--- description: The almost entirely instrumental album is the the first since 1994's 'The Division Bell.' It was recorded without bassist Roger Waters title: Pink Floyd Announces New Album image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd76a84e761748111/6986a4b955a859d46aa82b72/rtr479ka.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Pink Floyd Announces Its First New Album in 20 Years by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 23, 2014 8:05 AM CUT  Advertising for the new Pink Floyd album The Endless River is installed on a four-sided billboard on in London Sept. 22, 2014 Advertising for the new Pink Floyd album The Endless River is installed on a four-sided billboard on in London Sept. 22, 2014Luke MacGregor—Reuters by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 23, 2014 8:05 AM CUT Pink Floyd fans can now “Breathe” easier: the band [announced](http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/pink-floyd-roll-out-plans-for-the-endless-river-their-first-lp-in-20-years-20140922 "undefined") a new album on Tuesday, _Rolling Stone_ reports, after a two-decade hiatus. _The Endless River_ is the band’s first since 1994’s _The Division Bell_, and is reportedly almost all instrumental, save for a track called “Louder Than Words” that features lyrics by Polly Samson, wife of guitarist David Gilmour, _Rolling Stone_ says. Bassist Roger Waters has no involvement with the latest release. Gilmour said in a statement that the new album came about when he and the band’s drummer, Nick Mason, began sorting through music they had recorded with keyboardist Rick Wright, who died in 2008\. After listening to over 20 hours of recordings, Gilmour said they selected the tracks they wanted to use and spent the past years refining, re-recording and using studio technology to get the tracks into shape as _The Endless River_. “With Rick gone, and with him the chance of ever doing it again, it feels right that these revisited and reworked tracks should be made available as part of our repertoire,” Gilmour said. The band broke up in 1994 after _The Division Bell_, and although individual members have performed together over the years, they have consistently rubbished talk of a reunion. _The Endless River_ has a Nov. 10 release date and a cover image created by 18-year-old Egyptian digital artist Ahmed Emad Eldin, the Los Angeles _Times_ [reports](http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-pink-floyd-release-date-new-album-the-endless-river-20140922-story.html "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3420020/pink-floyd-new-album-endless-river/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3420020/pink-floyd-new-album-endless-river/"},"headline":"Pink Floyd Announces Its First New Album in 20 Years","datePublished":"2014-09-23T08:05:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:20:58.865Z","description":"The Endless River will be released on Nov. 10","url":"https://time.com/3420020/pink-floyd-new-album-endless-river/","keywords":["Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd76a84e761748111/6986a4b955a859d46aa82b72/rtr479ka.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd76a84e761748111/6986a4b955a859d46aa82b72/rtr479ka.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Advertising for the new Pink Floyd album \"The Endless River\" is installed on a four sided billboard on the South Bank in London","caption":"Advertising for the new Pink Floyd album \"The Endless River\" is installed on a four sided billboard on the South Bank in London","creditText":"Luke MacGregor—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3420020/pink-floyd-new-album-endless-river/","name":"Pink Floyd Announces Its First New Album in 20 Years"}}]}] ```