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Unfortunately, A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987) and the live Delicate Sound of Thunder (1988) were only sporadically successful at achieving the stunning aural power of Pink Floyd’s previous work. What is of concern is whether the music of the post-Waters Pink Floyd stands up to the band’s best work - The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, The Wall and Meddle. It should concern no one too much that in the absence of Roger Waters, who had been Pink Floyd’s chief songwriter, the band sought outside help. For every Lennon-McCartney or Prince, there have been 10 examples like Leiber and Stoller, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Holland-Dozier-Holland or Phil Spector. What makes this criticism superfluous is that much of the great music of rock & roll has been written, or augmented, by outside talents. The debate on the current Floyd centers on the band’s use of hired guns, songwriting professionals brought in to shore up a sound that otherwise might not be Pink Floyd enough. He would suggest that he was Pink Floyd, although judging from his overwrought, concept burdened solo albums, that notion should be put to rest. Waters has since missed no opportunity to slag his former band mates as incompetent fakes. Is this still really Pink Floyd? That seems to be the question, as it has been since Roger Waters left the band in 1985 to dip deeper into the sci-fi soup.