Without having to soar as large as Floyd, Gilmour was given the chance to write for himself and focus on his pop-writing sensibilities a bit more. It's unfortunate he felt he had to write big for Floyd later on because this album is some of the most honest and emotionally intimate writing he's done up to this very day. Sure some of it outdates itself but it remains a fairly solid, friendly sounding record that will please fans who wanted to forget Floyd's later years. Sure there's a few clunkers tossed in the middle but I think it's something one would come to expect from Gilmour as a musician.
3½ requiems for The Walrus out of 5
Songs Of Note: Murder; Near The End
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