THE FINAL CUT

you either have to love or hate this album. Most people who hate the album don't understand where this is comming from. Yeah, Roger Waters is complaining about his father's death, and is a little self absorbed here. But he felt it nessary, in an interview, Waters explained that after writing The Wall, he realized that everyone has a wall that must be torn down, he reasoned that his wall (caused by his father's death) could only be destroyed once he expressed all his feelings about it.

Not all of the songs were written for the wall, I belive "Southampton Dock/The Final Cut", "The Hero's Return", snd "One of the Few" were the only ones intended for his previous work. The rest were added so that he could get all of his feelings out there

The album is very depressing (especially "The Gunner's Dream") but once you understand Water's intentions for this, you'll see how wonderfull it really is. I won't give it five stars because Roger seemd to have acted like a jerk durning this period and Gilmour has little or no influence in the music. Not to mention Wright was not with them at all.

For those that belive Roger Waters is only self absorbed, listen to his solo works, mainly "Radio KAOS" and "Amused Death". These albums have practically nothing to do with his father's deeath, and the references to war deal with how it affects all of us, not just him.

Seriously, give the album another try