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I enjoy this cd alot! The ambience of it is very hypnotic and soothing~ the only thing thing that I didn't enjoy very much was the sound of the cd' it was a bit to quiet. You have to turn up the volume to actually hear it, but other then that its a great cd to add to your collection. I would have to say that "Comfortably Numb" is my favorite song, its beautiful and the instrumetal part at the end is just amazing i really love it!!!

Let us know how shallow you are! Tell us how much you enjoy this nostalgia fest. The leader of this band was not even in the original group but he gets to plaster the name on any album he wants to make. Just don't expect the fat geezer to write any new songs. 100 years from now Pink Floyd will still be performing. Maybe the future line up can do a gig on David Gilmours grave sight. That would be way cool. I hope they play Money.

The claim to fame of Pulse, Pink Floyd's two-CD live album released in 1995, is the live performance of Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety. If you're a casual Pink Floyd fan, that's great; if you're a devoted fan, you're apt to be disappointed by the lack of nuance expressed in a concert setting. It has obviously been a few years since I listened to Pulse because my memory told me it was superior to 1988's Delicate Sound of Thunder live two-CD album - my memory was wrong. I'm not saying Pulse isn't a quality performance or that fans won't enjoy it, but to my ears it clearly lacks the sort of passion and energy that was captured on Delicate Sounds of Thunder. The two live albums of the reconstituted, post-Waters Pink Floyd share a number of songs in common, and I prefer the Thunder versions in almost every single case. Here, the long instrumental sections of Shine on You Crazy Diamond, for example, seem to drag on interminably, while on Delicate Sound of Thunder each minute of the music built up toward a pressurized unleashing of vocals.

The first disc features a healthy portion of material originating after Waters' acrimonious exit from the band. There are two tracks from 1987's A Momentary Lapse of Region (Sorrow and Learning to Fly) and five from 1994's The Division Bell (What Do You Want from Me, A Great Day for Freedom, High Hopes, Keep Talking, and Coming Back to Life). These are intermixed alongside some older Pink Floyd tracks: Shine on You Crazy Diamond from Wish You Were Here, Astronomy Domine from 1967's The Piper at the Gates, and two classic cuts from The Wall. Another Brick in the Wall (Part Two) is good but seems to lack a little oomph, but Hey You is delivered with the passion and energy that make it easily the most impressive song on either of the Pulse CDs.

Disc Two takes us through a complete version of Dark Side of the Moon; the live setting does take something away from the purity and magic of these songs, so your appreciation of the live set may depend upon the depth of your commitment to Pink Floyd itself. Three tracks are added on at the end in the form of musical encores. I have a feeling there would be rioting in the streets if Pink Floyd showed up and didn't play Wish You Were Here, Comfortably Numb, and Run Like Hell. I was impressed by the first of these three classic songs, but Comfortably Numb and Run Like Hell seem to fall short of their counterparts on the earlier Distant Sound of Thunder.

At first glance, Pulse looks like a no-brainer, a guarantee of musical nirvana courtesy of one of the greatest bands of all-time. As I listened to it, though, I just felt as if something were missing - something subtle and comparatively minor, but noticeably missing all the same. Still, this is Pink Floyd, and no Pink Floyd recording could ever be bad - but it seems to me that Pulse could have been more intense and musically dazzling than it is.

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5.0 out of 5 stars the greatest live album ever
please dont pay any attention to the one star reviews on this page for this great live album featuring live concert footage of the dark side of the moon cd plus their other big... Read more

Published on July 2 2004

1.0 out of 5 stars Fake Pink floyd
Why make a live version of Dark side?
Why record pink stuff after 1983?

This must be a joke?

No more Gilmoure
Gilmoure no more

Published on July 1 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars Greatest live album ever
Pink Floyd's Pulse was released in June of 1995. The album was recorded on the band's 1994 European tour to support The Division Bell album. Read more

Published on Jun 22 2004 by Terrence J Reardon

4.0 out of 5 stars Much better than the album they were promoting at the time
I'm not a fan of THE DIVISION BELL by a long shot. A few good songs on an hour-plus long album just doesn't cut it, even if it does complete my Pink Floyd Studio album collection... Read more

Published on April 4 2004 by egon_beeblebrox

5.0 out of 5 stars One Word: Unmissable!
This is perhaps one of the greatest live CDs of all time. It includes the very best of Pink Floyd with the very best of David Gilmour. Read more

Published on Mar 16 2004 by Mrs. Gillian Painter

5.0 out of 5 stars 1000 stars are not enough for David Gilmour on this CD
Yes! Yes! Yes! David Gilmour has been blessed with unbelievable talent as shown on this CD (and all of his others) and with his perfect guitar playing and sexy voice (which has... Read more

Published on Dec 30 2003 by JANET L. ODELL

4.0 out of 5 stars CHECK YOUR P.U.L.S.E.
I am not really a big fan of live CDs, I would rather watch the DVD or VHS. CD 2 on P.U.L.S.E. is "dark side" live and a couple of other songs. Read more

Published on Nov 16 2003 by ovaltenie

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect.
This is a good starting CD for people who want to listen to Pink Floyd's best without paying loads of money for all their CDs. Read more

Published on Aug 31 2003 by Rachel Genevieve

4.0 out of 5 stars This is not Pink Floyd
It's quite simple. This may be a great-sounding album; many talented artists have covered Pink Floyd's brilliant compositions. Any band without Roger Waters is NOT Pink Floyd.

Published on Aug 23 2003 by Allmaniac

5.0 out of 5 stars A great introduction to Pink Floyd!
I risk admission of how new a Floyd fan I am...but this was my first album, bought when it very first came out. It was through this album that I actually got to know the band. Read more

Published on July 21 2003 by FloydWaters

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