How NME and Melody Maker Reviewed David Gilmour’s 1978 Debut in the Shadow of Pink Floyd’s Tensions

The British music weeklies of 1978 didn’t quite know what to do with David Gilmour’s first solo album. NME’s review, while respectful, framed it as a “pleasant but minor” sidestep from Pink Floyd’s grandeur—basically calling it a collection of sleek radio rock that lacked the band’s conceptual weight. Mel