Apart from making it fit the ‘Decades’ part of the title, it seems otherwise odd to cover just 70s Floyd. While that decade might indeed be “the peak of their success”, it was given a run for its money by the successes of 1994’s The Division Bell (platinum around the planet) and 1987’s A Momentary Lapse Of Reason (Top Five in at least 11 countries).
It’s not difficult to write a book, even an interesting one, about Pink Floyd. It’s a great story (in the right hands a page turner), and there’s a wealth of already published material to consult and ‘borrow’ from. What’s difficult is writing about the band and having something new to add to it. And in Pink Floyd In The 1970s Georg Purvis hasn’t. Instead there’s a regularly occurring feeling of: “I’m sure I’ve read that before.” And if you’re a Floyd fan and have read even one book about the band, then you very likely have.