"Gilmour and Mason describe "The Endless River" as "mainly a four-sided instrumental album. It also features one song, “Louder Than Words”, with new lyrics by Gilmour's wife, Polly Samson. The art work for the album cover features a man paddling across a river of clouds.
“ 'The Endless River' has as its starting point the music that came from the 1993 'Division Bell' sessions," guitarist Gilmour said, in a statement released Monday. (A full list of its songs appears below.)
"We listened to over 20 hours of the three of us playing together and selected the music we wanted to work on for the new album. Over the last year we've added new parts, re-recorded others and generally harnessed studio technology to make a 21st century Pink Floyd album. With Rick gone, and with him the chance of ever doing it again, it feels right that these revisited and reworked tracks should be made available as part of our repertoire."
Added Mason: “ 'The Endless River' is a tribute to Rick. I think this record is a good way of recognizing a lot of what he does and how his playing was at the heart of the Pink Floyd sound. Listening back to the sessions, it really brought home to me what a special player he was.”
Here is a complete track listing for The Endless River:
SIDE 1
1. "Things Left Unsaid"
2. "It’s What We Do"
3. "Ebb and Flow"
SIDE 2
1. "Sum"
2. "Skins"
3. "Unsung"
4. "Anisina"
SIDE 3
1. "The Lost Art of Conversation"
2. "On Noodle Street
3. "Night Light"
4. "Allons-y (1)"
5. "Autumn’68"
6. "Allons-y (2)"
7. "Talkin’ Hawkin'"
SIDE 4
1. "Calling"
2. "Eyes To Pearls"
3. "Surfacing"
4. "Louder Than Words"
Preview of the album's second cut, "It's What We Do.":
http://www.pinkfloyd.com/theendlessriver/listen
Any Pink Floyd fans here? Who else is excited for this? I'm a huge Floyd fan, and can't wait for this to get released
