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The Endless River

The Endless River
A man in a white shirt and tan pants stands in a Thames skiff at the center of the image. He stand-up paddles the Thames skiff across a sea of clouds, heading towards the Sun.
Studio album by Pink Floyd
Released 7 November 2014 (2014-11-07)
Recorded 1968, 1993, and 2013–14
Studio
Genre
Length 53:02
Label
Producer
Pink Floyd chronology
The Best of Pink Floyd: A Foot in the Door
(2011)
The Endless River
(2014)
1965: Their First Recordings
(2015)
Singles from The Endless River
  1. "Louder than Words"
    Released: 14 October 2014
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 58/100
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3.5/5 stars
The Guardian 3/5 stars
The Independent N/A
Record Collector 5/5 stars
NME 5/10
The Observer 4/5 stars
Pitchfork 5.7/10
PopMatters 6/10 medals
Rolling Stone 3.5/5 stars
Uncut 3.5/5 stars
Financial Times 4/5 stars

The Endless River is the fifteenth and final studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd. It was released by Parlophone and Columbia in Friday-release countries on 7 November 2014, and in the United Kingdom and United States on 10 November 2014. It is the third Pink Floyd album led by guitarist and singer David Gilmour following Roger Waters' departure in 1985, and the first following the death of keyboardist Rick Wright in 2008, who appears posthumously.

The Endless River consists almost entirely of instrumental and ambient music, based on material Pink Floyd wrote, recorded and produced with Wright during sessions for its predecessor, The Division Bell (1994). New material was recorded in 2013 and 2014 aboard Gilmour's Astoria boat studio and in Medina Studios in Hove, England. It was produced by Gilmour, Youth, Andy Jackson and Phil Manzanera. The cover concept is by Ahmed Emad Eldin, with sleeve design and final artwork by Stylorouge and creative direction by Aubrey Powell.

The Endless River was promoted with "Louder than Words" and artwork installations in cities including London, New York, Paris, Berlin and Milan. It became the most pre-ordered album of all time on Amazon UK and debuted at number one in several countries. The vinyl edition was the fastest-selling UK vinyl release since 1997. The album received mixed reviews.


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