History Music / TheDivisionBell

!! Tracklist[[note]]The original 1994 vinyl release abridged most of the songs from the CD version to fit on a single LP. LP reissues since 2014 are double [=LPs=] with the song lengths unabridged.[[/note]]

-->''[[ARiddleWrappedInAMysteryInsideAnEnigma Trust]].''

** Gilmour's acoustic guitar part in "Lost for Words" quotes the intro to "Wish You Were Here".
** The church bell and buzzing bee sound effects that open "High Hopes" recall "Fat Old Sun" and "Grantchester Meadows".
** The talkbox guitar on "Keep Talking" recalls "Pigs (Three Different Ones)" while the song's synth solo recalls "Run Like Hell".

''The Division Bell'' is the fourteenth studio album by Music/PinkFloyd, released in 1994. It is their first album to officially feature the returned Richard Wright, who was a session musician for ''Music/AMomentaryLapseOfReason''. Sadly, it is also their last studio album to feature Wright during his lifetime. The band also launched a successful stadium tour in support of the album, which would also turn out to be their last.

''The Division Bell'' is the fourteenth studio album by Music/PinkFloyd, released in 1994. It is their first album to officially feature the returned Richard Wright, who was a session musician for ''Music/AMomentaryLapseOfReason''. Sadly, it is also their last studio album to feature Wright during his lifetime.

* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Richard Wright sings most of the lead vocals on "Wearing the Inside Out".

!! Tracklist:

# "Cluster One" (5:58)

# "Poles Apart" (7:04)
# "Marooned" (5:29)
# "A Great Day for Freedom" (4:17)
# "Wearing the Inside Out" (6:49)

# "Coming Back to Life" (6:19)

# "High Hopes" (8:31)

* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: This album was given the deluxe box-set treatment for its 20th anniversary in 2014.

!! High Tropes:

** The talkbox guitar on "Keep Talking" recalls "Pigs (Three Different Ones)" while the song's synth solo recalls "Run Like Hell"

** The opening instrumental "Cluster One" has an ambient, spacy feel similar to "Shine On You Crazy Diamond". [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] as it is a musical tribute to RogerWaters.

[[caption-width-right:350:''Do you think that I know something you don't know?'']]

[[caption-width-right:350:''Do you think that I know something you don’t know?'']]

# “Cluster One” (5:58)
# “What Do You Want From Me” (4:21)
# “Poles Apart” (7:04)
# “Marooned” (5:29)
# “A Great Day for Freedom” (4:17)
# “Wearing the Inside Out” (6:49)
# “Take It Back” (6:12)
# “Coming Back to Life” (6:19)
# “Keep Talking” (6:11)
# “Lost for Words” (5:14)
# “High Hopes” (8:31)

* AwardBaitSong: "Marooned", which won Pink Floyd a Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental Performance.

* [[TakeThat/{{Music}} Take That]]: "Lost for Words" seems to address David Gilmour's infamous feud with Music/RogerWaters, especially in its ending verse:
-->''So I open my door to my enemies, and I ask--could we wipe the slate clean?''
-->''But they tell me to please go [[PrecisionFStrike fuck]] myself, you know you just can't win''

-->''[[Music/TheWall Hey you]], did you ever realize what you'd become?''
-->''And did you see that it wasn't only me you were running from?''

-->''[[ARiddleWrappedInAMysteryInsideAnEnigma Trust]].''

* NonAppearingTitle: [[CaptainObvious The instrumentals]], "Poles Apart", "A Great Day for Freedom", "Lost for Words" and "High Hopes".

* CallBack: Gilmour's acoustic guitar part in "Lost for Words" quotes the intro to "Wish You Were Here".

* CallBack: Gilmour's acoustic guitar part in "Lost for Words" quotes the intro to "Wish You Were Here". The church bell and buzzing bee sound effects recall "Fat Old Sun" and "Grantchester Meadows".

* CallBack: Gilmour's acoustic guitar part in "Lost for Words" quotes the intro to "Wish You Were Here".

[[caption-width-right:350:''Do you think that I know something you don't know?'']]

# "Cluster One" (5:58)
# "What Do You Want From Me" (4:21)
# "Poles Apart" (7:04)
# "Marooned" (5:29)
# "A Great Day for Freedom" (4:17)
# "Wearing the Inside Out" (6:49)
# "Take It Back" (6:12)
# "Coming Back to Life" (6:19)
# "Keep Talking" (6:11)
# "Lost for Words" (5:14)
# "High Hopes" (8:31)

!!Principal Members:

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[[caption-width-right:320:''Do you think that I know something you don't know?'']]

[[caption-width-right:320:''The Division Bell''.]]

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* CreepyCircusMusic: The middle section of "Poles Apart" predominantly features this, possibly as a tribute to Creator/SydBarrett.

* AwardBaitSong: "Marooned", which won Pink Floyd their only Grammy ever[[note]]If one doesn't count the Grammy won by ''Music/TheWall'' for Best Engineered Recording (non-classical)[[/note]].

* CreepyCircusMusic: See below. Possibly a reference to Creator/SydBarrett.
* CreepyCrows: The middle of "Poles Apart" changes to OminousPipeOrgan music, then the aforementioned CreepyCircusMusic, a metal gate opening and the cawing of crows.

* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Richard Wright sings co-lead vocals on "Wearing the Inside Out".

--> ''I'm feeling weak now''
--> ''But I can't show my weakness''
* [[TakeThat/{{Music}} Take That]]: "Lost for Words" is the only Floyd song to address David Gilmour's infamous feud with Music/RogerWaters, especially in its ending verse:
-->''So I open my door to my enemies''
-->''And I ask could we wipe the slate clean''
-->''But they tell me to please go [[PrecisionFStrike fuck]] myself''
-->''You know you just can't win''

* EpicRocking: "Cluster One" (5:58), "Poles Apart" (7:04), "Wearing The Inside Out" (6:49), "Take It Back" (6:12), "Coming Back To Life" (6:19), "Keep Talking" (6:11), and "High Hopes" (8:31).