Artist: DAVID GILMOUR
Album: ABOUT FACE REMASTERED (CD)

Release date: 1984/ 2006
EAN/UPS: 0094637084229
Media type: CD

About Face is the second solo album of the Pink Floyd guitarist, David Gilmour, released in March 1984. The album was co-produced by Bob Ezrin and David Gilmour. Two songs were co-written by Gilmour and The Who's Pete Townshend, the rest by Gilmour himself.

The album was recorded at a time when Pink Floyd's future was uncertain (much like today) in France with engineer Andrew Jackson. The album was mixed by James Guthrie at Mayfair Studios in London.

Some of the musicians helping Gilmour out were the late Jeff Porcaro, Pino Palladino, Deep Purple keyboardist Jon Lord and Steve Winwood among others.

Gilmour on the In the Studio with Redbeard episode spotlighting his 2006 solo effort On an Island looked back on About Face saying, "Looking back on it, it has some great moments on there but the whole flavour of it is too 80s for my current tastes."

The album featured the singles "Blue Light" (which was often voted as worst Floyd solo song according to the long defunct Floyd fanzine The Amazing Pudding) and "Love On The Air". "All Lovers Are Deranged" and "Murder" were released as singles for North American rock radio and hit numbers 10 and 11 respectively on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Charts.

The album reached #21 in the UK and #32 in the U.S. and was certified Gold by the RIAA.

About Face was re-released by EMI Records in Europe as a digitally remastered CD on August 14, 2006. Legacy Recordings/Columbia Records released the remastered CD in the US and Canada on September 12, 2006.

TRACKLIST:

01 "Until We Sleep" – 5:15
02 "Murder" – 4:59
03 "Love on the Air" (Gilmour/Townshend) – 4:19
04 "Blue Light" – 4:35
05 "Out of the Blue" – 3:35
06 "All Lovers Are Deranged" (Gilmour/Townshend) – 3:14
07 "You Know I'm Right" – 5:06
08 "Cruise" – 4:40
09 "Let's Get Metaphysical" – 4:09
10 "Near the End" – 5:36 (the 2006 remaster has a longer fadeout at 5:50)

CREDITS:

David Gilmour - Guitars, Vocals, Producer
Jeff Porcaro - Drums
Pino Palladino - Fretless Bass Guitar
Ian Kewley - Keyboards
Steve Winwood - Hammond Organ and Piano on "Love On The Air" and "Blue Light"
Jon Lord - Synthesizer
Anne Dudley - Synthesizer
Ray Cooper - Percussion
The Kick Horns - Horns
Mickey Feat - Backing Vocals
Roy Harper - Backing Vocals
Sam Brown - Backing Vocals
Vicki Brown - Backing Vocals

Michael Kamen - Orchestration arranger
Bob Ezrin - Producer, Orchestration arranger
Andrew Jackson - Recording engineer
Doug Sax - Mastering and remastering
James Guthrie - Mixing engineer and Remastering
Joel Plante - Remastering