David Gilmour

Who better to wield a poker at Pink Floyd's pretensions than the band's own guitarist? For
his second solo album, David Gilmour brings on the massed hacks of the National
Philharmonic Orchestra for one of those sprawling Floydian instrumental buildups that
threatens never to go anywhere – and then cuts it off before it does. He calls it "Let's Get
Metaphysical" – the perfect dig. Elsewhere, unfortunately, Gilmour lacks such a... More >