THE FINAL CUT

I must recognize that I made a mistake, maybe I'm happier today than any of the other times that I've listened to this album, but I always thought that if I'd ever write a review about "The final cut" the rate that I would give to the album would be two or three stars as much, but right now, I'm listening to it once more and I finally can hear what my father, friends, and relatives always told me: "The final cut" is not as a bad album as I always thought. The songs that someday I found boring and depressing, today I find them relaxing and emotive.

Yes, it has some depressing moments, yes, it was unfair what Roger Waters did against Richard Wright and it was awful how things ended between them (obviously it's kind of sad to listen to the only Pink Floyd album in which Richard's not playing) and yes, this album sounds not at all similar to any of the previous Pink Floyd albums (maybe a little of "The wall" but that's it), but that is because this is not a Pink Floyd album (even when it's labeled as one), it is a Roger Waters' album with David Gilmour and Nick Mason as session musicians, so it is clear why we can't find any Pink Floyd-like music in here.

"The final cut" sounds kind of a preview of what Roger Waters entire discography as a solo artist would sound like: shadows of "The wall" and the continuous story of war and fatherless childhood that he had; sad short songs mixed with some rock ballads that lead the listener into the artist's ideas and views of his own and all the world's life, but this was maybe the most interesting chapter of all of that incessant play. The music here is totally a rock opera, just as "The wall" was, but maybe less exciting and more into dramatic pieces. It has some fascinating acoustic/electric guitar moments, not a lot of punchy drumming, and a very nice orchestration. It's delightful in some moments.

I won't give this album a five stars rate because that would be exaggerated, but a four stars rate seems fair right now. The final cut was either a perfect closure or an involuntary goodbye of Roger to the band and definitely a start of his solo career.

SONG RATING: The post-war dream, 4 Your possible pasts, 5 One of the few, 5 The hero's return, 4 The gunner's dream, 3 Paranoid eyes, 4 Get your filthy hands off my desert, 4 The fletcher memorial home, 4 Southampton dock, 3 The final cut, 4 Not now John, 3 Two suns in the sunset, 4

AVERAGE: 3.92

PERCENTAGE: 78.33

ALBUM RATING: 4 stars

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