david gilmour and roger waters solo albums?

any of them worth getting? i hear mixed reviews about their solo material. take into account i really like the wall and a momentary lapse of reason, don't like the final cut and like half of the division bell.

 

David Gilmour
On An Island
Amused To Death

I'd say start with those 3, then if you enjoy those, then try the other solo albums. Rick Wright's Broken China album is well worth a listen too.

 

Gilmour:
s/t 1978 album
About face
On an Island
(new album looks promising)

Waters:
Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking
Radio KAOS
Amused to Death


In sum...all the key catalog studio albums are worth getting.

While you're at it, don't forget Syd's Madcap laughs, Barrett, and Opel

 

actually...if you don't like Final Cut you may want to stay away from Roger's Pros & Cons

 

All this is great advice.

 

I really like all of Dave's solo albums (even better than AMLOR), but there are two or three tracks on his About Face that verge on being a bit more commercial and/or cheesy than my ideal.

All of them can be heard from YouTube, you should check them out.

 

thats why i mentioned those floyd albums. others point out some of their solo releases are similar to those releases. a lot of reviews i see on amazon mention those floyd releases when talking about solo stuff. amused to death seems to get the highest marks for waters

 

If you are looking for albums that have a sound similar to PF, David Gilmour albums sound much like PF and have the same experimental creativity.
Roger Waters albums sound much like Final Cut, which of course sounds nothing like PF.

Rick Wrights Broken China doesn't sound like PF, but has a PF level of creativity and a similar groove.

 

For Roger try flickering flame - a nice compilation of his studio albums.

I really want to like David's work but it kind of washes over me.....

If you want something more Pink Floyd try Porcupine Tree - clearly not Floyd but a nice take on modern progressive music.

Gary

 

David Gilmour's 1st, then On An Island (which took a long time to finally appreciate) but About Face still leaves me cold. The Gdansk stuff is excellent too...

Roger Waters' Radio Kaos, then Amused To Death but Pros And Cons?...it's not terrible but...
Like DG, Roger's live albums are worthwhile too but all their solo albums are easy to check out before actually buying.

 

Roger's contribution to the soundtrack "When the wind blows" is very good, though his songs make just one side of the LP.

 

If you're trying to find PF's key elements, go with Roger. Gilmour's records are nice but they're showcases to his soloing and not much more than that. When he tried something more, he did Blue Light that is laughably bad. Amused To Death is way more classic Pink Floyd than anything the 1987 Ltd. ever released.

 

"Amused to Death" is as good as anything in the Pink Floyd catalog.

 

I love Gilmour's 1st 2, they'll remind you of 80's era Floyd. Especially his 2nd "About Face" with songs like 'Murder' which I think is really strong.

Of course if you dislike Momentary Lapse of Reason Floyd, your mileage may vary.

 

i like that album.

 

in an amazing turn of fate i got to work today and someone was giving away mint copies of amused to death and pros and cons. this is the new 2015 amused to death too. guess who now owns those 2 waters albums for free

 

Music from The Body (not entirely a solo album, but Roger's stuff hold up well)
Pros And Cons Of Hitchhiking
Amused To Death

 

Thats why I can live with some Gilmour music and none of Waters.Love Roger Waters but his solo stuff is too far of the mark of the Pink Floyd I knew and loved.Hated Final Cut.

 

Funny, it's Gilmour's soloing that I find to be PF's "key element" -- the quality of which I find sorely lacking in practically all of Roger's solo output (most of which seems far less like PF, than much of Gilmour's solo output).

 

Gilmour could surely use a good solo compilation. His albums are wildly uneven, that's why.

Murder, Near the End, I Can't Breathe Anymore, There's No Way Out of Here, All Lovers Are Deranged, On An Island, Smile, Je Crois Entendre Encore, Castelorizon, Rattle That Lock, Then I Close My Eyes and Mihalis would make a collection I'd listen to more often than some random Gilmour album.

 

David Gilmour "Self titled" and Roger Waters "Amused to Death" are definitely where i would start.

 

With Waters, it's a tad simpler: Amused to Death is his go-to album if you're a Pink Floyd fan (I also think that it's his best solo work). The Pros and Cons, When the Wind Blows and Radio KAOS all have their moments but they all off-put me at some point.

 

if you like 'animals" era pink floyd, get all of gilmour's solo stuff.

if you like 'the wall' and 'the final cut" go for waters.

personally, i have all of gilmour's solo albums and none of waters.

 

Waters:

Pros And Cons Of Hitch Hiking
Amused To Death
Radio KAOS

Gilmour:

David Gilmour
Rattle That Lock
On An Island
About Face

 

Best to Worst. Proceed below #4 with extreme caution! :

1. Amused to Death
2. On an Island
3. David Gilmour
4. Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking
5. About Face
6. Radio KAOS

Live albums/CDs best to worst. All of these are at least decent.

1. Remember That Night (Gilmour DVD/BR only): David Bowie guest appearance, Rick Wright playing "Saucerful of Secrets" on the Royal Albert Hall organ (in the bonus), an incredibly awkward chance meeting between Gilmour and Waters (also in the bonus)
2. The Wall Live in Berlin...not sure if it's actually GOOD, but it's quite the spectacle, and something to see
3. David Gilmour Live 2001-2, semi-accoustic with interesting guests
4. Live at Gdansk, Gilmour. Interesting, but inferior to Remember That Night in my opinion. Highlight is a completely unrehearsed "On the Turning Away"
5. Waters In the Flesh

This is my opinion, of course. I think it's fair to say that there are very wildly varying opinions on Waters's solo work moreso than Gilmour's...