David Gimour album started acoustic then moved electric

David Gilmour's new record On An Island fits in perfectly next to the Pink Floyd material he's playing on tour, but the album didn't start out sounding this way. Some of the music dates back to 2001 and 2002, when he played some acoustic-based shows at the Royal Festival Hall in London. Gilmour told us that the acoustic work gradually changed when he hit the studio to make On An Island: "Coming out of that period, there were some more acoustic things. But when I started making this album, a lot of the things that started out on acoustic instruments moved a little more electric, and a little more, sort of, rock-based. I didn't really have a plan for how this record was going to be -- I just figured that the way I was doing things back in 2002 was not going to be the way I did it this time."

The next stop for Gilmour and his band, which includes Floyd keyboardist Richard Wright and Roxy Music guitarist Phil Manzanera, is Sunday (April 16th) at the Paramount Theatre in Oakland. The North American dates wrap up next Thursday (April 20th) in Universal City, California.

On An Island is currently at Number 71 on the Billboard 200 album chart.