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Richard William Wright (28 July 1943 - 15 September 2008)

Rick Wright was keyboardist and a founding member of Pink Floyd, started his solo career in 1978, when he released “Wet Dream” with Snowy White on guitar, Mel Collins on saxophone, Larry Still on bass and Reg Isadore on drums. It was a very calm album, full of piano, acoustic guitar sounds and with a bit of synthesizers. More than half of the album were instrumental compositions.

Wright’s next album Broken China was released in 1996. It was a conceptual creation, devoted to Rick’s wife, who suffered from depression. It consisted of four parts with four songs in each part. The music was much more electronic than in “Wet Dream”. One of the album’s highlights was the song “Breakthrough” which featured Sinead O’Connor on vocals. Before his death, Rick was creating music for his new album, but it is not known if it will ever be released.

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1	Interlude	352
2	Night of a thousand furry toys	296
3	Breaking Water	277
4	Drowning	265
5	Unfair ground	255
6	Breakthrough	232
7	Satellite	228
8	Runaway	222
9	Reaching for the rail	212
10	Hidden fear	203
11	Woman of custom	91
12	Sweet July	81
13	Black cloud	74
14	Far from the harbour wall	73
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Goryo wrote:
9 days ago

@ javier: He certainly wasn't Wakeman or Emerson, he was even more awesome ^^ Also Wet Dream > Broken China. I can't believe it isn't even listed here.

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araen wrote:
14 days ago

Join us to keep alive the memory of the Gentle Floyd: Rick Wright Fan Site: www.rick-wright.net

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javier0889 wrote:
18 days ago

He wasn't a Wakeman or an Emerson, but he really knew how to get his job done. We miss you Rick, shine on!

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freckkles wrote:
23 days ago

Why his first solo album (Wet Dream) isn't listed here?

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guipotter4 wrote:
28 days ago

gugui is a fucking liar, he hates rick

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DJKalteraphine wrote:
last month

RIP Richard <3

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Gugui00619 wrote:
last month

we miss you

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David_J1973 wrote:
last month

My favorite Floyd member. Always a gentleman, and a pleasure to listen to. I cried like a baby when I found out last year that he passed. We miss you, Rick...

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lizard_shaman wrote:
last month

RIP :'(

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sergeyisu wrote:
last month

Good Night, sweet Prince.

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haamgemset wrote:
last month

Goddamit, why?

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marcossaae wrote:
October 2009

é massa é musica o cara relaxa

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Raptorly wrote:
October 2009

ich vermisse dich!

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liestal wrote:
October 2009

The Best

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haneater wrote:
September 2009

Life Is Psychedelic Rick Group

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Vigridr wrote:
September 2009

damn i miss him love his voice music everything

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SA-TC wrote:
September 2009

gracias Rick!

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freckkles wrote:
September 2009

One year today... Thank you for your music, Rick! Nobody will replace you ever. Rest in peace.

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nolteCOD wrote:
September 2009

Why can't we reach the sun? Why can't we blow the years away?

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MZZRRT wrote:
September 2009

Rip.

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