Nick Mason thinks that Roger Waters is going to be "charmingly disapproving" about the new Pink Floyd album.
The drummer has got back together with guitarist-and-singer David Gilmour for the new collection of songs - the group's first in 20 years - 'The Endless River'.
Mason's sure however that ex-bandmate Roger Waters who left the group back in 1985 is going to be unimpressed with what they've got to offer, in the nicest possible way.
Speaking to The Sun newspaper, he said: "I think Roger willbe charmingly disapproving."
He added: "To be fair, I occasionally make cracks about Roger being like Stalin. But in reality, it's a joke. Roger is one of my oldest, dearest friends. I would have loved to have had him playing on this album.
"It would have been great but this was all about 'The Division Bell' and all about Rick. I don't think Rick would have found it easy to come back to that (working with Roger). So it was never really an option now."
'The Endless River' became the most pre-ordered album of all time on Amazon UK and Mason admits he feels a lot of pride about the achievement, despite enjoying huge success for a number of decades.
"Part of me wants to say, 'I'm old enough to have grown out of all that nonsense.' But once you get to 60, and you're still not tired of showing off, it means it's never going away. I do worry about what people will think of it and I don't want my kids to be embarrassed by having to deal with a father who is out there selling some old tat."
Pink Floyd's new album 'The Endless River' is out today in some countries and available in the UK from November 10.
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