THE WALL

This is Water's descent into the maelstrom. It is no coincidence that this is his last Floyd album (I'm sorry, but Final Cut in 1983 doesn't count for me). The music is totally subservient to Water's vision and concept. And the music IS Floyd! There are examples of excellent lyrics from this band such as Dark Side of the Moon. But Dark Side is a grand anomaly, it permeates the air when you play it and the music and lyrics meld together into a cohesive whole like virtually no other album ever recorded! Floyd has always been about sonic experimentation and there is very little of it on Wall. Waters holds the rest of the band subservient to the story he wants to tell. Of course, this album 'plays' well on the radio (as I recall ad nauseam in the early 80's) but there is a lack of the innovative and 'push the envelope' musical ideas that make Floyd what they are to the rock n roll pantheon.

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