After a protracted legal battle over the rights to the
Pink Floyd
name,
David Gilmour
,
Nick Mason
, and
Richard Wright
released 1987's
A Momentary Lapse of Reason
despite
Roger Waters
' protests. Retaining collaborators from
Floyd
's past (like producer
Bob Ezrin
), this
Gilmour
-led version of the band crafted a number of songs that were as cerebral and introspective as anything
had done in the past. The first single, "Learning to Fly," served as the unofficial anthem for this latest chapter of
. The
Andy Mackay
/
-penned "One Slip" uses the requisite bells and whistles along with
Tony Levin
's impressive stick solo to guarantee it a prominent place in the band's canon. "The Dogs of War" and "On the Turning Away" are perfect commentaries on the conservative mindset shaping the '80s at the time. The former is an ominous screed composed at a time when the Cold War was still a reality, and the latter is a swipe against the self-absorption of the Me Decade. ~ Rovi Staff