Studio Album, released in 1984
Songs / Tracks Listing
1. Confusion (4:17)
2. Voices (6:20)
3. Private Person (3:36)
4. Strange Rhythm (6:36)
5. Cuts Like A Diamond (5:36)
6. By Touching (5:39)
7. How Do You Do It? (4:45)
8. Seems We Were Dreaming (4:57)
Bonus: Eyes Of A Gipsy (on cassette version only)
Total Time: 41:50
Line-up / Musicians
- Richard Wright / keyboards, backing vocals, percussion, Fairlight
- Dave Harris / guitars, vocals, keyboards, percussion, Fairlight
Richard Wright biography
RICHARD
WILLIAM WRIGHT was born on 28th July, 1943, in Hatch End, London. His
parents, Bridie and Cedric Wright had two other children, Selina and
Guinevere. Rick attended the Haberdasher's School, and when he was 17
years old, the Regent Street Polytechnic, where he met ROGER WATERS and
NICK MASON. They started a group and six months later were joined by
lead guitarist SYD BARRETT. After BARRETT was replaced by DAVID GILMOUR,
the band gradually redefined their style over half a dozen albums. In
Ummagumma the band was allowed to combine a straightforward live album
with a second disc, comprising four sections, each recorded by one band
member as a solo activity. WRIGHT's instrumental contribution, Sysyphus
(parts 1-4) was named after a character in Greek mythology.
You'll
find that not only did he tickle the ivories (or plastics), but he also
managed to find time to write and sing a number of the FLOYD's ditties,
like The Great Gig in the Sky (The Dark Side of the Moon).The band's
phenomenal success during the time when Wish You Were Here and Animals
were released led to a great amount of tension and conflicts among the
band members. Solo albums were a safety valve and WRIGHT released Wet
Dream in 1978. WRIGHT was accompanied by top session musicians Mel
Collins (sax), Snowy White (guitar), Larry Steele (bass) and Reg Isadore
(drums). No singles were released from the album, and WRIGHT did not
perform any concerts. By the time they came to record The Wall in 1979
ROGER WATERS was assuming control of the band. WRIGHT felt the full
brunt of this when WATERS threatened not to release The Wall unless
WRIGHT left the band. WRIGHT spent the next two years as a paid
employee, playing The Wall in America, Britain and Germany.
Being
paid on a wage, he was the only member of PINK FLOYD to actually make
money on that tour (yes, the FLOYD lost their shirts on that tour--it
was so phenomenally expensive to put on, and they did so few shows that
they couldn't recoup their investment. The rest of the band were
investors, as it were, but WRIGHT's role was the same as that of the
roadies--fixed dollar amount per night or some such. So he didn't get
reamed like everyone else). He did not appear on The Final Cut.
After
leaving PINK FLOYD, WRIGHT formed a short-lived partnership, called ZEE
who released Identity ('84), with Dave Harris, former leader of New
Romantic band FASHION, with WRIGHT composing music for Harris' lyrics...RICHARD
WILLIAM WRIGHT was born on 28th July, 1943, in Hatch End, London. His
parents, Bridie and Cedric Wright had two other children, Selina and
Guinevere. Rick attended the Haberdasher's School, and when he was 17
years old, the Regent Street Polytechnic, where he met ROGER WATERS and
NICK MASON. They started a group and six months later were joined by
lead guitarist SYD BARRETT. After BARRETT was replaced by DAVID GILMOUR,
the band gradually redefined their style over half a dozen albums. In
Ummagumma the band was allowed to combine a straightforward live album
with a second disc, comprising four sections, each recorded by one band
member as a solo activity. WRIGHT's instrumental contribution, Sysyphus
(parts 1-4) was named after a character in Greek mythology.
You'll
find that not only did he tickle the ivories (or plastics), but he also
managed to find time to write and sing a number of the FLOYD's ditties,
like The Great Gig in the Sky (The Dark Side of the Moon).The band's
phenomenal success during the time when Wish You Were Here and Animals
were released led to a great amount of tension and conflicts among the
band members. Solo albums were a safety valve and WRIGHT released Wet
Dream in 1978. WRIGHT was accompanied by top session musicians Mel
Collins (sax), Snowy White (guitar), Larry Steele (bass) and Reg Isadore
(drums). No singles were released from the album, and WRIGHT did not
perform any concerts. By the time they came to record The Wall in 1979
ROGER WATERS was assuming control of the band. WRIGHT felt the full
brunt of this when WATERS threatened not to release The Wall unless
WRIGHT left the band. WRIGHT spent the next two years as a paid
employee, playing The Wall in America, Britain and Germany.
Being
paid on a wage, he was the only member of PINK FLOYD to actually make
money on that tour (yes, the FLOYD lost their shirts on that tour--it
was so phenomenally expensive to put on, and they did so few shows that
they couldn't recoup their investment. The rest of the band were
investors, as it were, but WRIGHT's role was the same as that of the
roadies--fixed dollar amount per night or some such. So he didn't get
reamed like everyone else). He did not appear on The Final Cut.
After
leaving PINK FLOYD, WRIGHT formed a short-lived partnership, called ZEE
who released Identity ('84), with Dave Harris, former leader of New
Romantic band FASHION, with WRIGHT composing music for Harris' lyrics.
There were again no live dates. This is the only FLOYD solo album never
released on CD anywhere. He did, however, appear as a session musician
on A Momentary Lapse of Reason, and also participated in the Delicate
Sound of Thunder tour. With The Division Bell he finally was fully back
in the band co-writing Wearing The Inside Out with lyricist Anthony
Moore and co-writing the music for Cluster One, What Do You Want From
Me, Marooned, and Keep Talking with DAVID GILMOUR. Millions of fans felt
exactly the same way during PINK FLOYD's Division Bell world tour which
played over 100 shows, culminating in their 14-night stint at London's
Earls Court in the autumn of 1994.
WRIGHT's second solo album,
Broken China, released in 1996, included contributions by the likes of
Manu Katché, Pino Palladino and Sinéad O'Connor. After that, he appeared
on stage in London with the rest of PINK FLOYD on the occasion of the
Live 8 concert, on July 2, 2005. He also contributed keyboards to
GILMOUR's solo album On an Island, and toured with him as part of his
backing band in 2006.
Sadly and unexpectedly, RICHARD WRIGHT
passed away on September 15, 2008, after a short battle with cancer. At
the time of his death, he had been working on a new solo album.