David Gilmour referred to his upcoming solo album, ‘Luck and Strange,’ as his best work since Pink Floyd’s ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ in an interview earlier this month. But he recently backed away from that statement, naming another record from the band as his favorite.
“It’s a flip statement, really,” Gilmour told Rolling Stone. “I mean, it’s not like ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ is even my favorite album. I think I prefer ‘Wish You Were Here.’”
“Anyway, it feels to me like it’s the best thing I’ve done in more or less my living memory, because some of those things feel like they were someone else, back in those eons ago,” he continued about his new studio record. “I was in my 30s when Roger left our little pop group and I’m 78.”
The first single from ‘Luck and Strange,’ ‘The Piper’s Call,’ came out in April followed by ‘Between Two Points’ in June and ‘Dark and Velvet Nights’ in August. Gilmour worked with his wife Polly Samson, daughter Romany, and son Charlie to write and record the album.
“Our plan is just to get this one out and run it and then do another one straight away,” he shared with Prog in early August. “I will be working with all these people again. I’ve had this problem in the past, of wanting to throw myself in the studio with a few people and just kick stuff around, but not knowing who those people should be.”
‘Luck and Strange’ will hit the shelves on September 6 via Sony Music. David Gilmour will kick off a supporting tour that will run through November later that month.