Pink Floyd - The Wall

Pink Floyd - The Wall

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Brief Description

Item#: 2388064
    Track Listing:
    • In The Flesh?
    • One Of My Turns
    • Don`t Leave Me Now
    • Another Brick In The Wall Part 3
    • Goodbye Cruel World
    • Thin Ice, The
    • Another Brick In The Wall ...
 
 
Artist:
Pink Floyd
UPC:
724383124329
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Description:
Pink Floyd: David Gilmour (vocals, guitar); Richard Wright (vocals, keyboards); Roger Waters (vocals, bass); Nick Mason (drums).
Additional personnel: Bruce Johnston, Toni Tenille, Joe Chemay, John Joyce, Stan Farber, Jim Haas, Islington Green School (background vocals).
Producers: Bob Ezrin, David Gilmour, Roger Waters.
Recorded at Superbear Studios, Miravel, France; Producer`s Workshop, Los Angeles, California; CBS Studios, New York, New York between April and November 1979.
Digitally remastered by Doug Sax (The Mastering Lab, Los Angeles, California).
Personnel: David Gilmour, Roger Waters (vocals, guitar); Richard Wright (vocals, keyboards); Islington Green School (vocals, background vocals); Jeff Porcaro, Nick Mason (drums); Jon Joyce , John Joyce, Stan Farber, Toni Tennille, Joe Chemay, Bruce Johnston (background vocals).
Audio Remasterer: James Guthrie.
Recording information: CBS, NY (04/1979-11/1979); Hiperbear, France (04/1979-11/1979); Producers Workshop, Los Angeles, CA (04/1979-11/1979).
Unknown Contributor Role: Richard Wright .
THE WALL was Roger Waters` crowning accomplishment in Pink Floyd. It documented the rise and fall of a rock star (named Pink Floyd), based on Waters` own experiences and the tendencies he`d observed in people around him. By now, the bassist had firm control of the group`s direction, working mostly alongside David Gilmour and bringing in producer Bob Ezrin as an outside collaborator. Drummer Nick Mason was barely involved, while keyboardist Rick Wright seemed to be completely out of the picture. Still, THE WALL was a mighty, sprawling affair, featuring 26 songs with vocals--nearly as many as all previous Floyd albums combined.
The story revolves around the fictional Pink Floyd`s isolation behind a psychological wall. The wall grows as various parts of his life spin out of control, and he grows incapable of dealing with his neuroses. The album opens by welcoming the unwitting listener to Floyd`s show ("In the Flesh?"), then turns back to childhood memories of his father`s death in World War II ("Another Brick in the Wall [Part 1]"), his mother`s overprotectiveness ("Mother"), and his fascination with and fear of sex ("Young Lust"). By the time "Goodbye Cruel World" closes the first disc, the wall is built and Pink is trapped in the midst of a mental breakdown.
On disc 2, the gentle acoustic phrasings of "Is There Anybody Out There?" and the lilting orchestrations of "Nobody Home" reinforce Floyd`s feeling of isolation. When his record company uses drugs to coax him to perform ("Comfortably Numb"), his onstage persona is transformed into a homophobic, race-baiting fascist ("In the Flesh"). In "The Trial" he mentally prosecutes himself, and the wall comes tumbling down.
This ambitious concept album was an across-the-board smash, topping the Billboard album chart for 15 weeks in 1980. The single "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" was the country`s best seller for four weeks. THE WALL spawned an elaborate stage show (so elaborate, in fact, that the band was able to bring it to only a few cities) and a full-length film. It also marked the last time Waters and Gilmour would work together as equal partners.
Track Listing:
  • DISC 1:
    1. In the Flesh?
    2. Thin Ice, The
    3. Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 1
    4. Happiest Days of Our Lives, The
    5. Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2
    6. Mother
    7. Goodbye Blue Sky
    8. Empty Spaces
    9. Young Lust
    10. One of My Turns
    11. Don`t Leave Me Now
    12. Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 3
    13. Goodbye Cruel World
  • DISC 2:
    1. Hey You
    2. Is There Anybody Out There?
    3. Nobody Home
    4. Vera
    5. Bring the Boys Back Home
    6. Comfortably Numb
    7. Show Must Go On, The
    8. In the Flesh
    9. Run Like Hell
    10. Waiting for the Worms
    11. Stop
    12. Trial, The
    13. Outside the Wall
  • Album Information

    Release Date:
    04/25/2000
    Type:
    Performer
    Genre:
    Rock & Pop
    Subgenre:
    Art Rock
    Label:
    Capitol/EMI Records
    Catalog Number:
    31243
    Original Release Year:
    1979
    # of Discs:
    2
    Studio/Live:
    Studio
    Mono/Stereo:
    Stereo
    Runtime:
    81 : 12
    Guest Artist:
    Bruce Johnston; Toni Tennille

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    Product Reviews

    Overall Rating: 4.9

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    Review of the Wall by Pink Floyd

    desertdude2007 from Phoenix, AZ, Oct 7, 2007

    Great, just absolutely great. One of tbe best CDs ever produced.

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    Pink Floyd - The Wall

    v9906f from Leabon, PA, Aug 24, 2007

    This is a great album at an excellent price. Anyone that likes Pink Floyd should buy this album.

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       Based on the average of (12) ratings-only reviews

       Rating: 5.00 out of 5.00
       Would recommend?: Yes 12 out of 12
     

     

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