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Delicate Sound of Thunder de Pink Floyd

Álbum de Pink Floyd

  • Fecha de lanzamiento: 22 de Noviembre de 1988
  • Sello Discográfico: EMI
  • Compositores: Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Richard Wright, Nick Mason
  • Productores: David Gilmour

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Delicate Sound of Thunder es un álbum de Pink Floyd, publicado en 1988 por EMI. El disco incluye 15 canciones, entre ellas «Shine on You Crazy Diamond», «Learning to Fly», «Yet Another Movie» y «Round and around».

Lanzado en 1988, Delicate Sound of Thunder es el primer álbum en directo de Pink Floyd de la era liderada por David Gilmour. Este doble álbum documenta la masiva y exitosa gira mundial del disco A Momentary Lapse of Reason. Es una demostración de fuerza que buscaba consolidar la legitimidad de esta nueva encarnación de la banda. El álbum captura a un Pink Floyd revitalizado, con un sonido de rock de estadio grandioso y meticulosamente pulido, muy característico de los años 80. Fue también el primer álbum de rock en ser enviado al espacio, ya que los cosmonautas soviéticos lo llevaron a bordo de la misión Soyuz TM-7 a la estación espacial Mir.

De la idea al estudio

La gira "A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour" fue un espectáculo masivo que duró más de dos años y recaudó cifras récord. El álbum en directo se grabó durante cinco noches de conciertos en el Nassau Coliseum de Long Island, Nueva York, en agosto de 1988. A diferencia de sus anteriores álbumes en vivo, que tenían un sonido más crudo, la producción de "Delicate Sound of Thunder", a cargo de Gilmour, buscó una calidad de sonido impecable y cristalina, casi con la perfección de un disco de estudio. Para ello, la banda se expandió en el escenario con un grupo de músicos de sesión de primer nivel, incluyendo al teclista Jon Carin y al percusionista Gary Wallis.

Sonido y directo

El sonido del álbum refleja la producción de los 80: es expansivo, con mucho eco en la batería y un sonido de sintetizador prominente. El repertorio es una mezcla equilibrada entre el material de "A Momentary Lapse of Reason" y los grandes clásicos de la era de los 70. Las interpretaciones son técnicamente impecables, aunque algunos críticos de la época las consideraron menos arriesgadas y más calculadas que en sus giras anteriores. El verdadero protagonista es la guitarra de David Gilmour, que suena más majestuosa y pulida que nunca, especialmente en los solos extendidos de canciones como "Comfortably Numb" y "Sorrow".

Recorrido por las canciones

El primer disco se centra en gran medida en el material nuevo. Se abre con la atmosférica "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" y continúa con los éxitos de la radio de rock estadounidense como "Learning to Fly" y "On the Turning Away".

El segundo disco es un recorrido por los clásicos. Incluye potentes versiones de "One of These Days", "Time", "Wish You Were Here" y "Run Like Hell". La versión extendida de "Comfortably Numb", con su solo final, es a menudo citada como uno de los puntos culminantes del álbum.

El álbum en listas

El álbum y la película del concierto, dirigida por Wayne Isham, fueron grandes éxitos comerciales en todo el mundo, consolidando el regreso triunfal de Pink Floyd.

Juicio de la crítica

La crítica fue en general positiva, elogiando la calidad del sonido y la impecable ejecución musical. Algunos puristas criticaron la ausencia de Roger Waters y el sonido excesivamente pulido, echando en falta la crudeza y la tensión de sus directos de los 70. Pese a ello, "Delicate Sound of Thunder" es un documento esencial de la era Gilmour, un testimonio del poder y la majestuosidad de Pink Floyd como un fenómeno de estadios y una celebración de su increíble catálogo musical.

Listado de Canciones

Disco 1

  1. Shine on You Crazy Diamond11:54
    vídeo del tema Shine on You Crazy Diamond
    Remember when you were young? You shone like the sun Shine on, you crazy diamond Now there's a look in your eyes Like black holes in the sky Shine on, you crazy diamond You were caught in the crossfire Of childhood and stardom Blown on, the steel breeze Come on, you target for faraway laughter Come on, you stranger, you legend You martyr, and shine! You reached for the secret too soon You cried for the moon Shine on you crazy diamond Threatened by shadows at night And exposed to the light Shine on you crazy diamond Well you wore out your welcome With random precision Rode on the steel breeze Come on, you raver, you seer of visions Come on, you painter, you piper You prisoner, and shine! Nobody knows where you are How near or how far Shine on, you crazy diamond Pile on many more layers And I'll be joining you there Shine on, you crazy diamond And we'll bask in the shadow Of yesterday's triumph And sail on the steel breeze Come on, you boy child, you winner and loser Come on, you miner for truth and delusion And shine
  2. Learning to Fly5:27
    vídeo del tema Learning to Fly
    Into the distance a ribbon of black Stretched to the point of no turning back A flight of fancy on a windswept field Standing alone my senses real A fatal attraction holding me fast how Can I escape this irresistible grasp? Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies Tongue tied and twisted, just an earth bound misfit I Ice is forming on the tips of my wings Unheeded warnings I thought I thought of everything No navigator to find my way home Unladened, empty and turned to stone A soul in tension that's learning to fly Condition grounded but determined to try Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I Friction lock - set Mixture - rich Propellers - fully forward Flaps - set - 10 degrees Engine gauges and suction - check Mixture set to maximum percent - recheck Flight instruments Altimeters - check both [Garbled word] - on Navigation lights - on Strobes - on Confirm 3-8-Echo ready for departure (Hello again, this is now 129. 4) 129. 4. It's to go (You may commence your takeoff, winds over 10 knots) 3-8-Echo Easy on the brakes. Take it easy. Its gonna roll this time Just hand the power gradually, and it Above the planet on a wing and a prayer My grubby halo, a vapour trail in the empty air Across the clouds I see my shadow fly Out of the corner of my watering eye A dream unthreatened by the morning light Could blow this soul right through the roof of the night There's no sensation to compare with this Suspended animation, A state of bliss Can't keep my mind from the circling skies Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I
  3. Yet Another Movie6:21

    Letra

    One sound, one single sound One kiss, one single kiss A face outside the window pane However did it come to this? A man who ran, a child who cried A girl who heard, a voice that lied The sun that burned a fiery red The vision of an empty bed The use of force, he was so tough She'll soon submit, she's had enough The march of fate, the broken will Someone is lying very still He has laughed and he has cried He has fought and he has died He's just the same as all the rest He's not the worst, he's not the best And still this ceaseless murmuring The babbling that I brook The seas of faces, eyes upraised The empty screen, the vacant look A man in black on a snow white horse, A pointless life has run its course, The red rimmed eyes, the tears still run As he fades into the setting sun
  4. Round and around0:33

    Letra

    One sound, one single sound One kiss, one single kiss A face outside the window pane However did it come to this? A man who ran: A child who cried A girl who heard, a voice that lied The sun that burned a fiery red The vision of an empty bed The use of forge, he was so tough She'll soon submit, she's had enough The march of fate, the broken will Someone is lying very still He has laughed and he has cried He has fought and he has died He's just the same as all the rest He's not the worst, he's not the best And still this ceaseless murmuring The babbling that I brook The seas of faces, eyes upraised The empty screen, the vacant look A man in black on a snow white horse A pointless life has run it's course The red rimmed eyes, the tears still run As he fades into the setting sun
  5. Sorrow9:28

    Letra

    The sweet smell of a great sorrow lies over the land. Plumes of smoke rise and merge into the leaden sky A man lies and dreams of green fields and rivers But awakes to a morning with no reason for waking He's haunted by the memory of a lost paradise In his youth or a dream, he can't be precise He's chained forever to a world that's departed It's not enough, it's not enough His blood has frozen and curdled with fright His knees have trembled and given way in the night His hand has weakened at the moment of truth His step has faltered One world, one soul Time pass, the river rolls He talks to the river of lost love and dedication Silently replies that swirl invitation Flow dark and troubled to an oily sea A grim intimation of what is to be There's an unceasing wind that blows through this night And there's dust in my eyes, that blinds my sight And the silence speaks so much louder that words, Of promises broken
  6. The dogs of war7:19

    Letra

    Dogs of war and men of hate With no cause, we don't discriminate Discovery is to be disowned Our currency is flesh and bone Hell opened up and put on sale Gather 'round and haggle For hard cash, we will lie and deceive Even our masters don't know the web we weave One world, it's a battleground One world, and we will smash it down One world One world Invisible transfers, long distance calls Hollow laughter in marble halls Steps have been taken, a silent uproar Has unleashed the dogs of war You can't stop what has begun Signed, sealed, they deliver oblivion We all have a dark side, to say the least And dealing in death is the nature of the beast One world, it's a battleground One world, and we will smash it down One world One world The dogs of war don't negotiate The dogs of war won't capitulate They will take and you will give And you must die so that they may live You can knock at any door But wherever you go, you know they've been there before Well winners can lose and things can get strained But whatever you change, you know the dogs remain One world, it's a battleground One world, and we will smash it down One world One world
  7. On the turning away7:57

    Letra

    On the turning away From the pale and downtrodden And the words they say Which we won't understand Don't accept that what's happening Is just a case of others' suffering Or you'll find that you're joining in The turning away It's a sin that somehow Light is changing to shadow And casting it's shroud Over all we have known Unaware how the ranks have grown Driven on by a heart of stone We could find that we're all alone In the dream of the proud On the wings of the night As the daytime is stirring Where the speechless unite In a silent accord Using words you will find are strange And mesmerised as they light the flame Feel the new wind of change On the wings of the night No more turning away From the weak and the weary No more turning away From the coldness inside Just a world that we all must share It's not enough just to stand and stare Is it only a dream that there'll be No more turning away?

Disco 2

  1. One Of These Days6:16
    vídeo del tema One Of These Days
    One of these days I'm going to cut you into little pieces
  2. Time5:16

    Letra

    Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day You fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town Waiting for someone or something to show you the way Tired of lying in the sunshine Staying home to watch the rain You are young and life is long And there is time to kill today And then one day you find Ten years have got behind you No one told you when to run You missed the starting gun And you run and you run to catch up with the Sun, but it's sinking And racing around to come up behind you again The Sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older Shorter of breath and one day closer to death Every year is getting shorter Never seem to find the time Plans that either come to naught Or half a page of scribbled lines Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way The time has gone, the song is over Thought I'd something more to say Home, home again I like to be here when I can And when I come home cold and tired It's good to warm my bones beside the fire Far away, across the field The tolling of the iron bell Calls the faithful to their knees To hear the softly spoken magic spells
  3. Wish You Were Here4:49
    vídeo del tema Wish You Were Here
    So, so you think you can tell Heaven from hell? Blue skies from pain? Can you tell a green field From a cold steel rail? A smile from a veil? Do you think you can tell? Did they get you to trade Your heroes for ghosts? Hot ashes for trees? Hot air for a cool breeze? Cold comfort for change? Did you exchange A walk on part in the war For a lead role in a cage? How I wish How I wish you were here We're just two lost souls Swimming in a fish bowl Year after year Running over the same old ground What have we found? The same old fears Wish you were here
  4. Us and Them7:22

    Letra

    Us, and them And after all we're only ordinary men Me, and you God only knows it's not what we would choose to do Forward he cried from the rear And the front rank died And the general sat and the lines on the map Moved from side to side Black and blue And who knows which is which and who is who Up and down And in the end it's only round and round and round Haven't you heard it's a battle of words The poster bearer cried Listen son, said the man with the gun There's room for you inside Down and out It can't be helped but there's a lot of it about With, without And who'll deny it's what the fighting's all about? Out of the way, it's a busy day I've got things on my mind For the want of the price of tea and a slice The old man died
  5. Money9:52
    vídeo del tema Money
    Money, get away Get a good job with more pay and you're okay Money, it's a gas Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash New car, caviar, four star daydream Think I'll buy me a football team Money, get back I'm all right, Jack, keep your hands off of my stack Money, it's a hit Don't give me that do goody good bullshit I'm in the high-fidelity, first class travelling set And I think I need a Learjet Money, it's a crime Share it fairly, but don't take a slice of my pie Money, so they say Is the root of all evil today But if you ask for a rise, it's no surprise That they're giving none away (Yeah, I was in the right! Yes, absolutely in the right! I certainly was in the right! Yeah, I was definitely in the right That geezer was cruising for a bruising Yeah! Why does anyone do anything? I don't know, I was really drunk at the time! I was just telling him it was in, he could get it in Number Two He was asking why it wasn't coming up on freight eleven After, I was yelling and screaming and telling him why It wasn't coming up on freight eleven It came to a heavy blow, which sorted the matter out)
  6. Another Brick In The Wall Part 25:29
    vídeo del tema Another Brick In The Wall Part 2
    We don't need no education We don't need no thought control No dark sarcasm in the classroom Teachers, leave them kids alone Hey! Teacher! Leave them kids alone! All in all, it's just another brick in the wall All in all, you're just another brick in the wall We don't need no education We don't need no thought control No dark sarcasm in the classroom Teachers, leave them kids alone Hey! Teacher! Leave us kids alone! All in all, you're just another brick in the wall All in all, you're just another brick in the wall Wrong, do it again! Wrong, do it again! If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding How can you have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat? You! Yes, you behind the bikesheds, stand still, laddie!
  7. Comfortably numb8:56
    vídeo del tema Comfortably numb
    Hello Is there anybody in there? Just nod if you can hear me Is there anyone at home? Come on now I hear you're feeling down Well, I can ease your pain And get you on your feet again Relax I'll need some information first Just the basic facts Can you show me where it hurts There is no pain, you are receding A distant ship's smoke on the horizon You are only coming through in waves Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying When I was a child I had a fever My hands felt just like two balloons Now I've got that feeling once again I can't explain, you would not understand This is not how I am I have become comfortably numb I have become comfortably numb Ok Just a little pin prick There'll be no more Harm But you may feel a little sick Can you stand up? I do belive it's working, good That'll keep you going, through the show Come on it's time to go There is no pain, you are receding A distant ship's smoke on the horizon You are only coming through in waves Your lips move, but I can't hear what you're saying When I was a child I caught a fleeting glimpse Out of the corner of my eye I turned to look but it was gone I cannot put my finger on it now The child is grown The dream is gone And I have become Comfortably numb
  8. Run Like Hell7:12

    Letra

    Run, run, run, run You better make your face up in Your favorite disguise With your button down lips and your Roller blind eyes With your empty smile And your hungry heart Feel the bile rising from your guilty past With your nerves in tatters When the cockleshell shatters And the hammers batter Down the door You better run Run, run, run, run You better run all day And run all night And keep your dirty feelings Deep inside. And if you're Takin' your girlfriend Out tonight You better park the car Well out of sight 'Cos if they catch you in the back seat Trying to pick her locks They're gonna send you back to mother In a cardboard box You better run