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Luck And Strange

David Gilmour

Luck And Strange

Fifth solo album from the Pink Floyd Guitarist produced with Charlie Andrew

ADM rating[?]

7.8

Label
Sony
UK Release date
06/09/2024
US Release date
06/09/2024
  1. 9.0 |   Uncut

    He’s on top form for the slow-burning, “Wish You Were Here”-ish title track and the wonderfully dreamy “Sings”. Print edition only

  2. 9.0 |   Spill Magazine

    Overall, while Gilmour is not entirely breaking new ground or re-inventing himself, Luck And Strange is an album that still has a lot of surprises and lots for fans to enjoy
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  3. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    An elusive album, gradually revealing its secrets with repeated listens, the Pink Floyd star’s latest is elegant and poised
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  4. 8.0 |   Mojo

    It’s brilliant, moving stuff, and if this were to be David Gilmour’s final record, it’s certainly the best of his solo career. Print edition only

  5. 8.0 |   Record Collector

    It is a contemporary sounding album full of songs worth revisiting, out of love, not some old Floydian care of duty. Print edition only

  6. 8.0 |   All Music

    The youthful presence of Romany's (as well as his son Gabriel's) vocals are a boon, lending to the largely collaborative feel. Still, it's undeniably a Gilmour album, woven through with the elegant, lyrical guitar playing and haunted vocals that are his signature
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  7. 8.0 |   The Independent

    Pink Floyd used to sing that ‘hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way’, but Gilmour sounds happier than that
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  8. 8.0 |   The Irish Times

    Mood is morose yet so Floydian in sonic temperament - as songs go by you’d swear it was 1974
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  9. 8.0 |   Far Out

    Gilmour’s glory years with Pink Floyd are many years behind him now, but in this balanced, familial album, he proves he’s still got it
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  10. 7.0 |   Rolling Stone

    The former Pink Floyd frontman contemplates mortality, just as he always has, on the album, but with a different perspective and plenty of great guitar solos
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  11. 6.0 |   The FT

    The songcraft struggles to match the expressiveness of his playing
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