of the Year", surpassing Fleetwood Mac's Rumours, Sex Pistols' Never Mind the Bollocks, and Roger Waters's Animals. It is ranked in #89 in Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
Richard Wright said that the album later influenced in the instrumental of his solo album, Broken China, and claimed as his favourite album. David Bowie said that the album was innovative to himself, and Robert Wyatt admired the work done on the album, saying that he did not felt like that since the sessions of Religious Experience. David Gilmour and Kevin Ayers are inclined to like the album.
PROJECTION - "HEROES" (October/1977)
Genre: Experimental, progressive rock, jazz fusion, art pop
Total: 47:25
Produced by: Tony Visconti and Robert Wyatt
UK Album Charts: #1
Billboard 200: #1
Side A - 23:39
1. "Mediterranean C" (Richard Wright, Brian Eno) - 3:52
2. "The Beauty and the Beast" (David Bowie) - 3:32
3. "Star" (Kevin Ayers) - 4:18
4. "So Far Away" (David Gilmour) - 5:50
5. "Holiday" (Wright, Bowie) - 6:11
6. "Hat Song" (Ayers) - 1:18
Side B - 23:46
7. "Summer Elegy" (Wright) - 4:53
8. "Sons of the Silence Age" (Bowie) - 3:15
9. "Everyone Knows the Song" (Ayers) - 2:33
10. "Blackout" (Bowie) - 3:50
11. "I Can't Breathe Anymore" (Gilmour) - 3:04
12. ""Heroes"" (Bowie, Wright, Eno) - 6:07
Personnel
Projection
David Bowie - lead vocals [2, 5, 8, 10, 12], backing vocals, choir [6], acoustic guitar, keyboards
Kevin Ayers - lead vocals [3, 6, 9], backing vocals, electric guitar, bass guitar
Richard Wright - lead vocals [5, 7-8], backing vocals, choir [6], piano, keyboards, electric piano, Hammond organ, Oberheim synthesizer
David Gilmour - lead vocals [4, 11-12], backing vocals, choir [6], lead guitar, lap steel guitar, EMS Synthi AKS, tape effects, additional bass
Robert Wyatt - backing vocals, choir [6], adapted drums, percussion, piano, producer
Additional personnel
Carlos Alomar - guitar, choir [6]
Brian Eno - synthesizers, keyboards, guitar treatments, choir [6]
Robert Fripp - lead guitar, choir [6]
Colin Thurston - engineer, choir [6]
Snowy White - solo guitar
Reg Isidore - percussion
Tony Visconti - producer, percussion, choir [6]
"Heroes" is the tenth studio album by the British rock band, Projection. The album was released in 14 October 1977 in the United Kingdom and Europe by Harvest Records and in the United States by Columbia Records. Produced by Tony Visconti, "Heroes" represents a new era for the group, the so-called Berlin Trilogy along with Rainbow Takeaway and Ashes to Ashes. As the previous covers, this one was also made by Hipgnosis.
After passing through hard times during the Wish You Were Here/Shine On You Crazy Diamond sessions, David Bowie and Robert Wyatt conciliated and both suggested to move the group, to another place. In first place, the band moved to Switzerland in January 1977, and then France, staying for two weeks before finally establish themselves in West Berlin. But, before they start the recording sessions for the new album, Roger Waters and Nick Mason, with The Echoes Crew, decided to tour promoting Animals, leaving Projection, along with Iggy Pop, Marc Bolan, Brian Eno, and producer Tony Visconti. In West Berlin, and the West Germany, the members started to get in touch with the local music culture, such as the Krautrock, electronic, and ambient music, mostly influenced by bands as Tangerine Dream. During the stay, it was also recorded at the same time: David Bowie's A New Career in a New Town and Lodger, Kevin Ayers's double album A View from the Mountain and Super Salesman, and Robert Wyatt's Rock Bottom.
In favour of promote the album, Columbia Records marketed "Heroes" with the slogan "There's Old Wave. There's New Wave. And there's Projection...". The title track, became a worldwide hit, topping in UK Single Charts and Billboard Hot Rock Songs, peaking in number 3 in Billboard Hot 100, building a big hype to the album. With the release, "Heroes" put Projection back in the game by topping UK Album Charts and Billboard 200, and also the West German and French charts. Two months later, Columbia released Richard Wright's Holiday and then, Gilmour's So Far Away, assuring the success of the album by also being successful. It was their first album to be released in Eastern Europe, a conquest by Robert Wyatt, who negotiated the release.
In a mostly focused electronic-oriented sound, backed to the progressive rock roots of David Gilmour/Richard Wright/Robert Wyatt songs, influenced by the minimalist West German music, with incorporated rock/pop elements, and less funky and groovier music, Projection reaches a new era which would prevail until 1980, when they've released their last album recorded in Berlin, Ashes to Ashes. The album remains as Projection's second best-selling album, and acclaimed by the critics at the time. Melody Maker and NME named it "Album of the Year", surpassing Fleetwood Mac's Rumours, Sex Pistols' Never Mind the Bollocks, and Roger Waters's Animals. It is ranked in #89 in Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
Richard Wright said that the album later influenced in the instrumental of his solo album, Broken China, and claimed as his favourite album. David Bowie said that the album was innovative to himself, and Robert Wyatt admired the work done on the album, saying that he did not felt like that since the sessions of Religious Experience. David Gilmour and Kevin Ayers are inclined to like the album.
PROJECTION - "HEROES" (October/1977)
Genre: Experimental, progressive rock, jazz fusion, art pop
Total: 47:25
Produced by: Tony Visconti and Robert Wyatt
UK Album Charts: #1
Billboard 200: #1
Side A - 23:39
1. "Mediterranean C" (Richard Wright, Brian Eno) - 3:52
2. "The Beauty and the Beast" (David Bowie) - 3:32
3. "Star" (Kevin Ayers) - 4:18
4. "So Far Away" (David Gilmour) - 5:50
5. "Holiday" (Wright, Bowie) - 6:11
6. "Hat Song" (Ayers) - 1:18
Side B - 23:46
7. "Summer Elegy" (Wright) - 4:53
8. "Sons of the Silence Age" (Bowie) - 3:15
9. "Everyone Knows the Song" (Ayers) - 2:33
10. "Blackout" (Bowie) - 3:50
11. "I Can't Breathe Anymore" (Gilmour) - 3:04
12. ""Heroes"" (Bowie, Wright, Eno) - 6:07
Personnel
Projection
David Bowie - lead vocals [2, 5, 8, 10, 12], backing vocals, choir [6], acoustic guitar, keyboards
Kevin Ayers - lead vocals [3, 6, 9], backing vocals, electric guitar, bass guitar
Richard Wright - lead vocals [5, 7-8], backing vocals, choir [6], piano, keyboards, electric piano, Hammond organ, Oberheim synthesizer
David Gilmour - lead vocals [4, 11-12], backing vocals, choir [6], lead guitar, lap steel guitar, EMS Synthi AKS, tape effects, additional bass
Robert Wyatt - backing vocals, choir [6], adapted drums, percussion, piano, producer
Additional personnel
Carlos Alomar - guitar, choir [6]
Brian Eno - synthesizers, keyboards, guitar treatments, choir [6]
Robert Fripp - lead guitar, choir [6]
Colin Thurston - engineer, choir [6]
Snowy White - solo guitar
Reg Isidore - percussion
Tony Visconti - producer, percussion, choir [6]
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Rainbow Takeaway
RAINBOW TAKEAWAY
Rainbow Takeaway is the eleventh studio album of the British rock band Projection. It was released in 18 November 1978 in the United Kingdom and Europe by Harvest Records while it was released in the United States and the World by Columbia Records. Also produced by Tony Visconti, Rainbow Takeaway is the second album of the Berlin Trilogy, between "Heroes" and Ashes to Ashes; while closes the 70's of Projection.
After the unexpected hit which "Heroes" was, Projection started their World Tour, passing through new places, such as in the Warsaw Pact countries, in the cities of East Berlin and Leningrad, for the first time, and also in Hong Kong. With a successful tour, the group got back in the studios in West Berlin to record the follow-up to "Heroes". Initially conceived as 'The Mediterranean' (because the first song to be recorded was Rick Wright's piece, Mediterranean C), the group decided to change to Kevin's Rainbow Takeaway. This time, the group hired producer Bob Ezrin to help them in the new work, who mainly helped David and Rick Wright, while Anthony Moore helped Kevin Ayers, and Tony Visconti helped Bowie. The band recorded the album at the same time of Brian Eno's Ambient 1: Music for Airports, which features a participation of Robert Wyatt.
With a slightly less promoting campaign, and betting in the hype of "Heroes", Columbia Records and Projection released Short and Sweet as the single, making it a moderate success by peaking in number 3 in Billboard Hot Rock Songs, and number 26 in Hot 100. Although it has been a moderate success, Rainbow Takeaway peaked in number 2 in the UK Album Charts while peaked in number 3 in Billboard 200, and it was received with positive reviews. Then, The Secret Life of Arabia and Pink's Song were released, with The Secret Life of Arabia being more successful.
The album still proceeds with the electronic rock/pop mechanics of the last album, although diminished. The album focus in the emergent world music and better arrangements. It is claimed as underrated by the cult following which grew on the album. Kevin Ayers praises the record, while other members do simple comments about it. Richard Wright liked to compose and record his tracks.
PROJECTION - RAINBOW TAKEAWAY (November/1978)
Genre: Progressive rock, jazz fusion, world music, experimental
Total: 48:19
Produced by: Tony Visconti, Anthony Moore and Bob Ezrin
UK Album Charts: #2
Billboard 200: #3
Side A - 23:37
1. "Blaming It All On Love" (Kevin Ayers) - 3:00
2. "Against the Odds" (Richard Wright, Juliette Wright) - 3:57
3. "Waltz For You" (Ayers) - 5:22
4. "Move On" (David Bowie) - 3:16
5. "Rainbow Takeaway" (Ayers) - 3:50
6. "Waves" (Wright, Brian Eno) - 4:19
Side B - 24:42
7. "Short and Sweet" (David Gilmour, Roy Harper) - 5:30
8. "The Secret Life of Arabia" (Bowie) - 3:46
9. "No Way" (Gilmour, Bowie) - 5:32
10. "Pink's Song" (Wright) - 3:28
11. "Blue" (Ayers) - 6:26
Personnel
Projection
David Bowie - lead vocals [4, 8-9], backing vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards
Kevin Ayers - lead vocals [1, 3, 5, 11], backing vocals, electric guitar, bass guitar
Richard Wright - lead vocals [2, 10], backing vocals, piano, keyboards, electric piano, Hammond organ, Oberheim synthesizer
David Gilmour - lead vocals [7, 9], backing vocals, lead guitar, lap steel guitar
Robert Wyatt - backing vocals, adapted drums, percussion, piano
Additional personnel
Carlos Alomar - guitar
Brian Eno - synthesizers, keyboards, guitar treatments
Colin Thurston - engineer
Snowy White - solo guitar
Reg Isidore - percussion
Tony Visconti - producer, percussion
David Bedford - orchestral arrangements
Rainbow Takeaway is the eleventh studio album of the British rock band Projection. It was released in 18 November 1978 in the United Kingdom and Europe by Harvest Records while it was released in the United States and the World by Columbia Records. Also produced by Tony Visconti, Rainbow Takeaway is the second album of the Berlin Trilogy, between "Heroes" and Ashes to Ashes; while closes the 70's of Projection.
After the unexpected hit which "Heroes" was, Projection started their World Tour, passing through new places, such as in the Warsaw Pact countries, in the cities of East Berlin and Leningrad, for the first time, and also in Hong Kong. With a successful tour, the group got back in the studios in West Berlin to record the follow-up to "Heroes". Initially conceived as 'The Mediterranean' (because the first song to be recorded was Rick Wright's piece, Mediterranean C), the group decided to change to Kevin's Rainbow Takeaway. This time, the group hired producer Bob Ezrin to help them in the new work, who mainly helped David and Rick Wright, while Anthony Moore helped Kevin Ayers, and Tony Visconti helped Bowie. The band recorded the album at the same time of Brian Eno's Ambient 1: Music for Airports, which features a participation of Robert Wyatt.
With a slightly less promoting campaign, and betting in the hype of "Heroes", Columbia Records and Projection released Short and Sweet as the single, making it a moderate success by peaking in number 3 in Billboard Hot Rock Songs, and number 26 in Hot 100. Although it has been a moderate success, Rainbow Takeaway peaked in number 2 in the UK Album Charts while peaked in number 3 in Billboard 200, and it was received with positive reviews. Then, The Secret Life of Arabia and Pink's Song were released, with The Secret Life of Arabia being more successful.
The album still proceeds with the electronic rock/pop mechanics of the last album, although diminished. The album focus in the emergent world music and better arrangements. It is claimed as underrated by the cult following which grew on the album. Kevin Ayers praises the record, while other members do simple comments about it. Richard Wright liked to compose and record his tracks.
PROJECTION - RAINBOW TAKEAWAY (November/1978)
Genre: Progressive rock, jazz fusion, world music, experimental
Total: 48:19
Produced by: Tony Visconti, Anthony Moore and Bob Ezrin
UK Album Charts: #2
Billboard 200: #3
Side A - 23:37
1. "Blaming It All On Love" (Kevin Ayers) - 3:00
2. "Against the Odds" (Richard Wright, Juliette Wright) - 3:57
3. "Waltz For You" (Ayers) - 5:22
4. "Move On" (David Bowie) - 3:16
5. "Rainbow Takeaway" (Ayers) - 3:50
6. "Waves" (Wright, Brian Eno) - 4:19
Side B - 24:42
7. "Short and Sweet" (David Gilmour, Roy Harper) - 5:30
8. "The Secret Life of Arabia" (Bowie) - 3:46
9. "No Way" (Gilmour, Bowie) - 5:32
10. "Pink's Song" (Wright) - 3:28
11. "Blue" (Ayers) - 6:26
Personnel
Projection
David Bowie - lead vocals [4, 8-9], backing vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards
Kevin Ayers - lead vocals [1, 3, 5, 11], backing vocals, electric guitar, bass guitar
Richard Wright - lead vocals [2, 10], backing vocals, piano, keyboards, electric piano, Hammond organ, Oberheim synthesizer
David Gilmour - lead vocals [7, 9], backing vocals, lead guitar, lap steel guitar
Robert Wyatt - backing vocals, adapted drums, percussion, piano
Additional personnel
Carlos Alomar - guitar
Brian Eno - synthesizers, keyboards, guitar treatments
Colin Thurston - engineer
Snowy White - solo guitar
Reg Isidore - percussion
Tony Visconti - producer, percussion
David Bedford - orchestral arrangements
Ashes to Ashes
ASHES TO ASHES
Ashes to Ashes is the twelfth studio album by the British rock band Projection. The album was released in 12 September 1980 by the EMI Records in the United Kingdom and in the Rest of the world by Columbia Records. It is considered the last album of the Berlin Trilogy, although the album was also recorded in the United Kingdom. The album was produced by Tony Visconti, Bob Ezrin, and Nick Mason.
After two successful albums during the renaissance of the band, as said by David Gilmour, during the recording sessions, Projection decided to leave Berlin behind and move back to the United Kingdom. At the Britannia Row, Projection recorded most of the parts, with Gilmour, Richard Wright and Kevin Ayers in London with Nick Mason and Bob Ezrin, while Robert Wyatt, David Bowie stayed in Berlin with Brian Eno and Tony Visconti. "The scheme was almost the same as Rainbow Takeaway, with everyone recording in groups, but then Robert, Bowie and Tony came to London to stay, since they've finished to record with Brian Eno.", Gilmour.
The album was widely promoted by Columbia, with the release of Projection's first hit in the 80's, the title track, Ashes to Ashes. The album itself topped Billboard 200 for a week after falling out, while peaked in number 3 in the UK Album Charts. It was a wide commercial success in Spain and Portugal, making it the second best-selling album there, only behind of The Blue. That's What You Get and Cry From the Street were also released as singles but both failed to reach the charts, making Ashes to Ashes the most successful hit in the 80's until Learning to Fly.
With mostly positive critics, Ashes to Ashes is the return of Projection to a rock-based sound after flirting with electronic and art music of West German artists, Iggy Pop, Brian Eno, and Marc Bolan's music. One song was credited to Robert Wyatt, Hot River, with Carla Bley and Nick Mason. Although it wasn't released as single, the song made a great success. Ashes to Ashes is Gilmour's favourite album of Berlin Trilogy.
PROJECTION - ASHES TO ASHES (September/1980)
Genre: Progressive rock, new wave, blues rock, art rock
Total: 45:44
Produced by: Tony Visconti, Bob Ezrin and Nick Mason
Side A - 23:02
1. "Mad Yannis Dance" (Richard Wright) - 3:19
2. "Fashion" (David Bowie) - 4:49
3. "Cry from the Street" (David Gilmour, Eric Stuart) - 5:13
4. "That's What You Get" (Kevin Ayers) - 3:16
5. "Up The Hill Backwards" (Bowie) - 3:15
6. "Where do the Stars End" (Ayers) - 3:03
Side B - 22:42
7. "Mihalis" (Gilmour) - 5:46
8. "Cat Cruise" (Wright) - 5:14
9. "Ashes to Ashes" (Bowie) - 4:25
10. "I'm So Tired" (Ayers) - 2:36
11. "Hot River" (Robert Wyatt, Carla Bley, Nick Mason) - 5:16
Personnel
Projection
David Bowie - lead vocals [2, 5, 9], backing vocals, keyboards, saxophone
David Gilmour - lead vocals [3], backing vocals, lead guitar, lap steel guitar
Kevin Ayers - lead vocals [4, 6, 10], backing vocals, electric guitar, bass guitar
Richard Wright - backing vocals, piano, keyboards, Hammond organ
Robert Wyatt - lead vocals [11], backing vocals, adapted drums, percussion
Additional personnel
George Murray - bass guitar
Carlos Alomar - guitars
Chuck Hammer - guitar synthesizer
Robert Fripp - electric guitar
Andy Clark - synthesizer
Roy Bittan - piano
Tony Visconti - acoustic guitar, backing vocals, producer
Nick Mason - drums, percussion, producer
Karen Kraft - lead vocals [11], backing vocals
Bob Ezrin - piano, producer
Ashes to Ashes is the twelfth studio album by the British rock band Projection. The album was released in 12 September 1980 by the EMI Records in the United Kingdom and in the Rest of the world by Columbia Records. It is considered the last album of the Berlin Trilogy, although the album was also recorded in the United Kingdom. The album was produced by Tony Visconti, Bob Ezrin, and Nick Mason.
After two successful albums during the renaissance of the band, as said by David Gilmour, during the recording sessions, Projection decided to leave Berlin behind and move back to the United Kingdom. At the Britannia Row, Projection recorded most of the parts, with Gilmour, Richard Wright and Kevin Ayers in London with Nick Mason and Bob Ezrin, while Robert Wyatt, David Bowie stayed in Berlin with Brian Eno and Tony Visconti. "The scheme was almost the same as Rainbow Takeaway, with everyone recording in groups, but then Robert, Bowie and Tony came to London to stay, since they've finished to record with Brian Eno.", Gilmour.
The album was widely promoted by Columbia, with the release of Projection's first hit in the 80's, the title track, Ashes to Ashes. The album itself topped Billboard 200 for a week after falling out, while peaked in number 3 in the UK Album Charts. It was a wide commercial success in Spain and Portugal, making it the second best-selling album there, only behind of The Blue. That's What You Get and Cry From the Street were also released as singles but both failed to reach the charts, making Ashes to Ashes the most successful hit in the 80's until Learning to Fly.
With mostly positive critics, Ashes to Ashes is the return of Projection to a rock-based sound after flirting with electronic and art music of West German artists, Iggy Pop, Brian Eno, and Marc Bolan's music. One song was credited to Robert Wyatt, Hot River, with Carla Bley and Nick Mason. Although it wasn't released as single, the song made a great success. Ashes to Ashes is Gilmour's favourite album of Berlin Trilogy.
PROJECTION - ASHES TO ASHES (September/1980)
Genre: Progressive rock, new wave, blues rock, art rock
Total: 45:44
Produced by: Tony Visconti, Bob Ezrin and Nick Mason
Side A - 23:02
1. "Mad Yannis Dance" (Richard Wright) - 3:19
2. "Fashion" (David Bowie) - 4:49
3. "Cry from the Street" (David Gilmour, Eric Stuart) - 5:13
4. "That's What You Get" (Kevin Ayers) - 3:16
5. "Up The Hill Backwards" (Bowie) - 3:15
6. "Where do the Stars End" (Ayers) - 3:03
Side B - 22:42
7. "Mihalis" (Gilmour) - 5:46
8. "Cat Cruise" (Wright) - 5:14
9. "Ashes to Ashes" (Bowie) - 4:25
10. "I'm So Tired" (Ayers) - 2:36
11. "Hot River" (Robert Wyatt, Carla Bley, Nick Mason) - 5:16
Projection
David Bowie - lead vocals [2, 5, 9], backing vocals, keyboards, saxophone
David Gilmour - lead vocals [3], backing vocals, lead guitar, lap steel guitar
Kevin Ayers - lead vocals [4, 6, 10], backing vocals, electric guitar, bass guitar
Richard Wright - backing vocals, piano, keyboards, Hammond organ
Robert Wyatt - lead vocals [11], backing vocals, adapted drums, percussion
Additional personnel
George Murray - bass guitar
Carlos Alomar - guitars
Chuck Hammer - guitar synthesizer
Robert Fripp - electric guitar
Andy Clark - synthesizer
Roy Bittan - piano
Tony Visconti - acoustic guitar, backing vocals, producer
Nick Mason - drums, percussion, producer
Karen Kraft - lead vocals [11], backing vocals
Bob Ezrin - piano, producer
About Face
ABOUT FACE
About Face is the thirteenth studio album by the British rock band Projection. It was released on 7 June 1983 by EMI Records in the United Kingdom and Columbia Records in the United States. Produced by Bob Ezrin, Dave Harris and Tim Palmer, the album is considered a step of the band in dance music and a detachment of the rock-oriented sound to a more accessible music, such as Synthpop and Dance music in general, among other bands such as Yes (90125), and Genesis (self-titled album).
Following the period of the Ashes to Ashes tour, shared with Roger Waters playing his major conceptual piece, The Wall, the group was invited by the Queen to add backing vocals in a song for Hot Space, then-called Feel Like. The sessions of the song evolved to a jam session that would become Under Pressure, with the first version released in Hot Space, while Projection would re-record the song with Freddie Mercury for About Face. The album is also the first one with the songwriting collaboration of Kevin Ayers with Ollie Halsall, though Ollie collaborated in other songs with Ayers, and Richard Wright with former Fashion member Dave Harris.
The album was announced with the release of the lead single by David Bowie, Let's Dance, backed by Kevin Ayers's Money, Money, Money, a groundbreaking hit which was received with confusion by the critics, but well-received by the public of the group. Gilmour's All Lovers are Deranged was released a week later, with good appraise, and then, Kevin's Animals were finally released. With the release, About Face was better received than the previous album, although initially, some reviewers called Projection's record a sell out, but over time, the critics acclaimed the production of About Face, being suitable to the change of style the group was experiencing. The album topped Billboard 200 and peaked in number 2 in UK Album Charts.
"Knowing that About Face wasn't mainly a rock-oriented music, it is a good record anyways. It has its charm.", David Gilmour. Bowie and Ayers called the album revolutionary upon the abrupt change from the previous album to About Face. Robert Wyatt avoids to comment about the album while Richard Wright said that it was his restart as a songwriter, with his collaborator, Dave Harris.
PROJECTION - ABOUT FACE (June/1983)
Genre: Art rock, new wave, post-disco, synthpop
Total: 49:13
Produced by: Bob Ezrin, Dave Harris, Tim Palmer
Side A - 25:20
1. "Let's Dance" (David Bowie) - 7:37
2. "Cuts Like a Diamond" (Richard Wright-Dave Harris) - 5:36
3. "All Lovers Are Deranged" (David Gilmour) - 3:14
4. "The Howlin' Man" (Kevin Ayers) - 4:07
5. "Modern Love" (Bowie) - 4:46
Side B - 23:53
6. "Animals (Do As You're Told)" (Ayers) - 4:25
7. "Voices" (Wright-Harris) - 6:21
8. "Gimme a Little Bit" (Ayers, Ollie Halsall) - 3:50
9. "Let's Get Metaphysical" (Gilmour, Wright) - 4:09
10. "Under Pressure" (Projection & Queen) - 4:08
Personnel
Projection
David Bowie - lead vocals [1, 5, 10], backing vocals, horn arrangements, synthesizer
Kevin Ayers - lead vocals [4, 6, 8], backing vocals, bass guitar
Richard Wright - lead vocals [2, 7], backing vocals, piano, keyboards, Fairlight CMI
David Gilmour - lead vocals [3], backing vocals, lead guitar, bass guitar
Robert Wyatt - backing vocals, adapted drums, percussion, piano, bass
Additional personnel
Ollie Halsall - electric guitar, lead vocals [8], backing vocals
Lady June - lead vocals [8], backing vocals
Freddie Mercury - lead vocals [10], handclaps, finger snaps
Dave Harris - backing vocals, electric guitar, keyboards, producer
Bob Ezrin - piano, producer
Michael Kamen - orchestral arrangements
Tim Palmer - engineer, producer
Jeff Porcaro - drums, percussion
About Face is the thirteenth studio album by the British rock band Projection. It was released on 7 June 1983 by EMI Records in the United Kingdom and Columbia Records in the United States. Produced by Bob Ezrin, Dave Harris and Tim Palmer, the album is considered a step of the band in dance music and a detachment of the rock-oriented sound to a more accessible music, such as Synthpop and Dance music in general, among other bands such as Yes (90125), and Genesis (self-titled album).
Following the period of the Ashes to Ashes tour, shared with Roger Waters playing his major conceptual piece, The Wall, the group was invited by the Queen to add backing vocals in a song for Hot Space, then-called Feel Like. The sessions of the song evolved to a jam session that would become Under Pressure, with the first version released in Hot Space, while Projection would re-record the song with Freddie Mercury for About Face. The album is also the first one with the songwriting collaboration of Kevin Ayers with Ollie Halsall, though Ollie collaborated in other songs with Ayers, and Richard Wright with former Fashion member Dave Harris.
The album was announced with the release of the lead single by David Bowie, Let's Dance, backed by Kevin Ayers's Money, Money, Money, a groundbreaking hit which was received with confusion by the critics, but well-received by the public of the group. Gilmour's All Lovers are Deranged was released a week later, with good appraise, and then, Kevin's Animals were finally released. With the release, About Face was better received than the previous album, although initially, some reviewers called Projection's record a sell out, but over time, the critics acclaimed the production of About Face, being suitable to the change of style the group was experiencing. The album topped Billboard 200 and peaked in number 2 in UK Album Charts.
"Knowing that About Face wasn't mainly a rock-oriented music, it is a good record anyways. It has its charm.", David Gilmour. Bowie and Ayers called the album revolutionary upon the abrupt change from the previous album to About Face. Robert Wyatt avoids to comment about the album while Richard Wright said that it was his restart as a songwriter, with his collaborator, Dave Harris.
PROJECTION - ABOUT FACE (June/1983)
Genre: Art rock, new wave, post-disco, synthpop
Total: 49:13
Produced by: Bob Ezrin, Dave Harris, Tim Palmer
Side A - 25:20
1. "Let's Dance" (David Bowie) - 7:37
2. "Cuts Like a Diamond" (Richard Wright-Dave Harris) - 5:36
3. "All Lovers Are Deranged" (David Gilmour) - 3:14
4. "The Howlin' Man" (Kevin Ayers) - 4:07
5. "Modern Love" (Bowie) - 4:46
Side B - 23:53
6. "Animals (Do As You're Told)" (Ayers) - 4:25
7. "Voices" (Wright-Harris) - 6:21
8. "Gimme a Little Bit" (Ayers, Ollie Halsall) - 3:50
9. "Let's Get Metaphysical" (Gilmour, Wright) - 4:09
10. "Under Pressure" (Projection & Queen) - 4:08
Projection
David Bowie - lead vocals [1, 5, 10], backing vocals, horn arrangements, synthesizer
Kevin Ayers - lead vocals [4, 6, 8], backing vocals, bass guitar
Richard Wright - lead vocals [2, 7], backing vocals, piano, keyboards, Fairlight CMI
David Gilmour - lead vocals [3], backing vocals, lead guitar, bass guitar
Robert Wyatt - backing vocals, adapted drums, percussion, piano, bass
Additional personnel
Ollie Halsall - electric guitar, lead vocals [8], backing vocals
Lady June - lead vocals [8], backing vocals
Freddie Mercury - lead vocals [10], handclaps, finger snaps
Dave Harris - backing vocals, electric guitar, keyboards, producer
Bob Ezrin - piano, producer
Michael Kamen - orchestral arrangements
Tim Palmer - engineer, producer
Jeff Porcaro - drums, percussion
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The Blue
THE BLUE
The Blue (sometimes called The Blue Album) is the fourteenth studio album, a double album, by the British rock band Projection. Released in 30 March 1985 in the United Kingdom by EMI Records, and in the United States by Columbia Records, the album follows the horde of pop-oriented albums of Projection, being rated as the most eclectic album of the group to date, involving new wave to hard rock sets. It was produced by Bob Ezrin, Dave Harris and Tim Palmer.
After the release, About Face had the shortest tour of promotion since Shine On You Crazy Diamond, lasting for six months, three in Europe and three in United States/Canada each. In 1984, the group returned to England and passed the entire year producing the album. During the same time, most of the members released their solo records, with David Gilmour releasing Hope, David Bowie releasing Tonight, Kevin Ayers with Diamond Jack and Queen of Pain, and Robert Wyatt with Old Rottenhat. Most of the solo works derives from the recording sessions of The Blue. "We were into a White Album feelings, recording a lot of written songs, but still we had nothing to do with it. But record everything was a lot exhaustive, since everyone has played in each other's albums.", David Bowie.
Announced in late 1984, the album was released earlier to critics and reviewers, who received the album's premises as ambitious, eclectic, being noticed the heavy use of synthesizers. With the exception of Robert Wyatt, each member released a single, starting with Gilmour's Blue Light, his best effort until then, David Bowie's Blue Jean, Kevin Ayers's Fool After Midnight, and Richard Wright's How Do You Do It?. As the album was released, it was received with mixed reviews, but with a big success. The album topped in the US Billboard 200 and UK Album Charts.
Among the critics, it was traced similarities between Projection's The Blue and The Beatles' White Album. One of them was the reviewers calling the album as 'four solo albums in one', and at the time, it was speculated that Projection was breaking up soon (as Beatles did two years after the White Album). Instead, the group entered in a hiatus for six months, with sporadic appearances together, such as the Rock in Rio festival and the Live 8. In August 1985, Projection's World Tour began, and instead of promoting The Blue, the group preferred to play a mixed setlist. In later years, Gilmour and Bowie expressed their dissatisfaction with the album.
PROJECTION - THE BLUE (March/1985)
Genre: Art rock, new wave, synthpop, dance music, experimental, hard rock
Total: 80:15
Produced by: Bob Ezrin, Dave Harris, Tim Palmer
Disc One - 40:40
Side A - 21:45
1. "Until We Sleep" (David Gilmour) - 5:15
2. "Blue Jean" (David Bowie) - 3:11
3. "Blue Light" (Gilmour) - 4:35
4. "Eyes of a Gypsy" (Richard Wright-Dave Harris) - 4:19
5. "Never My Baby" (Kevin Ayers, Ollie Halsall) - 4:25
Side B - 18:55
6. "Strange Rhythm" (Wright, Harris, Bowie) - 6:36
7. "Age to Self" (Robert Wyatt) - 2:50
8. "Too Old to Die Young" (Ayers) - 5:54
9. "Out of the Blue" (Gilmour) - 3:35
Disc Two - 39:35
Side C - 19:38
10. "Confusion" (Wright-Harris) - 4:17
11. "Loving the Alien" (Bowie) - 7:11
12. "How Do You Do It" (Wright-Harris) - 4:45
13. "Fool After Midnight" (Ayers) - 3:29
Side D - 19:57
14. "Tumble and Twirl" (Bowie) - 5:00
15. "Alliance" (Wyatt) - 4:24
16. "Seems We Were Dreaming" (Wright-Harris) - 4:57
17. "Near the End" (Gilmour) - 5:36
Personnel
Projection
Richard Wright - lead vocals [4, 6, 10, 12, 16], backing vocals, piano, keyboards, Fairlight CMI
David Gilmour - lead vocals [1, 3, 9, 17], backing vocals, lead guitar, bass guitar, Fairlight CMI
David Bowie - lead vocals [2, 6, 11, 14], backing vocals, synthesizer, guitar
Kevin Ayers - lead vocals [5, 8, 13], backing vocals, electric guitar, Fairlight CMI, bass guitar
Robert Wyatt - lead vocals [7, 15], backing vocals, adapted drums, percussion, piano, bass
Additional personnel
Carlos Alomar - electric guitar
Derek Bramble - guitar, guitar synthesizer, bass guitar, synthesiser, backing vocals
Ollie Halsall - electric guitar, backing vocals
Steve Winwood - Hammond organ
Dave Harris - backing vocals, electric guitar, keyboards, producer
Bob Ezrin - producer, orchestral arrangement
Michael Kamen - orchestral arrangements
Tim Palmer - engineer, producer
Jeff Porcaro - drums, percussion
The Blue (sometimes called The Blue Album) is the fourteenth studio album, a double album, by the British rock band Projection. Released in 30 March 1985 in the United Kingdom by EMI Records, and in the United States by Columbia Records, the album follows the horde of pop-oriented albums of Projection, being rated as the most eclectic album of the group to date, involving new wave to hard rock sets. It was produced by Bob Ezrin, Dave Harris and Tim Palmer.
After the release, About Face had the shortest tour of promotion since Shine On You Crazy Diamond, lasting for six months, three in Europe and three in United States/Canada each. In 1984, the group returned to England and passed the entire year producing the album. During the same time, most of the members released their solo records, with David Gilmour releasing Hope, David Bowie releasing Tonight, Kevin Ayers with Diamond Jack and Queen of Pain, and Robert Wyatt with Old Rottenhat. Most of the solo works derives from the recording sessions of The Blue. "We were into a White Album feelings, recording a lot of written songs, but still we had nothing to do with it. But record everything was a lot exhaustive, since everyone has played in each other's albums.", David Bowie.
Announced in late 1984, the album was released earlier to critics and reviewers, who received the album's premises as ambitious, eclectic, being noticed the heavy use of synthesizers. With the exception of Robert Wyatt, each member released a single, starting with Gilmour's Blue Light, his best effort until then, David Bowie's Blue Jean, Kevin Ayers's Fool After Midnight, and Richard Wright's How Do You Do It?. As the album was released, it was received with mixed reviews, but with a big success. The album topped in the US Billboard 200 and UK Album Charts.
Among the critics, it was traced similarities between Projection's The Blue and The Beatles' White Album. One of them was the reviewers calling the album as 'four solo albums in one', and at the time, it was speculated that Projection was breaking up soon (as Beatles did two years after the White Album). Instead, the group entered in a hiatus for six months, with sporadic appearances together, such as the Rock in Rio festival and the Live 8. In August 1985, Projection's World Tour began, and instead of promoting The Blue, the group preferred to play a mixed setlist. In later years, Gilmour and Bowie expressed their dissatisfaction with the album.
PROJECTION - THE BLUE (March/1985)
Genre: Art rock, new wave, synthpop, dance music, experimental, hard rock
Total: 80:15
Produced by: Bob Ezrin, Dave Harris, Tim Palmer
Disc One - 40:40
Side A - 21:45
1. "Until We Sleep" (David Gilmour) - 5:15
2. "Blue Jean" (David Bowie) - 3:11
3. "Blue Light" (Gilmour) - 4:35
4. "Eyes of a Gypsy" (Richard Wright-Dave Harris) - 4:19
5. "Never My Baby" (Kevin Ayers, Ollie Halsall) - 4:25
Side B - 18:55
6. "Strange Rhythm" (Wright, Harris, Bowie) - 6:36
7. "Age to Self" (Robert Wyatt) - 2:50
8. "Too Old to Die Young" (Ayers) - 5:54
9. "Out of the Blue" (Gilmour) - 3:35
Disc Two - 39:35
Side C - 19:38
10. "Confusion" (Wright-Harris) - 4:17
11. "Loving the Alien" (Bowie) - 7:11
12. "How Do You Do It" (Wright-Harris) - 4:45
13. "Fool After Midnight" (Ayers) - 3:29
Side D - 19:57
14. "Tumble and Twirl" (Bowie) - 5:00
15. "Alliance" (Wyatt) - 4:24
16. "Seems We Were Dreaming" (Wright-Harris) - 4:57
17. "Near the End" (Gilmour) - 5:36
Projection
Richard Wright - lead vocals [4, 6, 10, 12, 16], backing vocals, piano, keyboards, Fairlight CMI
David Gilmour - lead vocals [1, 3, 9, 17], backing vocals, lead guitar, bass guitar, Fairlight CMI
David Bowie - lead vocals [2, 6, 11, 14], backing vocals, synthesizer, guitar
Kevin Ayers - lead vocals [5, 8, 13], backing vocals, electric guitar, Fairlight CMI, bass guitar
Robert Wyatt - lead vocals [7, 15], backing vocals, adapted drums, percussion, piano, bass
Additional personnel
Carlos Alomar - electric guitar
Derek Bramble - guitar, guitar synthesizer, bass guitar, synthesiser, backing vocals
Ollie Halsall - electric guitar, backing vocals
Steve Winwood - Hammond organ
Dave Harris - backing vocals, electric guitar, keyboards, producer
Bob Ezrin - producer, orchestral arrangement
Michael Kamen - orchestral arrangements
Tim Palmer - engineer, producer
Jeff Porcaro - drums, percussion
A Momentary Lapse of Reason
A MOMENTARY LAPSE OF REASON
A Momentary Lapse of Reason is the fifteenth studio album, double album, by the British rock band Projection. The album was released in 6 September 1987 by EMI Records in the United Kingdom, Canada and Europe, and by Columbia Records in the United States and the Rest of the World. Produced by Bob Ezrin and Anthony Moore, A Momentary Lapse of Reason is considered a transition album from the dance-oriented music to a new experimental period of the band, which would develop to The Division Bell.
With the exception of sporadic appearances in Rock in Rio (a South American leg), and the Live 8 concert, including a Pink Floyd Sound reunion, 1985 to Projection was a time to mostly rest, until August when the band decided to tour with a selection of songs by the members, without promoting The Blue. The Tour, called Projection World Tour, finished almost a year later, when Projection needed to release a new album. In 1985, David Gilmour bought a houseboat, adapting it into a recording studio called Astoria, where the majority of the album was recorded together with Britannia Row. "It was a brilliant idea of Dave, honestly, I loved that place.", David Bowie. The album is the last album with the songwriting collaboration of Richard Wright and Dave Harris, with Harris following a successful solo career, and Wright continuing with Projection.
In almost three years, Projection announced A Momentary Lapse of Reason with the lead single Flying Start, featuring Mike Oldfield. The song was also part of Mike Oldfield's album, Islands. The single was a small hit in the United Kingdom but afforded success in West Germany and France. Learning to Fly was Projection's most successful hit since Ashes to Ashes, surpassing Bowie's Let's Dance. The album reached number 3 in Billboard 200 and topped in the UK Album Charts.
The album received generally good reviews, such as that it was far better organized than the previous album. After the album, Kevin Ayers left Projection until 1992 when the group reunited to record The Division Bell. Following the release, the band launched the A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour, without Kevin, becoming their most successful tour in history, surpassing future tours, such as The Division Bell Tour (1993/96) and Reunion Tour (2004/07).
PROJECTION - A MOMENTARY LAPSE OF REASON (September/1987)
Genre: Progressive rock, art rock, synthpop, experimental, folk rock
Total: 93:27
Produced by: Bob Ezrin, Anthony Moore
Disc One - 47:37
Side A - 21:57
1. "Sorrow" (David Gilmour) - 8:48
2. "Day-In, Day-Out" (David Bowie) - 4:38
3. "Flying Start" (Kevin Ayers, Mike Oldfield) - 3:38
4. "Learning to Fly" (Gilmour, Anthony Moore, Bob Ezrin, Jon Carin) - 4:53
Side B - 25:40
5. "One Slip" (Gilmour, Phil Manzanera) - 5:10
6. "The British Road" (Robert Wyatt) - 6:23
7. "Budget Tours" (Ayers, Ollie Halsall) - 8:08
8. "On the Turning Away" (Gilmour, Moore) - 5:42
Disc Two - 45:50
Side C - 23:08
9. "By Touching" (Wright/Harris) - 5:39
10. "Time Will Crawl" (Bowie) - 4:18
11. "Gharbzadegi" (Wyatt) - 7:54
12. "Another Rolling Stone" (Ayers, Marvin Siau) - 5:17
Side D - 22:42
13. "Caribbean Way" (Ayers, Halsall) - 2:12¹
14. "Yet Another Movie/Round and Around" (Gilmour, Patrick Leonard) - 7:28
15. "That's What We Did (Today)" (Ayers, Wyatt, Halsall) - 3:44
16. "Private Person" (Wright, Harris, Bowie) - 3:36
17. "Am I Really Marcel?" (Kevin Ayers) - 5:59
Personnel
Projection
Kevin Ayers - lead vocals [3, 7, 12-13, 15, 17], backing vocals, electric guitar, bass guitar, harmonica
David Gilmour - lead vocals [1, 4-5, 8, 14], backing vocals, lead guitar, bass guitar, sequencers
David Bowie - lead vocals [2, 10, 16], guitar, Mellotron, Moog synthesizer, harmonica, tambourine
Richard Wright - lead vocals [4, 9, 16], backing vocals, piano, Kurzweil, Hammond organ, Fairlight CMI
Robert Wyatt - lead vocals [6, 11, 15], backing vocals, adapted drums, percussion, piano, bass
Additional personnel
Ollie Halsall - guitar, keyboards, drums, bass, backing vocals
Dave Harris - backing vocals, electric guitar, keyboards, producer
Carlos Alomar - guitar, guitar synthesizer, tambourine, backing vocals
Peter Frampton - lead guitar
Bob Ezrin - keyboards, percussion, sequencers
Tony Levin - bass guitar, Chapman Stick
Jim Keltner - drums
Jon Carin - keyboards
Tom Scott - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
Scott Page - tenor saxophone
Andrew Jackson - engineering, mixing
Anthony Moore - producer
A Momentary Lapse of Reason is the fifteenth studio album, double album, by the British rock band Projection. The album was released in 6 September 1987 by EMI Records in the United Kingdom, Canada and Europe, and by Columbia Records in the United States and the Rest of the World. Produced by Bob Ezrin and Anthony Moore, A Momentary Lapse of Reason is considered a transition album from the dance-oriented music to a new experimental period of the band, which would develop to The Division Bell.
With the exception of sporadic appearances in Rock in Rio (a South American leg), and the Live 8 concert, including a Pink Floyd Sound reunion, 1985 to Projection was a time to mostly rest, until August when the band decided to tour with a selection of songs by the members, without promoting The Blue. The Tour, called Projection World Tour, finished almost a year later, when Projection needed to release a new album. In 1985, David Gilmour bought a houseboat, adapting it into a recording studio called Astoria, where the majority of the album was recorded together with Britannia Row. "It was a brilliant idea of Dave, honestly, I loved that place.", David Bowie. The album is the last album with the songwriting collaboration of Richard Wright and Dave Harris, with Harris following a successful solo career, and Wright continuing with Projection.
In almost three years, Projection announced A Momentary Lapse of Reason with the lead single Flying Start, featuring Mike Oldfield. The song was also part of Mike Oldfield's album, Islands. The single was a small hit in the United Kingdom but afforded success in West Germany and France. Learning to Fly was Projection's most successful hit since Ashes to Ashes, surpassing Bowie's Let's Dance. The album reached number 3 in Billboard 200 and topped in the UK Album Charts.
The album received generally good reviews, such as that it was far better organized than the previous album. After the album, Kevin Ayers left Projection until 1992 when the group reunited to record The Division Bell. Following the release, the band launched the A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour, without Kevin, becoming their most successful tour in history, surpassing future tours, such as The Division Bell Tour (1993/96) and Reunion Tour (2004/07).
PROJECTION - A MOMENTARY LAPSE OF REASON (September/1987)
Genre: Progressive rock, art rock, synthpop, experimental, folk rock
Total: 93:27
Produced by: Bob Ezrin, Anthony Moore
Disc One - 47:37
Side A - 21:57
1. "Sorrow" (David Gilmour) - 8:48
2. "Day-In, Day-Out" (David Bowie) - 4:38
3. "Flying Start" (Kevin Ayers, Mike Oldfield) - 3:38
4. "Learning to Fly" (Gilmour, Anthony Moore, Bob Ezrin, Jon Carin) - 4:53
Side B - 25:40
5. "One Slip" (Gilmour, Phil Manzanera) - 5:10
6. "The British Road" (Robert Wyatt) - 6:23
7. "Budget Tours" (Ayers, Ollie Halsall) - 8:08
8. "On the Turning Away" (Gilmour, Moore) - 5:42
Disc Two - 45:50
Side C - 23:08
9. "By Touching" (Wright/Harris) - 5:39
10. "Time Will Crawl" (Bowie) - 4:18
11. "Gharbzadegi" (Wyatt) - 7:54
12. "Another Rolling Stone" (Ayers, Marvin Siau) - 5:17
Side D - 22:42
13. "Caribbean Way" (Ayers, Halsall) - 2:12¹
14. "Yet Another Movie/Round and Around" (Gilmour, Patrick Leonard) - 7:28
15. "That's What We Did (Today)" (Ayers, Wyatt, Halsall) - 3:44
16. "Private Person" (Wright, Harris, Bowie) - 3:36
17. "Am I Really Marcel?" (Kevin Ayers) - 5:59
Projection
Kevin Ayers - lead vocals [3, 7, 12-13, 15, 17], backing vocals, electric guitar, bass guitar, harmonica
David Gilmour - lead vocals [1, 4-5, 8, 14], backing vocals, lead guitar, bass guitar, sequencers
David Bowie - lead vocals [2, 10, 16], guitar, Mellotron, Moog synthesizer, harmonica, tambourine
Richard Wright - lead vocals [4, 9, 16], backing vocals, piano, Kurzweil, Hammond organ, Fairlight CMI
Robert Wyatt - lead vocals [6, 11, 15], backing vocals, adapted drums, percussion, piano, bass
Additional personnel
Ollie Halsall - guitar, keyboards, drums, bass, backing vocals
Dave Harris - backing vocals, electric guitar, keyboards, producer
Carlos Alomar - guitar, guitar synthesizer, tambourine, backing vocals
Peter Frampton - lead guitar
Bob Ezrin - keyboards, percussion, sequencers
Tony Levin - bass guitar, Chapman Stick
Jim Keltner - drums
Jon Carin - keyboards
Tom Scott - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
Scott Page - tenor saxophone
Andrew Jackson - engineering, mixing
Anthony Moore - producer
[1] Budget Tours (Part Two)
The Division Bell
THE DIVISION BELL
The Division Bell is the sixteenth studio album by the British rock band Projection. The album was released in 8 November 1993 in the United Kingdom by EMI Records and in 15 November 1993 in the United States, Canada and the Rest of the World by Columbia Records. The Division Bell was produced by Bob Ezrin, Nick Mason, Roger Waters, and Anthony Moore, and starts a short era in the band of a art-oriented music and less dance music, which would influence predominantly in their next and final album, The Unfairground. It was their first production with Roger Waters in 17 years, and with Nick Mason in 13 years.
Written mostly by David Gilmour, Richard Wright and Robert Wyatt, The Division Bell culminated in the reunion of Projection after a short break-up in 1990. Kevin Ayers accepted to reunite with his old group to record the new project, then called The Big Spliff. During their break, David Bowie formed the Tin Machine, releasing three albums with them, while Kevin Ayers invested on his solo career by releasing his best-selling album, Another Saturday Night. The rest of the members decided to take care of their personal lives, mainly David Gilmour and his romance with the novelist Polly Samson, who would write most of the lyrics for the album with a partnership with her fiancé, Gilmour.
The album was announced with a big promotion by Columbia and EMI Records, announcing the return of Projection to the music. The lead single, Buddha of Suburbia, inspired by Hanif Kureishi's book with the same name, and used in the TV Special, became a worldwide hit by topping Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles Charts, with the same as High Hopes, released three weeks later, peaking in number 3 in UK Singles Charts, topping Billboard Hot Rock Mainstream Songs, and peaking in number 7 in Hot 100, with Keep Talking in the B-side. Kevin's Something In-Between was released as single, successful in Europe, but a minor hit in the United States. The Division Bell ended up topping almost every chart, such as in Billboard 200, UK Album Charts, and being a hit in Germany, France, and Australia.
Focused on create a different project from their previous albums, Projection decided to revisit the inspiration similar to the Berlin Era, by recording new songs inspired by Ambient music, Krautrock, and Electronic music, mixed with the Progressive rock acts from Life on Mars to Shine on You Crazy Diamond. With the success, The Division Bell ended up becoming one of Projection's best-selling albums, indicated as Album of the Year by NME, and receiving a Grammy for Best Arrangement, and was received with mostly positive reviews by the critics, as it was received by the fans.
Not successful as the previous one, Projection started the The Division Bell Tour, promoting the album, and then, released a live album, called PULSE, with the highlights of the tour. Richard Wright said he felt that The Division Bell was a big push to start to record his solo album, Broken China. David Bowie affirmed that he enjoyed to produce Division Bell, and felt renewed, by then release his solo records after the tour. Robert Wyatt expresses that The Division Bell is his favourite album of the group. The album was dedicated to Ollie Halsall, Kevin Ayers's long-time songwriting partner, who died during the recording sessions.
PROJECTION - THE DIVISION BELL (November/1993)
Genre: Progressive rock, art rock, ambient
Total: 86:08
Produced by: Bob Ezrin, Nick Mason, Roger Waters, and Anthony Moore
Disc One - 39:37
Side A - 18:09
1. "Catholic Architecture" (Robert Wyatt) - 5:10
2. "Poles Apart" (David Gilmour, Polly Samson, Nick Laird-Clowes) - 5:49
3. "Feeling This Way" (Kevin Ayers) - 2:42
4. "Buddha of Suburbia" (David Bowie) - 4:28
Side B - 21:28
5. "Marooned" (Gilmour, Richard Wright) - 4:08
6. "Something In-Between" (Ayers) - 3:16
7. "Strangers When We Meet" (Bowie) - 4:58
8. "Dondestan" (Wyatt) - 4:49
9. "A Great Day for Freedom" (Gilmour, Samson) - 4:17
Disc Two - 46:31
Side C - 24:12
10. "Black Tie White Noise" (Bowie) - 4:52
11. "Wearing the Inside Out" (Wright, Moore) - 6:49
12. "Take It Back" (Gilmour, Samson, Laird-Clowes, Bob Ezrin) - 6:12
13. "Coming Back to Life" (Gilmour) - 6:19
Side D - 22:19
14. "I Don't Depend on You" (Ayers) - 3:36
15. "Keep Talking" (Gilmour, Wright, Bowie) - 6:10
16. "Worship" (Wyatt, Gilmour, Wright) - 4:50
17. "High Hopes" (Gilmour, Samson) - 7:43
Personnel
Projection
David Gilmour - lead vocals [2, 9, 12-13, 15, 17], backing vocals, lead guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, programming, talk box
David Bowie - lead vocals [4, 7, 10, 15, 17], backing vocals, acoustic guitar, saxophone
Robert Wyatt - lead vocals [1, 8, 16], backing vocals, drums, percussion, piano, synthesizer
Kevin Ayers - lead vocals [3, 6, 14], backing vocals, electric guitar, bass guitar
Richard Wright - lead vocals [11], backing vocals, piano, Kurzweil, Hammond organ, programming
Additional personnel
Ollie Halsall - acoustic guitar, vibraphone
Mike Oldfield - electric guitar
Kevin Armstrong - electric guitar
Anthony Moore - synthesizer, keyboards, producer
Roger Waters - bass guitar, producer
Nick Mason - percussion, producer
Bob Ezrin - producer
Gavin Harrison - drums
Andrew Jackson - engineering
Michael Kamen - orchestral arrangements
Stephen Hawking - vocal samples [15]
Dick Parry - tenor saxophone
Jon Carin - programming, piano, additional keyboards
Guy Pratt - bass guitar
Michael Reisman - harp, tubular bells, string arrangement
Nile Rodgers - electric guitar
Erdal Kızılçay - bass guitar
The Division Bell is the sixteenth studio album by the British rock band Projection. The album was released in 8 November 1993 in the United Kingdom by EMI Records and in 15 November 1993 in the United States, Canada and the Rest of the World by Columbia Records. The Division Bell was produced by Bob Ezrin, Nick Mason, Roger Waters, and Anthony Moore, and starts a short era in the band of a art-oriented music and less dance music, which would influence predominantly in their next and final album, The Unfairground. It was their first production with Roger Waters in 17 years, and with Nick Mason in 13 years.
Written mostly by David Gilmour, Richard Wright and Robert Wyatt, The Division Bell culminated in the reunion of Projection after a short break-up in 1990. Kevin Ayers accepted to reunite with his old group to record the new project, then called The Big Spliff. During their break, David Bowie formed the Tin Machine, releasing three albums with them, while Kevin Ayers invested on his solo career by releasing his best-selling album, Another Saturday Night. The rest of the members decided to take care of their personal lives, mainly David Gilmour and his romance with the novelist Polly Samson, who would write most of the lyrics for the album with a partnership with her fiancé, Gilmour.
The album was announced with a big promotion by Columbia and EMI Records, announcing the return of Projection to the music. The lead single, Buddha of Suburbia, inspired by Hanif Kureishi's book with the same name, and used in the TV Special, became a worldwide hit by topping Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles Charts, with the same as High Hopes, released three weeks later, peaking in number 3 in UK Singles Charts, topping Billboard Hot Rock Mainstream Songs, and peaking in number 7 in Hot 100, with Keep Talking in the B-side. Kevin's Something In-Between was released as single, successful in Europe, but a minor hit in the United States. The Division Bell ended up topping almost every chart, such as in Billboard 200, UK Album Charts, and being a hit in Germany, France, and Australia.
Focused on create a different project from their previous albums, Projection decided to revisit the inspiration similar to the Berlin Era, by recording new songs inspired by Ambient music, Krautrock, and Electronic music, mixed with the Progressive rock acts from Life on Mars to Shine on You Crazy Diamond. With the success, The Division Bell ended up becoming one of Projection's best-selling albums, indicated as Album of the Year by NME, and receiving a Grammy for Best Arrangement, and was received with mostly positive reviews by the critics, as it was received by the fans.
Not successful as the previous one, Projection started the The Division Bell Tour, promoting the album, and then, released a live album, called PULSE, with the highlights of the tour. Richard Wright said he felt that The Division Bell was a big push to start to record his solo album, Broken China. David Bowie affirmed that he enjoyed to produce Division Bell, and felt renewed, by then release his solo records after the tour. Robert Wyatt expresses that The Division Bell is his favourite album of the group. The album was dedicated to Ollie Halsall, Kevin Ayers's long-time songwriting partner, who died during the recording sessions.
PROJECTION - THE DIVISION BELL (November/1993)
Genre: Progressive rock, art rock, ambient
Total: 86:08
Produced by: Bob Ezrin, Nick Mason, Roger Waters, and Anthony Moore
Disc One - 39:37
Side A - 18:09
1. "Catholic Architecture" (Robert Wyatt) - 5:10
2. "Poles Apart" (David Gilmour, Polly Samson, Nick Laird-Clowes) - 5:49
3. "Feeling This Way" (Kevin Ayers) - 2:42
4. "Buddha of Suburbia" (David Bowie) - 4:28
Side B - 21:28
5. "Marooned" (Gilmour, Richard Wright) - 4:08
6. "Something In-Between" (Ayers) - 3:16
7. "Strangers When We Meet" (Bowie) - 4:58
8. "Dondestan" (Wyatt) - 4:49
9. "A Great Day for Freedom" (Gilmour, Samson) - 4:17
Disc Two - 46:31
Side C - 24:12
10. "Black Tie White Noise" (Bowie) - 4:52
11. "Wearing the Inside Out" (Wright, Moore) - 6:49
12. "Take It Back" (Gilmour, Samson, Laird-Clowes, Bob Ezrin) - 6:12
13. "Coming Back to Life" (Gilmour) - 6:19
Side D - 22:19
14. "I Don't Depend on You" (Ayers) - 3:36
15. "Keep Talking" (Gilmour, Wright, Bowie) - 6:10
16. "Worship" (Wyatt, Gilmour, Wright) - 4:50
17. "High Hopes" (Gilmour, Samson) - 7:43
Projection
David Gilmour - lead vocals [2, 9, 12-13, 15, 17], backing vocals, lead guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, programming, talk box
David Bowie - lead vocals [4, 7, 10, 15, 17], backing vocals, acoustic guitar, saxophone
Robert Wyatt - lead vocals [1, 8, 16], backing vocals, drums, percussion, piano, synthesizer
Kevin Ayers - lead vocals [3, 6, 14], backing vocals, electric guitar, bass guitar
Richard Wright - lead vocals [11], backing vocals, piano, Kurzweil, Hammond organ, programming
Additional personnel
Ollie Halsall - acoustic guitar, vibraphone
Mike Oldfield - electric guitar
Kevin Armstrong - electric guitar
Anthony Moore - synthesizer, keyboards, producer
Roger Waters - bass guitar, producer
Nick Mason - percussion, producer
Bob Ezrin - producer
Gavin Harrison - drums
Andrew Jackson - engineering
Michael Kamen - orchestral arrangements
Stephen Hawking - vocal samples [15]
Dick Parry - tenor saxophone
Jon Carin - programming, piano, additional keyboards
Guy Pratt - bass guitar
Michael Reisman - harp, tubular bells, string arrangement
Nile Rodgers - electric guitar
Erdal Kızılçay - bass guitar
The Unfairground
THE UNFAIRGROUND
The Unfairground is the seventeenth and final studio album by the British rock band Projection. The album was released digitally in 26 November 2007 by the independent labels LO-MAX and ISO Records, being released in 1 December by EMI Records in the United Kingdom, Australia & New Zealand and Europe, and by Columbia Records in the United States and the Rest of the World. Produced by Brian Eno and Nick Mason, it was defined by David Gilmour as a 21st century Projection album, being recorded at the Astoria, Abbey Road Studios, and Britannia Row Studios.
With the end of The Division Bell Tour, Projection decided to break-up again. Most of Projection members focused on their solo career, with Richard Wright releasing his solo album, Broken China in 1998, as did Robert Wyatt with Schleep. Kevin Ayers and David Bowie released multiple studio albums before the reunion. The first concert was at the Robert Wyatt's Meltdown after David Gilmour's solo presentation. The band announced their tour in December 2003, starting in 2004 in North America, proceeding to Latin America, South Africa, Asia and Oceania, Europe, and then, United Kingdom. In early 2006, Projection started to record their seventeenth album in the Astoria, with songs which were written by all of them to solo projects.
Announced by Projection and LO-MAX, The Unfairground caught a surprised public, with big expectations in their next record. The first promotional single was David Bowie's Never Get Old received with positive reviews reaching top 5 in Billboard Hot 100 and number 2 in Hot Rock Mainstream Songs. In the United Kingdom was a moderate hit by reaching number 8. A week later, Louder Than Words, their lead and final single, was a major hit in Europe, but moderate in the US, reaching number 10 in Billboard Alternative Songs. With the release, The Unfairground topped the UK Album Charts and peaked in number 3 in Billboard 200.
After the release, The Unfairground didn't have a promotional tour, although the band promoted the album during the following days of the Reunion Tour. After the end of the tour, the band finally broke up for good, with a few reunions, such as in the Concert for Syd, Live Earth, and a concert in 2010 raising funds to the victims of the Haiti earthquake. In 2008, the keyboardist Richard Wright passed away, leaving his album unreleased, and in 2013, Kevin Ayers passed away in his house in France. In 2014 there was a try to record a final album with the remaining members, David Gilmour, David Bowie and Robert Wyatt, but due to the conditions of Bowie's health, recorded takes of the planned album were used on Gilmour's Rattle That Lock and Bowie's Blackstar. Bowie passed away in 2016.
PROJECTION - THE UNFAIRGROUND (November/2007)
Genre: Post-progressive, ambient, art rock
Total: 65:39
Produced by: Brian Eno, Nick Mason
Track listing
1. "Unfairground" (Kevin Ayers) - 3:51
2. "Allons-y" (David Gilmour, Richard Wright, Brian Eno) - 13:45
a) "The Lost Art of Conversation" (Wright, Eno)
b) "On Noodle Street" (Gilmour, Wright)
c) "Night Light" (Gilmour, Wright, Eno)
d) "Allons-y (I)" (Gilmour)
e) "Autumn '68" (Wright)
f) "Allons-y (II)" (Gilmour)
g) "Talkin' Hawkin'" (Gilmour, Wright, Eno)
3. "Smile" (David Gilmour, Polly Samson) - 4:03
4. "Fly" (David Bowie) - 4:10
5. "Cold Shoulder" (Kevin Ayers) - 3:08
6. "A Beautiful Peace" (Robert Wyatt, Eno) - 2:27
7. "Never Get Old" (Bowie) - 4:25
8. "Just as You Are" (Wyatt, Alfreda Benge) - 4:21
9. "Baby Come Home" (Ayers) - 2:36
10. "A Pocketful of Stones" (Gilmour, Samson) - 6:17
11. "Louder Than Words" (Gilmour, Samson, Wright, Bowie) - 6:37
12. "Where We Start" (Gilmour, Samson) - 6:45
13. "Walk on Water" (Ayers) - 3:14
Personnel
Projection
Kevin Ayers - lead vocals [1, 5, 9, 13], backing vocals, electric guitar, bass guitar
David Gilmour - lead vocals [3, 10, 11, 12], backing vocals, lead guitar, Hammond organ, percussion, bass guitar, piano
David Bowie - lead vocals [4, 7, 11], backing vocals, electric guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, saxophone, stylophone, percussion
Richard Wright - lead vocals [11], backing vocals, Hammond organ, piano, Kurzweil piano, Rhodes piano, Farfisa organ, Royal Albert Hall Organ, synthesizer
Robert Wyatt - lead vocals [6, 8], backing vocals, piano, keyboards, trumpet, cornet, pocket trumpet, enotron
Additional personnel
Bob Ezrin - bass guitar
Durga McBroom - backing vocals
Louise Marshal - backing vocals
Sarah Brown - backing vocals
Escala:
Leszek Możdżer - piano
Illan Eshkeri - programming
Willie Wilson - drums, percussion
Chris Thomas - keyboards
Zbigniew Preisner - orchestral arrangement
Carlos Alomar - electric guitar
Phil Manzanera - electric guitar
Hugh Hopper - bass guitar
Bridget St. John - backing vocals
Dave Sinclair - piano
Nick Mason - drums, producer
Brian Eno - keyboards, effects, enotron, producer
The Unfairground is the seventeenth and final studio album by the British rock band Projection. The album was released digitally in 26 November 2007 by the independent labels LO-MAX and ISO Records, being released in 1 December by EMI Records in the United Kingdom, Australia & New Zealand and Europe, and by Columbia Records in the United States and the Rest of the World. Produced by Brian Eno and Nick Mason, it was defined by David Gilmour as a 21st century Projection album, being recorded at the Astoria, Abbey Road Studios, and Britannia Row Studios.
With the end of The Division Bell Tour, Projection decided to break-up again. Most of Projection members focused on their solo career, with Richard Wright releasing his solo album, Broken China in 1998, as did Robert Wyatt with Schleep. Kevin Ayers and David Bowie released multiple studio albums before the reunion. The first concert was at the Robert Wyatt's Meltdown after David Gilmour's solo presentation. The band announced their tour in December 2003, starting in 2004 in North America, proceeding to Latin America, South Africa, Asia and Oceania, Europe, and then, United Kingdom. In early 2006, Projection started to record their seventeenth album in the Astoria, with songs which were written by all of them to solo projects.
Announced by Projection and LO-MAX, The Unfairground caught a surprised public, with big expectations in their next record. The first promotional single was David Bowie's Never Get Old received with positive reviews reaching top 5 in Billboard Hot 100 and number 2 in Hot Rock Mainstream Songs. In the United Kingdom was a moderate hit by reaching number 8. A week later, Louder Than Words, their lead and final single, was a major hit in Europe, but moderate in the US, reaching number 10 in Billboard Alternative Songs. With the release, The Unfairground topped the UK Album Charts and peaked in number 3 in Billboard 200.
After the release, The Unfairground didn't have a promotional tour, although the band promoted the album during the following days of the Reunion Tour. After the end of the tour, the band finally broke up for good, with a few reunions, such as in the Concert for Syd, Live Earth, and a concert in 2010 raising funds to the victims of the Haiti earthquake. In 2008, the keyboardist Richard Wright passed away, leaving his album unreleased, and in 2013, Kevin Ayers passed away in his house in France. In 2014 there was a try to record a final album with the remaining members, David Gilmour, David Bowie and Robert Wyatt, but due to the conditions of Bowie's health, recorded takes of the planned album were used on Gilmour's Rattle That Lock and Bowie's Blackstar. Bowie passed away in 2016.
PROJECTION - THE UNFAIRGROUND (November/2007)
Genre: Post-progressive, ambient, art rock
Total: 65:39
Produced by: Brian Eno, Nick Mason
Track listing
1. "Unfairground" (Kevin Ayers) - 3:51
2. "Allons-y" (David Gilmour, Richard Wright, Brian Eno) - 13:45
a) "The Lost Art of Conversation" (Wright, Eno)
b) "On Noodle Street" (Gilmour, Wright)
c) "Night Light" (Gilmour, Wright, Eno)
d) "Allons-y (I)" (Gilmour)
e) "Autumn '68" (Wright)
f) "Allons-y (II)" (Gilmour)
g) "Talkin' Hawkin'" (Gilmour, Wright, Eno)
3. "Smile" (David Gilmour, Polly Samson) - 4:03
4. "Fly" (David Bowie) - 4:10
5. "Cold Shoulder" (Kevin Ayers) - 3:08
6. "A Beautiful Peace" (Robert Wyatt, Eno) - 2:27
7. "Never Get Old" (Bowie) - 4:25
8. "Just as You Are" (Wyatt, Alfreda Benge) - 4:21
9. "Baby Come Home" (Ayers) - 2:36
10. "A Pocketful of Stones" (Gilmour, Samson) - 6:17
11. "Louder Than Words" (Gilmour, Samson, Wright, Bowie) - 6:37
12. "Where We Start" (Gilmour, Samson) - 6:45
13. "Walk on Water" (Ayers) - 3:14
Projection
Kevin Ayers - lead vocals [1, 5, 9, 13], backing vocals, electric guitar, bass guitar
David Gilmour - lead vocals [3, 10, 11, 12], backing vocals, lead guitar, Hammond organ, percussion, bass guitar, piano
David Bowie - lead vocals [4, 7, 11], backing vocals, electric guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, saxophone, stylophone, percussion
Richard Wright - lead vocals [11], backing vocals, Hammond organ, piano, Kurzweil piano, Rhodes piano, Farfisa organ, Royal Albert Hall Organ, synthesizer
Robert Wyatt - lead vocals [6, 8], backing vocals, piano, keyboards, trumpet, cornet, pocket trumpet, enotron
Additional personnel
Bob Ezrin - bass guitar
Durga McBroom - backing vocals
Louise Marshal - backing vocals
Sarah Brown - backing vocals
Escala:
Chantal Leverton - viola
Victoria Lyon - violin
Helen Nash - cello
Honor Watson - violin
Polly Samson - backing vocalsVictoria Lyon - violin
Helen Nash - cello
Honor Watson - violin
Leszek Możdżer - piano
Illan Eshkeri - programming
Willie Wilson - drums, percussion
Chris Thomas - keyboards
Zbigniew Preisner - orchestral arrangement
Carlos Alomar - electric guitar
Phil Manzanera - electric guitar
Hugh Hopper - bass guitar
Bridget St. John - backing vocals
Dave Sinclair - piano
Nick Mason - drums, producer
Brian Eno - keyboards, effects, enotron, producer
2006-Present: The End of the Show
Final Break-up
David Bowie and David Gilmour during the rehearsals at Royal Albert Hall, 2007, performing at the Concert for Syd.
"In particular, 2006, 2007 and 2008 were really strange years. The pauses on the activities of the band were frequent, so after the end of the tour, we wanted to finally break-up and leave the legacy of Projection there, available to the people. Syd and Wright deaths were equally tragic to me, since they were friends, but Wright ended up making me feel a few times worse, like... we formed the band, and we were members until the end, we've seen each others until recently, and see the news that he passed away was a blow to me, y'know."
- David Bowie, 2009.
Tomorrow brings another town- David Bowie, 2009.
Richard Wright.
In 2010, without Richard Wright, Projection reunites for the last time in a TV concert under the acronym of Gilmour, Ayers, Bowie and Wyatt (GABW), without using the proper name. The group played a set of six songs to raise funds for the victims of the earthquake in Haiti, Life on Mars?, Wish You Were Here, "Heroes", High Hopes, Louder Than Words, and Am I Really Marcel?. Roger Waters also appeared with his backing band, The Bleeding Hearts Band, playing Another Brick in the Wall, Comfortably Numb, Radio Waves, Flickering Flame, and The Tide is Turning.
In 2012, at the O2 Arena, Gilmour, Bowie and Ayers performed in songs of The Wall with Roger Waters on his tour, The Wall Live. It would be the last performance of any Projection member together. In 2013, the bassist Kevin Ayers died in his sleep in France. In a private funeral, appeared friends of the Canterbury scene, Projection members, and family. One year later, Gilmour decided to the remaining members of Projection, David Bowie and Robert Wyatt, to record a final album for Projection.
Good initiative, but it didn't work
David Gilmour in Porto Alegre, Brazil, during the Rattle That Lock Tour, 2016.
"I remember the day that David Bowie came to the studio and told us about the diagnosis that he had liver cancer. The studio never was the same after the news. We had some bad feelings about that thing, and plus the stressful situations we were passing through, I've decided to desist from the final album, and Dave with Bowie followed my decision, so both took the parts that we've already recorded to use on their solo projects. I didn't have any project in mind so I returned home."
- Robert Wyatt
David Gilmour recorded and released his solo album in late 2015, called Rattle That Lock, with contributions of former Projection members David Bowie and Robert Wyatt. The album was produced by his long-time friends, Nick Mason and Roger Waters. As David Bowie, released his album on his birthday, Blackstar, three days before his death, and produced by Tony Visconti, and with also Mason and Waters. The album featured contributions of Gilmour.- Robert Wyatt
Recently...
Recently, Roger Waters released his ninth solo album, called Is This The Life We Really Want?, another successful album by the veteran singer-songwriter. The former drummer Robert Wyatt integrated his supporting band to the Us + Them Tour, embarking in controversial themes with critics to American president Donald Trump, and a troubled passage in Brazil, since both criticized the far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro.
"It is a great tour, absolutely. It was a honour of Robert Wyatt to participate of the tour, since I talk mostly with him about politics, as always. Since the earlier times in Projection we both were engaged with politics, just to see our material. But Wyatt it's a bit radical than me, affiliated to the Communist Party, *laughs*. Anyway, we are doing great, now we are starting the European leg of the tour, busy with rehearsals and a lot of things. Hope you all come to watch us at the Us + Them Tour!"
- Roger Waters, 2018.
As for the former guitarist David Gilmour, he's living a quite recluse life after the Rattle That Lock Tour. The release of the live album, Return to Pompeii, was successful, with a world premiere in 10 September 2017. There are rumours of a next album being completed with a lot of material unreleased of Rattle That Lock is coming.- Roger Waters, 2018.
But you know, it's only a show...
Anyways, thank you all who read and liked the timeline! I'm really sorry about my sudden disappearance before the Wish You Were Here tours and about my lost of interest. Still, glad that you liked the Jet-Propelled Soft Machine on Wikia, and I hope that you can join me in the next timelines (a bit less ambitious than this one), in the beautiful universe that are the alternate histories about music.
Currently, I'm rewriting the So You Think You Can Tell... timeline, about a different Pink Floyd after an earlier departure of Roger Waters in 1978, right after the In the Flesh tour, hope you can join me in this timeline! And soon, I'll start to write a timeline focused in Os Mutantes, a Brazilian band that is very famous... in Brazil, and very known by people outside (such as Kurt Cobain, David Byrne, and Sean Lennon). Hope you like it, and once again, thank you all for reading this timeline!
And also, I need to thank flippikat, Loulou and Auran to help me on contributing (such as the timeline, songs and covers) to the Projection timeline!
Anyways, thank you all who read and liked the timeline! I'm really sorry about my sudden disappearance before the Wish You Were Here tours and about my lost of interest. Still, glad that you liked the Jet-Propelled Soft Machine on Wikia, and I hope that you can join me in the next timelines (a bit less ambitious than this one), in the beautiful universe that are the alternate histories about music.
Currently, I'm rewriting the So You Think You Can Tell... timeline, about a different Pink Floyd after an earlier departure of Roger Waters in 1978, right after the In the Flesh tour, hope you can join me in this timeline! And soon, I'll start to write a timeline focused in Os Mutantes, a Brazilian band that is very famous... in Brazil, and very known by people outside (such as Kurt Cobain, David Byrne, and Sean Lennon). Hope you like it, and once again, thank you all for reading this timeline!
And also, I need to thank flippikat, Loulou and Auran to help me on contributing (such as the timeline, songs and covers) to the Projection timeline!
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That was incredible! The albums are all really good listens, almost to the point where they seem real. Again, thank you for doing this timeline, it was really interesting, a little bittersweet towards the end, but it was so beliveable. I can't wait to see what you decide to do with the So You Think TL. Your writing is truly magical.