THE WALL

It is interesting that when this first came out I considered it a masterpiece and listened to it all the time for about a year. As time has passed I have listened to it less and less. It is still a great album, but not in the category of the previous 3 Floyd works. There are some outstanding parts...but there are some parts that just drag (side 2 especially). This is, of course, a very Roger Waters effort. It is certainly his best work if you compare it to THE FINAL CUT or solo albums such as PROS AND CONS OF HITCHHIKING or RADIO KAOS. I think the soul of the entire Floyd is missing from this work and the next album. Obviously, the band was imploding. Not 5 stars, but a solid 4 stars. A piece of rock history and prog history.