10 Worst Number One Rock Albums Of The 1990s
2. The Division Bell - Pink Floyd
It's weird to think of Pink Floyd as an active band in the 90s. It's weird to think of Pink Floyd putting out any new music past the year 1979. And yet, they had not one number one album in the 90s, but two.
One was a live album called Pulse, stylised with some weird dots separating the letters, which was shortlisted for this countdown. In the end, their 1994 record The Division Bell got the nod, and, well, you're about to find out why.
With Roger Waters out of the band, writing duties fell to Dave Gilmour and keyboard player Richard Wright. Already, this should set alarm bells ringing in Floyd fans' heads.
The Division Bell turned out as one big rambly mess, uncoordinated, undefined, and undisciplined. Gilmour and Wright didn't have nearly the same pulling power as Gilmour and Waters (who hated the album, by the way) and the album was savaged by critics, although some retrospective reviews have been kinder.
Perhaps the fact that this was the first Pink Floyd in seven years was what sent it to number one for four straight weeks. It clearly wasn't the quality of the songs.