Rattle That Lock

The album was recorded at Gilmour's recording studios. Phil Manzanera, co-producer of the album, estimated that Gilmour had been writing the material for Rattle That Lock over the previous five years, though he pointed out that one piano piece was recorded 18 years ago in Gilmour's living room.{{cite journal |last=Bonner |first=Michael |date=September 2015 |title=Coming Back To Life |journal=Uncut|issue=220|pages=34–44}} Most of the album was recorded at Medina Studio, in Hove – the additional recording was at the Astoria houseboat studio, in both cases by long time collaborator, engineer Andy Jackson and Damon Iddins. The final Pink Floyd album, The Endless River, was similarly recorded and produced using a combination of the two studios."Rattle That Lock" EPK Orchestra parts were recorded at AIR Studios in London{{cite web|url=http://www.davidgilmour.com/rattlethatlock/listen|title=David Gilmour – Music – Rattle That Lock – Official Website|author=David Gilmour|work=David Gilmour|access-date=2015-08-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151029083726/http://www.davidgilmour.com/rattlethatlock/listen|archive-date=2015-10-29|url-status=dead}} and the Liberty Choir were recorded in a South London church. The album was mixed at Astoria and mastering for all formats was performed by James Guthrie and Joel Plante at das boot recording in Lake Tahoe, California.

The title track "Rattle That Lock" was inspired by and makes use of the SNCF jingle, composed by Michaël Boumendil. Gilmour heard and recorded the jingle on his iPhone at Aix-en-Provence station while travelling to visit friends.{{cite news |url=http://www.france24.com/en/20150710-french-rail-jingle-inspires-pink-floyd-david-gilmore |title=French rail jingle inspires Pink Floyd's David Gilmour |work=France 24 |date=13 July 2015 |access-date=16 July 2015 }} When Boumendil first got a phone message from Gilmour, he thought it might be a prank, so didn't return the call.{{cite news |url=http://www.floydianslip.com/pink-floyd/interviews/michael-boumendil.php |title=Michaël Boumendil interviewed by Craig Bailey |work=Floydian Slip |date=27 July 2015 |access-date=18 September 2015 }} The lyrics for the track were written by Gilmour's wife and long time collaborator Polly Samson and are based around the themes of Book II of John Milton's Paradise Lost. The musicians Mica Paris and Louise Marshall, together with the Liberty Choir, perform on the track.

David's son Gabriel performs piano on the song "In Any Tongue," his recording debut.{{cite book|title=Rattle That Lock liner notes|year=2015|publisher=Columbia Records}}

"Rattle That Lock" was the first single released from the album, it had its first radio airplay on BBC Radio 2's The Chris Evans Breakfast Show during the morning of 17 July 2015. The single was made available for digital download immediately afterwards.{{cite news |url=http://www.mojo4music.com/21125/david-gilmour-previews-rattle-lock/ |title=David Gilmour Previews Rattle That Lock |work=Mojo |date=16 July 2015 |access-date=16 July 2015 |archive-date=18 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150718063305/http://www.mojo4music.com/21125/david-gilmour-previews-rattle-lock/ |url-status=dead }} Also, David granted U.S. radio DJ Redbeard an interview and premiered the album in the United States on an episode of In the Studio the week of the album's U.S. release.

For the week beginning on 3 August 2015, BBC Radio 2 made "Rattle That Lock" their Record of the Week, guaranteeing the song at least one play per day.

On 31 July 2015, a music video for "Rattle That Lock" was released on Gilmour's website and promoted via social media outlets. The video was created by Trunk Animation under direction from Alasdair Brotherston and Jock Mooney, produced by Richard Barnett and involved 12 animators, artists and compositors. Aubrey Powell of Hipgnosis served as Creative Director for the video. The video depicts the fall of Lucifer from the Kingdom of Heaven and his subsequent journey through Pandæmonium, Purgatory and Chaos to corrupt the virgin Earth and become Satan, as told in the epic poem, Paradise Lost.{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1v7hXEQhsQ|title=David Gilmour – Rattle That Lock (Official Music Video)|date=31 July 2015|work=YouTube}}

The album's cover features a landscape photograph by Rupert Truman of StormStudios{{cite web|url=http://www.davidgilmour.com/music.htm|title=David Gilmour – Music – Rattle That Lock – Official Website|work=davidgilmour.com}} with painted corvidae escaping a locked cage. The album book's photographs were taken by Kevin Westenberg, with Polly Samson contributing recording session photographs. Aubrey Powell of Hipgnosis is credited as creative director.{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/David-Gilmour-Rattle-That-Lock/release/7252492|title=David Gilmour – Rattle That Lock|website=Discogs|date=18 September 2015 }}

{{main article|Rattle That Lock Tour}}

The Rattle That Lock tour was scheduled to begin on 12 September 2015 in Pula, Croatia with a special album preview show on 5 September 2015 in Brighton, England. It ended on 12 April 2016 in New York City, US with a three-month break between the South American and American legs. Gilmour also performed a one-off charity show at Wrocław, Poland on 25 June 2016.

On 17 September 2016, Gilmour performed a concert in France at the Roman Theatre of Orange (Théâtre antique d'Orange). For the occasion, due to the relationship between the song "Rattle that Lock" and the SNCF jingle, SNCF joined with Sony Music for the special event. On the eve of the concert, a few selected people took a private TGV (High Speed Train) from Paris to Orange and were afforded VIP status during the concert.[https://www.sonymusicpartnerships.fr/?portfolio=david-gilmour-sncf]

Most of the venues on the European leg of the tour were Roman amphitheatres, similar to the one featured in Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii (1971). Gilmour also played two historic venues in London: the Royal Albert Hall and KOKO (formerly the Camden Palace theatre). He also played the historic Auditorium Theatre in Chicago, having last performed there with Pink Floyd in 1972. In July 2016, David and his band played two concerts in Pompeii and, in 2017, selected cinemas around the world showed the film Live at Pompeii{{cite web|url=http://www.davidgilmour.com/index.htm|title=David Gilmour – The Voice and Guitar of Pink Floyd – Official Website|work=davidgilmour.com}} which was later released on multiple formats.

The touring band was made up of mostly the same musicians who accompanied Gilmour on his On an Island Tour of 2006 and include Phil Manzanera, Guy Pratt, Jon Carin and Steve DiStanislao.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/david-gilmour-on-new-solo-lp-and-why-pink-floyd-are-truly-over-20150814?page=3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150816165420/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/david-gilmour-on-new-solo-lp-and-why-pink-floyd-are-truly-over-20150814?page=3|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 16, 2015|title=Page 3 of David Gilmour on New Solo LP and Why Pink Floyd Are Truly Over – Rolling Stone|magazine=Rolling Stone}} Kevin McAlea, who performed with Carin at Kate Bush's Before the Dawn shows in 2014, also played keyboards on the tour in place of Richard Wright.

All music by David Gilmour, except "Rattle That Lock", written by Gilmour and Michaël Boumendil. All lyrics by Polly Samson, except where noted.

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| title1 = 5 A.M.

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| title2 = Rattle That Lock

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| length2 = 4:55

| title3 = Faces of Stone

| lyrics3 = Gilmour

| length3 = 5:32

| title4 = A Boat Lies Waiting

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| length4 = 4:34

| title5 = Dancing Right in Front of Me

| lyrics5 = Gilmour

| length5 = 6:11

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| headline = Side two

| total_length = 51:28

| title6 = In Any Tongue

| lyrics6 =

| length6 = 6:46

| title7 = Beauty

| lyrics7 = Instrumental

| length7 = 4:28

| title8 = The Girl in the Yellow Dress

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| length8 = 5:25

| title9 = Today

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| length9 = 5:55

| title10 = And Then...

| lyrics10 = Instrumental

| length10 = 4:29

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Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.

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• David Gilmour – lead vocals (All except 1, 7, 10); guitars (all); keyboards (all except 8); piano (1, 3, 4, 5); SNCF sample (2); Hammond organ (2, 5, 9); bass guitar (5, 6, 7, 10); bass harmonica (7); electric piano (9, 10)
• Jon Carin – electric piano (9)
• David Crosby – backing vocals (4)
• Graham Nash – backing vocals (4)
• Danny Cummings – percussion (3, 4, 5, 7, 10)
• Steve DiStanislao – drums (2, 3, 5, 7, 9); percussion (2, 3, 7); backing vocals (2)
• Roger Eno – piano (4, 7)
• Martin France – drums (8)
• Gabriel Gilmour – piano (6)
• Jools Holland – piano (8)
• Damon Iddins – accordion (3); calliope keyboard (3)
• Rado Klose – guitar (8)
• Chris Laurence – double bass (8)
• The Liberty Choir – backing vocals (2)
• Phil Manzanera – Hammond organ (2, 3); keyboard elements (2, 3, 6); acoustic guitar (3, 9)
• Louise Marshall – backing vocals (2, 9)
• Andy Newmark – drums (5, 6, 10)
• Eira Owen – French horn (3)
• John Parricelli – guitar (8)
• Mica Paris – backing vocals (2, 9)
• Guy Pratt – bass guitar (2, 9)
• Mike Rowe – electric piano (9)
• Polly Samson – backing vocals (9)
• Yaron Stavi – bass guitar (2); double bass (2, 4, 5); backing vocals (2)
• Colin Stetson – saxophone (8)
• Richard Wright – voice sample (4)
• Robert Wyatt – cornet (8)
• Zbigniew Preisner – orchestration (1, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10)
• Michaël Boumendil – original SNCF jingle (2)

Barn Jam personnel

• David Gilmour – guitars
• Richard Wright – keyboards
• Guy Pratt – bass guitar
• Steve DiStanislao – drums

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