On An Island
by David Gilmour
  • Record Label: Sony
  • Release Date: Mar 7, 2006
User Score
7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 81 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 63 out of 81
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 81
  3. Negative: 8 out of 81

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  1. TimK
    May 8, 2006
    3
    iIhad high hopes for this release when I saw that Gilmour was working with the great Roxy Music guitarist Phil Manzanera. Disappointment set in quickly when I found Manzanera playing keyboards. Gilmour sounds uninspired and should have waited until he had better material to work with.
  2. SchuylerC
    Mar 21, 2006
    1
    Everything Gilmour has done up to this point has been truly legendary. Unfortunately this album doesn't rise to that level. It's sonically excellent, but the songs just don't do it for me.
  3. KevinM
    Mar 20, 2006
    1
    A terrible pile of lazy disassociated crud, wholly without merit. Gilmour always had the chops, but needed band-mate Roger Waters to provide the building blocks of a decent tune. Even his style sounds like a poor imitiation of itself. Buyer Beware.
  4. RH
    Mar 17, 2006
    0
    A guy who hasn't been associated with quality music since 'Animals'.........should we really care about this uninteresting release?
  5. janey
    Mar 26, 2006
    2
    awful
  6. rah
    Apr 21, 2006
    3
    This cd really proves that the force behind Pink Floyd was Roger Waters. This CD takes no chances and does nothing for me. Red Sky at Night makes elevator music sound good. Shine on it's not.. There are a couple of fairly nice tunes - Take a Breath - for instance but the majority of this cd is lifeless, predictable and bland.
  7. ChrisS
    Apr 24, 2006
    3
    This album lacks tension, lacks quality songwriting and is so boring that I constantly clicked on the ff button looking for something compelling. Never found anything.

Awards & Rankings

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#54 Most Discussed Album of 2006
80
#80 Most Shared Album of 2006

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
67

Generally favorable reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. Billboard
    80
    To be sure, the majority of "Island" could be Pink Floyd in all but name only.
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  2. musicOMH.com
    70
    Could be the soundtrack to a blissed-out tropical holiday.
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  3. Rolling Stone
    40
    Gilmour sounds like his own man here, but you wish he had someone--anyone--to push him beyond these new adventures in tedium. [9 Mar 2006, p.92]
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