Hey all - I am aware that some people have very strong opinions about this album. If you want to post legit criticisms about the music, the lyrics, the production or that you prefer Roger Waters’ writing style, that’s fine. But if you write misogynistic remarks, I will delete your comment and block your profile. I get it, we’re all very passionate about Pink Floyd and the feud between band members is difficult to see, but that’s not a blank check for misogyny. Thank you.

@madgreekreviews5933

9 ай бұрын

Lovely review. I'm only shocked that you barely talked about High Hopes, which is basically a remarkable masterpiece that alone proves they were right to move on without Roger.

@davidm8076

8 ай бұрын

Misogynistic remarks?

@Angie-kw5ts

Ай бұрын

@@davidm8076 as a result of Gilmore's wife

GOATED album that doesn’t get all the love it deserves

@MrChristbait

9 ай бұрын

Of course it does!

@pkdude5334

3 ай бұрын

what do you mean "goated"? greatest of all time?

Wearing the Inside Out is one of the most underrated Pink Floyd songs.

@ohsoedgy6888

9 ай бұрын

Always loved the Miles Davis/John Coltrane feel of that song

@bessie1854

9 ай бұрын

Agree.

@benoitc.5400

9 ай бұрын

Agree. I've always loved Richard Wright's voice.

@quinnrollen

5 ай бұрын

Best song on the album for me. Wright's song "Breakthrough" is as magnificent.

You can hear the joyous absence of Roger's post The Wall ego on this album. David, Nick and Rick created beautiful music together in the same room at the same time and enjoyed each other's company.

the bells on high hopes being the same as in fat old sun hit so hard, a love letter to Pink Floyd's career

This series of videos has been a blast to watch, it’s nice to be reminded that there’s other Floyd fans in the world thinking ab the same music as I am

@CristiNeagu

9 ай бұрын

There's still two albums to go.

@josephst.george7841

9 ай бұрын

@@CristiNeaguyeah I know but it’s starting to come to an end

This album bursts with human empathy. I am so happy that Pink Floyd created such a terrific record. I've discovered that the more it gets older, the better it is. Excellent work. Thanks for the passionate, energetic interview, JTCurtisMusic. I will keep returning to listen to it.

The Division Bell deserves so much love; I have never understood the amount of hate it gets. It's in my top three Floyd albums behind The Dark Side of the Moon & Wish You Were Here.

I originally didn’t like this album but the more I listened to it the more I appreciated it truly a wonderful piece of work

Throughout all the years before 'The Endless River' came out, I found fascinating that the voice of their manager bookmarks their discography (Peter Jenner opening 'Piper' through a megaphone and Steve O'Rourke closing 'Division' on the telephone).

@JTCurtisMusic

9 ай бұрын

I didn't think about that! Good catch!

@wr7662

9 ай бұрын

Another thing that's interesting about that is that both voices are trying to contact a person named Charlie. It's less clear on Astronomy Domine, but it's audible.

@Paolo8772

8 ай бұрын

@@wr7662 When it came out in 1994 I thought someone phoned Syd Barrett (who thought Charlie called) then hung up so as not to cause him depression on being reminded about Pink Floyd. I've long since learned I was incorrect.

Hey JT, I wanted to thank you for your pink floyd reviews. In truth, I never gave Division Bell a fair crack in the past, but in preparation for your review I sat down and listened to it all the way through. IDK what happened but this album is just clicked with me. I was dealing with personal issues and Wearing the Inside Out and Coming Back to Life just hit the spot. So thank you once again and keep up the great work!

I grew up hearing this with my mom. It’s a gem of an album

Love this album. Went to a midnight release at a local store when it came out.

It's a good thing that you made this video, JT. Because this video's release (on KZread) coincidentally was and is a very sad day for us all Pink Floyd fans. Note: RIP to Rick Wright.

@jamesmatthew3681

9 ай бұрын

P.S.: We're glad that Rick's contributions to this album are really present here.

This is a great album to listen too fully. I listen to it on the flight to and from back to France.

Thrilled you gave this album the respect it deserves. It's my favourite Floyd album, and I feel much of the criticism is purely based on it not sounding like 70s Floyd.

I’ve been waiting for this👌🏼👌🏼

Thank you for the beautiful review and sharing with us the stories of your dad ❤

Man I never knew that this album was this divisive, I'm not really part of the community even tho Pink Floyd is my favorite Band. I love Division Bell, I remember the first time I listened to High Hopes like it was yesterday and the feelings of nostalgia and closure I feel are just as real as back then. Maybe it's just because I'm not that interested in what happens behind the scenes so I never felt anything towards the whole conflict between Waters and Gilmour but I'm honestly shoked how many people dislike it. Great review man, was really cool learning so much new about my favorite Album :)

Absolutely love your content and insights on Pink Floyd

Great review, nice work.

When I think of Floyd highlights i always think of Gilmour's vocals. Yes he is a fantastic guitarist, but it's his voice that is the key on most classic tracks. This album has a lot of that plus Rick Wright's vocals as well,,, fantastic.

Watching your series on these albums has really made me appreciate the music even more than I’ve appreciated it before hand. Your series has been fantastic!! I do agree it’s one of thier better records and on par with the wall if not a little better. (I think the wall’s fine but a step down from everything back to meddle) My favorites are definitely marooned and keep talking tho. Here’s hoping for a detour to “On An Island” down the line!!

@CristiNeagu

9 ай бұрын

Yeah, I hope he takes a look at the solo albums as well. On An Island is by far the best solo album any of them put out. Amused To Death is good, but it's not in the same league.

@JTCurtisMusic

9 ай бұрын

I’ll definitely touch on On An Island

Cannot wait!

for me personally, Lost For Words/High Hopes is right up there with Brain Damage/Eclipse, i have to listen to both tracks as one whole piece

Love the division bell. Great album another great review

Hyped!

Another excellent video. I've been excited about this one. I also liked hearing Todd's input on the lyrics, when I listen to music, I rarely ever grasp and analyze the big picture of lyrics, I usually just catch a few lines here and there that I like, because I focus more on the music when I listen. There are plenty of great lines in this album that I always enjoyed before hearing your inputs on the lyrics. "Why did we tell you that you were always the golden boy and that you'd never lose that light in your eyes?"- Poles Apart. and "While you were hanging yourself on someone else's words, dying to believe in what you heard, I was staring straight into the shining sun" - Coming Back to Life. Basically I knew I liked the lyrics to this album but I'm also not too critical or analytical with lyrics so, it's not something I could've gone into that much myself in a conversation. It was nice to hear you and Todd also speak positively of the lyrics. My favorite tracks have always been What Do You Want From Me, Marooned, Great Day for Freedom, Wearing the Inside Out and High Hopes. The other songs are great too, Poles Apart, Coming Back to Life, Lost For Words. For some reason the only track that I would skip sometimes, and consider my least favorite is Take it Back, it just never clicked with me for some reason. Whether or not we share the same opinion on Endless River, I still look forward to hearing your thoughts on that album. I personally loved it, there's also a bit of a first impression bias, because after Dark Side of the Moon, it was the 2nd album I had listened to by them, I was barely discovering the band in 2014, when a friend of mine who's always been a fan was excited for that album, we played that CD so many times. It was one of the albums that got me into the band, to the point where I just start trying out any album of theirs that I hear about.I also think the outtro solo of Louder than Words provided excellent musical closure.

Totally agree - TDB is right up there with anything in the catalog in my opinion.....

Great review. Division Bell came out my senior year of high school . I listened to it as I fell asleep a hundred times. It is in my top three (maybe two) of Floyd albums.

Great vid ! Please also consider doing a bonus review of Nick Mason's Saucer Full of Secrets please ❤

First time I heard Take It Back was Brit Floyd's Red Rocks concert. Then I bought the album and while it's not my favorite, it's definitely a great album. I love Polly's contributions and the multiple meanings you can get from all the songs-personal, global, spiritual, relational. I love it!

Great album, and great review. I’ve always loved this album. Like you said, lyrics, David’s guitar, Rick back, you just said everything I want to say. Also, I used to be on the fence about Yoko, I mean Polly, but she came long after the split and has made some good contributions to Dave’s process. It seems to work. Thanks for the video, it was good to see it broken down and hear your thoughts on it.

I LOVE The Division Bell and am so happy to hear/see someone give it so much love, especially with your personal connection because of your dad. Just beautiful. I love this album so much, I don’t care what anyone says. 3rd favorite for me easy but probably the one I listen to the most

Totally agree with you, wonderful album 👍🏻 It's a great, great PF album, in every way. Thx for your review! Kind regards, greetings from The Netherlands, Simon

Love it

I found this a very difficult listen when it first came out & lurched very much over to the "Roger camp" instead but thank you for this video I will certainly delve back into this album again...👍

Lots of good memories this time. Top album.

I agree with you on this album, it stands with Dark Side, Wish You Were Here, and The Wall. Yea sure I’m missing Roger but without him Dave, Nick, and even Rick were able to compose pieces together and create a really good Pink Floyd album. Almost the ENTIRE album is a masterpiece, I really really love Coming Back to Life, Take It Back, Wearing the Inside Out, Poles Apart, What Do You Want From Me, & ESPECIALLY Loss for Words and High Hopes. This album deserves as much love as their 70s output. I agree on the Gold Fish.

Hey JT. I honestly agree with your opinion on The Division Bell. It’s my 3rd favourite PF album, which is surely a fiery hot take. Really glad that Richard Wright was fully back in. And to hear him sing a song on this album is such a treat. Wearing The Inside Out is quite under appreciated in my opinion. My personal favourite tracks are all of the songs on Side 3 as you mentioned, along with What Do You Want From Me, Poles Apart and A Great Day For Freedom. Oh.. and the rest are great too, although for some reason, I didn’t always appreciate High Hopes until a couple years ago.

First CD I've ever bought (the same day it was released), it has a special place in my heart.....Coming Back To Life is one of my favorite Floyd's song...sooo beatiful

The division bell is a album I found by accident I love it

To me The Division Bell is the finale of Pink Floyd and The Endless River is the epilogue of Pink Floyd. I finally sat down to listen to The Endless River recently and I loved how it felt like an echo of The Division Bell and like the extended version of Cluster One I've always wanted. And Louder Than Words feels like a lovely reflection by Gilmore on the band. To me Louder Than Words is about connection and love being more important than all of the trivialities of life. And with how dark Pink Floyd can be that felt like a lovely conclusion, and I can't help but tear up at the "Go to heaven Wright" that the album ends with. I think a lot of people dismiss The Endless River because it came out so much later and feels like it's dismissing the poetic finality of High Hopes. But I think it's a beautiful album if you look at it as the last reflection by Gilmore and Mason on what the band meant to them. And that's beautiful in a very human way. It's like the last segment of Time. The song is over, but life goes on for a while longer and sometimes it's nice to be at home where you feel comfortable. Having said all that about The Endless River. The Division Bell is one of my favourite albums ever and was my favourite Floyd album for a long time (it's currently Wish You Were Here).

@ianfortier6796

9 ай бұрын

This was beautifully and perfectly said. I agree 100% with your take on TDB being the finale and TER being the epilogue.

@danielupham8483

9 ай бұрын

Echoes my feelings exactly. Pun intended. My favourite Floyd album’s always seem to shift between The Division Bell and Wish You were Here

On my first couple of listens I wasn't all too keen on Division Bell, but after a few relistens I really began to appreciate a lot of moments on this album. Tracks like Marooned, Wearing The Inside Out and Take It Back are all highlights for me. Been loving this Pink Floyd revisit Curtis!

Love this album!

I'm really happy to hear your take on this album. The Division Bell came out when I was growing up and developing my musical tastes; it's the album that made me aware of Pink Floyd as a band, though I probably had already heard some of their other work before then. I think a lot of people who dislike this album are too strung up on all the personal drama that went on behind the scenes (and still is going on to this day, sigh) and are simply choosing sides. I however was blissfully unaware of this and judged this album on its own merit: it's a really good album. Even now, nearly 30 years later, I still think it's a very solid album, that holds up quite favorably next to the Floyd '70s classics. High Hopes especially stands out to me as one of their best ever songs, a perfect cap on their career. Though after watching this video, I think I'll go back and listen to the album in full again; there are definitely more layers here for me to discover still.

Roger has yet to figure out that it took the FOUR of them to create the magic that was Pink Floyd.

EXCELLENT Review. Well done 👍 Keep Rockin' 🎸 RONNIE Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I think this is a fair review. I would say it was their best album since Wish You Were Here. Rick Wright being fully back on board is a key factor here.

A Great album..So lucky to have caught them on this tour Earlscourt October 1994 fab.

Love this album

I f’ing love this album. Was the only PF tour I got to see.

Oddly the song that put pink floyd on the radar for me was learning to fly, that song and the video was incredible and was on rotation on MTV at the time. Fast forward to my senior year in high-school and this album came out and I got to go to the first night of the dc tour and it was amazing and hot. This album has a lot of.nostalgia from those days.

I love this album. It's airy and clean.

High Hopes is one of my favorite songs of all time

Great album!

Yep.. this is one of my favourites too..

Absolutely agree. Side C is absolutely my favorite. Even though it does not feel as cohesive as DSoTM or WYWH, Division Bell is such a great album musically.

Amazing album, definitely does not get enough love and High Hopes imo is just a top 5 PF song. Interesting you saw the album as one face, I only ever saw it as two

@JTCurtisMusic

9 ай бұрын

I really wish I could see the album as I saw it as a kid but now I can't ever see it as one face.

Thanks for your review and I gotta agree with you that this is one of their best records with or without Roger Waters. I was lucky to see them on their tour in 94 if I remember right. It was on Valle Hovin outside of Oslo in Norway.

I listened to this album after this video during a link Floyd binge and for me even though i adore Rodger waters style and the classic albums i think this album opens pink Floyd to a new style of lyrics and sound. I think what hit me so much avout this album is the musicality of the instruments used it just really sounds beautiful. Its definitely the best pink Floyd albums along side meddle that isn't one of their big 4.

Such a great album.

I agree. With everything. This is one of their best albums. Objectively, I would certainly place it at number 3, after DSotM and WYWH. Personally... it's probably my favourite Pink Floyd album. I'm not sure there are any songs on it I don't like. An amazing intro, powerful lyrics, a soaring instrumental, finishing with what it probably the best song they have ever recorded in the studio: High Hopes. I rate the live version of Comfortably Numb higher, but not the studio version. Speaking of lyrics, I think Samson is getting a lot of undeserved hate, mostly because Waters is wracked with regret. She is a good lyricist. Her work on this album as well as on David's solo albums is really good. It's not worse because it's not Roger Waters, it's just different. All in all, an absolutely stellar album.

@The1nsane1

9 ай бұрын

Well written reply, I agree with just about everything. It's a great album, and it has Rick Wright singing.

@hugh-yb4si

9 ай бұрын

seeing at SATANISTS HEARING PINK FLOYD

In reply to your assertion about tDB standing up with the best of their 70's classics, I know you get some pushback for that, because I do in my capacity as "resident Floyd scholar" among my circles. From one 'expert' to another, I concur wholeheartedly. Of course I need to own my bias about it; this album was released in the States on my 18th birthday, on the very day I moved out of a very repressive home arrangement, and the concert later that year was the first show ticket I purchased with my own $ (talk about peaking early!!!), so yeah...tDB was the soundtrack to my journey into adulthood, and thus remains one of my favorite Floyd albums, and albums full stop.

I think its one of their GREAT albums

You’ve convinced me to give this album a relisten, I’ve only heard it once years ago and found it a bit boring but I was a dumb 14 year old too. I find it really irritating, even as a neutral, how people in these comments write it off. It’s fine if they don’t like it, but you clearly have an emotional connection to it and if music is capable of speaking to someone then you should respect that even if you can’t relate. The whole “no Roger no Floyd” debate is very familiar to me, as a staunch defender of Steely Dan’s later reunion albums, so people writing off albums based on simple notions of what a band is and not what the music itself sounds like or does annoys me to.

I live not far from Ely, and my dad has some early photos of the sculpture that he took just after it was put up.

Will you do a Pulse video after? (With the best guitar solo ever made in the whole history of Rock on Comfortably Numb 😉) Great video, I thought you would say that it wasn’t good, but I agree to say it was and still is a masterpiece. Chely.

@JTCurtisMusic

9 ай бұрын

That's the plan.

I was 10 years old when I first borrowed the cd from a friend, every week I would return it and ask for it again a couple days later, eventually he just gave it to me, it’s a very complex album that can touch people’s emotions with a beautiful melody, you have to be in search of to receive, otherwise you will just look for something else to dance to or play as background music.

So the vinyl version add something you think? Thank you for your videos, its a real pleasure to watch and listen

I was too young to see Floyd live in the 70s (born in 69),BUT I made up for it in the 80s and 90s. Saw Gilmour solo 4 times , Delicate Sound of Thunder 9 times and Pulse 6 times. All great in their own rights. I’d have to say when looking back Pulse was my favorite simply due to the additional material from the Division Bell. Concerts that are very hard to top. Although, I never miss a Porcupine Tree show whenever they are in the area. Lol

my favourite album

I'm a huge Floyd fan and i probably listen to this album the most next to Wish you were Here.

THIS ALBUM HITS ME HARD.

I agree with all your album rankings from Piper through Animals.

I'm sure that you have had this question quite a few times but will you ever continue the history of rock and roll series? There are so many bands and songs that you can cover. Either way, love the content and wish you well. Love from NZ

I really love this album. My all time favourite. Also Polly's lyrics are really great, and the music is so gooooood. Also helps that my favourite author named it too.

i love this album

although i think the Devision Bell is a little too long, making it not as cohesive as DSotM or WYWH, it’s still an overall good album, including great songs like ‘Coming Back to Life’ and ‘High Hopes’

My Favourite Album...🙂🎤🎸👍

This was to me their proper send off.

Great album

Hey JT love your reviews Im wondering are you going to talk about 2005 live 8 reunion before their final studio album The Endless River?

@JTCurtisMusic

9 ай бұрын

That is the plan

I am a millennial and this album got me into Pink Floyd, its one of the best of all time. High Hopes = masterpiece

I love both AMLOR and DB. Both masterpieces in their own right though I know that I'm in the minority in this regard.

@CLR-RealEstate

7 ай бұрын

Both fantastic albums. People can’t compare them to the earlier albums. They stand out on their own.

I have the box set of this album. Pretty damned good

Amazing album! I love A Momentary Lapse of Reason too even tho many people don’t. Really liked Pink Floyd’s material during the 80’s-90’s even if they only released two albums, it’s far better than getting an album every 2 years and not being half as good.

Gotta be honest, I’m personally on the Roger side of things, but I love this album. And I believe more in no Nick, no Floyd. Nick > the rest of the band.

Love this album and completely agree - it was a return to full-fat, fully-fledged Floyd. The real shame is that this was it, I wish they had made at least one more together.

The Division Bell is a GREAT album

I have only just recently bought The Division Bell, I agree it is one of their better albums .

Agree or Disagree is not relevant to me, as your review makes it plain to see - you give this album the respect I think it deserves. It has been on my daily listen list for most of the three decades since it's release. I was at work one day when one of our local FM radio dj's decided to play "What Do You Want From Me", and as soon as Gilmores' first note played I was "That's a new Floyd Album" How many people can be identified by one note???

My favourite album along with Trial by Fire - Journey

Totally agree TDB is much better than MLOR. High Hopes is the best track for me and definitely classic Floyd. As a fan, I just think it's a shame that having fought so hard for the right to be Pink Floyd, DG has not done more with it over the years. Perhaps a theme for another vid?

The Division Bell, I remember buying the cd as soon it came out. It's strange, sometimes I love it, sometimes find it a little bit boring, it depends on my state of mind when listening to it. Marooned, is always great, a masterpiece. I spin more frequently the remix of A Momentary Lapse of reason.

For some reason some people don't seem to give The Division Bell much recognition likly because Rodger Waters wasn't a part of it!! I think that group of people listen to the album with their mind's already made up!! It's only sold 12 million copies which is not a drop in the bucket by any means!! Personally my favorite albums are the ones from the 1970s but I also think their song High Hopes could be considered in a top-10 of Pink Floyd songs!!! It's the most Pink Floyd sounding song since The Wall and maybe even since Wish You Were Here!!

Totaly agree. The division bell is a true floyd album. More then the wall

I actually relate to Wearing The Inside Out both because I have clinical depression but also as a trans person the theme of being silenced for too long is very relevant to me.

Yeah, while I love The Wall and Animals, I have to be in the right headspace for them. I prefer Floyd when they are breezier and more ethereal. That block of four albums of Meddle through Wish is classic and I rank TDB up with them.

I don’t get the hate for this album. Although I don’t place this with the great 70s albums, it’s still a great album. I still consider it the last true Floyd album and not the endless river. Polly’s lyrics can be hit or miss at times and I love the return of Rick. I still remember hearing Keep Talking as their first single before the album was released and was blown away when Dave’s guitar bled right into Rick’s keyboard solo. That was magic for me.