The Wall

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All Music Guide - Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Roger Waters constructed The Wall, a narcissistic, double-album rock opera about an emotionally crippled rock star. The Wall paints such an unsympathetic portrait of the rock star, cleverly named "Pink," who blames everyone -- particularly women -- for his neuroses. Such lyrical and thematic shortcomings may have been forgivable if the album had a killer batch of songs, but Waters took his operatic inclinations to heart, constructing the album as a series of fragments that are held together by larger numbers like "Comfortably Numb" and "Hey You." The fully developed songs are among Floyd''s finest, but The Wall is primarily a triumph of production: its seamless ...
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Editorial Reviews

All Music Guide - Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Roger Waters constructed The Wall, a narcissistic, double-album rock opera about an emotionally crippled rock star. The Wall paints such an unsympathetic portrait of the rock star, cleverly named "Pink," who blames everyone -- particularly women -- for his neuroses. Such lyrical and thematic shortcomings may have been forgivable if the album had a killer batch of songs, but Waters took his operatic inclinations to heart, constructing the album as a series of fragments that are held together by larger numbers like "Comfortably Numb" and "Hey You." The fully developed songs are among Floyd''s finest, but The Wall is primarily a triumph of production: its seamless surface, blending melodic fragments and sound effects, makes the musical shortcomings and questionable lyrics easy to ignore.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 9/27/2011
  • Label: Capitol
  • EAN: 5099902894423
  • Catalog Number: 28944
  • Sales rank: 730

Album Credits

Performance Credits
Pink Floyd Primary Artist
Roger Waters Guitar, Bass Guitar, Vocals, VCS 3 Synthesizer, Group Member
Nick Mason Percussion, Drums, Group Member
Richard Wright Organ, Synthesizer, Piano, Clavinet, bass pedals, Group Member
David Gilmour Synthesizer, Guitar, Pedal Steel Guitar, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Clavinet, Guitar (Baritone), Group Member
Technical Credits
Roger Waters Composer, Producer
Bob Ezrin Composer, Producer
David Gilmour Composer, Special Effects, Producer, Sequencers
James Guthrie Producer, Engineer, Mastering
Joel Plante Mastering
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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 22, 2012

    My favorite cd....ever. Music is awesome. I feel like when I li

    My favorite cd....ever. Music is awesome. I feel like when I listen to it, it takes me back to the first time I heard it 30 years ago.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 16, 2012

    This is a terrible album

    Now, at first, I was looking forward to listening to this album. I mean, look at the cover art! But as soon as I started, I knew this was a waste. This is a total peice of junk. Every courus is predictable. Don't waste you'r money.

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