On an Island
Studio album by David Gilmour
Released	6 March 2006 (UK) 7 March 2006 (U.S.)
Genre	Blues-rock Progressive Rock
Length	51:36
Label	EMI (UK) Columbia Records (U. A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist David Jon Gilmour CBE (born 6 March 1946 is an English Musician, best known as the Lead guitarist one of the lead Singers Events 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Events 161 - Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Blues-rock is a hybrid musical genre combining Bluesy improvisations over the 12-bar blues and extended Boogie jams with Rock Progressive rock (often shortened to " progressive " " prog " or " prog rock " is a form of Rock music that evolved In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in Columbia Records is an American Record label founded in 1888 Columbia is the oldest surviving Brand name in pre-recorded sound being the first record company S. )
Producer	David Gilmour, Phil Manzanera, Chris Thomas
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
David Gilmour chronology
About Face (1984) On an Island (2006) Live in Gdańsk (2008)

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The album has achieved platinum status in Canada, selling over 100,000 copies in the first month of its release, and sold over 1 million copies worldwide.

Background

Notable appearances include Robert Wyatt, Jools Holland, Georgie Fame, David Crosby and Graham Nash, as well as original Pink Floyd member Richard Wright and a member of an early incarnation of Pink Floyd, Bob Klose. Julian Miles "Jools" Holland OBE, DL (born 24 January 1958) is an English Pianist, Bandleader David Van Cortlandt Crosby (born August 14, 1941) is an American Guitarist, Singer, and Songwriter. Graham William Nash (born 2 February 1942) is an British-American Singer-songwriter known for his light tenor vocals and for his songwriting contributions Richard William "Rick" Wright (28 July 1943 &ndash 15 September 2008 was a pianist and Keyboardist best known for his career with Pink Floyd Rado 'Bob' Klose (born 1944 sometimes referred to as Bob Close or Brian Close in various publications is an English architect musician and photographer Guy Pratt, who has done studio work and toured with Pink Floyd, also appears. Guy Pratt (born 3 January 1962 in London, England) is a well-known session Bassist and also a Songwriter, actor and comedian Chris Thomas and Roxy Music's Phil Manzanera assisted with production. Roxy Music is an English Art rock group founded in the early 1970s by art school graduate Bryan Ferry ( vocals and keyboards) Phil Manzanera (born Philip Geoffrey Targett-Adams, 31 January 1951 in London, England) is a musician and Record producer.

Much of the album was recorded in Gilmour's private studio aboard his houseboat Astoria. The Astoria is a house boat turned recording studio owned by David Gilmour, guitarist of Pink Floyd. The track "Smile" was heard briefly in an unmastered form on the BBC2 show Three Men In A Boat. Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog, published in 1889 is a humorous account by Jerome K

Orchestrations on the album were arranged by noted Polish film composer Zbigniew Preisner and conducted by Robert Ziegler

David Gilmour's page on myspace. Zbigniew Preisner (ˈzbigɲɛf ˈpɾajsnɛɾ (born May 20, 1955 in Bielsko-Biała as Zbigniew Antoni Kowalski) is one of Poland 's com features a single edit of the title track for his new album and is available for all to listen to. Single edits of "Take A Breath" and "This Heaven" were issued to coincide with the U. S. leg of the tour, while "Smile" was the second single in the UK.

Copies of the album initially purchased from Best Buy in the U. Best Buy Co Inc ( is a Fortune 100 company and the largest specialty retailer of Consumer electronics in the United States and Canada S. contained an exclusive bonus audio CD with the instrumental track Island Jam which was subsequently released on the CD single for "Smile" in Europe.

On an Island entered the UK charts at #1, giving Gilmour his first ever chart-topping album outside of Pink Floyd. It reached #1 on the European Chart, and #2 in Canada, Portugal and Iceland. It has also provided Gilmour with his first U. S. Top 10 album, reaching #6. The album has achieved platinum status in Canada and has sold over 1,000,000 copies worldwide.

The album also produced two minorly successful singles; the title track 'On an Island' and 'Smile, both peaking at #72 on the UK singles charts and with 'On an Island' peaking at #29 on the US mainstream rock charts.

The album was re-released in November of 2006 with a bonus DVD of Gilmour's performances of "On an Island", "This Heaven", "Smile", "Take a Breath", "High Hopes" and "Comfortably Numb" from AOL's Music Sessions filmed in New York in April 2006 plus a performance of "Astronomy Domine" filmed at Abbey Road Studios in August, 2006 and a performance of "Take a Breath" from Gilmour's most recent DVD, Remember that Night filmed at The Royal Albert Hall in May of 2006. Remember That Night is a live concert recording of Pink Floyd Guitarist David Gilmour 's solo concerts at the Royal Albert Hall in The Royal Albert Hall is an Arts venue situated in the Knightsbridge area of the City of Westminster, London, England, best known

Track listing

1. "Castellorizon" (Gilmour) – 3:54
   • Featuring David Gilmour on guitar, Orchestrations by Zbigniew Preisner. Castellorizon is the opening song on David Gilmour 's third solo album On an Island. Zbigniew Preisner (ˈzbigɲɛf ˈpɾajsnɛɾ (born May 20, 1955 in Bielsko-Biała as Zbigniew Antoni Kowalski) is one of Poland 's
   • Based on a night he spent on Kastellórizo. " Castellorizon " is also the name of a song from David Gilmour's album On an Island, based on a night he spent on Kastelorizo in 2006
2. "On An Island" (Gilmour/Samson) – 6:47
   • Featuring David Gilmour on guitars, vocals, electric piano and percussion, David Crosby, Graham Nash on vocals, Guy Pratt on bass guitar, Orchestrations by Zbigniew Preisner, Rick Wright on Hammond Organ, Rado Klose on guitar and Andy Newmark on drums. "On an Island" is the second song and title track from David Gilmour 's third solo album On an Island. Polly Samson, journalist and writer was born in London in 1962 to a diplomatic correspondent father and a writer mother of David Van Cortlandt Crosby (born August 14, 1941) is an American Guitarist, Singer, and Songwriter. Graham William Nash (born 2 February 1942) is an British-American Singer-songwriter known for his light tenor vocals and for his songwriting contributions Guy Pratt (born 3 January 1962 in London, England) is a well-known session Bassist and also a Songwriter, actor and comedian Zbigniew Preisner (ˈzbigɲɛf ˈpɾajsnɛɾ (born May 20, 1955 in Bielsko-Biała as Zbigniew Antoni Kowalski) is one of Poland 's Richard William "Rick" Wright (28 July 1943 &ndash 15 September 2008 was a pianist and Keyboardist best known for his career with Pink Floyd The Hammond organ is an electric organ which was invented by Laurens Hammond in 1934 and manufactured by the Hammond Organ Company Rado 'Bob' Klose (born 1944 sometimes referred to as Bob Close or Brian Close in various publications is an English architect musician and photographer Andrew "Andy" Newmark (born July 14 1950) is an American Musician, best known as the Drummer for the influential
3. "The Blue" (Gilmour/Samson) – 5:26
   • Featuring David Gilmour on guitars, vocals, bass guitar, percussion, piano, Rado Klose on guitar, Andy Newmark on drums, Jools Holland, Polly Samson on piano, Chris Stainton on Hammond Organ and Rick Wright on vocals. Rado 'Bob' Klose (born 1944 sometimes referred to as Bob Close or Brian Close in various publications is an English architect musician and photographer Julian Miles "Jools" Holland OBE, DL (born 24 January 1958) is an English Pianist, Bandleader Polly Samson, journalist and writer was born in London in 1962 to a diplomatic correspondent father and a writer mother of Christopher 'Chris' Stainton (born 22 March 1944, in Woodseats, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England) is a keyboard Richard William "Rick" Wright (28 July 1943 &ndash 15 September 2008 was a pianist and Keyboardist best known for his career with Pink Floyd
4. "Take a Breath" (Gilmour/Samson) – 5:46
   • Featuring David Gilmour on guitars, vocals, Phil Manzanera on keyboard, Guy Pratt on bass guitar, Leszek Mozdzer on piano, Ged Lynch on drums, Orchestrations by Zbigniew Preisner and Caroline Dale on cello. Phil Manzanera (born Philip Geoffrey Targett-Adams, 31 January 1951 in London, England) is a musician and Record producer. Leszek Możdżer (b March 3 1971, Gdańsk) is a leading Polish Jazz Pianist. Zbigniew Preisner (ˈzbigɲɛf ˈpɾajsnɛɾ (born May 20, 1955 in Bielsko-Biała as Zbigniew Antoni Kowalski) is one of Poland 's Caroline Dale is a British Cellist who has performed music for a number of movies most notably Truly Madly Deeply
5. "Red Sky at Night" (Gilmour) – 2:51
   • Featuring David Gilmour on saxophone and lap steel guitars, Chris Laurence on double bass, Caroline Dale on cello, Orchestrations by Zbigniew Preisner and Ilan Eshkeri on programming. Chris Laurence (born January 6, 1949) is an English Jazz Double bassist born in London, perhaps most noteworthy for his Zbigniew Preisner (ˈzbigɲɛf ˈpɾajsnɛɾ (born May 20, 1955 in Bielsko-Biała as Zbigniew Antoni Kowalski) is one of Poland 's Ilan Eshkeri is a British composer of music for film and television
6. "This Heaven" (Gilmour/Samson) – 4:24
   • Featuring David Gilmour on guitars, vocals, bass guitar, Phil Manzanera on keyboard, Andy Newmark on drums, Orchestrations by Zbigniew Preisner and Georgie Fame on Hammond organ. Zbigniew Preisner (ˈzbigɲɛf ˈpɾajsnɛɾ (born May 20, 1955 in Bielsko-Biała as Zbigniew Antoni Kowalski) is one of Poland 's Georgie Fame (born Clive Powell 26 June 1943, Leigh) is a British Rhythm and blues and Jazz Singer and
7. "Then I Close My Eyes" (Gilmour) – 5:26
   • Featuring David Gilmour on guitars, cümbüş, bass harmonica, BJ Cole on dobro guitar, Robert Wyatt on cornet, percussion, vocals, Phil Manzanera on keyboard, Andy Newmark on percussion, Orchestrations by Zbigniew Preisner, Caroline Dale on cello and Alasdair Malloy on glass harmonica. The cümbüş (dʒymˈbyʃ sometimes approximated as dʒumbuʃ by English speakers is a Turkish stringed instrument of relatively modern origin B J Cole (born Brian John Cole, 17 June 1946 Enfield, Middlesex) is an English Pedal steel guitarist who is best known for playing Robert Wyatt (born Robert Wyatt-Ellidge, 28 January 1945 in Bristol) is an English Musician, and founding member of the influential Zbigniew Preisner (ˈzbigɲɛf ˈpɾajsnɛɾ (born May 20, 1955 in Bielsko-Biała as Zbigniew Antoni Kowalski) is one of Poland 's
8. "Smile" (Gilmour/Samson) – 4:03
   • Featuring David Gilmour on guitars, vocals, percussion, Hammond Organ, bass guitar, Polly Samson on vocals, Willie Wilson on drums and orchestrations by Zbigniew Preisner. Zbigniew Preisner (ˈzbigɲɛf ˈpɾajsnɛɾ (born May 20, 1955 in Bielsko-Biała as Zbigniew Antoni Kowalski) is one of Poland 's
9. "A Pocketful of Stones" (Gilmour/Samson) – 6:17
   • Featuring David Gilmour on guitars, vocals, Hammond Organ, piano, bass, percussion, Leszek Mozdzer on piano, Lucy Wakeford on harp, Alasdair Malloy on glass harmonica, Chris Thomas on keyboard, Chris Laurence on double bass, Ilan Eshkeri on programming and orchestrations by Zbigniew Preisner. Chris Thomas may refer to Chris Thomas (American football, former wide receiver in the NFL Chris Thomas (basketball, former men's basketball Zbigniew Preisner (ˈzbigɲɛf ˈpɾajsnɛɾ (born May 20, 1955 in Bielsko-Biała as Zbigniew Antoni Kowalski) is one of Poland 's
10. "Where We Start" (Gilmour) – 6:45
    • Featuring David Gilmour on guitars, vocals, bass guitar, percussion, Hammond organ, Andy Newmark on drums and orchestrations by Zbigniew Preisner. Zbigniew Preisner (ˈzbigɲɛf ˈpɾajsnɛɾ (born May 20, 1955 in Bielsko-Biała as Zbigniew Antoni Kowalski) is one of Poland 's

Tour

Rick Wright, Phil Manzanera and Guy Pratt joined Gilmour on tour to promote the album. The tour also featured Dick Parry, who played saxophone on Pink Floyd songs "Money", "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", "Us and Them" and "Wearing the Inside Out", and Jon Carin, who in 1980s and 1990s toured with Pink Floyd and helped in studio. Dick Parry (born December 22, 1942 in Kentford, Suffolk, England) is an English Saxophonist. " Money " is the sixth track from British Progressive rock band Pink Floyd 's 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon. " Shine On You Crazy Diamond " is a nine-part Pink Floyd composition with lyrics written by Roger Waters in tribute to former band member Syd Barrett " Us and Them " is the sixth " Wearing the Inside Out " is a song from Pink Floyd 's 1994 album The Division Bell. Zbigniew Preisner conducted orchestra in concert in Gdansk. Gdańsk ( Polish pronunciation; 'Danzig', Gduńsk Gedania Dantiscum is the City at the centre of the fourth-largest Metropolitan area in Poland Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason joined for an encore of the London show. Nicholas Berkeley "Nick" Mason (born 27 January 1944 in Edgbaston, Birmingham, England) is the Drummer for Pink Floyd. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. David Bowie also made a guest appearance in London, performing vocals on Comfortably Numb and Arnold Layne, the latter subsequently released as a live single. David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. " Comfortably Numb " is a song by the British progressive rock band Pink Floyd, which was released on the 1979 double album The Wall " Arnold Layne " was the first single released by British Psychedelic rock group Pink Floyd, shortly after landing a recording contract with

Setlist

Set one:

1. Speak to Me
2. Breathe
3. Time
   (At the beginning of the tour the above three tracks were played during Set 2)
4. On an Island (entire album)
   (At the beginning of the tour the On an Island album made up the entire first set)

Set two: The second set featured a selection of these tracks:

1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V) (Always present in the set)
2. Astronomy Domine (Added during the second European tour, after the UK tour. This article is about the Pink Floyd song For the Audio Adrenaline song see Lift. " Time " is the fourth track from British Progressive rock band Pink Floyd 's 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon " Shine On You Crazy Diamond " is a nine-part Pink Floyd composition with lyrics written by Roger Waters in tribute to former band member Syd Barrett " Astronomy Domine " is a song by British Psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd. )
3. Dark Globe (Added after the death of Syd Barrett. " Dark Globe " also known as Wouldn't You Miss Me is a song by Syd Barrett for his first solo album The Madcap Laughs, and the last track Syd Barrett (born Roger Keith Barrett; 6 January 1946 - 7 July 2006 was an English singer songwriter guitarist and artist )
4. Wot's... Uh the Deal
5. Wearing the Inside Out
6. Fat Old Sun
7. On the Turning Away (one off performance in Venice, Italy on August 11th and 12th 2006)
8. Dominoes
9. Arnold Layne (was added at the end of the U. " Wot's Uh the Deal? " is a song from Pink Floyd 's 1972 album Obscured by Clouds. " Wearing the Inside Out " is a song from Pink Floyd 's 1994 album The Division Bell. " Fat Old Sun " is a Pink Floyd song written and sung by David Gilmour. " On the Turning Away " is a song from Pink Floyd 's 1987 album A Momentary Lapse of Reason. Venice ( Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venesia or Venexia) is a city in Northern Italy, the capital of the Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Barrett was the second and final studio album of new material released by former Pink Floyd member Syd Barrett. " Arnold Layne " was the first single released by British Psychedelic rock group Pink Floyd, shortly after landing a recording contract with S. leg with Rick Wright on lead vocals although a performance at the Royal Albert Hall on 29th May 2006, featured David Bowie on lead vocals)
10. Coming Back to Life (Always present in the set)
11. High Hopes (Always present in the set)
12. The Great Gig in the Sky (performed on 30th/31st May 2006 with Mica Paris and during the early European dates, but was dropped until the London dates. The Royal Albert Hall is an Arts venue situated in the Knightsbridge area of the City of Westminster, London, England, best known David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. " Coming Back to Life " is a song from Pink Floyd 's 1994 album The Division Bell, and is credited solely to David Gilmour " High Hopes " is a song from the 1994 Pink Floyd album The Division Bell, written by David Gilmour and Polly Samson " The Great Gig in the Sky " is the fifth track from English Progressive rock band Pink Floyd 's 1973 album The Dark Side of )
13. Echoes (Always present in the set)

Encore:

1. Wish You Were Here
2. A Great Day for Freedom (one off performance in Gdansk, Poland on August 26th 2006)
3. Find the cost of Freedom (only performed with David Crosby and Graham Nash)
4. Comfortably Numb (performance on 29th May 2006 at the Royal Albert Hall, featured David Bowie on lead vocals)

Personnel

David Gilmour at Radio City Music Hall during his 'On an Island' tour on April 4, 2006

• David Gilmour - Guitars, vocals, cümbüş, alto saxophone on "Red Sky At Night"
• Phil Manzanera - Guitars, vocals
• Guy Pratt - Bass guitar, vocals, guitar on "Then I Close My Eyes"
• Richard Wright - Keyboards, vocals
• Jon Carin - Keyboards, vocals, lap steel guitar
• Dick Parry - Tenor and baritone saxophones
• Steve DiStanislao - Drums, percussion, vocals

Charts

Album - Based on stock pushed to shops, not actual sales in North America