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THE WALL

Pink Floyd

 

Psychedelic/Space Rock

4.10 | 3309 ratings

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friso
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4 stars With 'The Wall' Pink Floyd did a lot to cement their legacy with the classic rock crowd. The 2LP would end up having multiple hits like 'Another Brick In the Wall', 'Goodbye Blue Sky', 'Hey You' and 'Comfortably Numb'. Furthermore, it served as a sort of early 'alternative' rockalbum for distinguished youths and a much loved concept album for the progressive rock crowd. For the latter group the album also stirs up a lot of debate; mainly because of the course set by Roger Waters that would end up alienating keyboardist Richard Wright (who toured with the band as a 'guest musician') and eventually guitarist David Gilmour as well. With Roger Water as the sole song-writer for this rockopera the lyrics got even more political, dramatic and full of teenage angst. Though full of criticisms of society and his personal history (his farther fighting in the war), its actually quite hard to distillate much meaning from concept album; its more a summation of a lot of psychological ugliness and moaning about hiding behind 'an inner wall'. Roger Waters would however end up performing 'The Wall' in every decade since the seventies and projecting various deep thoughts on it. Musically, this is an album full of variation. From bold psychedelic rock songs, eighties symphonic rock, acoustic ballads and a mini opera. David Gilmour would famously use his clean guitar with long digital delays on some of the songs. Though I'm not that enthusiastic about the concept itself, I do love the flow of the album. After I listen to it, it feels like the satisfaction of finishing reading a book. The quality of the hits and some others songs ('Empty Spaces', 'Young Lust', 'Nobody Home' and 'The Trial') can't be denied, as well as the effective use of interludes. The production has some unique sounds to offer for high-fi equipment. Maybe it should have been released as the first Roger Waters solo album, but then again; here's your super famous progressive rock band putting evergreen progressive rock hits on the radio. Do avoid the later live recordings of this album though.
friso | 4/5 |

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