David Gilmour
On an Island

Imagine yourself alone, with the woman you love, on a deserted island. You are there watching the sea, or rather the deep blue, and you think? You think about the good times spent together, and then memories resurface.

"Do you remember that night?"

That's how "On An Island" begins, the song that gave the title to the latest album by David Gilmour, guitar and voice of Pink Floyd. The CD starts with a beautiful song that serves as a prelude to what follows. Costellorizon is instrumental, but it says more than many other songs. It starts with what sounds like the noise of a ship departing, and various sounds begin to intersect, including a guitar riff and a trumpet sound, ending with the spectacular (though brief) guitar solo.
Immediately after, we hear the beginning of "On An Island", which draws the listener into a calm as if they were on a deserted island. From here, David Gilmour describes what it’s like to live as he did, with his wife, in the countryside, somewhat in the shadows for about ten years, but who returns with this album that is something more.

It is the return of David Gilmour to the world rock scene.

After this splendid song, other scenes alternate, which we could relate to the singer's current life and his idea of the island and the surrounding sea (the blue). In the album, there are also some instrumental pieces in addition to "Castellorizon", such as "Red Sky At Night" and "Then I Close My Eyes", which serve as a frame for the whole album.
Generally speaking, it can certainly be said that Gilmour did not want to return (at least for now) to the psychedelia of Pink Floyd, but rather to a calm album, that describes his state of mind, entirely written and produced by him.

"On An Island" was released in Italy and in the UK on March 6, 2006, and won two platinum discs and eight gold discs.