THE WALL

The Floydsters pretend to need no education, but clearly they needed to be taught a thing or two about making enjoyable songs. On 'The Wall' they decided to abandon the incredibly long and boring songs of old in favour of short and boring songs and this makes the album slightly more listenable than their other predominantly boring 70s output, although not by much. 'In the Flesh' is the only thing that keeps this disastrous album from boring the listener to tears and the Floyd seem to have been aware of this since they put two versions of the song on the album. Apparently 'Comfortably Numb' is popular among the fans. Richard Wright was fired from Pink Floyd around the time The Wall was made, and for all I know it was because he suggested that they quit making such boring music and do something energetic for once, and the thought of doing that scared the rest of the band so much that they just had to fire him. Even with two versions of 'In the Flesh' this album isn't essential for anyone. Perhaps two or three versions more would have made it essential? Nope just kidding.