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About Face
by: David Gilmour

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0094637084229
Format: Original recording remastered
Label: EMI
Manufacturer: EMI
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: EMI
Release Date: August 14, 2006
Studio: EMI
Sales Rank: 2640

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Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Careful with that 80's production, Gilmour...
David Gilmour's second solo effort from 1984 see's him deliberately getting away from the distinctive, timeless sound of Pink Floyd. In doing so, About Face today sounds very much 'of its time' - drenched in mid-eighties synth, drums and an awful 'Phil Collins-esque' horn section.

Thats not so say there aren't redeeming factors here. Gilmour's solo's - when allowed to break through the horrid 80's gloss - are great, and there are some decent songs (Murder, Out Of The Blue, Near The End) but there is a lot that is instantly forgettable.

If you want Gilmour on top solo form get his 2006 'On An Island' album, or check out his amazing live DVD's.

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- It's fairly mediocre. Gilmour aficionados only.
If you love "A Momentary Lapse of Reason", or MOR 80's rock, this should be a good buy. I bought both this LP and "AMLOR" in the late 80's on vinyl and though they sounded OK at the time neither have aged well (at least the latter is saved by "Learning to Fly"). Sadly there's no comparison here with Gilmour's best non-Waters work, such as the 1978 first album or "The Division Bell".

The obligatory instrumental, "Let's Get Metaphysical" works well, though it's no "Marooned". "Until we Sleep" moves along nicely but ultimately fails to engage much interest. "Murder" is the best track, with an ability to surprise sadly missing elsewhere and a killer ending. "All Lovers are Deranged" is a predictable by-the-numbers rocker but the low ... Read More:

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- Blows huge chunks
This album is awful. I've been a Floyd fan since the early days, and Floyd without Waters is as bad as Waters without Floyd. Gilmour without Floyd is even worse.

Two particularly awful tracks leap out and ram themselves down your throat: Blue Light and Cruise.

Don't buy this thinking you will be getting a bit more Floyd. The closest to a bit more Floyd is Roger Water's "Amused To Death". This one stinks big time.

Rating:

- Nearly, but not quite.
After the disappointing album by Pink Floyd, 'The Final Cut', in 1983, 1984 was set to improve with the latest Gilmour solo effort. Gilmour was not happy with 'The Final Cut'. There was a definite lack of guitar on the album, and Gilmour eventually asked for his name to be removed from the production credits. Waters now had complete control, but it destroyed the band. Therefore Gilmour needed this album to release the anger within. In many respects, this is an angry album, but some of his sublime guitar work is allowed to dominate also. 'About Face' is not as good as Gilmour's other solo efforts, 'David Gilmour' and 'On An Island', and is very much an album of the 1980's. But the trademark Gilmour sound is still there, and he is still head and ... Read More:

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- MOR but top quality MOR
Originally released in March 1984 About Face is the second solo LP from the Pink Floyd guitarist /vocalist and was recorded at a time when the future of Pink Floyd was still shrouded in uncertainty. Not that any of that percolates into the music as it's a supremely confident mix of typically guitar led rockier songs with some plangent ballads thrown in for variety . Contributors include Steve Winwood , Pete Townsend who shares co-writing credits on "Love On The Air" and "All Lovers Are Deranged" Jon Lord of Deep Purple, and orchestral arrangers Michael Kamen and Bob Ezrin.
It's production by Gilmour and Ezrin is characteristically eighties not helped by eighties favourites like Pino Pallidono,s fretless bass flanging spongily on the ... Read More:

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