Manning, Toby (2006). The Rough Guide to Pink Floyd (Firsted.). Rough Guides. ISBN 978-1-84353-575-1. Floyd Founder Wright dies at 65". BBC News. 15 September 2008. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012 . Retrieved 2 August 2012. Gilmour, Mason, Waters and O'Rourke met for dinner in 1984 to discuss their future. Mason and Gilmour left the restaurant thinking that Pink Floyd could continue after Waters had finished The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking, noting that they had had several hiatuses before; however, Waters left believing that Mason and Gilmour had accepted that Pink Floyd were finished. Mason said that Waters later saw the meeting as "duplicity rather than diplomacy", and wrote in his memoir: "Clearly, our communication skills were still troublingly nonexistent. We left the restaurant with diametrically opposed views of what had been decided." [192] Canadian album certifications – Pink Floyd – A Momentary Lapse of Reason". Music Canada . Retrieved 9 June 2016.

Blake 2008, pp.269: Wright's name did not appear on the album, 285–286: Wright as a paid musician during the tour. Conversely, Greg Quill of the Toronto Star wrote: "Something's missing here. This is, for all its lumbering weight, not a record that challenges and provokes as Pink Floyd should. A Momentary Lapse of Reason, sorry to say, is mundane, predictable." [70] Village Voice critic Robert Christgau wrote: "You'd hardly know the group's conceptmaster was gone – except that they put out noticeably fewer ideas." [61] In 2016, AllMusic critic William Ruhlmann described it as a "Gilmour solo album in all but name". [56] Blake 2008, pp.43–44: The T-Set as an alternate spelling; Povey 2008, pp.28–29: The Tea Set used throughout. The band commissioned a 30 feet (9.1m) pig-shaped balloon and photography began on 2 December. Inclement weather delayed filming, and the balloon broke free of its moorings in strong winds. It eventually landed in Kent, where a local farmer recovered it, reportedly furious that it had frightened his cows. [144] The difficult shoot had resumed before they decided to superimpose the image of the pig onto the photograph of the power station. [145] Fitch, Vernon (2005). The Pink Floyd Encyclopedia (Thirded.). Collector's Guide Publishing. ISBN 978-1-894959-24-7.Gilmour experimented with songwriters such as Eric Stewart and Roger McGough, but settled on Anthony Moore, [25] who was credited as co-writer of "Learning to Fly" and "On the Turning Away". Whereas many prior Pink Floyd albums are concept albums, Gilmour chose a more conventional approach of a collection of songs without a thematic link. [26] Gilmour later said that the project had been difficult without Waters. [27] Detmer, David (2007). "Dragged Down by the Stone: Pink Floyd, Alienation, and the Pressures of Life". In Reisch, George A (ed.). Pink Floyd and Philosophy: Careful with that Axiom, Eugene!. Open Court. ISBN 978-0-8126-9636-3. Booth, Robert (16 September 2008). "Pink Floyd's Richard Wright dies". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013 . Retrieved 7 September 2009. Grow, Kory (12 December 2019). " 'The Later Years 1987–2019' Chronicles Pink Floyd After it Became David Gilmour's Show". Rolling Stone . Retrieved 13 December 2019.

The division of royalties was a source of conflict between band members, who earned royalties on a per-song basis. Although Gilmour was largely responsible for " Dogs", which took up almost the entire first side of the album, he received less than Waters, who contributed the much shorter two-part " Pigs on the Wing". [146] Wright commented: "It was partly my fault because I didn't push my material... but Dave did have something to offer, and only managed to get a couple of things on there." [147] Mason recalled: "Roger was in full flow with the ideas, but he was really keeping Dave down, and frustrating him deliberately." [147] [nb 27] Gilmour, distracted by the birth of his first child, contributed little else toward the album. Similarly, neither Mason nor Wright contributed much toward Animals; Wright had marital problems, and his relationship with Waters was also suffering. [149] Animals was the first Pink Floyd album with no writing credit for Wright, who said: "This was when Roger really started to believe that he was the sole writer for the band... that it was only because of him that [we] were still going... when he started to develop his ego trips, the person he would have his conflicts with would be me." [149] album- és válogatáslemez-lista - eladási darabszám alapján - 2021" (in Hungarian). Mahasz . Retrieved 1 February 2022.

The remixed version of Pink Floyd's A Momentary Lapse Of Reason from the 2019 The Later Years box set released in 360 reality audio

At EMI, Pink Floyd experimented with musique concrète and watched the Beatles record " Lovely Rita". [48] Mason notes, “Initially it seemed a bit odd to start re-assembling a record after 35 odd years, but the public’s appetite for alternate views of the same work has undoubtedly increased immeasurably over time.

On 10 July 2010, Waters and Gilmour performed together at a charity event for the Hoping Foundation. The event, which raised money for Palestinian children, took place at Kiddington Hall in Oxfordshire, England, with an audience of approximately 200. [252] In return for Waters's appearance at the event, Gilmour performed "Comfortably Numb" at Waters's performance of The Wall at the London O2 Arena on 12 May 2011, singing the choruses and playing the guitar solos. Mason also joined, playing tambourine for " Outside the Wall" with Gilmour on mandolin. [253] Hibbert, Tom (1996) [1971]. "Who the hell does Roger Waters think he is?". In MacDonald, Bruno (ed.). Pink Floyd: Through the Eyes of the Band, Its Fans and Foes. Da Capo. ISBN 978-0-306-80780-0.

Pink Floyd star Roger Waters regrets suing band". BBC News. 19 September 2013. Archived from the original on 28 February 2016 . Retrieved 10 March 2016. Thorgerson, Storm (1978). The Work of Hipgnosis– Walk Away Reneé. A & W. p.148. ISBN 978-0-89104-105-4. James Guthrie replaced engineer Brian Humphries, emotionally drained by his five years with the band, for the recording of the album. [160] In March 1979, the band's dire financial situation demanded that they leave the UK for a year, or more and recording moved to the Super Bear Studios near Nice. [161] After a tour of the UK performing Dark Side, Pink Floyd returned to the studio in January 1975 and began work on their ninth studio album, Wish You Were Here. [128] Parsons declined an offer to continue working with them, becoming successful in his own right with the Alan Parsons Project, and so the band turned to Brian Humphries. [129] Initially, they found it difficult to compose new material; the success of The Dark Side of the Moon had left Pink Floyd physically and emotionally drained. Wright later described these early sessions as "falling within a difficult period" and Waters found them "tortuous". [130] Gilmour was more interested in improving the band's existing material. Mason's failing marriage left him in a general malaise and with a sense of apathy, both of which interfered with his drumming. [130]