

Their 1987 return to rock stardom includes "A New Machine Pts. The production was marred by legal fights over the rights to the Pink Floyd name, which were not resolved until several months after release. Waters was gone, Gilmour and his guitar, voice and compositions were now at the helm-and a #3-hit album was the result. A Momentary Lapse of Reason was the first Pink Floyd album recorded without founding member Roger Waters, who departed in 1985.

In the US, it has been certified quadruple platinum by the RIAA. The CD+blu-ray box set of A Momentary Lapse of Reason: Remixed & Updated (click image to enlarge) Stereo versions are available on CD and 2LP vinyl while the CD+DVD editions go much further with the video discs also providing 5.1 surround mixes, music videos, concert screen films, a documentary and some bonus live tracks. A Momentary Lapse of Reason outsold Pink Floyd's previous album The Final Cut (1983), and was supported by a successful world tour. Unlike many of Pink Floyd's studio albums, A Momentary Lapse of Reason has no central theme and is instead a collection of songs written by Gilmour, sometimes with outside songwriters. This was the front cover of Pink Floyds A Momentary Lapse of Reason, the bands first release after the departure of Roger Waters. It's production was marked by an ongoing legal dispute with Waters as to who owned the rights to Pink Floyd's name, an issue resolved several months after the album was released. After a protracted legal battle over the rights to the Pink Floyd name, David Gilmour, Nick Mason, and Richard Wright released 1987s A Momentary Lapse of. Pink Floyd, A Momentary Lapse of Reason Album Cover, 1987. A Momentary Lapse of Reason was recorded primarily on Gilmour's converted houseboat, Astoria.

Although for legal reasons Wright could not be re-admitted to the band, Wright and Mason helped Gilmour craft what became the first Pink Floyd album since the December 1985 departure of bass guitarist, singer, and primary songwriter Roger Waters. It followed guitarist David Gilmour's decision to include material recorded for his third solo album on a new Pink Floyd album with drummer Nick Mason and keyboardist Richard Wright. A Momentary Lapse of Reason is the thirteenth studio album by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd, released in the UK and US in September 1987, on the labels EMI and Columbia.
