THE FINAL CUT

I have to go with the other "Pink Floyd" fans... this album is not worth the money if it is something you want to listen to. If you just want to fill out your Pink Floyd collection - then buy all means by it so you can say you have the entire collection.

I'm not into bands that have one member whose ego becomes so bloated that they force or drive other founding members from the band. And that feeling comes through in this album.

As other people have stated, Waters has stumbled upon this wonderful technique of writing. A really quiet beginning, a really loud middle part tailing off with him screaming or yelling (and it being thrown into an echo effect) and then a quiet ending.

I'm going to write a review a la Roger Waters...

i start off my sentences small AND THEN GO TO CAPS IN THE MIDDLE and then go small at the end again...

The Pink Floyd sound is gone. Not that a band has to stick to a specific sound - but some of the sound that makes them "Pink Floyd" should be ~somewhere~ in the album. I'm not even discounting the story that Waters is trying to present. But, when it comes to the point that you're forcing other members out of the band, monopolizing the entire album, hiring musicians to play parts that you already have a member in the band to cover, then going to court pissing and moaning - something is wrong - and it comes through in this album. That very same sentiment comes through in this album. In fact, all the whining that he is doing about other people in this album applies to his self-same, head-bloated, self-importance.

What happened to the mix? What happened to the wonderful synths and keyboards? What happened to the great guitar work of Gilmour? What happened to the soothing vocals of Gilmour juxtaposed against Waters angst?

It died the death in court with Waters...

Sadly to say, after this album - I gave up on Pink Floyd after having followed them since I was 8 or 9.