About Face: David Gilmour: Amazon.ca: Music

1. Until We Sleep

2. Murder

3. Love On The Air

4. Blue Light

5. Out Of The Blue

6. All Lovers Are Deranged

7. You Know I'm Right

8. Cruise

9. Let's Get Metaphysical

10. Near The End

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Recorded following the fractious and unhappy sessions for Pink Floyd's The Final Cut, About Face represented a new start for David Gilmour. Freed from his tempestuous collaboration with Roger Waters, Gilmour was able to fall in love with the recording process all over again. The remarkably relaxed and confident About Face stands head and shoulders above anything Gilmour has done with the latter-day incarnation of the Floyd. With its dramatic crescendos and lyrics about "voices in your head," "Murder" is the most Floyd-like track on the album. Other highlights include the propulsive opener "Until We Sleep," the Dylanesque piano ballad "Out of the Blue," and the funky, horn-driven "Blue Light." The energy level flags a bit, but Gilmour's playing is dazzling throughout. It's an excellent effort, overall, and one which should appeal to more than just Floyd fans. --Dan Epstein

Album Description

Japanese pressing remastered reissue. CBS. 2005.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Another winner from David Gilmour, Jun 20 2004

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Terrence J Reardon "Classic rock guru" (Lake Worth, Florida, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: About Face (Audio CD)

Pink Floyd's David Gilmour released his second solo album About Face in March of 1984. The album was co-produced by Gilmour and Bob Ezrin(whom David worked with last on Pink Floyd's The Wall). The album was recorded throughout 1983 in France. In addition to Dave on vocals and guitar, he is joined by Toto drummer Jeff Porcaro, bass player Pino Palladino and keyboardist Ian Kewley(both from Paul Young's band). Dave wrote eight of the ten songs himself on this album including the pulsating opener Until We Sleep, which is a great song. Murder is next and is the best track on the album with Dave pulling out all the stops on electric and acoustic guitars. Love on the Air is next and Dave wrote the music while Pete Townshend penned the lyrics to this song as well as the second half opening rocker All Lovers Are Deranged. The single Blue Light follows and is a good funky track. Steve Winwood plays Hammond Organ on this track as he did on Love on the Air. The ballad Out of the Blue ends the first half on a poignant note with the late Michael Kamen's superb orchestrations. All Lovers kicked off the second half and is followed by the anti-Roger Waters track You Know I'm Right showing Dave was still angered and upset about Waters' ill-treatment to him during the torturous Final Cut sessions. Next is Cruise, which is apparently an ode to an MX nuclear-tipped cruise missile. The classical meets grand guitar instrumental Let's Get Metaphysical follows and beautifully blends Michael's orchestrations with some killer guitar work from Gilmour on his trust Fender Stratocaster. The ironically titled Near the End ends this album on a bittersweet note. I first got this album on cassette when I was 12 and it is better on CD. The album hit a modest #32 in the US and went Gold as a result. I highly recommend this album to any Floyd fan!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Nick Perencevic Review of the Maestro, Jun 10 2003

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Nick Perencevic (Stoney Creek, Ontario) - See all my reviews

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Gilmour is the reason I started to play. He pioneered a sound that is instantly recognizable as his own, shattering and breaking stale pop and blues paradigms of his contemporaries. His sound is all his own, not being confined to any particular category or genre. I wish that more players would have the courage to explore and nurture new ways of approaching a medium that is in desperate need of ingenuity and creativity. Gilmours vibrato is unmatched. His primary genius and resulting tone lays in his willingness to feel a note where other players are prone to quickly pass over them believing that speed / quantity equals quality- not so. Trying to learn his music proves the fultility of such an endeavour. His approach is minimalist proving that one should use every note as if they cost $5 a piece. The best way to describe his playing on an emotional level is best referenced with this famous quote: "like Hendrix, Gilmour's sound FREEZES your blood with gentle riffs followed by sonic booms". Lets just hope we'll be able to get one more album from the maestro. Its been along time. 10 years and counting. Nick Perencevic - Stoney Creek, Ontario.

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5.0 out of 5 stars David Gilmour CD, Dec 23 2011

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Catherine J. Shaw "Mrs. Kiefer Sutherland`" (Canada) - See all my reviews
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awesome product, fast shipping, great transaction
was searching on Amazon for some different items to buy for Christmas gifts and I found a few!!

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