David Gilmour (album)
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David Gilmour is the debut solo studio album by Pink Floyd guitarist and co-lead vocalist David Gilmour.
The album was released in May and June 1978 in the United Kingdom and the United States, respectively.
The album reached number 17 in the UK and number 29 on the Billboard US album charts; it was certified Gold in the US by the RIAA. The album was produced by Gilmour,
and consists mostly of blues and guitar-oriented rock songs, except for the piano-dominated ballad "So Far Away".
The tracks used for the album were recorded between February and March 1978 with engineer John Etchells at Super Bear Studios in France.
They were then mixed at the same studio by Nick Griffiths.
Session musicians included bass guitarist Rick Wills and drummer Willie Wilson, both of whom used to be part of Jokers Wild with Gilmour.
The album cover used for the first EMI pressings of the album LP was done by Hipgnosis and Gilmour and includes Gilmour, Rick Wills and
Willie Wilson in the cover photo; Gilmour was credited on the cover for contributing "Keyboards, Vocals" although he played guitar.
The CBS/Columbia pressings (outside Europe) listed Gilmour as contributing "Guitars, Keyboards, Vocals".
Among those depicted on the inner sleeve is Gilmour's then-wife, Ginger.
The album's only single was "There's No Way Out of Here." The single flopped in Europe, but became popular on Album-oriented rock radio stations in the US.
The song was originally recorded by the band Unicorn (as "No Way Out of Here") for their 1976 album Too Many Crooks (Harvest Records, US title Unicorn 2),
which Gilmour produced.
It was also recorded later by New Jersey stoner rock band Monster Magnet on their M...
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