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*2014*
(“the endless river” is the 15th (+ final) studio album by the english rock band ‘pink floyd’)
(it was released by Parlophone and Columbia in Friday-release countries on 7 November 2014, and in the United Kingdom and United States on 10 November 2014)
(it is Pink Floyd’s only studio album since the death of keyboardist and founding member Rick Wright who appears posthumously as well other founding member Syd Barrett, who left the band 46 years prior, and the third led by guitarist and singer David Gilmour following Roger Waters’ departure in 1985)
(it is also the first Pink Floyd album distributed by Parlophone and Warner Bros. Records following the purchase of EMI)
(“The Endless River” consists almost entirely of instrumental and ambient music, and is based on hours of previously unreleased material Pink Floyd wrote, recorded and produced with Wright during sessions for its predecessor, 1994’s “The Division Bell”)
(new material was recorded in 2013 through 2014 aboard Gilmour’s Astoria boat studio and in Medina Studios in Hove, ‘England’)
(it was produced by Gilmour, Youth, Andy Jackson, and ‘Phil Manzanera’)
(the cover concept is by Ahmed Emad Eldin, with sleeve design and final artwork by Stylorouge and creative direction by ‘Aubrey Powell’)
(“The Endless River” was promoted with “Louder than Words”, and artwork installations in cities including London, New York, Paris, Berlin, and ‘Milan’)
(it became the most pre-ordered album of all time on ‘Amazon UK’, and debuted at #1 in several countries)
(the vinyl edition was the fastest-selling UK vinyl release since 1997)
(the album received mixed reviews)
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