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THE PROS AND CONS OF HITCH HIKING

Roger Waters

 

Crossover Prog

3.08 | 404 ratings

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2 stars I have never rated any Pink Floyd or relatives thing less than 3 stars, but in this case I'm sorry: I can't say that it's "good". Non-essential for sure.

It's a fortune that when Waters went to present his two new concepts to the band thay have chosen to use The Final Cut. The concept of Pros and Cons is more complicated, in some sense more progressive, maybe, but it leads nowhere. All the songs are based on acoustig guitar and Waters "wallish" voice and screams but the result is really poorer than The Final Cut , and one of the reasons is Eric Clapton at his worse.

There is some good song like "Running Shoes" or the last two tracks, but all the rest is very repetitive and sometimes boring. It lacks of keyboards and the use of a "Dobro" guitar by Clapton gives it a touch of country-western instead of blues as it was probably in the intentions.

The lowest moment is the title track that I think lacks also in songwriting.

I have to admit that I like it with my heart of Floyd fan, but I can't suggest it to non Floyd addicts. It has Waters voice, it has gimmicks and some good moments, but the overall result is a poor album based on an uncomprehensible concept.

Clapton is a great guitarist but he doesn't fit well in Waters music and at the time when the album was recorded he was, I think, still recovering from his personal troubles, so he wasn't surely at his best.

Fans only is the right definition. Two stars.

octopus-4 | 2/5 |

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