On an Island [Digipak] by David Gilmour (CD, Nov-2006, Columbia USA)

You do not have to be a pink floyd fan to pick this album up. David Gilmour teams up with Rick Wright and has an album of well written and quite memorable songs. Smile is a good slower tune, along with the title track, but my favorite is "take a breath". This just has a haunting quality to it. This album at times sounds like newer pink floyd (division bell, momentary lapse), but by no ways is it meant to be a floyd album, and for the most part, is very distinct in it's own right. Sure, two of the members of floyd are playing here, but it was not labled floyd for a reason. David Gilmour's previous two solo records were good (especially the self titled one), but this by far tops his previous work. Pick this up, you will not be dissapointed.

As for the bonus edition with the bonus DVD, it is well worth it. There is almost 50 minutes of live performance here, all shot with great clarity and sound. 8 total tracks, 48:30 run time, great collection of songs. Check this out.

The master guitar player... DG!