Claim: Pink Floyd has a member called David Gilmour.

A Momentary Lapse of Reason is the thirteenth studio album by English progressive rock band Pink Floyd , released in the UK and US in September 1987 , on the labels EMI and Columbia . It followed guitarist David Gilmour 's decision to include material recorded for his third solo album on a new Pink Floyd album with drummer Nick Mason and keyboardist Richard Wright . Although for legal reasons Wright could not be re-admitted to the band , Wright and Mason helped Gilmour craft what became the first Pink Floyd album since the December 1985 departure of bass guitarist , singer , and primary songwriter Roger Waters .   A Momentary Lapse of Reason was recorded primarily on Gilmour 's converted houseboat , Astoria . Its production was marked by an ongoing legal dispute with Waters as to who owned the rights to Pink Floyd 's name , an issue resolved several months after the album was released . Unlike many of Pink Floyd 's studio albums , A Momentary Lapse of Reason has no central theme and is instead a collection of songs written by Gilmour , sometimes with outside songwriters .   Though it received mixed reviews and was derided by Waters , A Momentary Lapse of Reason outsold Pink Floyd 's previous album The Final Cut -LRB- 1983 -RRB- , and was supported by a successful world tour . In the US , it has been certified quadruple platinum by the RIAA .