Biography
David Jon Gilmour,is an English guitarist, singer and songwriter best known as a longtime member of the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. He joined the group as guitarist and co-lead vocalist in 1968, as a replacement for founder member Syd Barrett, who was dismissed from the band shortly afterwards. Pink Floyd subsequently achieved international success with the concept albums, The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, and The Wall. By the early 1980s, they had become one of the most critically acclaimed and best-selling acts in the history of popular music; it was estimated that by 2012 the band had sold over 250 million records worldwide, including 75 million units sold in the United States.As a member of Pink Floyd, he was inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996, and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005. Following the departure of another founder member, Roger Waters, Gilmour assumed leadership of Pink Floyd in 1985. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gilmour
Album & Cover
About Face is the second solo studio album by David Gilmour. It was originally released in March 1984, on the label Harvest in the UK, and Columbia in the US.Co-produced by Bob Ezrin and Gilmour, the album was recorded in 1983, in sessions that took place at Pathé Marconi Studio, in Boulogne-Billancourt, France.Two tracks, “All Lovers Are Deranged” and the more radio-friendly “Love on the Air”, were co-written by Gilmour and his long-time friend Pete Townshend, the main songwriter for The Who (Gilmour composed the music and Townshend wrote the lyrics).The remainder of the tracks are credited solely to Gilmour. The album was received favourably by the majority of music critics and went on to peak at #21 on UK Albums Chart, and reached #32 on US Billboard 200.
Cover Location: Hipgnosis Design Studio, London, UK
Who Did What: Cover Design – Hipgnosis/STD. Photography – Davies/Starr/Jill Furmanovsky/A.Powell/S.Thorgerson
Label: Columbia FC 39296(US), Harvest SHSP2400791(Uk)
Source: Vinyl. Album. Cover. Art, The Complete Hipgnosis Catalogue: Aubrey Powell
Tracklist
| Side One Until We Sleep Murder Love On The Air Blue Light Out Of The Blue |
Side Two All Lovers Are Deranged You Know I’m Right Cruise Let’s Get Metaphysical Near The End |
Credits
Arranged By [The National Philharmonic Orchestra Arranged With], Producer – Bob Ezrin
Arranged By [The National Philharmonic Orchestra] – Michael Kamen
Bass – Pino Palladino
Drums, Percussion – Jeff Porcaro
Horns [The Kick Horns] – Barbara Snow, Roddy Lorimer, Simon Clerk, Tim Sanders
Lyrics By – Pete Townshend (tracks: A3, B1)
Mastered By – Doug Sax, Mike Reese
Mixed By – James Guthrie
Mixed By [Assistant] – Bob Parr, Ollie Fitzjones
Orchestra – The National Philharmonic Orchestra
Percussion – Louis Jardine, Ray Cooper
Piano, Organ – Steve Winwood
Piano, Organ [Hammond] – Ian Kewley
Producer, Vocals, Guitar, Written-By – David Gilmour
Programmed By [Fairlight] – Steve Rance
Recorded By – Andrew Jackson, Kit Woolven
Recorded By [Assistant] – Kevin Whyte, Mark Frank, Simon Sullivan
Recorded By [Assistant], Mixed By [Assistant] – Robert “Ringo” Hrycyna
Recorded By [Orchestra] – Eric Tomlinson
Synthesizer – Anne Dudley, Jon Lord
Technician [Equipment] – Phil Taylor
Vocals – Mickey Feat, Roy Harper, Sam Brown, Vicki Brown
Steve Winwood appears courtesy Island Records.
