The Division Bell

This article is about the Pink Floyd album. For the bell, see Division bell.

The Division Bell
In an empty field, two metal statues resembling a human face facing each other, with a clear sky on the background.
Artwork for original LP release[nb 1]
Studio album by
Pink Floyd
Released28 March 1994 (1994-03-28)
RecordedJanuary–December 1993
Studio
Genre
Length66:23 (CD & 2014 LP)
58:47 (1994 LP)
Label
Producer
Pink Floyd chronology
Shine On
(1992) 		The Division Bell
(1994) 		Pulse
(1995)
Singles from The Division Bell
  1. "Take It Back"
    Released: 16 May 1994
  2. "High Hopes" / "Keep Talking"
    Released: 17 October 1994

The Division Bell is the 14th studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 28 March 1994 by EMI Records in the United Kingdom and on 5 April by Columbia Records in the United States.[4]

The second Pink Floyd album recorded without the founding member Roger Waters, The Division Bell was written mostly by the guitarist and singer, David Gilmour, and the keyboardist, Richard Wright. It features Wright's first lead vocal on a Pink Floyd album since The Dark Side of the Moon (1973). Gilmour's fiancée, the novelist Polly Samson, co-wrote many of the lyrics, which deal with themes of communication. It was the last Pink Floyd studio album to be composed of entirely new material, and the last recorded with Wright, who died in 2008.

Recording took place in locations including the band's Britannia Row Studios and Gilmour's houseboat, Astoria. The production team included longtime Pink Floyd collaborators such as the producer Bob Ezrin, the engineer Andy Jackson, the saxophonist Dick Parry and the bassist Guy Pratt.

The Division Bell received mixed reviews, but reached number one in more than 10 countries, including the UK and the US. In the US, it was certified double platinum in 1994 and triple platinum in 1999. Pink Floyd promoted it with a tour of the US and Europe; the tour sold more than 5 million tickets and made around $100 million in gross income. A live album and video, Pulse, was released in 1995. Unused material from the Division Bell sessions became part of Pink Floyd's next album, The Endless River (2014).


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  2. ^ April 22, Tom Sinclair Updated; EDT, 1994 at 04:00 AM. "The Division Bell". EW.com. Retrieved 15 September 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Sterdan, Darryl (7 July 2014). "Pink Floyd's 'Division Bell' re-release primes pump for 'Endless River'". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  4. ^ "RIAA".