The Division Bell

The Division Bell is the penultimate studio album from Pink Floyd and the second album without Roger Waters .

The overarching theme of The Division Bell is communication and the lack of communication.

Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and friends with David Gilmour , chose the name of the album, based on the text of High Hopes, the last song of the album. A "division bell" is a clock that sound to summon the members of parliament to vote in a "division". Here, the parliament (literally) divided into two groups: one for the motion and one that is against the motion.

The image on the cover of the album is the work of artist Storm Thorgerson and shows two heads in profile. These are two sculptures of John Robertson (3 feet high), which for this purpose in a field in Cambridgeshire were placed and photographed under different conditions. The sculptures are now in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame .

The Division Bell was sold well, but was poorly received by critics.

Content
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 * 1 Tracklist
 * 2 Trivia
 * 3 Occupancy
 * 3.1 Hitnotering
 * 4 External links

[Tracklist edit ]
Side 1 Side 2 All songs are sung by Gilmour, except 6 ("Wearing the Inside Out"), which is sung by Richard Wright .
 * 1) "Cluster One", instrumental ( Gilmour , Wright ) - 5:58
 * 2) "What Do You Want From Me?" (Gilmour, Wright, Polly Samson) - 4:21
 * 3) "Poles Apart" (Gilmour, Samson, Nick Laird-Clowes) - 7:04
 * 4) "Marooned", instrumental (Gilmour, Wright) - 5:29
 * 5) "A Great Day for Freedom" (Gilmour, Samson) - 4:17
 * 6) "Wearing the Inside Out" (Wright, Anthony Moore) - 6:49
 * 1) "Take It Back" (Gilmour, Samson, Laird-Clowes, Bob Ezrin ) - 6:12
 * 2) "Coming Back to Life" (Gilmour) - 6:19
 * 3) "Keep Talking" (Gilmour, Wright, Samson) -6: 11
 * 4) "Lost for Words" (Gilmour, Samson) - 5:14
 * 5) "High Hopes" (Gilmour, Samson) - 8:31

[Trivia Edit ]

 * In Keep Talking are samples of the (artificial) voice of Stephen Hawking used in an advertisement for a telephone company.
 * At the end of the album is heard how Charlie, the (step) son of David Gilmour, a phone call ends with Steve O'Rourke, manager of Pink Floyd. Charlie was 4 years.

Occupation [ edit ]

 * David Gilmour - vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, production
 * Rick Wright - keyboards, piano, vocals
 * Nick Mason - drums, percussion
 * Jon Carin - keyboards
 * Guy Pratt - bass guitar
 * Gary Wallis - percussion
 * Tim Renwick - guitar
 * Dick Parry - saxophone, trumpet
 * Carol Kenyon - (background) vocals, singing Keep Talking
 * Sam Brown - backing vocals
 * Bob Ezrin - drums, production, composer of Take It Back
 * Anthony Moore - copywriter Wearing The Inside Out
 * Michael Kamen - orchestral arrangements
 * Stephen Hawking - digital voice Keep Talking
 * Chris Thomas - mixing
 * Andrew Jackson - technique