Release date and cover art emerge for Pink Floyd's "The Endless River": It is a tribute to Rick Wright

Release date and cover art emerge for Pink Floyd's "The Endless River": It is a tribute to Rick Wright

The legendary band Pink Floyd returns after 20 years with their new album 'The Endless River', which is set to be launched on November 10^th, 2014. This English rock band was formed in London in 1965. Everyone knows the band for the big star David Gilmour but in the first line up Gilmour was not even there. Pink Floyd was formed by Barrett, Roger Waters, Nick Mason and Richard Wright. Pink Floyd's last album The Division Bell was released in 1994.

The new album's secrets have been revealed by lead guitarist and vocal David Gilmour. All the songs of the album will be instrumental except one. A song named "Louder Than Words" is written by novelist and lyricist Polly Samson. David Gilmour and Polly Samson are married in real life. The album contains the memory of Rick Wright who was the keyboardist of Pink Floyd. Before the death of Rick Wright in 2008, the members of the band composed some music. This album contains some portion of the 20 hours recorded music with Rick Wright as well.

The remaining three members of Pink Floyd worked together and added new parts and re-recorded some parts of it. They have been working with this album since a year. They decided to revisit to their memories to bring back the feel of the signature music of Pink Floyd.

The drummer of the band also mentioned how much special Rick was for the band. The new album 'The Endless River' is the tribute to Rick. Audience will be able again to feel the soul of Pink Floyd's creation via this album.

The cover photo is on behalf of the Egyptian artist Ahmed Emad Eldin. The legendary band cover photo maker Aubrey Powell decided to use the image for Pink Floyd's last album 'The Endless River', as soon as he saw it without any hesitation. Powell had to design it by himself since his partner left the world last year. His magical touch has really made a remarkable cover photo of the new album all the more special.

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