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''The Endless River'' is the fifteenth and final studio album by the British progressive rock band Pink Floyd. It was released by Parlophone and Columbia Records in Friday-release countries on 7 November 2014, and in the United Kingdom and United States on 10 November 2014. It is Pink Floyd's first studio album since the death of keyboardist and founding member Rick Wright, who appears posthumously, and the third by the David Gilmour-led Pink Floyd following Roger Waters' departure in 1985. It is also the first Pink Floyd album distributed by Parlophone and Warner Bros. Records following the purchase of EMI and its assets by the Universal Music Group in 2012, their transfer to Parlophone and the purchase of Parlophone by Warner Bros. in 2013. Described as a "swan song" for Wright, ''The Endless River'' consists mostly of instrumental music. It is based on 20 hours of unreleased material Pink Floyd wrote, recorded and produced with Wright during sessions for their previous studio album ''The Division Bell'' (1994). New material was recorded in 2013 and 2014 in Gilmour's studios the ''Astoria'' and Medina Studios in Hove, England. It was produced by Gilmour, Youth, Andy Jackson and Phil Manzanera. Information about the ''The Endless River'' was leaked via social media, after which Pink Floyd made a formal announcement. The band, Parlophone and Columbia Records (outside Europe) launched a promotional campaign with television advertisements and installations of the album artwork in cities around the world, including London, New York, Paris, Berlin and Milan. The cover concept is by Ahmed Emad Eldin with sleeve design by Stylorouge and creative direction by Aubrey Powell. ''The Endless River ''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 of 2014 and the fastest-selling since 1997. The album received mixed reviews. ==Background== After the departure of founding member Roger Waters in 1985 and Waters' failed attempt to dissolve the band,〔: O'Rourke's involvement in the settlement; : "a spent force".〕 guitarist and vocalist David Gilmour was left to lead Pink Floyd with drummer Nick Mason. They invited keyboardist Rick Wright back to the band after he had been fired by Waters during the recording of ''The Wall ''(1979'').'' Under Gilmour's leadership, Pink Floyd recorded two studio albums: ''A Momentary Lapse of Reason'' (1987) and ''The Division Bell ''(1994). The latter saw a greater participation from Richard Wright, who shared his first writing credits on a Pink Floyd album since ''Wish You Were Here ''(1975),'' ''and recorded his first lead vocal since ''The Dark Side of the Moon ''(1973). The sessions were held in 1993 and 1994 in Britannia Row Studios in London and aboard the ''Astoria.'' In 1994, Wright said Pink Floyd had recorded "four 90-minute DATs of five or six hours of music. The hardest thing was to throw things out and decide what we're gonna work on ... but they are not lost. They are in my head, they are in Dave's head." Pink Floyd engineer Andy Jackson edited the material, described by Mason as ambient music, to an hour-long composition tentatively titled ''The Big Spliff;''〔"The Return of the Parts of Something: The Making of The Endless River", by Daryl Easlea, ''Prog'' October 2014, pp. 38-45〕 however, the band decided not to release it. Wright died of an undisclosed form of cancer on 15 September 2008 at the age of 65.〔 Tributes to Wright included statements from Gilmour, Mason and Waters, performances by artists such as Elton John and television and radio specials. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Endless River」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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